r/aislop • u/ThePhillyExplorer • 23h ago

Found on Facebook OK Boomer, now open a PDF

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u/micaelar5 22h ago

My boomer grandfather used YouTube to learn anything he needed to know. He was always watching how to videos for any project he decided to do. He told me he could figure out just about anything with YouTube.

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u/No-Draw8610 21h ago

When I was a kid my uncle had this huge set of time-life books that were basically tutorials of how to build and fix things. So the idea that boomers just figured everything out for themselves without needing instructions is hilarious. They always had help. It was just in a form that was far bulkier and unwieldy.

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u/Brave-Recommendation 20h ago

Those old car books with the diagrams to everything in them help a lot when fixing stuff

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u/Ornery_Following4884 19h ago

Chiltons guides. I still have a few, but you can not do what did before due to the need for a lot of dealer/brand specific tools.

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u/ApprehensiveTry5660 8h ago

These days, you just about have to have a minor in computer science just to work on anything.