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I’m a boomer. I got my blind, bedridden dad an Alexa. He LOVED her as his closest companion. I originally got her to help with his speech therapy…he had to form words correctly to get what he wanted. After a couple of weeks of trying to remember her name (😂😂😂😂😂😂😂) he got the time, he got the weather, he got all of his old songs played for him, he got books read to him, and he made phone calls. Oh! I got him a light he could turn on and off. (Could see light and dark) One day I heard him yelling at her to lower his bed. I had to explain that one to him, but what a great idea! One day we lost power and he was lost without her. He was doing all of this at 90 years old.
That's so awesome! Happy for your dad :)
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That's adorable.
Fantastic story! Thanks for the chuckle!
That's honestly amazing!
My dad is a computer programmer. He does things with code and technology that a lot of people cannot do, BUT he still takes selfies from that unflattering angle 😂
My dad can code VB, C sharp, Java, Oracle and he still can't text properly 🤣 I think we just stop giving a fk as we get older
@@rivertam7827 Haha yes. Sounds about right 😂
Lots of men past a certain age seem to take pics from that angle. My son in his twenties said it's because they were told it is supposed to be flattering. That is an urban myth that needs to stop 😅
I follow a 40 y.o. CZcamsr whose videos always gives a shot right up his nostrils!! LOL!!
As a man, I can confirm all men over 24 take the photos at that angle. Why? Who are we trying to impress? None of us care enough.
I used to work in tech support and can’t tell you how many parents/grandparents would ring with random questions about their internet because they were too embarrassed to ask their kids/grandkids! Be nicer to your elders people! ❤
Aw, the poor sweeties 😂
I am glad you helped them I would never laugh at an elderly asking me any questions
Some of that is more a pride thing on their end. I have helped my parents through some very silly technology issues but no matter how much I help or reassure them - to even get them to admit they are having a problem can be like pulling teeth. Cuz you're "not supposed" to ask your kids for help.
@@ashv9565 oh yeah you’re not wrong! Had my fair share of the stubborn ones too!
I work at tech support, and I find very touching that a lot of senior citizens will be amazed with how PATIENT I am. And most of the times I don't even have to be! They follow my instructions at the first try, or commit common mistakes that anyone would make, even us after training. So I feel so bad thinking "How do people around you treat you, that you think is so amazing me treating you as a normal person?!" 😢
I was born in 1959 so I'm a boomer who luckily has no problem with technology. Just FYI, my Dad was at Normandy on DDay. He used to work at a place that built the guidance systems for Apollo 11 but he couldn't work the tv remote without a cheat sheet 😂 RIP my dear Father, he passed 1 year after my Mom because he hated living without her, at least they're together again. ❤️ Oh Charlotte, you would've loved the wardrobe my Mom had in the 40s! Love you! And I'm subscribed 😊💞
Likewise. When I was a senior in college (1979), they let us journalism students go to the math dept. and watch a computer monitor play pong for three minutes. Then a bunch of pocket protector-wearing nerds quickly ushered us out. In the 1980s, I made a killing helping companies convert their bookkeeping from using ledger books to DOS. I grew along with the industry. But, fellow Boomers, we have to keep up with technology. My box TV just died so I got my first "Smart TV" for Christmas. Still figuring it out. Trial and error, kids! 🤨
Grateful for your father's service. ❤️.
A beautiful story. Thank you ever so much in sharing one of your lovely memories with us. 💐
It was only yesterday when my daughter and I were sitting on the couch and she asked, “What the heck are you going to do without me when I’m in college next year? “Absolutely no idea.”, was my reply. She just laughed, and yeah, so did I.
I would’ve explained it was when she had fixed my screens to go back to a white background rather than black, but for the life of me I can’t remember how.
Charlotte, I think you hit the nail on the head when you thought that it’s kinda nice when the older generation needs some younger help when it comes to tech. You are so right. I remember the feeling when I would help my Mom or Dad. I think we all get that gift when we are a bit older.
suzi. You aren’t a ‘real’ boomer. Those were born in the late 40’s from military coming home from WW2 and having babies quickly. That’s where the word came from. An explosion in new births right afterwards. 14 years later isn’t a direct result of that war ending. You’re a boomer in the hijacked sense of the word to mean someone old, or as a derogatory by some young idiot that isn’t happy you don’t agree with their 18-24 year old wisdom.
