Excel is a ubiquitous tool with many applications for life in the information age so don’t even take this out of context and argue about life situations in the Stone Age.

If you’ve ever tried managing your own finances in a seriously methodical manner, for example, and you should, then using Excel or alternative spreadsheet software simply would be inevitable. Are you saying that managing your own finances is not an important life skill, let alone a chore? Should anyone be proud at all that they don’t? Heck, she has achieved some success as an artist so she must have money to manage and understand. Even rich people who have businesses to run must deal with Excel on a regular basis, because not doing so is gross neglect and can have serious consequences, both financially and legally.

I don’t understand why you’re so hellbent on defending ignorance, to be honest. If you’re not aware, you should know that you went a really long way to defend not knowing Excel, to think that for Kelly Rowland herself, I only criticised her tone.

I love spreadsheets, and I use them all the time, even in my personal life. Not once did I state that Excel sucks, is unimportant and shitty software, that no one should know it, or that people should have poor financial habits. I am not "defending ignorance." I have literally taken university-level accounting courses out of personal interest, despite not being an accountant by profession. (Although, I tend to use Google Sheets more because it's free and still functions well.)

What I am defending is someone saying that they don't know what Microsoft Excel is and don't care and having other people refer to that as prideful ignorance.

How can you be so blind to the worldview of people outside your bubble and be so proud of it ?

Exactly yesterday,I was helping a friend at the end of a workshop on accounting for entrepreneurs in social sectors.

To wrap up the two days class, he asked them what they had learned.

To my surprise a good number of them said they had learned making a simple formula in excel cells. ( white , 20-something , males, just in case you were wondering ).

There is a big world out there full of normal people that don't have the faintest idea about things you consider basic skills.

Excel isn't a ubiquitous tool outside of your world buddy. Any rich person isn't worried about their finances most of that stuff is delegated to a financial advisor so I don't know what you're talking about.