My grandkids continually mock me

[Sunni Man]

They laugh because I don't understand the latest technology.

While they have to Google how to boil an egg?
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[shockedcanadian]

They laugh because I don't understand the latest technology.

While they have to Google how to boil an egg?
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It is a matter of perspective I suppose. Which is worse?

Young people today learn by googling, they are completely dependent on this whereas in the past the young learn by watching and modeling their elders.

 

[rightwinger]

They laugh because I don't understand the latest technology.

While they have to Google how to boil an egg?
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Or make change

 

[jotathought]

They laugh because I don't understand the latest technology.

While they have to Google how to boil an egg?
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Get the last laugh: Ask them to dial a rotary phone and call you or take their phone and ask basic questions about science or history.

 

[Foxfyre]

They laugh because I don't understand the latest technology.

While they have to Google how to boil an egg?
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Yes, my granddaughter can be a bit condescending in her patience with me when it comes to certain functions on my phone and such--I grew up without things like computers and cell phones. We didn't even have television until I was in high school and then it didn't come on til something like 6 a.m. and signed off with the National Anthem and planes flying through the air at midnight.

But when I asked my granddaughter to get the colander out of the cabinet, she had no idea what that was.

 

[mamooth]

See an old person complain about how their kids can't do something.

Then ask them if they taught their kids do that.

Watch the old person sputter and evade.

Someone failed there, and it's not the kids.

 

[rightwinger]

Get the last laugh: Ask them to dial a rotary phone and call you or take their phone and ask basic questions about science or history.

Where can you get a Rotary Phone?

 

[jotathought]

Where can you get a Rotary Phone?

Lot's on eBay

 

[Sunni Man]

Lot's on eBay

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They're for sale in the "antiques" category. ,, lol
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[mamooth]

In general, a rotary phone won't work on modern phone lines. Even older touch-tone phones won't work. They draw too much current.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

It is a matter of perspective I suppose. Which is worse?

Young people today learn by googling, they are completely dependent on this whereas in the past the young learn by watching and modeling their elders.

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We can live without technology.

We can't live without food.

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[Woodznutz]

It is a matter of perspective I suppose. Which is worse?

Young people today learn by googling, they are completely dependent on this whereas in the past the young learn by watching and modeling their elders.

I don't know which is worse.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

In general, a rotary phone won't work on modern phone lines. Even older touch-tone phones won't work. They draw too much current.

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I have a corded touch-tone phone which works perfectly fine.

Without power, even.

In a prolonged power-down situation, I'd have one of the very few phones in town that work.

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[Woodznutz]

In general, a rotary phone won't work on modern phone lines. Even older touch-tone phones won't work. They draw too much current.

I use an old wall-hung rotary extension phone in my shop all the time. Works fine.

 

[Woodznutz]

See an old person complain about how their kids can't do something.

Then ask them if they taught their kids do that.

Watch the old person sputter and evade.

Someone failed there, and it's not the kids.

"Teach your children. Use words if necessary."

My kids have watched me for decades and they still don't get it. Maybe because their peer group has more credibility than I do.

Dozens of people have commented on my health and youthfulness over the years, including a doctor. Not one has ever asked me how I do it.

I have worked for the same company for over 40 years and have developed many great methods and techniques, including tools, to make the job easier, faster, and better. Not one of my methods has ever been copied by other employees.

It's a foible of human nature.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

"Teach your children. Use words if necessary."

My kids have watched me for decades and they still don't get it. Maybe because their peer group has more credibility than I do.

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And don't think for a moment that that situation came about by accident.

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[Sunni Man]

My kids have watched me for decades and they still don't get it. Maybe because their peer group has more credibility than I do.

When I was a kid all my friends were way smarter than my parents.
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[OhPleaseJustQuit]

When I was a kid all my friends were way smarter than my parents.
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Yeah. Unfortunately true for me too.

I learned.

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[rightwinger]

When I was a kid all my friends were way smarter than my parents.

Like Mark Twain said

When I was 18 I was embarrassed by how ignorant my father was.
But when I was 28, I was amazed at how much he had learned in ten years

 

[Woodznutz]

Yes, my granddaughter can be a bit condescending in her patience with me when it comes to certain functions on my phone and such--I grew up without things like computers and cell phones. We didn't even have television until I was in high school and then it didn't come on til something like 6 a.m. and signed off with the National Anthem and planes flying through the air at midnight.

But when I asked my granddaughter to get the colander out of the cabinet, she had no idea what that was.

I keep my colander on my desk.