I never hear my very gentle-mannered quiet neighbors except for when they’re screaming at Alexa. 😃
I'm 38 years old and sometimes i also feel that a kid with 10 years old understands technology much more than me.😂
Same. My youngest just turned 18 and she still has to teach me things, even tho I’m the one who originally taught her. Lol it’s amazing how that works.
I just turned 26 and literally know nothing about technology 😅
Same!! I’ve had to have my 7 year old nephew help me set up my Alexa
i hear ya
Just like you understood tech better than your parents.
We gave my mother-in-law an Alexa for Christmas when she was 81. She loved it. She also taught herself how to use a Kindle, bought herself a laptop for personal writing projects which required learning how to use the software, and used the tablet we gave her until she developed dementia.
One time I taught my Pop-Pop how to use his new Samsung, and his mind was blown by the weather app. He knew you could check the weather, but he didn't know you could also check the weather in other locations. So he was shocked that we could check the weather in Connecticut (my grandma and aunt were visiting some cousins at the time) and even more shocked that we could check the weather in Jamaica (where he's originally from) just from the app.
Char - the word "Boomer" came from the fact that there was a "baby boom" following the end of World War II and all the troops coming home. I think THAT'S where you're getting the Boomer and War connection...
Love ya, Diana --> a Boomer, 1956
@@Cynophileandavianenthusiast - EXACTLY 💯
Boomer 1955 and technologically proficient.
But some boomers did go fight in Vietnam war so your point is?
The peak year for the baby boom in the UK was 1948. Ask me how I know.
My Grandparents were WW2 era my parents were boomers im an xennial or late Gen x I think Charlotte is younger than me but the youngins call us all boomers these days.
I had a drunk boomer roommate. She talked to Google just fine sober. But almost nightly she had verbal arguments with Google. It was hilarious
That sounds hilarious
@@miesenplace 🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😅😅😅
Like me yelling at the damn Uber GOS because it tells you 5 freaking times that your exit is coming... I'm like, "I KNOW, BITCH! GOTTA WAIT FIR THE ACTUAL TURN...."
@@becca-lr6er My Dad does that it’s hilarious 😂
Even when I was a child, my mother had no clue with technology. She is still clueless 🙄 The funnuest was when she complained and showed me that she kept receiving emails for me. 🤣 "Mum, those emails are from me!"
3:45 my boss was asking alexia to text someone and she got it wrong like three times so he called her stupid and she said “that wasn’t nice”! He said sorry but it’s true then laughed for 10 minutes! Thanks for sharing! TTFN ✌🏼
As a Boomer who recently retired from a high tech career, I can tell you. You reach a point where you start saying "no". Enough. You want to have a conversation with me? Then CALL me. I'm not typing a play. I'm not interested in constantly changing things for the sake of changing things.
Now happily retired to hike, listen to my records, and hang out with my friends in person, like actual social humans. 😁 Proud to be a stubborn old woman!
Gen X. Feel the exact same way.
Welcome to your golden years!! May you enjoy every damn second. 🎉
I'm an elder millennial and I can already feel the fks for technology fading away. I am thinking about buying a Nokia so I can only call, text and play snake 🐍 🤣
Amen to that!
I reckon if you as an older person have been in tech all this while, you've seen and learnt to handle so many variations on themes, eventually you just think, "That's it, had enough change." Especially when it's change for its own sake, not substantive improvement.
The younger generations may be great at handling current tech (this is not universally true!) but they can be less adaptable because they've only done stuff a few different ways. I've noticed this training youngsters in my line of work: many of them learn a software, and then when you give them a different one, they need instructing all over again rather than spotting the common factors and picking up from there.
Not denying some older folk are slow to learn, though! My mother was an early adopter and quick learner but got much worse at learning in her late seventies...
My 95-yo father just passed yesterday morning. Seeing these made me think of him and made me laugh, which I really needed right at the moment. So thanks for these. 🙂 ❤
My condolences ❤️
So sorry for your loss. Lost my dad 9 yrs ago. He would have been 90.
Sorry for your loss
I am so sorry to hear about your loss. Feel huged if you need it and let me send you a emergency-smile to dry up some tears. 🖤
I'm so sorry for your grief, but I'm happy you had your dad for such a long time! You must have so many good memories, and funny ones too. It's good to talk about those as it helps lighten your sadness.
I lost my dad in 1996, when my son was only 4 yrs old. I talk about him to my now 30 year old son a lot, because he doesn't remember much except that his Pawpaw adored him.
