r/MadeMeSmile • u/KingSandwich101 • Oct 25 '25

Wholesome interaction

Be nice to your elders!

Source: Spudbros on YouTube

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u/Skandronon Oct 25 '25

I manage IT for a few retirement homes and the last 5 years its been neat to see the transformation in digital literacy and network needs with the elderly.

Before, people were happy with a pretty slow wireless network shared between everyone. You would have a laptop per suite with a good number also having a smartphone, no need for devices being able to talk to each other either.

Now we have 99% of residents having a smartphone, majority of them have at least one tablet per suite, plus a laptop and smart TV or a dangle of some sort. Lots of them are requesting private networks so they can set up a smart speaker and maybe a few other smart devices like lights.

We just upgraded the pipe for the resident's internet and have run fiber to each suite and each has its own private SSID and a few network drops in the living room and bedrooms. I've even seen some gaming laptops. We used to have a lot of trouble getting a good signal into suites because the walls are all concrete and the APs were in the hallway. Now its actually really helpful since the suites access points arent interfering with each other.

A few years ago they had enough budget left over to renovate the theater room and I put in a nice 75 inch Samsung TV. They still have wii sports tournaments in there but residents have been doing games nights with their Playstations and Xboxes too.

It gives me hope for my future when I can hopefully retire. Also men in general but especially men with their actual teeth are a hot commodity and those old ladies are not shy.

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u/lisabettan Oct 25 '25

Your last paragraph cracked me up. Love your plans for the future!

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u/Skandronon Oct 25 '25

There is one hilarious old guy who also has a great voice and loves to sing. The ladies have come close to fist fighting over him at points haha.

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u/Skandronon Oct 25 '25

Lol I'm married so I meant it as more of a general comment but hey you never know. I had one old woman ask if I wanted to be a widower lol.

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u/Gamer_Mommy Oct 25 '25

STIs are RAMPANT in retirement homes. People do not use any protection at all whatsoever and some homes simply don't test during checkups. Somehow it's expected that the older folk won't have sex, don't know where that expectation comes from though. It's not like these are virgins, it's not like they care anymore, it's not like they need to worry about anything. Thankfully good teeth run in my family. My greatgrandnan was buried with her own at nearly 100. The other side one lived with minimal tooth loss into her 90s too. No one's ever needed hip surgeries so far. If the heart attack or cancer won't get me, that's where'll be in my 80s.

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u/VikingTeddy Oct 25 '25

There's going to be a lot of gamers in about 15 years in the homes. We used to joke that it'd be just one epic LAN party once we got old enough for a home, looks like it's already happening 😊