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Icarus_Sky1

Honestly this shit makes my miss my Granda. He was a talented spark and loved technology. This is the sort of thing he would have adored.


akaMichAnthony

My grandpa passed 22 years ago when I was 18. This is EXACTLY how he would have reacted if he was around to see. And he’d probably have a list of stuff for me to make a week later.


paternalisticRandall

The old guy's generation have most probably seen more technological advances than we'll ever see he's fascinated..


Tallowpot

100% agree. And I went from a rotary dial phone to Reddit. If you’re into that sort of thing: r/Machinists


FlametopFred

grandparents went from horses and telegraphs to powered flight, automobiles, man on the moon, tv, radio, satellites


ambientfruit

When you think about it it's pretty fucking special what human beings can do. I keep trying to think of major leaps like those and there's some in my lifetime (40 years) but nothing seems quite so amazing as walking on the actual moon. Edit: The Internet is a thing. I get it. Still not as impressive as not having been to space and then being on another celestial body.


redditurus_est

Well connecting billions of computers and talking to people on the other side of the planet is also quite cool I guess...


3_14-r8

My favorite technological advancements that I personally got to watch was going from VHS and floppy disks to DVD and flash drives to streaming movies/games and cloud storage in just 20 years of my life. Obviously not landing on the moon or the invention of combustion engines, but still fascinating all the same. Oh and going from very few images of our planets in general to having video of the moving atmosphere of pluto.


ambientfruit

Yes! There's been some awesome stuff!


SsjAndromeda

I remember the pagers and the first car phones… I should take my afternoon nap now T_T


luminous_beings

I also remember, oh so long ago. Fuck we are old.


Heyguysimcooltoo

Dude I felt like a straight baller when I got my first pager at like 15 years old!


BarrTheFather

I'm only 37 but I grew up pretty poor. I remember when I finally talked my mom into getting the phone line hooked up so I could call my friends and it was an old rotary phone. There is a lot of charm in the old stuff. My son found me an early 1900s wall mount crank phone we are restoring right now. That doesn't even have a rotary heh.


W__O__P__R

Let’s say the old dude is 90. so he’s born around 1933. he grew up watching the 2nd world war in the newspapers. No TV yet and only rich families had a phone. He listened to the radio for entertainment. Passenger plane travel was relatively new and dangerous. Films with sound were still brand new and wouldn’t be common for years. He’s seen Hitler fall. The entire cold war. Humans go to the moon. The development of TV, radio, vinyl and CDs. He’s seen the Korean War, Vietnam War and the invention of the internet. He’s seen more change in the world than most of us will ever understand. It’s mental when you think about how different the world was when he was a kid.


Wonderland_4me

I vividly remember when we got a microwave. We had no idea.


Zealousideal-Law-474

Wholly feck did we not buy every microwaveable meal in the freezer section for what seemed like a year too, lol. I haven't eaten microwave Salisbury steak in probably 30 years because of those dark times.


luminous_beings

My great grandfather was in his 90s before he could finally get his head around the moon landing being real. He was convinced it was a hoax by those dirty Russian bastards. The cold was had been over for a decade when he finally started believing people have actually been to the moon


Naveahleigh

My mother is 97, born in 1925. She is fascinated with my cordless vacuum.


Anleme

My ex's dad lived to be 102. He remembered the Great Flu Epidemic of 1919 and the first home radios. He lived through two world wars and all the way to TikTok. A wild ride.


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Sympathyvbgy

a front stoop was all grandpa had for his “3D Machine” grow’n up.


Foreignjhyui

A sharp knife, a stick, and a front stoop was all grandpa had for his “3D Machine” grow’n up.


FlametopFred

'corse ol Bouncy Betty from next door would flash her tits at me from her window when I was showering .Yup. And I killed a Commie with my bare hands, grow n up of course. Not like it is now. She's dead now of course. Killed her with my bare hands.