Hey Charlotte and fellow potatoes. My dad passed on Saturday the 21st at only 60 and videos like yours Charlotte have been the only thing to help me smile. Thank you for what you do and making me smile when I am going through the worst days of my life. The petty black hoodie also helps so people already know the mood without having to ask. Can’t wait for your show to come out about dating and seeing you act and shine.
I’m so sorry. 😢 Sending you hugs during this difficult time. ❤️
I'm so sorry for your loss 😢
I’m so sorry for your loss
I'm so sorry you have to go thru that. Much love from the potatoe army
My condolences 🖤
As a gas station attendant, the credit card stuck in the printer triggered me. You never use the tweezers to get them out! What we have to do is to open up the entire printer mechanism and hand fish it out of the paper dispenser in order to prevent the card from being damaged. It’s a rare occurrence that happens about once a month if you are lucky.
Wait seriously? It happens that often?
I was helping my dad download a pdf yesterday. He said, "I'm so happy I have kids that know their way around computers". And I agree, he and mom would be lost without us lol
Yes we would 😜
I've helped my dad lots of times. it takes patience lol
My dad took over 300 selfies on my phone as he was waiting for the flash to go off. I laughed so much that day. 😂😂😂
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This has me dead 💀 looool
I laughed so hard when I read this!😂 thank you!
Thanks so much for featuring our video! I can confirm we managed to fix the sat nav! 😂😅
In the early 2000s my mum purchased our first ever computer. I will never forget the day it arrived it came with the full setup including the desk. I was so excited because everyone had a computer and we never had one before.
It didn't even last 24-hours
My mum took the desk really easy she's great it DIY. She spent the next day on the phone to customer support insisting that the computer did not work and then it was a waste of money and she knew she shouldn't have brought one they offered to send a replacement and she insisted they came back and took the lot back.
My uncle came round to help us repackage it.. he looked at my mum and said I know what the problem is.
He held up plug and said it wasn't plugged in.
My mum said it didn't need to be plugged in.
Turns out she thought the tower was a giant battery and when customer support was telling her to switch it on they naturally assumed it was plugged in 😂
Many years ago we were at my moms house and the guys were outside putting the Christmas lights up while us women were inside enjoying a glass or two of wine. Dinner was ready and the guys were still outside so I went out to tell them that dinner was ready and to come in. They said that they were done and just wanted to turn them on to make sure everything was working ok so I stayed out there to watch. All the lights came on except for the lights that they wrapped around the front light pole at the beginning of the walkway and they couldn’t figure out what was wrong. Well, me being the SMART WOMAN that I am started to say “do you think it could be…” before I was rudely cut off by my now ex brother in law who said “don’t worry about trying to figure it out. Us men have this handled”. That didn’t set well with me so I went back in the house (through the garage) and told my mom and sister to follow me. I opened the front door but kept the heavy storm door closed and watched three grown men standing around the light pole and although we couldn’t hear them (the storm door was heavy duty) we could see the puzzled looks on their faces.
My now ex brother in law, lets call him Bob, reached up and touched the light bulb and as soon as he did that I flipped the switch inside the house on. Surprise, the Christmas lights wrapped around the light pole lit and and all 3 faces erupted with big grins! As soon as he let go of the bulb I turned the switch off and their grins turned back to confusion. This went on for at least 5 minutes before my husband and stepfather got tired of trying to figure it out and went to go put things away. But not Bob, he was darn sure going to figure out the faulty lights! My mom, sister and I had tears running down our faces as we watched over and over him touch the bulb and lights come on and go off the second he let go. He removed the light bulb and put it back in and that didn’t work. He disappeared into the garage and came out with a new light bulb and that still didn’t work. We could read his lips as he swore every single time and by now I was ready to pee my pants so on the count of three my mom, sister and I all burst through the storm door. The 3 guys saw these sobbing women come running out and we honestly couldn’t even talk because se were hysterical! They thought someone had died and I tried for so long to get any words out to tell them what we had been doing but none of us could speak. After a minute or so I grabbed my husbands hand and took him in the front door and turned on the light switch so he could see what I had been doing. So now he’s dying laughing but he finally got it together to tell Bob what had been going on for the last 15 minutes or so.
Needless to say that was the last time any of those men cut me off when I had a suggestion on something!! To this day that is the funniest thing I ever saw and this was before cell phones had cameras so there was no video of it. If there was I have no doubt that I would have won America’s Funniest Home Videos!!
