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Are people that oblivious?

dan330 said:
car.. I do expect them to know it runs on gas... it has a motor.. not magic.

washing machine .. needs water.. soap... motor.. cant run without electricity.

there is some level of basic understanding that is expected.

knowing the term "HTML" .. is not equal to .. knowing how a 4strock motor works.
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If I told my father it stood for HyperText Markup Language and wasn't an STD. Don't think he'd be any the wiser, would likely glaze over, and probably won't help him to surf the interwebs any better would it? Sure he wouldn't know the meaning of HTTP either.

He does drive but doesn't knows how an engine works, however he does know it takes petrol and not diesel, and that he has to check the fluids and tyre pressure periodically.

dan330 said:
I can know that my TV is LCD vs LED.. but I don't have to know how that works or what it takes to make one.
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Here's the thing, just about all TVs that are advertised as "LED" are actually LCD. LED is only referring to the backlight, that uses LEDs rather than fluorescent bulbs. It's really just marketing. Think just about all new TVs are LED backlit now, even though they might not be advertised as such. The exceptions would be plasma and AMOLED.

A true LED TV would be an AMOLED, still quite rare and rather expensive, like $7,000 for a 50 inch.
 
Hey wait, we may have hit on a fabulous new driving law here.

I submit:

IF to obtain a valid drivers license you had to know the basics of how a car works, just think how many idiot drivers would be immediately off of the roadways? (notice how I avoided any stereotypes? :D )

Where do I start that petition...
 
03bluecoupe said:
Hey wait, we may have hit on a fabulous new driving law here.

I submit:

IF to obtain a valid drivers license you had to know the basics of how a car works, just think how many idiot drivers would be immediately off of the roadways? (notice how I avoided any stereotypes? :D )

Where do I start that petition...
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Sure many people that have a driving license don't even know the absolute basics of car maintenance, like checking the oil, coolant and the tyre pressures. Actually had something happen a couple of weeks ago, we're going somewhere in a colleague's car, as soon as we started out made a repetitive grinding noise, I said "Stop, this doesn't sound right!" Fortunately I had a couple of ideas what it might be. Turned out the wheel nuts were loose! EEK! They'd been driving like that for a few days apparently.

Here's something else, car manufacturers have specific torque settings for wheel nuts, as too tight can be just as dangerous as too loose, as it could shear the studs holding the wheels on. However most car owners/drivers lack a torque wrench and usually just use a wheel wrench, so could risk not tightening enough or over tightening the wheel nuts.

I used to work for a company and staff were prohibited from changing a wheel with a flat tyre on company vehicles. Had to call breakdown service to do it. Reason was, staff weren't officially trained in how to do it and the fact that wheel nuts have to be torqued correctly.
 
Back to the OP's topic, I believe there was recently a Yahoo news article that said something like 1 in 7 Americans believe the sun revolves around the Earth? SMDH!!! Frankly, I blame America.

As for women? I, for one, know what I want. And I'll tell you exactly point blank. Maybe I should have been a man? I dunno. Hahaha
 
Let's not try to offend any one and just blame it on plain ignorance, 'kay? :)
 
mikedt said:
Does anyone believe that the Moon is made of cheese?
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Wallace and Gromit.

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mikedt said:
Does anyone believe that the Moon is made of cheese?
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what u tryin to say? hhhmmm????

I have plans in the works.. to create a mining company .. to bring back all the cheese we need. I plan to end world hunger with free cheese from the Moon.
 
dan330 said:
what u tryin to say? hhhmmm????

I have plans in the works.. to create a mining company .. to bring back all the cheese we need. I plan to end world hunger with free cheese from the Moon.
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Oh nooohhhh! That would bring down our Dutch economy! :eek::D
 
Don't turn this into a cheese thread, I beg you! I'll have way too much to add.

Current favorite: A cows milk cheese made in Galax Virginia, USA called: Mountaineer. :eating:
 
Let me take a moment to sum up the thread, for those just joining:

If you are a girl/woman, get in your car and drive to a bar. Ask a strapping gentleman to make you a cheese sammich, grilled, in a Dutch oven.

If you are a guy/strapping gentleman, make the girl/woman a ham sammich because you know better. Gas up her car while telling her you have a color plasma tv you use to heat your home and watch cartoons on. For bonus points, tell her you got it on the internet and didn't have to even code any HTML stuff because Google just found it for you.
 
It's not easy being cheesy!

and also....where did the term "The big cheese" as in boss...come from? hmmmmm
 
I never pay 100 percent attention...it's impossible for me:) seriously though...is that where it originated?? hmmmm I think it's older than that...

plus Popeye creeped me out...there is just so much wrong with that cartoon and it's characters...actually...not creeped me out....more like annoyed ..:rolleyes:

ugh...I couldn't root for Popeye cuz he bugged me...and Olive oil was a nit wit....of all of them...I liked Bluto the best...

ugggh(shiver)....the whole thing gives me the willy's!!! stupid Popeye:)
 
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