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Originally Posted by jabumbo
it amuses me to no end watching old folks struggle with technology
things like my dad confused by the difference between uploading and downloading (he says "i still don't know the difference") and a guy at work not being able to search for a document online that i found in about 2 minutes.
you're old when you have to get assistance to do basic technological things
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Reminds me of a line from Charile Brooker's guardian article from Monday
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Originally Posted by Charlie Brooker
encouraging them to "have a quick go" on some new release with the promise that it's "easy" and "intuitive", only to spend the next half-hour trying to explain that "you have to press X to open the door ... press X ... that's the blue button with an X on it ... no, you can't climb that tree in the background, it's just a bit of decoration - look, you just can't, so stop trying - oh ... you've accessed the inventory now ... the inventory, that's what you're carrying ... no, you've gone back to the menu now ... oh for Christ's sake, just give it here. Just get out and leave me alone ... "
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well more than a line but you know what I mean.