• Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    Exactly. Basically nobody in their 30s can, say, drive a manual car without a synchro, unless they specifically practiced it, because there is zero need to learn that skill. And basically nobody under 20 can set port forwarding on a router because there is basically zero need for that skill.

    When I wanted sound on Arkanoid, I HAD to learn IRQ settings, so I did. But now that stuff just works.

    • waz@feddit.uk
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      6 days ago

      I thought this was going to be an American joke about automatics, but then realised that this is like when I explained to younger colleagues that I just drove my car home ‘crash gearbox style’ when the clutch failed, some were amazed that it was even possible. (Match the revs and feel the gear mesh)

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        5 days ago

        The first 24’ truck I learned in was a manual. Hated it but felt like a pimp shifting without the clutch.

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        5 days ago

        I had the same thing happen to me on my manual. Kinda cemented my love/fascination with manuals. Too bad my partner wanted an automatic :( … next time~

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      5 days ago

      I’m a zillenial that had a manual that blew its clutch while I was out and I had to relearn how to drive it back home, that was scaryfun. Where does that put me?

      • entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org
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        5 days ago

        Adventurous young person, ready to be sent on a quest, is where you got filed in my head.

        Sincerely,
        ~Lazy millenial wizard who wants help running errands.