Wait, I need to explain details of remotes and named branches before a basic collaboration exercise because some angry lefties in California got offended? Come

Wait, I need to explain details of remotes and named branches before a basic collaboration exercise because some angry lefties in California got offended? Come on. Git can be very overwhelming to new users. Any concept I can leave undiscussed before people can get their hands dirty is a win. GitHub forces me to add a concept for political reasons.