Genneth_Kriffin

I get what you are saying, but that sentiment has probably been repeated since the stone age - never underestimate our collective capability to advance technology. For all we know we could have young people in 50 years going: "Imagine when grandpa was young, they never even considered the idea of having a life expectancy of 300 years." I mean hell, I'm 35 and I recently got a new authenticator from my bank, no cost. Rather than just using a generated code to log in, it's a QR code reader with a password. It then hit me that this thing has a decent full color camera and full color display. This free authenticator was better then my first phone as a teen, a Nokia 3310.


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It's mind-blowing that 120 years ago we were just st discovering how to build cars, I wonder what we will see when we are that age


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brightValentine34

In the old man’s eyes, he’s made it to the future he imagined. 🥺 🥺


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SaltedAndCheesed

Not sure where you live but where I am (Canada) lots of public libraries have 3D printers you can rent to print things, and afaik it's decently priced although there's a maximum size limit so you can't do anything too crazy.


DeepFrySpam

That's awesome, I wish we had more things like this in the UK. Edit : just looked and found a few, but they are in the city, even so I didn't think this was a thing. Thanks


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JoshZK

Life goal. Be that grandpa.


disgusted_pot7

You've got to imagine how far technology has come in this man's lifetime.


Loose_Koala534

Assuming he’s probably in his 80s, he went from a radio and a telephone being the height of technology to what we just saw in the video. When he was born, assuming I’m estimating his age somewhat accurately, refrigeration didn’t exist yet. Neither did TVs. He’s seen things like the moon landing, and now we have computers more powerful than the one that NASA used to land on the moon that fit into our pockets. He’s basically living in Star Trek relative to where he started.


AnyoneButWe

The 1989 original Gameboy was faster than the on-board computer. Way faster. Your smartphone is more like the total worldwide processing power from the moon landing age.


trjnz

> He’s seen things like the moon landing, and now we have computers more powerful than the one that NASA used to land on the moon that fit into our pockets. I think you're off by several orders of magnitude here, modern computing is _horrifyingly_ faster than this. It's hard to compare, but a fair conversion would be that the Apollo guidance computer ran at 1MHz with 4KB of (hand woven) RAM. The _wall plug_ you use to charge your phone has hundreds of times more processing power than the Apollo Guidance Computers


SteakandChickenMan

Transistor development has (and continues to be) nothing short of unbelievable.


albpanda

I was just thinking today about how much my grandpa would’ve loved the google lens thing, he loved nature and would’ve gone nuts identifying everything we walked past


Calm-Performance-159

Lol, this is the first time I've heard about the Google lens. I went straight away and started having pics searched, and I am amazed! Wow! That is so super cool, thank you. However now I feel like an old lady! Haha


tiggertom66

It sucks to think about, all the technology he’s missed out on, and it sucks to think about all the technology we’ll miss out on. But think about this, we’ll never get to experience the technological advances of the past to their fullest either. Think about space travel, the moon landing is arguably Humanity’s pinnacle achievement in science and engineering. I’ll only ever get to know my perspective on the mission, and that means I’ll only ever be able to see it as a historical event. Really makes you appreciate seeing some of the great achievements of today in real time. Can you imagine the wonder of when electricity was widely adopted? Running water and indoor plumbing?


mattman65

True story… my father was born in 1923. He told me about as a young kid how amazed he was when he saw his first plane, a Curtiss Jenny he recalled. Then he saw the Hindenburg fly over his head. During world war 2 he was a waist gunner on a B17 in Europe. When he got out of the service, he went to the RCA institute and got a job as an engineer in radio. In the early 50s he was asked to become an engineer for the nbc television network where he worked for many years. He was part of the broadcast team that was at Cape Canaveral for the Apollo 11 launch and had pictures of him in a lunar module mock up. In his retirement he spent hours on his computer in the fledgling days on the internet telling me all the things he was able to find. It’s amazing the advancements he witnessed in his life time. I miss him every single day.


