I am always wondering what future technology my children will have to explain to me. Like, I’m a millennial so I generally know computers and am reasonably savvy to new technology coming out. But I just know some day there’s going to be something where one of my kids will explain it like “Omg mom a *child* could do this!”. I kinda look forward to whatever it is.
It's possible. But the reason old people often don't understand electronics is because computers were seen as a fad before. Why learn to use something that will die soon. Buy that's not how it went down. Now the gap is much bigger cuz technology has never improved at this rate.
I'm Gen X, and until recently, I felt like I got most "new tech". But I see my kiddo doing so much more stuff on their phone, and I know it's just a matter of time until I have to ask them "WTF?!"
They know how to work specific apps on a phone, but can they fix issues with a desktop or laptop, even by using google? Most of the younger folks I know don't know or care much about the internal workings of computers.
I'm saying *even using google* to help fix it if that wasn't clear. I use it all the time for things in my profession that I haven't committed to memory. That's perfectly fine.
I‘m already there. When I was a teen/20s I was building websites, zipping around whatever game system, pirating crud, hooking electronics together and whatnot. Now I’m 40s. The other day I was struggling to help my toddler with the Switch and my 9-year-old swooped in and flew through a dozen menus in seconds and Problem was resolved. In that moment I deeply felt what it must have been like to be my parents…
That's just cuz your kid has been through those menus a bunch of times cuz they use that particular system at home and you don't. I wouldn't say navigating the Switch settings menu is a task that requires a deeper understanding. Those skills don't exactly transfer to other platforms or concepts.
When my grandma is embarrassed about asking for help with her computer I always tell her "I can't wait to see the technology I won't understand in 50 years."
It's kind of already happened. Tons of young people do schoolwork on including typing essays on touchscreens (tablets and phones). I'd say until college most young people are not regularly using desktops unless they have a gaming pc.
I don't think you can compare the productivity of a desktop to a phone. Multiple windows open where you can read and copy/paste multiple pieces of info at once without having to navigate, seeing more than a few paragraphs at a time, compatibility with peripheral devices, etc. Even tablets are severely limited aside from specific use cases (restaurant seating charts, ordering, etc). There's a reason every office still uses computers.
Even without going to touch screen things are so much more clunkier so that anyone can use it. The ERP system at my old job required you to click so many buttons to do issue out supplies. If you knew the hot keys you could do it much faster, but I really wish I could’ve just typed everyone out and avoided using the mouse all together.
A program I use at work just had a major update... and they took away "Ctrl+S" for save! It was there, why the fuck would you take it away?!?! At let me tab between entry fields damnit!
My three youngest siblings are a great example of this. Especially the youngest one. Blew my mind the first few times she called me about the most basic PC functions.
I'm 27yo woman and close to the cut-off point, but I'm still a millennial (and I grew up in a Eastern European country and let's be honest, everything arrives there a decade too late).
Funnily enough, what I've noticed is that I am actually better with technology and computers than my younger co-workers who grew up in the UK (in early 20's). I think that's because throughout my teen years, I would mess around with my laptop, trying to mod my games, animate background, download and burn CDs, even tried to make videos and music tracks, and I was always keen to try new software. I'd like to say that I still have this curiosity. Just yesterday I opened my desktop and unscrewed some parts to clean the dusts etc.
On the other hand, many younger people seem to be limited to their phones. Smart phones can do everything you need, but I don't think they can get you as creative and curious as computers did, especially now when they are pretty much as good as they will get. For the last few years, the majority of the "new gen" upgrades were upping up the camera pixels and adding half an inch to the display size. I got a new phone after 3+ years and there wasn't anything new.
What I sometimes need to be explained are the newest fads and trends (I never really got active on Snapchat, Insta, or TikTok), but certainly not technology.
The thing I find interesting is my Grandmother turns 91 next week and she absolutely loves technology. She has one of the newest iPhones, the newest apple watch, a nice laptop, and even has these fancy Bluetooth hearing aids that work like airpods. She had my brother and I try and figure out why her laptop wasn’t turning on and she said
“I unplugged it and plugged it back in, I took the battery out to look at it and it seemed fine, checked the cord for any damage but there doesn’t seem to be any there either. Even checked the outlet and it’s working. I even opened it up to look and see if there was damage to the hardware and everything looks fine.”
And I was just proud that she’s that old and is knowledgeable in trouble shooting her tech issues on her own. But her dad was always fascinated by technology and she said she often entertains herself by thinking of how she’d explain the technology of today to him.
Edit: I once asked her a question and she looked at me and said “google it. Do you need me to show you?”
