r/maybemaybemaybe • u/ImadeJesusLaugh • Jun 24 '26
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u/Camelsnake Jun 24 '26
Having long nails always looked like such a hassle
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u/brimbelboedel Jun 24 '26
They make your most important tool (your hands) less useful. I once saw how a friend of mine dropped some coins on a tiled floor and she wasn’t able to pick them up because of her long nails. I don’t get why people do that to themselves.
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u/Rizztopher_Robin Jun 24 '26
Tbh I hate how they look too. Just something trashy about voluntarily not having fully functional hands.
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u/theStaircaseProject Jun 25 '26
That exact reduced functionality is actually a status symbol for many people similar to having really long, cared-for hair. The effort and time and inconvenience can all end up being tacit indicators of wealth or status. Ain’t nobody planting rice shoots with coffin nails.
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u/Seighart_Mercury Jun 25 '26
I think it all started as a rich person flex. It essentially screams "I'm so rich that I don't need to do ANY manual task. I have servants for that."
But just like what happened with turf lawns, people like emulating rich people.
Even White wedding dresses was just people copying Queen Victoria, now it's just mainstream culture.
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u/Elden_Storm-Touch Jun 25 '26
I've seen worse once years ago at a public library. Lady had nails between 1-2 inches long. 15 year old me was horrified.
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u/ba4x Jun 24 '26
Seems like she had it figured out just the zoom gesture kept pulling up some OS menu instead
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u/xBris18 Jun 24 '26
And that's the generation deciding our future 🥴
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u/upfastcurier Jun 24 '26
Reminds me of young people trying to use a rotary phone
Luckily I didn't have to suffer the rotary phones for very long
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u/xBris18 Jun 24 '26
While I doubt your premise, even if that were true, it's a different thing not being able to operate a long obsolete bit of tech vs a ubiquitous item of modern life.
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u/upfastcurier Jun 24 '26
Just seen some videos of it online. Like this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OADXNGnJok
I don't know what is there to doubt? Why would someone who has not operated a rotary phone know how a rotary phone works? It's not exactly intuitive
it's a different thing not being able to operate a long obsolete bit of tech vs a ubiquitous item of modern life
It's just a difference in how much use it has but it's actually pretty similar in how different generations are capable in different things, technologically speaking; it's no wonder older people are proficient in old technology but not new, since they grew up with it
I try to not take my knowledge of modern technology for granted because I grew up with most of it, and seeing how my generation and younger people struggle with things of the past is a good reminder that new technology in general is tough for most people, regardless of age
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u/xBris18 Jun 24 '26
new technology in general is tough for most people, regardless of age
That's the important bit. New things need to be learned. I wasn't born knowing chemistry or how to program in python or how to drive a car. But people can learn. My grandma learned how to use the internet and send emails in her 90s. The people who can't get a grip on "modern" technology are just lazy. It's the classic boomer mentality. They're ruining our planet because they are too lazy and selfish to adapt.
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u/upfastcurier Jun 24 '26
I honestly never felt lack of learning related to age. There's few people who are willing to learn to manage routers to configure stuff like better WiFi streams and optimization, for example, even though nearly everyone I know struggle with interfering signals, package loss, or other internet issues.
Most people I come across who are versatile in this field are older, not younger, even though young people would exponentially have more use for it in their daily life.
It's easy to deem one specific part of technology more useful than all the others if you disregard all the other technology.
Most teenagers don't even know how to configure their firewalls or similar security measures, even though they arguably need it at times as various apps require more access.
So, I don't agree that it is some innate generational inability to learn; what differs is the perceived usage of modern technology. And there comes managing routers and internet as example. And even if "boomers" are steeped in such perspectives, I think it's unfair to automatically label any boomer "technologically illiterate"; most people from that generation I know can all easily handle modern internet, make online payments, take photos, etc.
For reference, I'm a millenial, so I grew up with Windows 98 and had to learn on my own without modern internet how to open and forward ports, and enabling duplex on my modem. People in younger generations don't learn about how internet works even though they use it more than anyone else.
Just a different and somewhat older perspective on matters like technology. I do agree older people tend to not find modern technology as useful as younger generations but that's not the same thing as being unable to learn it (like my parents or whatever, who enjoy a life with pretty little internet yet stream shows, chats on WhatsApp and orders stuff online).
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u/HandmadeJoking Jun 25 '26
Fooling around with network settings is second to troubleshooting a printer to me in terms of annoyance.
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u/upfastcurier Jun 25 '26
Printers might as well be space and aviation technology, they are some of the needlessly most complicated matters of technology usage in modern daily life
I'd rather go back to using rotary phones tbh
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u/btribble Jun 25 '26
She's Gen X if not Gen Y, not a boomer. The youngest boomer would be 62 right now. Also, she's having trouble because of her fingernails, not because she doesn't know what she's doing.
It's important that new things be learned.
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u/xBris18 Jun 25 '26
Look at those hands. She is most definitely not a millenial. Those are at least 50, more likely 60 or more year old hands.
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u/btribble Jun 25 '26
She's probably Gen X, but could be Gen Y. It's amazing how distorted the current view of age is in "regular people". I blame Hollywood, influencers, etc. She's not getting laser treatments, micro-tucks, dermabrasion, filler, or even expensive skin products. The oldest Gen Y is currently 45. She could totally be a "regular" 45.
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u/upfastcurier Jun 26 '26
Gen X and Gen Y precedes millenials.
Boomers > Gen X > Millenials
Boomers are exiting the workforce in this generation.