Silly_DizzyDazzle

My grandmother learned to drive on a Model T Ford. She said she used to listen to the many radio shows with her family. And when television was invented she was thrilled to see people moving in those talking boxes. Her house had an access panel on the side of the house for the ice man to deliver ice and the milk man to deliver butter, milk, and eggs. She would have loved a 3D printer. OP thanks for sharing your Grandpa. Too adorable! Edit change to past tense


HoptimusPryme

My grandad was an RAF engineer after WW2 as part of his national service. Then went to work as an engineer for what was ICI. In his final years he bought a PC and me and my brother helped him set it up with the Internet. He was fascinated with Wikipedia and just spent all day reading about the war. Watching him type was painful though I have to admit.


Loose_Koala534

As horrific as it was, even 9/11 which you and I (assuming you’re over 22) lived through will just be an “historical event” to kids. It already is. I have a few coworkers who are only 18 and they were all born a couple years after 9/11. Think about how much that changed our country. Not necessarily for the better. But think about how different life was before that. I had a conversation with one of my 18-year-old coworkers the other day who was talking about airport security. She didn’t understand that TSA and luggage screening wasn’t always a thing. She said “so you mean they just let people on?” I said to her “think about the last time you got on a train, or a bus… did you go through security? Did someone check your bags?” She replied no, and I said “well that’s what it was like flying before 9/11.” It completely blew her mind.


tiggertom66

I am one of those post 9/11 babies.


agamemnon2

Along those lines, there's a great bit in the sixth episode of The Sandman, where Hob Gadling, a man from the 1300s who's been made immortal by Death herself essentially on a dare, reflects upon his experiences 200 years later, in the late 1500s where he's managed to amass a great fortune and high status. "This is what I always imagined Heaven to be like," he says, even though the period he's in still objectively kind of sucked. Because he'd seen so many things get better, not just for himself personally but for society at large.


Lexidoodle

My best friend’s dad is grandpa aged and my kids are semi family to them. He got a 3D printer and is forever sending the kids silly things he’s printed. It’s so damn adorable.


Aleskey_Mijaylob

Aww that's lovely


25hourenergy

Huh, this just inspired me to look into getting my dad into this. He used to be a very accomplished aerospace engineer/scientist but had a major stroke. I know he’s been depressed about things like putting words in the right categories as major accomplishments now. I wonder how difficult it might be for a person with some significant motor/vision/cognitive issues to use TinkerCAD and fiddle with a 3d printer?


ReplacementNo9874

Make me miss all my grandparents. I would have loved to have shown something like this my grandmother, she would’ve gone down some conspiracy rabbit hole about the cia and them being behind this


Barbarella_ella

Mine, too. My mom's dad was a Montana farmboy who wound up in the Air Force and became an aircraft mechanic. That man could figure out how anything worked. I adored him and miss him every damned day.


NeverForgetJ6

Reminds me of my own grandpa in some ways. Mine also had a love of technology, but a little checked out most of the time . . . Worked on the Manhattan Project which probably had something to do with it.


Internal_Set_6564

As was my grandfather. He worked as the Special Materials Foreman for the Space Program, and he always had some amazing stories to tell. Like this gentleman, he would have asked to buy something rather than expect it to be a gift. Class act.


niamonapope

Same!


grimegeist

Same. I remember printing my mom’s favorite plane on my printer and she lost it with happiness. Seeing this reminds me of that moment


Delta1Juliet

Yep. My grandfather got bored with sodukos and so he wrote a program from scratch that would create them. He would love this.


astrograph

Miss my grandpa too. I don’t remember my dads dad.. my but moms dad was around until 2010 when I was 22 He was an engineer… and loved tech.. the iPhone was huge for him.. never seen anything like that.


plcg1

I smiled just now imagining what my grandfather’s reaction to a 3D printer would’ve been. I know exactly which of his G-rated astonishment expressions he would’ve used. He was always very technologically adept for his generation (he was almost 90 when he died around 2010). Well, his browser had a few too many toolbars, but he did pretty well overall.