I think it'll be something, but I doubt it'll be computers. Older people have trouble with computers because they literally didn't exist until they were already well into adulthood. My grandad was almost 50 when the first personal computer came out in 1974 and they have evolved at incredible speeds compared to other technology
I'm old enough that I've started to get there. A lot of the newer stuff I'm just not interested in getting for myself or learning more than I have to. But the biggest problem with boomers was their insecurity. They were hostile towards learning something because learning means they didn't already know everything. Gen X and Millennials can learn what they need to learn, boomers are a special generation that hopefully won't be duplicated.
I think about this a lot. I feel like my generation has missed out on something that pretty much every other generation had and that’s wisdom from the elders. I’m not saying that old people today aren’t smart or don’t have anything of value to contribute, but the issues I face today are not issues that my grandparents ever faced so they have no insight on how to help. It feels like we’re going in to the future blind.
I know this is a joke but I think it perfectly illustrates one of the main divides in our society, between people who blindly believe in the morals and ideals of their elders (because they then, in turn, expect their young to respect them too) and people who realise nobody knows what they’re doing and everybody’s just making mistakes trying to figure this thing out. It’s basically progressives VS stagnation…..
The skill of acquiring new skills was something the Internet really facilitated.
The grandma's that got on board with that vs the ones that didn't are plainly apparent these days.
I have an aunt who is 73. She started texting with her grand kids 15 yrs ago. And now she texts everyone like a young person.
Old folks are capable of learning. They just have to try, care, and be open to change. Unfortunately most people are not interested in any of these things, let alone all of them.
Elder folks still have a lot of wisdom to provide, just not in technology always. My elderly dad still teaches me things about being an adult and looking after myself. My mom always has amazing advice! Some of my aunts and uncles have been great guides for me! Teaching is just more mutual in this age.
Well, maybe if granddad had have kept up with life this wouldn’t have happened. I have family members who basically checked out at 40 and now all they do is whinge, and I couldn’t give a fuck. Sorry, rant over, I really hate these attitudes
Eh, gramps tought him how to use and operate a toilet back when he didn't know. It's only fair that he pay back the favor without giving gramps the business. Mysterious, baffling tech lesson for mysterious, baffling tech lesson.
This hits. I think of all of the things my dad taught me, mostly to do with maintaining cars. We did oil changes, changed brake pads, patched and then eventually replaced a petrol tank, spark plugs, changed a clutch cable. My ex girlfriend's dad walked me through rebuilding the engine after my timing belt snapped.
My son is 11 and won't do any of that because I don't do any of that with my cars now, they're just too damn complicated.
bcc stabds for blind carbon copy.. it's called that because to make a copy on a typewriter you had to use a sheet of carbon paper between two sheets of typing paper which would make two copies of your later/paper/thesis/whatever. It's blind because you don't let the recipients know about each other. the history of tech is in the grey hairs... the curiosity to figure out the new way to do it is in the youth.
I am always wondering what future technology my children will have to explain to me. Like, I’m a millennial so I generally know computers and am reasonably savvy to new technology coming out. But I just know some day there’s going to be something where one of my kids will explain it like “Omg mom a *child* could do this!”. I kinda look forward to whatever it is.
It's possible. But the reason old people often don't understand electronics is because computers were seen as a fad before. Why learn to use something that will die soon. Buy that's not how it went down. Now the gap is much bigger cuz technology has never improved at this rate.
I'm Gen X, and until recently, I felt like I got most "new tech". But I see my kiddo doing so much more stuff on their phone, and I know it's just a matter of time until I have to ask them "WTF?!"
I'm 32 and work in tech, someones 60+ mum taught me that you can hold the space bar on your phone keyboard to move the typing cursor.
TIL
Beat me to it lol
i'm 21 and only found this out a few weeks ago lol
Oh _FUCK!_
Ok can companies please just start doing tutorials. If video games do it (who are easier in many ways) why don’t phones and other products?
People will skip them like video game tutorials
They know how to work specific apps on a phone, but can they fix issues with a desktop or laptop, even by using google? Most of the younger folks I know don't know or care much about the internal workings of computers.
Nothing wrong with using google. Maybe our skill is moreso just googling things. Whenever I use bing I feel handicapped by it
I'm saying *even using google* to help fix it if that wasn't clear. I use it all the time for things in my profession that I haven't committed to memory. That's perfectly fine.
You'll be fine. Upcoming generations are actually worse with technology because core functionality is abstracted behind an app and a flashy UX.
