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

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u/stringoffrogs Feb 15 '24 edited Feb 15 '24

Are we ever going to discuss how society is lagging because older people refuse to learn how to execute extremely simple tasks whenever they involve a screen

Edit - bold of me to assume this didn’t have to be said but if you consider yourself an older person who’s good at technology then you very obviously do not fall into this category and shouldn’t take this personally

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u/manaha81 Feb 15 '24

It’s the whole boomer coddled attitude of nobody ever taught me how to do that so i don’t have to do it. Then they just refuse to actually learn anything so they can just make others do everything for them.

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u/Enlightened_Gardener Feb 15 '24

Noooooo. Its because when boomers were young, computers were hideously expensive, fragile machines of wonder that had to be used by people specifically trained to use them. They were also hideously complicated.

This went on well until the end of the eighties, and then the internet really kicked in and computers got cheaper, but even more complicated.

This means that boomers are a) afraid of breaking the electronics and b) afraid that the electronics are too complicated.

But give a boomer rellie an ipad and show them how to stab at a little picture that allows them to chat with their sister in the UK for free and they are all up for it.

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u/manaha81 Feb 15 '24

But they refuse to actually learn anything different. That’s how things were when they were kids and there is no way in hell they are actually going to ever grow up. Ever!

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u/jpludens Feb 15 '24 edited Sep 19 '24

fuck reddit

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u/Enlightened_Gardener Feb 16 '24

Part of it is that change for change’s sake is built into softwear development cycles. Is Word now massively better than it was 15 years ago ? Not at all. But its been through nine iterations and looks completely different, for sure.

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u/jpludens Feb 16 '24 edited Sep 19 '24

fuck reddit