America's expectations for its leaders have always been low. We've had presidents who needed help with basic tech, and we were okay with it. But now, we face a terrifying prospect: a leader who might know how to convert a Word document to a PDF.
    • taiyang@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      13 hours ago

      To be fair, Teddy only managed to convert to PDF by sheer gumption. No matter how many clippies he faced, he never gave up, never crashed his Word, and always disabled OneDrive before anything else.

    • ditty@lemm.eeEnglish
      10·
      15 hours ago

      For sure Obama could convert a Word doc no problem. Hell, Cheney Bush Jr. probably could’ve as well.

      • OpenStars@discuss.onlineEnglish
        211·
        14 hours ago

        With his youthful, tech-savvy vibe, many assumed that Barack Obama knew this stuff. But when pressed about how to convert file types, he responded, “What do I look like, some kinda fuckin’ nerd?” His honesty was refreshing. After all, converting a file shouldn’t be the president’s job. That is what interns are for. (Recent surveys show 90% of interns’ work hours are spent combining, condensing, and converting documents in a way that doesn’t crash the aging government servers.)