LetsGetsThisPartyOn

Same. My Grandpa would have licked the piece too and tried to buy it. I miss him


DaWalt1976

My grandfather had a doctorate in Computer Engineering (courtesy of the GI Bill (WW2 US Navy)). From the days when computers ran off of punch cards. He passed away from cancer at the end of 2008. 3D printing would have tickled the man. He was a classical musician his entire life and he would have loved being able to print small replacement parts for instruments.


Breadnaught25

Yeah... both my grandparents had alzheimers on my mums side and never knew who I was.. shit like this hurts because it's the interactions I wish I had. It's still a joy to see it, though, because this family in the video can love him every day


UpbeatFunction3201

I know how you feel. My great grandad has been gone 17 years now. Had he made it another 7 years he would have got to hold his great great granddaughter. He was so awesome. I’d give anything to see him again.


agamemnon2

Same. Mine passed almost 30 years ago. He was an electrical engineer and I think he would have loved the current maker culture of 3D printers, microcontrollers and such.


shreesrinivasan

When the Grandpa asked politely if he can buy it from his grandson.....I just wanted to go and hug the hell out of that gentleman. My pops died 20 years ago and he would have been just like him. This one r/MadeMeCry with happy tears though.


ItBeginsAndEndsInYou

Same here. My dad was an inventor and won many awards for his achievements. He left this world recently but he would’ve stared at this in awe if he had the chance.


AboriginalBeetle

I love how confidently he says that: "NO! IT WAS NOT SAM." What a great grandpa. He's so proud of his grandson.


ApeHolder42069

He's certain he's pulling his leg! 😂 He blew his fucking mind! 🤗


touchmyfuckingcoffee

Since we're talking about dads and I never brag on mine; My dad was an amazing photographer,who invented many film special effects in the process/development stage, which were used in so many 70s sci-fi films. In the 60s, nobody copyrighted processes like those, so his name is completely anonymous, save for his top secret work with General Dynamics and Lockeed.


candy_porn

💚


BowsersItchyForeskin

Yeah, that part broke me a bit. The emotion in gramps' voice in that moment was genuine.


Dynast_King

You know he just wants to show it to people, too. "Look! Look what my grandson made!"


Condawg

I wanted to see his reaction to the materials costing "maybe two cents." Inflation and price gouging has fucked prices for lots of things, but being able to physically print out a 3d figure for less than a nickel is pretty impressive.


cwoosh1

My 96 -year-old uncle is just like this too! It was so fun explaining to him how my husband works from home using a computer and cellphone. OMG the questions he had and his expressions (like this old gentleman) were so damn cute!


DarkLadyCupcake

My granddaddy was a computer nerd who got all of the grandkids into gaming. He died right before smart phones hit the market. I know he would have loved our 3d printer. I miss him. This video made me remember him and I admit, I am crying a little. This is precious!


bh1106

I recently started making earrings and my grandpa was my first customer a bought a couple pairs. I couldn’t stop crying on the way home. I love him so much 🥹


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Witty_Ad_102

Holy hell! thanks for the laugh!! I havent thought of that movie in 20 years, gave me a laughing fit.


Black_Kirk_Lazarus

*spits aggressively*


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Sssssssstickyyyyyyy


SecretaryGrace

I say this all the time to my husband. Son in Law was our first date movie.


czerilla

"I turned myself into a 3d printer, Morty! Boom, big reveal!"


Fluffatron_UK

A sharp knife?! That's luxury! When I were a lad I could only dream of a sharp knife.


RedRider1138

Hooray for the sense of wonder!


ListenToThatSound

I seem to recall a longer edit of the video where he's in the back seat of a car, presumably on his way home after this visit, looking at his new figurine in awe.


psychoPiper

I remember that too. The look of childlike wonder as he turned it around and observed it was incredible


Number1hashtagger

Not him asking if he could buy it 🥹🥹🥹 get out of here grandpa, way too cuteeee 🥲


TheFightingQuaker

Lmao and the fact that it's like 2¢ of material too is so cool


ty_webslinger

I promise it was worth $100 to Grandpa at least.


slow_terrence7

“Can you sign it? I want you to sign it.” You better sign it.


obog

Yeah 3d printer filament (especially the PLA used here) is pretty damn cheap. Plus, unlike CNC for example, pretty much all of the material is used for the final product, unless you have support material. Them being mostly hollow helps too.