I had a great laugh with this😂😂
🤣 Oh my, I laughed so hard while reading this! Send it in to Charlotte's petty stories inbox! Absolutely perfect 👌
This is just like Christmas Vacation! Lol
Great story!! Laughed so hard
Sounds effing hilarious!
I like the term "a rogering" now. Doris is a badass
Ah, an oldie, but goodie. Haven’t heard that term in many, many years!
As a Boomer myself all I can say is, thank goodness for grandkids.
I remember buying my mom a new electric knife for Christmas because her old one (from the 70s) finally gave up the ghost. She hated it because of its safety feature.😆.
RIP mom.
My favorite was hearing about the time my Mom asked Alexa where her glasses were. My sister told me about it sorry I missed it.. RIP Mom you were a legend.
Sending time machine hug to your precious mom. Love that!! Lol.
This will be us in 50 years when technology advances!
Oh yeah, you cannot escape it.
If nuclear bombs don't kills us all by then.
oh yes
I work at a school and last year we got some VR sets to use in education. I was in the group tasked learn how they worked first, to then teach the rest of the staff before we started using them in class. Every coworker (young and old) looked exactly like that grandma while trying it for the first time! Never laughed more at work!
When my mom, new stepdad, and I walked into our house, I cheerfully declared that now she has a permanent tech savvy in the house and I was relinquishing the role to him..... she just rolled her eyes at me lol
I'm not a boomer, but I yell out to my son 'tech support!', when my electronics make me crazy. He always comes in the room saying " Hello, my name is John smith, how can I help you" in the special tech support accent!😂
This reminds me of my Grandpa story. It happened over a decade ago. My Gpa’s long-time friend had passed away and left Gpa his nice Cadillac. It was the first key fob my Gpa had ever used. It just opened the doors and trunk - he still had to use the key to start the car.
So, he was in his 70’s and still did the occasional gig at the pub as a jazz drummer. It was very late, the show was over, and Gpa is putting his drums in the trunk. He closes it and somehow catches his finger in it. He is stuck, no one else is in the parking lot and the key fob won’t open the trunk. He was in pain and finally after a couple of minutes, he gives up and sits down. He had no cell phone either. Ten minutes later, one of the bartenders walks outside and Gpa calls out to him for help. The bartender takes the keys and opens the trunk by using the key. 😂😂
Gpa had no idea that the key itself still worked on the locks! He said he wa flabbergasted! Hahahahaha 😁
Poor grandpa!!!
Oh no, your poor grandpa! I hope his finger was still attached after that 😅
@@laurentiare He was sore and had a bruise for a couple of weeks, but was ok. Thank God this happened in the summertime though. Yikes!
Poor guy! My fob needed a battery and I thought I was locked out, but then it dawned on me...
walkofnails - While I feel bad for your Gpa and his finger, that is a funny story and had a little giggle!
I love technology. I'm 67 (68 in March) and the internet brightens my life. I can research random stuff, can find the answer to any question I ponder, can look at 'stuff' to buy, insure the car, fix the washing machine and the car, chat to family and friends across the globe and more. Plus I can ask Google things like "Have you farted?" and she answers with an amusing reply. Try it.
Story to share - I showed up at my parents house for family dinner to find a fight brewing between my teen sister and my father. My dad had to upgrade to a newer smartphone from his old Nokia brick, as the old signal network got shut down.
My sister was trying to help him learn the new phone, but made the mistake of assuming he understood concepts on them that users of Matt phones take for granted…this frustrated my dad who kept having to ask her to slow down and explain terms…which frustrated my sister who had that “you just do it” perspective…this was creating a feedback loop where everyone was getting more and more angry
I asked my mum if she would allow me to flip the circuit breaker on the issue, as my parents have a big thing about staying out of others arguments, and not sticking your nose into things that don’t concern others. She gave me the go ahead and I diffused the situation with one simply statement to my sister -
- “don’t complain about teaching him to do things we take so easily for granted, don’t forget, he was one of the people who had to teach US how to use a TOILET and a SPOON!!!”
That took the wind out of her sails quick smart..
My mom still remembers the first time she got to see The Wizard of Oz in color instead of black and white. Our old home movies are on Super 8 film and you have to set up a projector to watch them. I can't say I would know how to set the projector up, so I can't really blame her for having problems with new technology.
Those aren’t very hard. A lot easier with todays tech, but still not that hard. My granny had one and showed me how to run it. You can download instructions still.
