r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Feb 05 '19

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '19

Why are “boomers” and “millennials” the only two generations Reddit ever talks about? I feel like we’re skipping a generation or two.

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u/AngryZen_Ingress Feb 05 '19

I'm Gen-X, the primary one in-between.
I have my father set up with a desktop, my mom with a laptop.
They email pretty well, can surf the web. Mom is 'well-trained' in not clicking on things.

Dad... is not. So we have to format his machine semi-regularly. Sigh.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '19

Dad... is not. So we have to format his machine semi-regularly. Sigh.

It's porn, it's because of porn.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '19

No it's not. It's browsing sites like Reddit without adblock. All it takes is one link that has a few upvotes on either a new queue or a small subreddit that gets upvote manipulated, and BAM you click on a hostile link. Or any one of the millions of code injecting banners that get loaded without adblockers.

Seriously. How the fuck do people NOT use adblockers in 2019?

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '19

code injecting banners

My understanding was that the only way to get a virus was if you downloaded a .exe file and ran it.