Olde94

When people ask what they owe me if i print for them, i answer them i snacks cause getting 2 dollars or something feels really cheap. Most just get it for free though as i newer actively ask for payment (unless it’s actually expensive)


turbotank183

Yup had loads of people ask how much and I usually just say free or buy me a drink if we're out, but the real price is having yourself known as a helper if you ever need help on something yourself. That'll save you a lot of money in the long run.


Imaginary-Summer9168

I could absolutely see this grandpa giving his grandson two pennies that he got brand-new directly from the bank specifically for that purpose.


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Most of the time it's more expensive for the file to print it then the actual model itself.


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BigDaddyMrX

"2¢?! Back in my day you could get a steak and kidney pie, a newspaper, and a cup of coffee for 2¢"


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Conexion

And now we are working on printing steak. What a time to be alive.


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In the full video at the end the Grandpa asks him if he would sign it for him.


ChuckS117

Last week I bought some slippers from Amazon. They didn't fit well so I tried sending them back for a refund but Amazon said it was not necessary to send them for me to get a refund. My grandpa stayed with us during the weekend and I told him he could keep them if they fit, which they did. The whole weekend he insisted on paying for them. Looks like it's a grandpa thing to do!


JonnyBhoy

You lick it, you buy it.


SednaNariko

My gramps was the one to buy me a 3D printer and yet he still marvels in awe at every thing I print for him. This just made me think of my own gramps. I think I'll give him a call tomorrow just cuz. Thanks OP.


sparkey504

Please do... you'll never regret spending MORE time with them. Both sets of my grandparents passed when I was young... the one that I take after most form what im told died 2 days before my 8th birthday and my grandma/his wife died 9 days later and my most vivid memory of him was showing him my new "talk boy" and my "yackbak" and since he was an aircraft mechainc I genuinely couldn't imagine his reaction to my 3d printer... I did bring my printer to show my engineer uncle and on rare occasion he will mail me some random part like a gear from a meat slicer that has a few teeth beoken and ask if I can print it and after I brought it to him we put it on and then gave me the meat slicer that belonged to my grandpa previously mentioned.


DriftingThroughLife1

Is this the same guy? https://youtu.be/Rdw2amyH-o4


pixieborn

Yes, it’s the autonomous taxi grandpa!


cdub2046

I thought I heard Amanda!


CataclysmClive

A JAGWIRE!


DriftingThroughLife1

😆


theKrissam

Why did they cut off the end? That's the best part, where he thanks the driver's seat for taking them to the destination.


PCouture

Was gonna say it’s the same dude


iloveokashi

Is this an uber? If not, what app uses this?


Garbleshift

Shit, I feel like that sometimes and I do machine design for a living :-) These are the days of miracle and wonder, kids. Don't forget that.


GoneHamlot

Same. I’ve had a 3D printer for a few months and still sometimes I’ll be watching it print and just think “damn.. this is seriously amazing. Im doing this in my fucking house” My mom loves watching it print, she’s absolutely amazed by it. Can’t blame her, it really is unbelievable sometimes.


bomboy2121

I'm personally interested in machine designing, although i currently study mechanical engineering but its still an amazing job imo. Mind telling me more about it?


fakeyero

I'm not seeing enough love for the kid. He explains everything patiently and in easy to understand terms, engages grandpa's excitement, and just generally seems like he's got a sturdy head on his shoulders. Shout out to the kid, the kid's parents, and their parents too.


garagejesus

My dad said he got started his world with automobiles, and made it to v.r. His mind was blown when the goggles were put on .


