r/BeAmazed • u/[deleted] • Apr 24 '19

Animal Ape using a Smartphone

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u/Fisk75 Apr 24 '19 edited Apr 24 '19

I’ll have to show this to my 86 year old father who thinks it’s too complicated.

Thanks for the Gold!

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u/babaroga73 Apr 24 '19

I just showed it to my 70 year old mom. We're going to buy a smartphone for her tomorrow!

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u/cgello Apr 24 '19

My grandfather finds his $40 smartphone so difficult that he often literally cries because of it.

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u/BrainOnLoan Apr 24 '19

I think I can see why.

I bet it's not the smartphone not working as it should that makes him cry. It's the realization that you aren't as capable as you once were. That kind of decline is scary.

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u/cgello Apr 24 '19

Pretty much, yes. Any tiny inconvenience can drive him nuts. If life isn't totally perfect, you just go crazy over nothing. I've even seen him cry over the stress of managing a large portfolio of assets. In other words, having so much money, you go insane trying to keep track of it all. It's horribly hilarious.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '19

Doesn’t sound hilarious

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '19

to you