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I work in maintenance, people act like I’m doing magic, but 90% of the time all I’ve done is read the fucking manual, the other 10% is just basic awareness.
It's literally all this, all the way down until the turtles.
Holds manual
Squints
Turtles
🦋 is this… Turtle Power?
Wasn't it just one turtle down there?
Nah, it’s turtles all the way down.
I was thinking Pratchett.
Does reading medicine books count too? Since we're all driving human bodies 24/7? Or is it just turtles down to the bottom of the tech layer.
100% yes. Where there is no Doctor or basically the owner's manual and operation guide.
Its fucking impossible to get new kids to read the manual. They just resort to asking others for stuff they could look up. When I was new I asked the old timers as a last resort. Not because they'd be mean about it, but because I know I wouldn't learn as well just being handed information.
It’s not a generational thing, I’ve worked with folks from all age ranges, old timers are just as bad about it as younger people and those from my age range, you’ve either got it or you don’t. Stupidity and arrogance are human traits, not generational ones.