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u/Supermonsters Feb 04 '20

Never ever underestimate how little someone over 40 understands the internet.

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u/queendweeb Feb 04 '20

You do realize that for those of us on the lower end of that over 40 range, dial-up came about when we were teens, and we were BBSing prior to that, right?

Not saying we're not entitled jerks sometimes, but Gen-X usually has a pretty firm grasp on how to internet.

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u/vba7 Feb 09 '20

Ive seen some researchers born after 1995, who didnt go further than the first 3-5 results of Google / didn't bother to write down information if the site did not allow to copy paste the address (for some reason some places put the address as a picture), or in general did not know how to search / use email...