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Re:Kelly Rowland couldn't have used the =HYPERLINK() functio... by arp242 on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @10:03AM (#36694702)
You're missing the point; it's not that she doesn't know about Excel, or this phone, or anything else, it's that the usage of Excel in that video has been a "meme" for years, that she's been asked about it a bunch of times over the years, and that she STILL says she has no idea what "Excel" even is, and seems to be proud of that.

If she had said "Yeah, don't know much about computers, it was just a prop someone gave me" then that would be completely different.

You see this on e.g. HN too, some time ago "FizzBuzz" was discussed and some people seemed to be proud to be ignorant of the % operator. This really has nothing to do with "tech vs. non-tech" – it's just an attitude. It could have been about her holding a guitar wrong too: "whoops I held that wrong" is different from "I don't know what a guitar is, why should I care about guitars?"

Re:Kelly Rowland couldn't have used the =HYPERLINK() functio... by jjulius on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @10:21AM (#36694969)
Even if she's been asked about it numerous times, context is key here - how was the production of the music video shoot handled? How much input into that scene or clip did she actually have, or provide, when it was shot? How long did she hold the phone for when shooting? If the answer to many of those is little to none, then I don't expect her to remember shooting that scene. To then be asked about it numerous times years later would be surprising to her, especially if you don't necessarily know that it's been going around as a meme (not every celebrity enjoys paying attention to what's said about themselves online - we don't know whether or not she does, but I won't assume she's up to speed on everything written about her).

It doesn't impact her life at all, it's just noise on the internet to her, so why should she care?

I mean, that's actually a great question for you - why do you think she has to care, and why do you find her not caring about it so egregious that you would call her an idiot? And further, is it not OK to be OK with being ignorant to some things you just don't give a damn about?

Edit: Can people also not be flippant when an otherwise throwaway moment in their life is suddenly seized upon by hordes of people, some who call them an idiot for it? I don't think I'd fault someone for that reaction, myself.

Re:Kelly Rowland couldn't have used the =HYPERLINK() functio... by epcoa on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @10:18AM (#36694931)
> and that she STILL says she has no idea what "Excel" even is, and seems to be proud of that.

Good for her, she’s not a computer nerd like you, basing a large part of their worth in Internet forum comments. Has some other things going on in her life.

Touch grass, seriously.