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25 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 27 March 2013 04:51AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 25 March 2015 09:31:24AM *  1 point [-]

Can relate, the weirdest habit of non-computer-literate people is 1) not reading what is on the screen 2) not trying to interpret even really simple instructions on the screen. Is there any sort of a cognitive explanation why do we have to have conversations like this?

"The computer froze."

"Do you see a pop-up window with a message?"

"Yes."

"Is there anything written into it?"

"Yes."

"What?"

(squint, lean closer) "Posting Date must not be empty in..."

"What do you think it means?"

"Ugh, fill out the Posting Date?"

"Exactly."