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[–] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I remember reading that when national parks tried to make a 'bear-proof' trashcan, they found that there was a larger overlap between the smartest bear and the stupidest human to make a viable product.

I feel like it's a similar situation here. The smartest kid and the stupidest adult are far more similar than we'd like to admit.

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[–] communism@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't think there is a "dead giveaway". Plenty of kids can pass as adults online and plenty of adults seem like kids online. And sometimes with stuff like word usage/grammar/etc you can't tell if it's a child or someone who doesn't speak English very well or maybe an English-speaking adult who happens to type like that. There's a lot of different people in the world.

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[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Very confidently wrong, poor reading comprehension, poor grammar, limited vocabulary, emoji gore, catch phrase/pop culture quotes/talking points repeated with no comprehension of what they're saying, clearly not aware of how many things in life work, religious regurgitation while being surprised everyone doesn't agree with them. Very easily impressed with basic factual statements, clearly thinking confidence is the main thing that makes someone correct. Thinks their mom telling they they are handsome is a valid point. Idk, that's all I got.

[–] solarvector@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Huh

Hexbear is an 8/10 on this scale

[–] Tetragrade@leminal.space 1 points 7 months ago

I think you're handsome too, reader. Don't listen to the haters.

[–] ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Extreme/insane positions on everything. Not just one or two insane positions, not just political extremism; when I say everything I mean EVERYTHING. No nuance allowed. And it has to be fully sincere, otherwise you are dealing with a Jreg.

There are milder versions of this, but I have rarely met a child that didn't have a strongly held insane belief formed from their limited experiences. My favorite was a kid who told me that eating pasta supports fascism because it comes from Italy, so loving Italian products means you support Mussolini. Pizza is fine, though, because that's American.

[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] lseif@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

jreg is a youtube who (ironically?) claims to be anti-centrist, meaning taking an extreme stance on everything, regardless of which extreme.

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Uuuuuugh. I remember being so black and white, there wasn't any middle ground on anything. It was exhausting.

I'm just glad I decided to go full moral relativism right away back then. It was a good way to speedrun maturity, although I did maintain some kooky beliefs into early adulthood such as

  • "if you are not multilingual you can't be a good person, and the more languages you speak the better of a person you are"
  • "The Democratic party is a puppet of the Republican party, and in reality the U.S. is only pretending to be a two-party state"
  • "The age of consent should be 25."
  • "Evil people can be good functioning members of society, so we shouldn't discriminate against people who hold evil beliefs as long as they are nice to others."

It was exhausting. Opposite reason from you, there was only middle ground, no black and white allowed. But it came from the same mental place. Pride, arrogance, nievetΓ©.

[–] Tixanou@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I aint reading allatπŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ’€

Like if gay is bad and u a sigma (YT shorts raised me)
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[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Nice yap sesh

Nice try little Timmy, but I won't be telling you how to pass as an adult.

They are on TikTok and not Lemmy

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

When they're adamant that voting third party in the United States will be useful in some capacity, I assume they're 13

Unfaltering loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm actually gonna give the benefit of the doubt and assume this is actually a grown idiot lol

[–] trafficnab@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I still stand by full disk encryption accomplishing almost nothing for the average user but separating them from their own files

If you don't have data on your PC that someone might be willing to kill you for, you probably don't need it, and Microsoft enabling it by default for Win11 installs is crazy

[–] lemmyhavesome@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Sounds like the whole hard drive recovery industry is about to go poof.

[–] EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, I think it's a good idea to enable it on a laptop.

I mean if someone steals your laptop they can access all your files without it, and even though 90% of files may be useless there's always chances to find passwords (often reused, even if encrypted can be decrypted if they aren't strong), bank details, documents, etc oh and cookies for your browser sessions etc etc. If I were a laptop thief (which I'm not) I'd probably look for those too before formatting everything, that could be extra money.

That's why I encrypt my laptop's drive. That way even if it's stolen the only thing I have to really worry about is not having a laptop anymore.

[–] trafficnab@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah but I don't think the average smash and grab thief is going to be smart enough to recognize the potential value of the data on the laptop, they're just going to pawn the thing off as quickly as possible

Anyone smart enough to want the data probably doesn't need to smash a window, they'll just access the data remotely when the computer is on and the drive is unencrypted

So even then, it only protects you from the very narrow overlap of thieves who are dumb enough to need to break into cars for a living, but smart enough to harvest data off of stolen laptops

[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm inclined to somewhat agree. As someone who enjoyed snooping around a mostly unencrypted and insecure internet 25 years ago, I can wholeheartedly tell you that most people's files are pretty boring.

Corporate computers on the other hand...

[–] grandkaiser@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Hackers mad

Hackers mad

Hackers mad

[–] NoiseColor@startrek.website 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I don't really know, but when they have weird illogical views that they defend with trump like arguments, I think they are kids. They might not be 10.

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[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

When they start calling people "jr" or implying anyone who disagrees with them is too young to understand.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yup, I immediately assume these people are children, because it likely comes from their own experiences being dismissed due to their age.

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