Thank you!!!! 👏👏👏👏 if you didn't have it around, how are going to be able to use it like a pro....
I will be 73 in 2 monrhs, and I know how to convert those old super 8 s to a digital video on the pc, then make them into DVD. Not hard at all.
@@rodtb2 I don't even have a PC anymore, but I've never been very tech savvy.
Well said. Solid point. 😊
I had a mixture of laughter and sadness because this reminds me of my grandma who is 86. I just got back from vacation in Florida where I spent time with my grandma.
She has never had a cellphone but got one within the last 5 years. She doesn't know how to text so she writes a note, takes a picture of the note, and then sends that to me lol.
I got back from Florida Monday and Tuesday she had a stroke and a blood clot in her brain. She couldn't remember her name, my uncle, or anything.
Thank God my uncle got her to the hospital in time to get the medicine. There was apparently a 5 hour window she could have it.
My grandma basically raised me, so to be with her only to leave, be 11 hours away, and hear that news was heartbreaking.
She got her memory and all her functions within a couple days because of that medicine given in time. & yesterday she got to come home.
I'm so thankful! Back in Indiana we had a snow storm and I deliver parts for my job. So I was trying to be careful in the snow mixed with crying praying my grandma would be okay.
Vehicles next to me at stop lights were probably like what is going on with that girl!
I am so happy to hear your grandmother is recovering. My grandmother is 92. She started developing dementia at 90. We always talked several times a week but that year we talked every night for an hour because by evening she couldn’t get her evening meds in at the right time otherwise. In a year I went from talking to her every night for an hour or so to her not being able to talk on the phone at all and her not knowing who I am anymore. She is now in a nursing home. I will get to go visit her in April but it has been decades since I have gone more than a couple days without talking to her… it is hard.
@@DaisyA-04 I am so sorry. Reading your story brought tears to my eyes thinking of my own grandma. I'm not a cryer. I'm an empath so I've learned to control my emotions, and the ones I feel from others. Well, that and my dad used to always tell me to suck it up and not to cry, so I just grew up holding it in.
But anything to do with my grandma immediately makes me emotional. I don't have much family, and she's basically my mom.
You know realistically your grandparents will grow old and eventually pass away. But having them still here and not being able to remember you is beyond words.
I'll say it again, I'm so sorry. My aunt actually had a stroke a number of years back, but she didn't make it to the hospital in time. By the time she got to the hospital she had had 3 strokes.
She couldn't talk, walk, and lost function in her arm/part of her face. She was there for a month, and by the time she got out she had to relearn how to walk. She uses a walker now, and her mouth hangs down.
My uncle took care of her, but he passed away. My granddad has been passed since 2015, so my grandma lives by herself.
I grew up next door to her, and moved in with her as a teen. I lived with her for many years until we couldn't afford the farm anymore.
She moved to Florida to be near my other uncle since he is retired, and had the money to help her. It's been torture going from getting dropped off from school at her house, walking down to see her anytime, living with her, to now being 11 hour drive away.
Before I left Sunday she asked me and my 5 year old to move down there with her. It feels like a part of myself is missing without her. It's hard, so I know what you mean about talking to them all the time.
I wish you the best. I hope things are as easy as they can be for you. 🤍
@@roguemystique7 - Thank you. 💕 Grandmothers are very specials blessings. On the bright side, she is happy and well cared for. I hope you get a visit with your grandmother soon!
So glad she’s recovering. Sending healing vibes.
@@AgathaDrinksTea thank you so much!
That country boy sounded just like my grandpa. He died in 2020 so I don't think he would have even bothered trying to mess with this. He figured out how to set up a mini TV/Radio in the kitchen to watch games (and his "shows" because grandma got grandpa hooked on All My Children). He was a righteous dude, and I miss him whenever I hear that accent. Thanks for that tangent, Joolee. Brilliant!
I am a boomer, 72 y.o., and am really good with technology of many kinds. I have to rescue my husband from his computer all the time, and I finally talked him into getting smartphone. He hates it all. I started teaching myself computer stuff in the late '80s and early '90s, got my first email in '93, certified A+ computer building and repair tech, then Microsoft Systems Engineer training. Love all things tech! There are many of us out there who are techies.
Things that happened to me just this week regarding my boomer parents and technology.
