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re: Why can't old people grasp technology?
Posted on 10/7/17 at 4:46 pm to knowingabyss
Posted on 10/7/17 at 4:46 pm to knowingabyss
They're probably doing it to tick you off.
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Posted on 10/7/17 at 5:14 pm to Macfly
quote:This. It's more fun to aggravate the kids, especially once they're grown and out on their own
They're probably doing it to tick you off.
Posted on 10/7/17 at 6:08 pm to dukke v
My daughter invented a font when she was 5.
160 IQ + exposure and time.
No one even showed her a thing about it. She went into the icons, followed drop downs. Look at what i did, dad.
Shes doing database contracting now. They give her a weeks work and its done in a day.
160 IQ + exposure and time.
No one even showed her a thing about it. She went into the icons, followed drop downs. Look at what i did, dad.
Shes doing database contracting now. They give her a weeks work and its done in a day.
This post was edited on 10/7/17 at 6:09 pm
Posted on 10/7/17 at 6:14 pm to knowingabyss
:plauckedup:
:gf:
:jgg:
:rebel:
Posted on 10/7/17 at 6:34 pm to corneredbeast
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Who do you think created all the technology your "technology" runs on?
They think we just turned 60 or 70 and saw a PC or Cell phone for the first time, I got my first PC at work in 1982. Some of friends older than me started Compaq in Houston developing the first portable PC.
This post was edited on 10/7/17 at 6:35 pm
Posted on 10/7/17 at 7:39 pm to knowingabyss
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Seriously, for a generation of people who pride themselves on "doing it themselves", I've never seen something turn them into whining, fit throwing babies like technology does.
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The older you are, the more difficult it is to learn and grasp new, unfamiliar things. It's always been that way.
Not giving my age but will say I'm retired. You may be mistaking "being unfamiliar" with virtues that can be found in the wisdom of non-alignment... rather than interrupting the joys of life to designate every fatuous imbecile who publicly sh#ts his pants with brain matter that somehow dislodged into his rectum the moment he decided to post on the net.
After you finish trying to figure out how to jailbreak your iPhone 4, let's see how you well you "grasp" programming broadcasting playout automation for satellite international network television. You stupid c@cksucker.... ...oh, and once you complete your GTA-5 mission from Simeon, fap to a blurry Tori Wells compilation on your iPhone SE, try to "grasp" the shirtless young lady reclined, reading her paperback copy of The Siren... right across from me... is 32 years old ....and those things are as flawless as Chinese silk...
Why can't young people grasp that generalizing those older than they are (or really any group as a whole) exposes their own stupidity?
This post was edited on 10/7/17 at 7:42 pm
Posted on 10/7/17 at 7:48 pm to TurkeysAndBees
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Not giving my age but will say I'm retired. You may be mistaking "being unfamiliar" with virtues that can be found in the wisdom of non-alignment... rather than interrupting the joys of life to designate every fatuous imbecile who publicly sh#ts his pants with brain matter that somehow dislodged into his rectum the moment he decided to post on the net. After you finish trying to figure out how to jailbreak your iPhone 4, let's see how you well you "grasp" programming broadcasting playout automation for satellite international network television. You stupid c@cksucker.... ...oh, and once you complete your GTA-5 mission from Simeon, fap to a blurry Tori Wells compilation on your iPhone SE, try to "grasp" the shirtless young lady reclined, reading her paperback copy of The Siren... right across from me... is 32 years old ....and those things are as flawless as Chinese silk... Why can't young people grasp that generalizing those older than they are (or really any group as a whole) exposes their own stupidity?
Uh huh.
You might belong here
This post was edited on 10/7/17 at 7:50 pm
Posted on 10/7/17 at 7:49 pm to knowingabyss
Mid 40s.
Who do you think laid the groundwork, technologically, for all the technology you complain they can't understand?
Electronics used to be HARD to interface with. It continues to get easier for not only users but designers as well.
How many 20 somethings banged out code by popping registers in and out of an 8086 microprocessor?
I understand technology just fine, I'm just not in love with it the way younger people seem to be.
Who do you think laid the groundwork, technologically, for all the technology you complain they can't understand?
Electronics used to be HARD to interface with. It continues to get easier for not only users but designers as well.
How many 20 somethings banged out code by popping registers in and out of an 8086 microprocessor?