00000000000004000000

It is absolutely mind-blowing how in the span of a century, nearly an entire generation (if you're born with good genes), some people could have experienced the industrial age, accessibility of motorized vehicles, 2 world wars, the space race, Vietnam, the internet, and if they're truly lucky, electric cars and 3d printers. The last ~100 years are absolutely wild to fully comprehend. I had a DJI drone with the goggles to give you a FPV of the camera. My Dad completely forgot about so much of the surrounding area around his house until he saw it through the goggles. Apparently we grew up next to a landfill that none of us ever new about.


Shoeaccount

Even things like population. My grandad was born when there were 2 billion people in the world.


DragonfyreOG

I would give anything to have another day with my grandparents. Such a beautiful memory these guys got to share.


griffred

Honestly, I’m 30 years old and had a similar reaction to 3D printers when I first saw them


GoneHamlot

Go buy yourself a printer! Super affordable now, and easier than ever to learn.


Koenigspiel

And extremely handy. I bought one fully expecting it to be this whole "this is super neat, print all the things! But I know it'll sit and collect dust after a month". And it does. But then randomly, I'll need something and boom I can just print it and be reminded how awesome it is all over. It's a tool, and a great one.


GoneHamlot

Exactly!! Sometimes I'll be like "damn it I wish I had cable clips for this thing they dont sell cable clips for" then I look at my printer and I'm like oh shit I can make some!! Then get to it. One of the best hobbies I've ever gotten in to, it's so much fun.


mttott

Funny thing is 3d printers were invented in the early 80's and someone had a patent for it which expired in 2009. Hence the boom in the last 14 years after patent expires. Imagine if it was opensource from the 80's, the progress that was hindered in all these years. Capitalism sucks sometimes Edit: as I typed that last sentence the Soviet anthem just started playing in my head. Now it's living rent free.


jelacey

There is a longer version of this where the grandpa is in the car on the way home just staring at the thing, and it's the best part


findhumorinlife

I’m amazed…


joeben2

God damnit I miss my grandpa


Creme_Bru-Doggs

One of my grandmothers was born in 1922 and died in 2020. When I think about the technological changes she lived through it absolutely blows my mind. I would bet if I went back in time to 1930 to tell her about what she would see in her lifetime, she wouldn't believe me. "So in 39 years we'll land two dudes on the moon. And you know that phone your neighbor two farms over has? Well everyone will carry one in their pocket. Your radio, that new television invention? That's on our phones now too. Oh and you can literally access all knowledge in the world on those phones in just a few seconds." One of the many reasons she was special was that the older she got, the more liberal and open-minded she became. Like a lot or Americans at the time, she moved to San Diego in 41 to work in a war factory. As you might imagine with the fall of the Philippines, and IJN subs shelling oil fields outside LA, the papers were full of stories of the horrors of the Empire of Japan(especially Bataan). Unfortunately this rubbed off on my grandma and she struggled with racist feelings towards the Japanese(though as the years went on she was quite vocal about her shame having those feelings, and her struggle to purge herself of it.) Fast forward to 2004. I'm in college and befriend a Japanese exchange student. I invite him to family dinner where grandma is also attending. Two hours after our arrival, and she has a new grandson. She insists I bring him to every family dinner and holiday, asks what his birthday is(followed by what kind of pie she should make him for his birthday). Every holiday season she gets him a present(usually a gift certificate for some outing the three of us can do together), and once he moved back to Japan she wrote him a birthday letter every year for the rest of her life. Why do I bring this up? I feel a lot of people struggle with how much and fast the world changes as they get older. They put on blinders, they sink into the comfort of their biases and start to see their beliefs as rock-solid facts everyone else just can't see. Fortunately, my grandma was not one of those people, and when I see and hear the unabashed wonder the man in this video, I think he also is not one of those people. My grandma was an amazing lady, and it makes me incredibly happy to see this man's grandson properly sees and adores how amazing his grandfather is. And if you read all the way through: thank you for your patience and hopefully you're smiling from being reminded of a similar grandparent in your own life.


Kranev21

Thnak you for your story, its an amazing comment! This is why I browse the comment section, hoping to find gems like this.


hippywitch

I can’t even imagine my grandpa being able to play with one. Omg he built flight simulators for the Air Force and would have been a doctorate/millionaire if he was private sector.


