What's something you believed to be true but recently learned is actually false?

3volver@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 82 points –
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Maybe being bombarded with cookie banners and bullshit popups teaches you to ignore dialog boxes.

Yes, that certently doesn't help, but this was a problem 30 years ago too.

Maybe we need dialog boxes to ocassionally ask to do stupid shit so people start reading them

  • "Invert colors for 5 minutes?"
  • "Make mouse gigantic for 5 min?"
  • "Turn screen upsidedown for a minute?"

Now you have to read.

  • "Turn screen upsidedown for a minute?"

Windows has had that feature (without the timeout obv) for a long time. I think it's the Intel IGA driver and CTRL-ALT-Arrow. A decade ago when I was working for a Community College IT dept, that (and the brightest pink MLP background you could find) was always what you'd get if you walked away and didn't lock your computer.