I understand technology just fine, I'm just not in love with it the way younger people seem to be.
Posted on 10/7/17 at 8:05 pm to MBclass83
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Us old people are to busy living out the last of their lives to be concerned with mastering gadgets. Plus, we like to interact with people directly.
I'm almost 70 and still consider myself pretty tech savvy. I FB, Tweet, and use tons of software for various hobbies I have. I use an iPhone and conduct almost all of my business online. But the last sentence here is the key to living a full, productive life. As society loses personal contact, it loses it richness. The best things in life are family and friends that you can be with regularly.
Posted on 10/7/17 at 8:07 pm to knowingabyss
Do you consider 55 old?
I'm 55 and can learn new tech quickly.
I'm 55 and can learn new tech quickly.
Posted on 10/7/17 at 8:20 pm to Kcrad
When I wear socks with my sandals, I know it looks crappy I just don't care. Same with tech.
Posted on 10/7/17 at 9:01 pm to knowingabyss
One of my customers is 76 years old and doesn't even have a computer or email. I have to email a guy in his office to send him information. He owns 4 factories across the USA and is worth over $200 million dollars. He manages pretty well without having grasped new technology.
Posted on 10/7/17 at 9:30 pm to knowingabyss
Saw a guy in his late 70s driving a motorized wheelchair taking a selfie on an IPhone 7 today. It was bizarre
Posted on 10/7/17 at 9:45 pm to knowingabyss
Arthritis
Posted on 10/7/17 at 9:46 pm to MadDoggyStyle
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One of my customers is 76 years old and doesn't even have a computer or email. I have to email a guy in his office to send him information. He owns 4 factories across the USA and is worth over $200 million dollars. He manages pretty well without having grasped new technology.
If had $200 million dollars my personal assistant would be doing all Email and other communications, I would never touch another keyboard.
This post was edited on 10/7/17 at 9:47 pm
Posted on 10/7/17 at 9:49 pm to MadDoggyStyle
This thread got me to thinking about a customer I had. She was in her early 70s when she retired. Her company really wanted her to retire for a number of years but she was a widow and she wanted to work. In her mid-60s, her company implemented SAP and they figured this would do her in. Wrong. She became the go-to at her location and never missed a beat. The only reason she retired 4 months short of her 50th anniversary with her company is because the company closed her location.
And on top of that, she could make a mean pecan pie which she would give me one several times a year.
God Bless You, Lucille, wherever you are.
And on top of that, she could make a mean pecan pie which she would give me one several times a year.
God Bless You, Lucille, wherever you are.
Posted on 10/7/17 at 9:50 pm to dukke v
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take it for you want but it is what it is.
Geez. You just typed absolutely worthless drivel that means absolutely nothing.
Posted on 10/7/17 at 10:14 pm to SabiDojo
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My mother refuses to learn how to send text messages.
My Mom used to think the proper response to an email was a phone call.
Posted on 10/7/17 at 10:39 pm to knowingabyss
I try not to generalize positively or negatively on folks of advanced age. I work at a job where I have to help old people deal with devices that often confuse them.
Some of them refuse to even try to learn how to operate the machines, some of them (who I hope to be when I'm their age) are game enough to at least try. Some of them master it with minimal instruction.
It's not about when they were born, it's about personal willingness to either read instructions or listen to verbal instructions, or, most importantly, not throw a tantrum at the first sign of difficulty.
This is not generational. I see 20, 30, and 40-somethings that refuse to learn, too.
Some of them refuse to even try to learn how to operate the machines, some of them (who I hope to be when I'm their age) are game enough to at least try. Some of them master it with minimal instruction.
It's not about when they were born, it's about personal willingness to either read instructions or listen to verbal instructions, or, most importantly, not throw a tantrum at the first sign of difficulty.
This is not generational. I see 20, 30, and 40-somethings that refuse to learn, too.
Posted on 10/7/17 at 10:47 pm to DavidTheGnome
quote:I'm 61 and work in technology for military and intelligence agencies. I couldn't do it if I didn't commit myself to keeping up, but it IS changing at a very rapid rate.
I’m in my 30’s and already feel like technology is quickly outpacing my ability to keep up (or I quit caring about trying to).
The rate of acceleration is concerning. I love innovation but it's getting increasingly more difficult to stay up-to-date.
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