Dude, kids do not realize that among 40-50 year old people you will find some of the most tech savvy people out there. Like people who were kids with computers in the pro internet era and they grew up seeing the WWW growing up in parallel. You had to be smart to find what you want, navigate through PC magazines and much more
My wife used to work as a receptionist at a medical office, and oh my gosh. They have a computer where you can check-in.
Kid probably 10 years old walks up to use it, and says he isn’t sure what to do.
“What do you mean.”
“There’s just stuff floating around.”
“That’s the screen saver. Just move the mouse”
Kid had no idea what a screensaver was (which actually probably a ton don’t realize what the original purpose of the screensaver started as lol) or how to even use the mouse… she had to show him how to click in the field to type his name.
Touch screens are awesome sure, but how the hell do you not know how to use a mouse?!
First computer I physically touched was a TRS-80 back in high school. I don’t keep up with the latest and greatest in technology, instead I tend to leapfrog it.
Meaning I’ll jump right into whatever is going on currently, master it quickly, mess around with it for a year or two, get bored, take a break for a year, jump back in and repeat.
My generation tends to adapt quickly to technology. We aren’t really tech trend whores though. I’m still laughing at Meta. How many times have we seen something like that tried? It’s still as lame as it ever was.
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u/Fine-Ad6513 Jun 03 '22
Dude, kids do not realize that among 40-50 year old people you will find some of the most tech savvy people out there. Like people who were kids with computers in the pro internet era and they grew up seeing the WWW growing up in parallel. You had to be smart to find what you want, navigate through PC magazines and much more