1. Mom insisting on calling her business email her 'fax'
2. Mom failing to understand what blocking on Facebook meant
3. Mom thinking that my computer's web protection was actually a virus
4. Dad turning off the tv's wifi three times.
5. Dad shutting off the wifi thinking it was not working after he had turned off said wifi on tv
6. Mom unplugging the computer mouse while dusting and then thinking it is broken
7. Mom raising the digital camera to her eye at least 14 times.
And finally, the piece de resistance.
8. Dad dropping the phone into a running toaster!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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The term "Baby Boomer" (aka. Boomers) refers to the period of time that saw a boom in the baby population right after WW2 when the solider came back home from the war fronts. 9 months to 1 years later, there was a swell of births that greatly increased the population. The generation of babies were called the "Baby Boomers" after this "Baby Boom". They went onto fight in other wars, the most well know was the Vietnam War.
Years ago, I gave my mom a little notepad, explaining step by step how something works. I draw pictures of the symbols, etc.
Every time she has something new, I add it to the notepad.
She one day tells me that her friend did not understand how she knew it all so quick, etc.
She said, " My daughter taught me and made me this little notebook." I never have to ask anyone anything. Why? Doesn't your daughter do that for you.
🤐🤐
Edit: The notepad is made of paper, just a normal pen to paper notepad.
I'm a boomer (at the tail end of the generation). I have seen and used computers since 1978 starting with punch cards and an analog modem (with a telephone you had to dial with a rotary dial), to the mainframe with a dumb terminal that had a 12" monochrome monitor, to the first PC with no hard drive and using 8" floppy discs (SS/SD 360K storage), as well as the first laser printer that used liquid toner (not ink) and printed only 1 page per minute, to PCs that used the 5.25" floppy (SS/DD 720K storage) still with no hard drive (your DOS disc went in the A drive, and your write disc went in the B drive), to the 5.25" floppy (DS/DD 1.4Mb storage) to the 3.5" rigid "floppy", to optical discs, to CDs to DVDs to thumb drives. The first "laptop" I used was a luggable PC that weighed 20 pounds and ran on DOS 2.0. The first windows PC I used ran Windows 1.0. I have worked for software companies among other places. I can do things with MS Word that MS says you can't do (been using Word since it was version 3.0 for DOS 3.3). I've been a system administrator on phone systems including AT&T, Siemens and Cisco. I use tech every day. I'm good at technology. But there are days I hate it. I miss the old days when life was less complicated. Technology does make some things easier, but it also makes things more challenging too. My typewriter worked so long as I had electricity. Heck, even used typewriters that didn't need electricity. If I could go back in time to touch a single person, I would go back and strangle Alexander Graham Bell.
My 71 yr old father still signs all his social media comments and text messages to me and my children “Love, Dad” or “Love, Papa” just in case we couldn’t tell it was from him. 😂 And my mother’s voicemail message asks people to not leave messages because she doesn’t know how to retrieve them even though we have shown her multiple times.
❤❤❤ Love that!
My adoptive mom (who is my grandma) has Facebook & thinks the newsfeed is like private messenger.... Every time someone posts, she thinks they're just sending it to her.
My sister & I have both had to block her because she starts arguments with our friends on our posts...🤦♀️
My mother in law does that. I had to block her too. Even though I love her to pieces and talk to her every day. Boundaries are what keeps us safe.
My dad is a Vietnam vet, is an aerospace engineer and has a phd in IT. He’s the one we go to for tech troubles. Now my grandparents are CPA’s and are definitely boomers they are the ones yelling at the electronics for not working properly. 😂😂😂
I'm a boomer and proud of it. Born in '58.
But I worked in IT for over twenty years. SQL Server 2008, Windows XP, Citrix Metaframe, cease the learning curve after that.
This is a boomer laughing at fellow boomers.
I still have a sign that says: "If the Help Desk thinks your question is stupid, we will set you on fire."
I'm a boomer (67 years young) that is pretty tech-savvy. My son bought my wife and me an Alexia dot for Christmas last year. Within a month after that, I bought 4 more for the house. I love all that can be done with it. I control, some lights, and electric outlets, check the weather, listen to music, the thermostat, use it for a timer, and many other things. My wife on the other hand could star in your above video. She is so 20th century. I've been following you for about a year now. Love your vids. It's nice to see another generation's take on things.
Elderly people responding to ads on Facebook is the damn best! 🤣
Edit- From now on, I'm making an effort to use "almighty rogering" in a sentence every day.
My Grandma has a little "black" book with all of the tips and tricks we have taught her about technology. She better than me sometimes, I'm so stupid about technology. She was the head nurse in a hospital and when computers were introduced she managed to shut down the entire system!
