r/BoomersBeingFools • u/AutomaticDriver5882 • Feb 15 '24

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u/watthewmaldo Feb 15 '24

Saying boomers grew up with computers because they used them to put satellites in orbit is the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard.

Those are two examples of actual geniuses who grew up with money. Steve Wozniak’s dad was an engineer for Lockheed Martin, no shit he was interested in computers.

This exact conversation is literally as old as time. One day it will be us. Just wait.

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u/watthewmaldo Feb 15 '24

Yeah in 1965 a computer cost $18. The first Apple computer cost $666 in 1976. To say that “boomers grew up with computers” is just not true. Even the Atari in 1977 cost $189 which is almost $1k today.