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I'm not sure, but most people seem to think that computers need to be simpler than toasters and that a chimpanzee should be able to use one.

Yes, it is a shame that you don't have to write a bash/awk/sed script to run your TV/VCR/DVD/Microwave.

Learning how to use a computer to it's fullest potential is frowned upon, because it shatters the myth that pointing and clicking is more than enough to reach that potential.

How dare people have other interests than reading source code and scripting manuals. And how dare Ubuntu script kiddies not know how to write kernel modules.

People don't like to be outclassed, but geeks show them otherwise. Deep down they hate the geeky kid who cleans up after their malware infected mess. They know they can't get by with just clicking and that they are dependent on the ones who know more than just click.

Deep down they're laughing at geeks who don't have the ability to understand that most people think of a computer as a tool, and nothing more.

So any signs of elevated skill level will bring out hostility.

And of course angry geeks shouldn't be surprised when their "elite" bash scripting skills don't get them the respect of einstein.

P.S.

This comes from someone who was programming Linux professionaly (even did some kernel work) for eight years. Sorry, but I recognize the real world that is separate from false geek pride world.