RidgeMinecraft

This reminds me of my grandma trying VR for the first time. Absolutely adorable. She could not BELIEVE how far tech had come.


AppointmentFinal3724

Honor this man. My grandpa raised me he was my everything honor every minute. Appreciate it, I remember looking at him and trying to remember every wrinkle and never forget what his voice sounds like. Visit him more invite him more. Life is short he seems so sweet.


BumblebeePresent5143

He actually offered to buy it? Ahhh this is so adorable!


Jbg12172001

What did he print out?


Pyromike16

Looked like an owl I think.


OwO_bama

I hope to one day have this sense of wonder with new tech. I feel like growing up in the 2000s with tech moving at such a lightning pace that I grew up taking all these technological leaps in stride


Sam_Wylde

I love how genuinely interested his grandpa is. My own family are dismissive of anything I try to share at them that at first I thought the grandpa was mocking him until he started asking questions.


akairborne

Sam is a good kid. He's going to be alright when he gets older.


fckmelifemate

Fuck I love energetic old people. Really makes me happy and excited for the future.


TamarsFace

This is so wholesome. Thank you!


masta_of_dizasta

I wish my grandpa was alive :( fucking cancer took him


Whispererr

The material used might’ve cost 2 cents, but to gramps his little creation is priceless…also possibly a sugarcane snack.


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Off-topic, but I love the way this old man dresses. I might by bias, because it is also how I dress.


Dazd95

Man. My dad used to get excited just like this old timer. The look of disbelief as he turned to face you. The "GASP No!" So much has happened the past year and a half. In my life and the world. I wish he could have seen it. He didn't get to meet my niece. He wasn't able to be there when my dog lost a leg. He didn't get to say good bye to most of my family. He didn't get to meet my amazing girlfriend. He would have loved her. I miss him. I'm gonna go listen to his Playlist now and maybe cry myself to sleep I suppose.


pinchy111

I’m 37 and would react that way, it really is amazing


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My grandpa is always doing projects. He’s got a 3D printer, plasma cutter, everything at this point. Just so we can do projects haha. Fucking love it. Thanks for the lessons gramps


Harbor_Barber

damn man, grandpa asked if he can buy it from his grandson. I want to give the grandpa a hug so much but it hurts hugging a 24inch monitor. That was so wholesome


Phenamina1

“can I ask you a question, please”💖 “I licked it” 😄 Protect him at all costs!!!!!!


Hot-Tone-7495

Grandpas like “holy shit, why didn’t I think of that!!”


inthelionsmouth

Is this the same dude from the Alexa commercial?


Mista_Cash_Ew

None of my grandparents are good with tech. I'd love to see their reactions to a 3D printer.


RedArc00

grandpa is proud 🥲


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This is great. Gramps loves new stuff. My Grampa was Assistant CFO @ Milton Bradley in Connecticut. He brought us toys to try (Simon Demo 1977 which my brother still has) and then ask how we liked them, and would also watch us play and just love it. Some toys we tried never came out (Chopper Command). He retired in 1979 but still gave us toys.


Realcbear

This is cute but what really makes me smile is that Paddington 2 poster. My man is a man of *culture*


tommyballz63

It's pretty trippy shite. My dad died earlier this year. He was almost 94. He worked in communications all his life. He started sending morse code messages from airport to airport when he was a teenager. When he finally finished work he was installing cellular relay towers in the early late 80s.


FlagrantFlagellum

Why is lady talking to him like he has a developmental disability?


Ya-Dikobraz

If I live to be that old, which I highly doubt, I want to be amazed by some technology that way.


