Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoWhat is something you dont care to understand or "get"?message-squaremessage-square275linkfedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down11
arrow-up1110arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something you dont care to understand or "get"?Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square275linkfedilink
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·6 days agoCars. I drive them, but I leave the technology to the professionals.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoSame. I’ll go as far as changing a wheel when I have a flat, but that’s pretty much it. Otherwise, I can lift the bonnet and go “yep, that’s an engine” quite convincingly.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoYeah, if there isn’t an unconnected hose or cable, that’s about the extent of my car knowledge.
minus-squareThomasWilliams@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 days agoIt takes up a third of your income but you have no interest in it ?
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoWhy would I waste a third of my income on a car? If push comes to shove, it may be between 5 and 8%.
minus-squaresilentTeee@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 days agoI thought I was the only one. I studied computers down to the transistor level. I know many of the different cells in the immune cascade. I’ve researched child psychology. But ask me to explain what a car’s transmission is and the only thing in my brain is dial-up tones…
Cars. I drive them, but I leave the technology to the professionals.
Same. I’ll go as far as changing a wheel when I have a flat, but that’s pretty much it.
Otherwise, I can lift the bonnet and go “yep, that’s an engine” quite convincingly.
Yeah, if there isn’t an unconnected hose or cable, that’s about the extent of my car knowledge.
It takes up a third of your income but you have no interest in it ?
Why would I waste a third of my income on a car? If push comes to shove, it may be between 5 and 8%.
I thought I was the only one.
I studied computers down to the transistor level. I know many of the different cells in the immune cascade. I’ve researched child psychology.
But ask me to explain what a car’s transmission is and the only thing in my brain is dial-up tones…