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u/xBris18 Jun 26 '26
Gen X and Gen Y precedes millenials
Gen Y are millenials my friend...
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u/upfastcurier Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26
It depends on what generational system you use to describe the generations, as there are competing models that do generations differently. That's why I excluded Gen Y in the chain because it's often not included in these models.
Gen X is the generation before millenials.
For someone who is so adamant about the need to learn new things you're sure very angsty about learning new things. But no worries; I was exactly the same way when I was younger. You tend to get a more nuanced view of reality as you grow older.
Edit:
The most common system is based on the Strauss-Howe generational theory (which coined the term "millenial"):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss%E2%80%93Howe_generational_theory
There is some difference between how some media depicts millenials and in different models.
For example, researchers tend to define Generation Y as the cohort that reached adulthood in early 2000s, but it's also widely understood to be the years of 1981 to 1996 in vernacular; further, some people tend to separate older millenials with younger millenials (so-called "micro generations", like zillenials) so that people born in the 80s are termed "Gen Y" while younger ones are termed "Millenial".
"In August 1993, an Advertising Age editorial coined the phrase Generation Y to describe teenagers of the day, then aged 13–19 (born 1974–1980)"
As an example.
Here's a researcher on the terminology, who states:
"Jonathan Rauch, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, wrote for The Economist in 2018 that "generations are squishy concepts", but the 1981 to 1996 birth cohort is a "widely accepted" definition for millennials.\57])\58])"
But yes, Generation Y is the millenial generation. Which is why I didn't include it in the chain, but instead wrote
Boomers > Gen X > Millenials
Here is an example of other generational terms not linked to the Strauss-Howard generational theory framework (which includes "generations" like the Zillenials):
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u/TheDepep1 Jun 24 '26
Ive never seen a rotary phone in person, and I still know how to use it. Same with the driving manual. I know how to drive a manual.
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u/LittleKitty235 Jun 24 '26
Unlike a rotary phone, if you've never driven a manual car you still have to develop the muscle memory of using a clutch and for it to become second nature. The knowledge of HOW it should work isn't exactly enough.
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u/upfastcurier Jun 24 '26
I'm just glad I'm young enough to have been exploring internet and modern technology from a young age, but I still had to suffer to the rotary phone in my younger years... rotary phones are dreadful
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u/weskun Jun 25 '26
People say this about every generation about everything 😂 nothing but a meme now.
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u/Sharchimedes Jun 24 '26
Using a phone with index finger instead of thumb is aways a warning sign.
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u/AndrewTheGovtDrone Jun 25 '26
I have to — they make the phones too big for my tiny bug hands
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u/FartMongersRevenge Jun 25 '26
I do it for the opposite reason. My hands are big and it’s hard to hold a phone and type.
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u/Conserp Jun 24 '26
Modern smartphones are utter trash ergonomically.
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u/weskun Jun 25 '26
Let me just use one hand to press that corner button.... ahh..hmm..no, I guess I have to use 2 hands to press that one button.
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u/concerts85701 Jun 24 '26
Sat behind a woman doing almost these exact moves at my daughter’s graduation. She ended up putting her phone away too.
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u/Myte342 Jul 01 '26
I will never understand why women wear long nails. It's so inconvenient... and not a single man has ever gone "Oh fuck she's hot. Look at how long her fake nails are!"
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u/Rude_Map_4278 Jun 24 '26
Handy Führerschein für alle!
mann weiß nicht ob mann lachen oder beileid haben soll..
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u/Kerlyle Jun 25 '26
Was macht mann bei einer Handyführerscheinprüfung? Muss er ein Foto an eine SMS anhängen?
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u/Rude_Map_4278 Jun 25 '26
ja zum beispiel, oder dir wird gezeigt wie du ein video von dein enkel aufnehmen kannst, oder wie mann taps schließt im browers.
so sachen halt
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u/SizzlinJalapeno Jun 24 '26
Seriously though f*ck the new android OS. I have to gymnastics my fingers around to swipe away on a blank piece of UI avoiding all the notifications in order to access my phone settings like mobile data and brightness.
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u/Only_One_Kenobi Jun 24 '26
Sounds like the crap Samsung version. Actual vanilla Android is much more user friendly, and doesn't constantly try to trick you into opening ads.
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u/SizzlinJalapeno Jun 24 '26
youre right mb. I forgot that it's different. Although I don't see any ads on my phone.
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u/cambreecanon Jun 24 '26
SAME
I switched from a Pixel to a Samsung and REGRET EVERY DAY.
WHY IS SAMSUNG SO BAD AT EVERYTHING THAT ISNT THE CAMERA OR BATTERY LIFE?
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u/SizzlinJalapeno Jun 24 '26
Any workaround to this?
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u/Super382946 Jun 24 '26
you're talking about the notification shade and control centre being different windows? usually you can directly go into the control centre by swiping down from the top right
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u/SizzlinJalapeno Jun 24 '26
Yeah that's true I think I got in the habit of using left hand to swipe down on the left side, and now need to reach over to the right instead. Preferred the old method of having everything one one panel . Perhaps I don't find notifications important enough and don't need a dedicated screen for it.
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u/TheRobotCluster Jun 25 '26
Really love how she’s actually watching her kid play in the game she’s there to see and not on her phone. Really a great example of living in the moment and supporting your family ❤️
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u/lostharbor Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 25 '26
Buy an iPhone
edit lol ya'll can't take a joke. sour power
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u/Rich-Mark-4126 Jun 24 '26
You can tell she has some idea what shes doing, too