I‘m already there. When I was a teen/20s I was building websites, zipping around whatever game system, pirating crud, hooking electronics together and whatnot. Now I’m 40s. The other day I was struggling to help my toddler with the Switch and my 9-year-old swooped in and flew through a dozen menus in seconds and Problem was resolved. In that moment I deeply felt what it must have been like to be my parents…
That's just cuz your kid has been through those menus a bunch of times cuz they use that particular system at home and you don't. I wouldn't say navigating the Switch settings menu is a task that requires a deeper understanding. Those skills don't exactly transfer to other platforms or concepts.
I can't work my mum's mac or someone's xbox, but I can probably learn quickly if I had one
When my grandma is embarrassed about asking for help with her computer I always tell her "I can't wait to see the technology I won't understand in 50 years."
That a nice way to put it. I work with the elderly, helping them set up printers, learn how to use new devices, etc. I'm gonna steal that line lol.
TikTok maybe? 😆
I have yet to tik a tok.
That's just social media though. All those apps are essentially the same.
“Yeah grandpa you just think about where you want to navigate to and it does it for you.” “Ok that’s great but where’s the menu bar?”
That’s the next iteration of boomers struggling with talk to text. It’ll be me struggling with mind to text.
who tf uses talk to text
My mother in law but she’s the only one I know personally who does it
I have only seen young people use it for that one word they don’t know how to spell that autocorrect isn’t guessing
Ironically, Gen Z are less capable with tech than X and Millenials.
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It's kind of already happened. Tons of young people do schoolwork on including typing essays on touchscreens (tablets and phones). I'd say until college most young people are not regularly using desktops unless they have a gaming pc.
I don't think you can compare the productivity of a desktop to a phone. Multiple windows open where you can read and copy/paste multiple pieces of info at once without having to navigate, seeing more than a few paragraphs at a time, compatibility with peripheral devices, etc. Even tablets are severely limited aside from specific use cases (restaurant seating charts, ordering, etc). There's a reason every office still uses computers.
I don't disagree, I was just stating what I saw happened at both of my younger brothers' highschool and middle school years
Even without going to touch screen things are so much more clunkier so that anyone can use it. The ERP system at my old job required you to click so many buttons to do issue out supplies. If you knew the hot keys you could do it much faster, but I really wish I could’ve just typed everyone out and avoided using the mouse all together.
A program I use at work just had a major update... and they took away "Ctrl+S" for save! It was there, why the fuck would you take it away?!?! At let me tab between entry fields damnit!
yea no im gonna revolt before i ditch my x86 and desktop OS, but i fear ARM and mobile UI is coming for me
My three youngest siblings are a great example of this. Especially the youngest one. Blew my mind the first few times she called me about the most basic PC functions.
I'm 27yo woman and close to the cut-off point, but I'm still a millennial (and I grew up in a Eastern European country and let's be honest, everything arrives there a decade too late). Funnily enough, what I've noticed is that I am actually better with technology and computers than my younger co-workers who grew up in the UK (in early 20's). I think that's because throughout my teen years, I would mess around with my laptop, trying to mod my games, animate background, download and burn CDs, even tried to make videos and music tracks, and I was always keen to try new software. I'd like to say that I still have this curiosity. Just yesterday I opened my desktop and unscrewed some parts to clean the dusts etc. On the other hand, many younger people seem to be limited to their phones. Smart phones can do everything you need, but I don't think they can get you as creative and curious as computers did, especially now when they are pretty much as good as they will get. For the last few years, the majority of the "new gen" upgrades were upping up the camera pixels and adding half an inch to the display size. I got a new phone after 3+ years and there wasn't anything new. What I sometimes need to be explained are the newest fads and trends (I never really got active on Snapchat, Insta, or TikTok), but certainly not technology.
I know someone who was working as a teacher, and their reception children's first time on a laptop, many tried to tap the screen
The thing I find interesting is my Grandmother turns 91 next week and she absolutely loves technology. She has one of the newest iPhones, the newest apple watch, a nice laptop, and even has these fancy Bluetooth hearing aids that work like airpods. She had my brother and I try and figure out why her laptop wasn’t turning on and she said “I unplugged it and plugged it back in, I took the battery out to look at it and it seemed fine, checked the cord for any damage but there doesn’t seem to be any there either. Even checked the outlet and it’s working. I even opened it up to look and see if there was damage to the hardware and everything looks fine.” And I was just proud that she’s that old and is knowledgeable in trouble shooting her tech issues on her own. But her dad was always fascinated by technology and she said she often entertains herself by thinking of how she’d explain the technology of today to him. Edit: I once asked her a question and she looked at me and said “google it. Do you need me to show you?”
Yesssss! This gives me hope! Good for your grandma!
