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Firstly, how do you not know what Microsoft Excel is? Secondly, she's the one who is using it and is the focus of the memes she is talking about.. and she still
by gardenhedge 3y ago
Firstly, how do you not know what Microsoft Excel is? Secondly, she's the one who is using it and is the focus of the memes she is talking about.. and she still doesn't just look it up.
- killerdhmo 3y agolol a lot of normal people don't know what Excel is.
- gonzo41 3y agoBecause she's got a life and better things to do.
- gardenhedge 3y agoShe's in conversations about it though and still doesn't know..
- petsfed 3y agoThanks to e.g. Google Sheets, excel itself doesn't dominate the market like it used to. Beyond that, I've had a litany of jobs where I had zero reason to ever use a spreadsheet, one of which was one where I actually sold Microsoft Office licenses. For a great many folks, the only time they may have encountered spreadsheet software at all was in a school computer literacy class, and even then...
- SOLAR_FIELDS 3y agoMaybe I have grown out of being in Windows world for awhile and am biased, but it does seem like 2023 Excel is less ubiquitous in cultural mindshare than 2007 Excel. There’s probably a lot of factors contributing to that.
- legostormtroopr 3y agoTaking a generous perspective - her job is a musical artist. Unless you are in her industry, there are probably tons of things she knows about you and I don't - like good brands of music sheets, mixing desks or microphones. Excel is known, by a certain selection of office workers.
- croes 3y agoAccording to the post she's using Sheet not Excel
- gmadsen 3y agowell microsoft says there is 750 million users of excel globally. So potentially 90% of the world?
- sonicshadow 3y ago9%
- gmadsen 3y agoI was answering the inverse. If 9% use, then 91% don't
- dragonwriter 3y ago> Firstly, how do you not know what Microsoft Excel is? By not being in a office-work career field.
- xdavidliu 3y agoI suspect this "how do you not know Excel" sentiment is psychologically similar to people in the US (where I live) telling others to "speak English" instead of their native language.
- gardenhedge 3y agoYou're incorrect and you're just ignoring the second part of my comment too.
- sonicshadow 3y ago> You’re incorrect Good argument
- kube-system 3y ago> how do you not know what Microsoft Excel is? She signed a record deal at age 14, back at a time when knowing how to power on a computer was seen as a specialized office skill. > she's the one who is using it She isn't a director, and likely had no role in preparing props.