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 That's too long, sorry. 
 I’m not. That’s exactly what I expected out of you. 
 Fr what kind of fucking reply was that? Out of touch. 
 I work in a position that requires me to help and educate end users every single day. I’m not fooled. The average end user trying to use technology is about the saddest thing I’ve ever seen. 
 Inb4 “TL;DR”, you’re wrong and you made bad points.  

Your opinion is simply incorrect. “Normies” are dumb as fuck and regularly struggle to do all of the things you mentioned. It’s ridiculous to believe a habitual action like driving is on the same tier as understanding complex information. They are not even close to the same, specifically in how the brain processes them. One is a bodily action that can be practiced and transitioned into intrinsic memory (walking, breathing, etc), the other is information processing through extrinsic memory (formula, recital, etc). Not everyone has the capacity to parse complex information, but every human being has the capacity to drive.