I'd probably wreck meals less if I understood how microwaves act on foods with varying moisture and lipid proportions.

I said "should" and I meant it.

You don't have to, no one has to.

People can use locked down hardware and be at the mercy of the manufacturers and support services.

There's a lot more money in that than everyone fixing their own shit.

Same way people who know nothing about how democracy and their country works can still vote. For some reason, they often want more authoritarianism, go figure.

And those replies of "why not know everything hehe" always lead to dismissing the whole argument.