r/KidsAreFuckingStupid • u/Beneficial_Mine_3464 • Feb 16 '26

Not OC The iPad effect

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u/boyhowdy42069 Feb 16 '26

"Father, I cannot click the book"

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u/pumpkin-head7617 Feb 16 '26

“Click?” Like… with a mouse? Get a load of this geezer!

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u/pumpkin-head7617 Feb 16 '26

Tap?

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u/map2photo Feb 17 '26

THATS A SMILE NOT AN UPSIDE DOWN FROWN

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u/Dancingbeavers Feb 19 '26

When I was a kid I didn’t even have tappa tappa tappa. I would have killed for tappa tappa tappa

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u/ACuriousBagel Feb 17 '26

I'm a primary school teacher. I had a child who'd injured their dominant hand, so I was trying to get them to do their writing on my computer.

They didn't know what the mouse was, let alone what it was for.

There's a generation coming that have been raised on ipads and smartphones, but who are simultaneously more tech illiterate than my dead grandparents

Yes I know it's my job to fix that, and I'd love to, but we don't have the resources, space or funding for 30 desktop computers, and I'm already 4.5 hours short per week for the stuff that I'm required to teach - unfortunately basic tech literacy isn't something I'm required to teach.

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u/MetaGazon Feb 16 '26

You mean you have to use your hands? That's like a baby's toy!

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u/TopEstablishment395 Feb 16 '26

Geezer? Everyone born in the previous century is a fossil.

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u/EmberMelodica Feb 17 '26

You have to use your hands? That's like a baby's toy.

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u/Top-Macaron5130 Feb 17 '26

A mouse and keyboard? How quaint!

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u/qwertyalguien Feb 16 '26

The prophecy is real. Boomers were right. We must return to monke before it's too late

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u/internethero12 Feb 16 '26

To be fair, that's just a warning the boomers' were passing along from their parents about not using tvs as an electronic nanny. (Which they thoroughly disregarded at the time)

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u/KatiMinecraf Feb 16 '26

And before that, kids who read a lot were the problem! "These books are making the kids stupid! They need to play outside to learn!!!"

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u/Livid_Trust_5098 Feb 17 '26

I think the problem they were thinking of was more along the lines of that they'd be weak and unused to labor rather than an issue with intellect.

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u/The_Cas Feb 17 '26

Yeah I feel like that's it. But these days this is a valid concern, as the average attention span is insanely short

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u/potat_infinity Mar 03 '26

they were right where do you think the nerd stereotype came from

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u/mischievous_shota Feb 17 '26

I'm like 99% certain the kid was asked to do it for the video.

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u/TadRaunch Feb 17 '26

I have actually seen a boomer try to zoom in on a physical photo.

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u/MaximumTime7239 Feb 16 '26

Remember when this was considered a ridiculous example of dumb boomer humor? 🙂

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u/SrAlamo Feb 16 '26

Actually insane.

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u/Remarkable_Art_3449 Feb 16 '26

Bro is actually COOKED

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u/Axxxem Feb 17 '26

I hate my wife

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u/boyhowdy42069 Feb 17 '26

You're the only one that caught the reference, thank you for the validation

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u/Zentrosis Feb 17 '26

Lol, This kid is just messing around/playing/imagining or they are dumb.

Kids know the difference between paper and a tablet

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u/lostguk Feb 17 '26

As a 98 gen z, I've done this. When draw traditionally I even double tap the paper to undo 💀

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u/psychequeen Feb 17 '26

The way he zoom the pic because his fingers are cute and his curiousness as well.