My Mum also likes to remind all of us that she taught us how to use a spoon and how to use the bathroom and will end with "so STFU"
I agree, FB is very hard to escape. I watched your videos on there then came here
I am so glad you clarified "not the edible kind" because I had an image of doritos in my brain and was confused!!!
I'm a boomer, and I can set up my phone, my dvd player, but not my thermostat. So I guess there is some truth to this.🤣🤣🤣🤣
My father in law who lived with us before he died, refused to talk to the Google in our house. We have our lights hooked up to the Google home & I come home from work to find him sitting in the dark, because he was scared of the google. 😂
My grandparents (greatest gen) firmly believed that a computer was only for playing solitaire. One of my uncle's worked for IBM and is kind of a big deal in the tech world and even he couldn't get them to use email in order to see their great-grandkid pictures. They would just wait until people came over with pics on their phones and stuff. My mother in law (boomer) was the same way with computers.
In defense of my people (Boomers), I was the first person in my office to get a computer on my desk. As a result, I had to teach everybody else when they got theirs. My boss asked me how to move a file from his PC to his floppy disk so many times, that I finally wrote it all down step-by-step on paper and taped it to his monitor! I am 70 and I have been a gamer for decades. In my local arcade back in the day, it was me as a forty-year-old woman and a bunch of teenage boys and an occasional hanger-on girlfriend who just stood there and watched her man. I still game everyday of my life. It's something that brings me a lot of joy!
Also, my house is full of Amazon devices--Echo, Echo Show and several Echo Dots and I use them daily. I'm the one that has to explain Alexa to other people!
so i have an alexa and she wakes me up but if i don't shut her up, she goes 'if you want a minute....snooze me' and thats how i wake up.
I accidentally read "if you wast me ,snooze me" and I'll be honest that'll wake me up😭
@@drshwetadudi8786 damm hahHAA
LOL the card in the receipt slot!! When i worked at Costco gas in Lewisville, TX, I carried a pair of tweezers for such an event...it happens more than you'd know. 😂🤣😂
People don’t always wear their glasses when they should… lol 😅 oops
I love to see where people have used a real pen to sign card readers.
My dad is an inspiration when it comes to technology. He retired about 15 years ago, completely technology illiterate; couldn't even send an email without a "cheat sheet". Within a year he was building dual OS PCs "for fun", and this year, at 81 years old he's got his house completely decked out with smart technology operated from android tablets and a smartwatch using an app he wrote himself.
He’s a legend! ❤
Wow!
Having Alexa and a son named Alex in the same room can be very entertaining lol! 😆
My grandfather fought at the Battle of the Bulge WWII....he passed December 26, 2008, at age 97. Not many of that generation remain alive, sadly. 💔
My Grandfather was at the Liberation of Buchenwald and my Mother is a Marine Vietnam Veteran.
My biggest fear as a 53 year-old is that one day I'm going to be this clueless about tech and need the next generation to help me. People my age grew up with MS-DOS, Basic and (if they were lucky) a class in Pascal. We watched the whole thing develop from the ground up while fixing the blinking clock on the VCR for our desperate parents. Hell, I'll read a manual before I sink that low. *shudders at the thought*
Don’t forget the Apple IIe. My bestie’s family’s first computer. I had the Commodore 64. Fun times!
@@lokicooper4690 Our first taste of graphical computing and a mouse! The C64 was all about gaming and programs stored on a cassette tape. Crazy.
I'm honestly jealous of your generation, you got to see the birth and rise of tech and went through all the phases of technology..that's pretty amazing!
Careful there kiddo! Your time is coming quicker than you think!!!😮
My mom is a boomer. I was on the phone with her yesterday, and she says,
"Oh, your aunt is calling me... lemme see if I can do this..."
I go to speaker to watch the call. *goes to 'on hold' *
* 'on hold' turns off after 15 seconds *
Mom: "I did it!! And I didn't hang up on either of you! HA HA! "
LOL I love her so much, and how proud of herself she was! Her HA HA was so triumphant!
If I ever even slightly giggle when teaching my dad something technology related, he says “hey, I taught you to use a spoon”
Last year we got an Alexa device for my in-laws and the next day they weren't talking to each other because apparently Alexa starts fights when they BOTH are trying to command at the same time. NEVER AGAIN !!!😂 And they informed us that even though they had asked us for one , WE should have known better than to actually get them what they wanted! Go figure 😂
I love the mom posting the complaint about the "expensive" jewelry for her daughter when the price for the jewelry literally says the cost is $5.88. 😂
I was thinking that as well 😆.