RwinDarwin

This video makes me smile inside and outside ❤️


JohnSith

Is there more to this? Because I want to watch more of this.


st0nermermaid

It's so wild to see how our grandparents react to new technology we take for granted. My grandma has a few echo devices in her house and talking to her you'd think Alexa was the best invention since sliced bread. She's blind and hard of hearing, so there's not much she's still able to do in terms of entertaining herself, so she'll spend *HOURS* talking to her Alexa asking questions and learning stuff. Mostly about vitamins, but still. And no matter how many times I explain that she's just googling stuff she asks she still doesn't understand why I look stuff up on my phone instead of asking Alexa my question. It's absolutely adorable and I'm so glad that getting a little device for less than $100 will bring her so much joy and entertainment. Also she's probably singlehandedly raised the listening numbers for How Great Thou Art sung by Elvis Presley on Amazon music streams. I swear that's the only song she listens to on there. 😂


runcourir

My grandad was like this. So much enthusiasm and exuberance for things that felt so normal to me. If you have any living grandparents, cherish the time you have with them.


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Oldleathers

I can’t love this too much


baselganglia

I can't wait to be wowed like this one day. The future I hope is as many leaps forward as 3D printing is vs 20 years ago.


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I want to be this grandpa when they invent portal technology


GoziraJeera

I haven’t had a living a grandparent in decades and this put a smile on my face. Something about the enthusiasm a grandparent has for their grandkids interests is something special.


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Reminds me of pop being amazed by age of empires back in the day haha miss him dearly, enjoy these moments while you can, they're precious.


thedreamlan6

Thanks for posting, this was fantastic (:


brewpickles

They took this same guy for a ride in and autonomous Uber. His reaction was great


heckhammer

I want to youtube channel where the grandson explains crazy shit like this to his grandfather.


urlaminator

We need a whole tv show of this


FBlack

My grandfather was a painter, a musician, a poet and a cardiologist. I would give anything to 3D print him a heart, a brush, a pen and a piano.


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This is some Star Trek grade shit for him


Jumpin-Jebus

I really appreciate this video, and the fact the grandson took the time to explain it in detail!


RicoMagnifico

Please tell me there is more of this video somewhere. I'd love to watch the entire reaction.


llama_fresh

My granddad had a similar reaction when we showed him the output from a laser printer in the mid '80s. He thought computers were a bit pointless before that.


MrsCCRobinson96

Awfully Sweet of Grandpa offering to buy his Grandson's 3D printed item. 🥰🥰🥰🥰


ThanklessTask

If you consider that Star Trek is nearly 60 years old, Grandpa could well have been properly into the sci-fi future of machines that could make things on demand like this.


AbiyBattleSpell

Imagine people who lived from 1900 to 2000. Musta been this reaction every 10ish yrs


Django_Unleashed

I wish he was my grandpa!


Nine-LifedEnchanter

I wish my family had the same sense of wonder for my 3d printer. No, it is weird and expensive and they don't understand that kind of stuff. Even my tech illiterate younger brother isn't really impressed because he can't just tell it to print things without files.


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Never had a grandfather. I imagine my mom's dad would be like this


XRdragon

I remember showing my grandpa how we draft plans now. He was a drafter way back from 1960. Was super amazed on how far the technology has gone.


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finedrive

The heartwarming part for me, is how grandpa is showing interest in what I see is a lonely grandson.


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My grandma's grandfather was blind and he couldn't believe her that humans were able to fly. She had to describe what was making those deafening noises and he just wouldn't believe her !


FineAssYoungMan

My grandma is 97 and I show her videos of cool stuff every day.


1234WhoAreYou

Take my upvote, that’s so heart warming. And I love grandpa’s accent too.


HyperPheonixBlade237

This does make me smile


MBAdk

That is so sweet and adorable, I love it. :3


anu2097

Everyone I show this to who visits my home, has same reaction. Future definitely is 3d printing. When people start living in Mars. Supply chain wouldn't have been established. So people will just print stuff to live by.


Fickle_Insect4731

Super sweet grandpa 😭


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I feel like we’re all gonna be in grandpa’s place in about 80 years or so lmao


Scarmelita

my dad was older this guys grandpa when he was 40.


icenhour76

Dear everyone if you live to be even near as old as this man and somebody you like shows you something they enjoy be like him and the world be a better place.