Whenever I try to explain something about computer software and programs people close their ears and don't listen and insist that they are correct. When I tried explaining to my brother that it was possible to exploit e-mail for illegal file sharing he just said that it was a dumb idea and that there were easier ways it could be done. He was correct that there were easier ways it could be done, but wrong that it was a dumb idea due to the fact that this would be a completely new technique of piracy. It would be even more viable if a certain website that allowed you to turn your gmail account into a 30 gig external HD would get fixed by its lazy staff.

Last year during school sometime near the end of the year our teacher had nothing left for us to do so he let us use the computers on the last week to play pocket tanks. The computers had the basic version of pocket tanks so one of my classmates brought the full version with all the extensions on a usb drive. My friend also wanted to get the full version and just so happened to have a usb drive with him. We looked up the folder in the computer's program files and opened it. It was then the on looker/big lug named James came in and said, "Copy and paste this program" and pointed out the executable file. I tried explaining to him that it was just the executable file and that my friend needed the entire Pocket Tanks folder on his usb. Nope, according to James the executable was the entire game. BLA BLA BLA we got into a big argument that ended with me saying "Do you know ANYTHING about computers?"
He replied "Ya, I built a computer"
I stopped right then realizing James was beyond repair and that he could never realize that building a computer had absolutely nothing to do with the problem at hand due to the fact that it involved HARDWARE not SOFTWARE.

Yesterday my friends were talking about a porno DVD that one in our group had recently acquired. The antagonist of this story wanted him to burn a copy because he couldn't find any good porn videos on the internet. I told the computer challenged fool that he could get anything and everything he wanted off of Bit Torrent if he were so inclined. He stated that he didn't want to get any viruses from file sharing programs and dismissed the idea, exposing the fact that he didn't know shit about torrents or file sharing programs. I tried my best to explain to him that Bit torrent wasn't a file sharing program but no luck. As the argument went on, I told him that he wouldn't get any viruses from file sharing programs if he didn't download the executable files. Once again, the fool rolled in his own ignorance as he said, "Dude, you don't know shit, file sharing programs give you viruses no matter what you download."
I tried my very very best in this last effort to explain to him that even if they did, he could just download anti-virus and anti-spyware programs. He replied "Anti-virus programs don't do anything, they scan it and then you have to pay for the service. They just give you more spyware. "
Obviously he was unaware that there were anti-spyware programs that were actually viruses in disguise and had no knowledge of AVG free.

I have many more stories to tell about and the stories which I've posted above are actually in a nut shell, there's alot more to them.

I just don't get it. Why do people ridicule me when I have the correct knowledge about computers and will happily give them the information they need to become as computer savvy as I? Why won't they just listen to the voice of enlightenment?

I won't deny I have before, but I really don't pirate or do anything illegal. I am very knowledgeable in all aspects of the internet and know the basics of html.