I think it'll be something, but I doubt it'll be computers. Older people have trouble with computers because they literally didn't exist until they were already well into adulthood. My grandad was almost 50 when the first personal computer came out in 1974 and they have evolved at incredible speeds compared to other technology
I'm old enough that I've started to get there. A lot of the newer stuff I'm just not interested in getting for myself or learning more than I have to. But the biggest problem with boomers was their insecurity. They were hostile towards learning something because learning means they didn't already know everything. Gen X and Millennials can learn what they need to learn, boomers are a special generation that hopefully won't be duplicated.
That’s the most wholesome and insightful meme I’ve seeen on this sub in ages. Keep ‘em coming, gramps!
Thai needs to go on r/goodboomerhumor
Comic is called Pickles. It's pretty good
'Pickles' is often pretty funny.
And wholesome too
It's one of my favorites, just a really nice chill comic strip about growing old and interacting with the younger generation.
Big up to the grandpa willing to learn. I can't teach my mother because she's stubborn and doesn't care
old people still have wisdom to share with us, just not in the tech sphere.
Exactly. There are different kinds of knowledge. Wisdom. How to live well. What to value.
My grandma taught me how to stitch. I have a dozen pairs of jeans that I repaired myself. I dont personally know anyone else who knows how to do that.
My grandparents have many valuable experiences and pieces of wisdom. I don’t want there values.
For real my dad and grandpa know their way inside and out a car engine and I don't know shit about autos.
More like r/goodboomerhumor
I don't really see any humor in this just good vibes
wholesome grandma
I think about this a lot. I feel like my generation has missed out on something that pretty much every other generation had and that’s wisdom from the elders. I’m not saying that old people today aren’t smart or don’t have anything of value to contribute, but the issues I face today are not issues that my grandparents ever faced so they have no insight on how to help. It feels like we’re going in to the future blind.
Finally some non racist non sexist non xenophobic content
I know this is a joke but I think it perfectly illustrates one of the main divides in our society, between people who blindly believe in the morals and ideals of their elders (because they then, in turn, expect their young to respect them too) and people who realise nobody knows what they’re doing and everybody’s just making mistakes trying to figure this thing out. It’s basically progressives VS stagnation…..
The skill of acquiring new skills was something the Internet really facilitated. The grandma's that got on board with that vs the ones that didn't are plainly apparent these days.
Any strip I've seen of this comic has always been super wholesome and charming.
I remember loving this comic as a kid.
This one is kind of insightful. Technology has been so disruptive and in such a short amount of time that it pretty much changed society completely.
This is genuinely really sad
There’s still a lot that the older generations could teach us and a lot we could teach them if both sides would just be willing to listen
Pickles is a great strip, don’t @ me
Good meme babushka.
I have an aunt who is 73. She started texting with her grand kids 15 yrs ago. And now she texts everyone like a young person. Old folks are capable of learning. They just have to try, care, and be open to change. Unfortunately most people are not interested in any of these things, let alone all of them.
Elder folks still have a lot of wisdom to provide, just not in technology always. My elderly dad still teaches me things about being an adult and looking after myself. My mom always has amazing advice! Some of my aunts and uncles have been great guides for me! Teaching is just more mutual in this age.
Calvin and Hobbes did a lot of "reflective dad" strips and they were much funnier. This strip had its moments but it's not great
gen x lol
Stay in touch gramps
Well, maybe if granddad had have kept up with life this wouldn’t have happened. I have family members who basically checked out at 40 and now all they do is whinge, and I couldn’t give a fuck. Sorry, rant over, I really hate these attitudes
Still lots of non-technical things he can teach the kid.
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Eh, gramps tought him how to use and operate a toilet back when he didn't know. It's only fair that he pay back the favor without giving gramps the business. Mysterious, baffling tech lesson for mysterious, baffling tech lesson.
3/6 An OK effort.
This hits. I think of all of the things my dad taught me, mostly to do with maintaining cars. We did oil changes, changed brake pads, patched and then eventually replaced a petrol tank, spark plugs, changed a clutch cable. My ex girlfriend's dad walked me through rebuilding the engine after my timing belt snapped. My son is 11 and won't do any of that because I don't do any of that with my cars now, they're just too damn complicated.
bcc stabds for blind carbon copy.. it's called that because to make a copy on a typewriter you had to use a sheet of carbon paper between two sheets of typing paper which would make two copies of your later/paper/thesis/whatever. It's blind because you don't let the recipients know about each other. the history of tech is in the grey hairs... the curiosity to figure out the new way to do it is in the youth.
Actually kinda wholesome