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(115,686 posts)asked who is this Keith Olberman everyone was talking about. How COULD I ask such a STUPID question, how COULD I call myself a liberal without knowing who he was, how COULD I blah blah blah blah blah.
I have 8 channels on my tv, costs me $1/month. I rarely watch tv. I asked because I wanted to know what people were talking about.
Add in the difficulties of internet communication and assumptions we each take for granted without knowing we have them and it can take a lot of time to figure out what someone is asking. Clarification over and over and over and time can be needed. I am guilty of writing shorthand, knowing what I mean but not explaining it well to someone who does not have the same history, background, culture growing p as I (love talking to sibs because we can understand a lot without having to explain it).
What does tire me is the same person, not meaning this particular person, who asks the same question over and over and over without being able to clarify what they are asking. Or people who get stuck on first inaccurate reports rather than being able to recognize updated information.
And once educated, I am still stupid in ways also. I find myself jumping when media says omg, must talk myself down. Being able to learn is a good thing. Putting that learning into practice is a good thing. Passing that on is a good thing.