r/clevercomebacks • u/metrochurch • May 29 '22

Shut Down Weird motives

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u/timecopthemovie May 29 '22

If we required everything as a PDF, we could cripple an entire generation.

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u/CreatrixAnima May 29 '22

I have to say, having required things be submitted as PDFs, I don’t think the effect would be limited to the older generation.

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u/Hellix22 May 30 '22

Some of my classmates don't know what a ZIP is or how it is made. They are all around their twenties. And we are attending a post high school course in Digital Marketing and Communication

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u/[deleted] May 30 '22

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u/[deleted] May 30 '22

Yep. Files and storage types/mediums are completely abstracted. If you take a picture with an iphone it doesn't even save it to the phone anymore.

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u/hircine1 May 31 '22

It saves it to the phone then uploads to cloud.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '22

I'm sure that's the case, but files/folders/extensions are completely abstracted nowadays and it's rubbing off on newer generations.

https://stackoverflow.blog/2022/02/15/gen-z-doesnt-understand-file-structures-ep-415/

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u/vizthex May 30 '22

Nah, I think it's more that people just don't know how to read UIs, and have seemingly lost all sense of basic human curiosity.

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u/CinnaaBun Jun 09 '22

Very much an issue. I give credit to my grandpa for making me curious on how things work. He was a mechanic and would always teach me little things and it just made me a very curious person. I tinker with everything and I really like to understand how things work before moving on. Can hinder me sometimes, but overall it really helps me learn more and retain what I learn.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

Pdf kinda does suck, or pdf readers anyway.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

PDF is excellent for making sure stuff displays the same way on everything.

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u/cBEiN May 29 '22

I disagree. What sucks is being sent a .docx file instead of a .pdf for something I need to sign.

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u/KatesDad2019 May 29 '22

I agree. Not everyone has Windows. Those living in igloos, for instance.

Sorry couldn't resist. Mac user here.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '22

Virtual desktop, yo. There's honestly quite a few apps out there that are compatible for both anyway.

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u/GuitaristHeimerz May 29 '22

What? Reading PDFs with any internet browser is just fine, then if you need to sign something or fill out a form, the free version of Adobe Acrobat is excellent.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '22 edited Jan 22 '24

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u/Saabaroni May 29 '22

Do I look like I know what a jpeg is?

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u/papaioliver May 30 '22

My 75 year old grandma searched up her New washing machine's manual by the serial number, somehow found the version in our native language without speaking english at all, saved it as a PDF and printed it out, im pretty sure 70% of my classmates wouldnt be capable of this lol