I’m a boomer and always kept up with technology. I’m 64 and when I turned 60, technology crept up on me and is beginning to pass me by. Lol I find myself growing more and more frustrated with apps and things . I yell at my tablet because it wants 2-step verification to log in to certain apps, and I hate that! I’m too slow entering the passcode and I have to start over! “This is for your safety” Let me decide that! I say to the app. 😂 Lordy. Also my Alexa kept reacting to this video. It took several tries to get her to shut up. Lmao I do have smart plugs but it too me 2 hours on the phone with customer service to figure out how to set it up. I could almost hear the rep rolling her eyes. 😂 my mother was 91 when she passed away and I used to get frustrated with her inability to understand technology and subsequent refusal to use it. I have much more sympathy for that now! 🤣🤣
You’re right about babies lol. My 3 year old cousin tells Alexa to play music all the time. Her mom now regrets teaching her 😅
so my grandparents moved into my house after they had a housefire last year and my whole house is google lol. every light, the tvs, the locks. the way i taught them to use it was "just talk to it like a person you're asking to do a favor for you" ex hey google can you turn on the living room light?
Gave my boomer mom a Hello Fresh gift card for Christmas, taught her how to order on her PC - didn't even try to do the app with her. Three weeks later she called me, practically in tears, and BEGGED me to make it stop! The whole thing had her so twisted! She said, "I know you meant well, but please don't ever get me anything that requires me to use a computer again." You got it, Mom.
Sweetie - "Baby Boomers" are named after the "baby boom" that happened after WWII when all the soldiers came home and got "busy" making babies, and they were born in the years 1946-1964, so about half of them weren't old enough to have fought in the Vietnam War by the time the US ended our involvement in 1973.
My Grandma got herself a computer and called me because she needed help getting it to turn on. She told me she has been pressing the little peddle with her foot for an hour, but it won't work. She was using the mouse as if it was a foot peddle on a sewing machine.
I have a good friend who's 76 and she couldn't hear me on her new phone and she thought it was broken- so I explained to her how to turn up the volume😂😂 ❤️I love her 🤣
I'm old and relate, not from not understanding the tech but from trying to teach people my age how to use it.
I've been to an elderly neighbor's house twice to troubleshoot her computer. Both times she had a stapler sitting on the keyboard pinning down the keys.
And married to a vet, Vietnam, my father was at the end of world war two when he served. I am in my mid-70s and my husband’s in his 80s.
My grandpa would've been all over all the technology we have now, including being able to give voice commands to the tv and phone and whatnot. My grandma, on the other hand... I mean, she was baffled by a digital picture frame my uncle gave her. Love and miss them both.
My mum loves technology. Today she just had me install a smart light switch and plugs to control all the lighting in the living room from Alexa. I do love how polite she is when asking Alexa to do things lol
I got my mom a full automated house with Alexa. Windows, doors and lights. All hooked up through her phone. She loves it
😂😂 lady taking Screenshots of her cracked phone😂😂😂😂 I'm dead 😂😂😂
Boomer here. I know you won't see this but here goes. My daughter got me my first smartphone 1 year ago. Since I've been binging your videos and also binging the comments and replies I've had to text her almost everyday about what things mean. Like SO, SMH, ROFL, TBH, IMO, OP, etc. She thinks it's so funny but at least she tells me right away. She has to. She bought me the damn phone 🤷♀️. I didn't want it but now I can't live without it 😂. I don't like people much so it's a great way to spend my retirement. You are now my favorite Utube channel ❤️.
I’m just a couple years away from the boomer bracket but my kids still act like I’m a boomer (and to fair, rightly so on selfie taking). But I also work in IT so they come to me when anything goes wrong. It’s a strange middle land in which I live.
One of my greatest accomplishments was dragging my parents, kicking and screaming, into the 21st century! My Mom was actually a lot easier to train, because I knew how to talk to her and explain things in a way she could understand. My Dad was more of a challenge! But eventually they learned to train each other! I still had to step in once in a while, but for the most part, I'm glad they both became tech savvy! Now, if I could just train my Sister... lol
My dad was an electrical engineer who bought a Commodore home computer when they first were available, and upgraded with each new PC version, and we took the same computer classes at the local community college. That lead to some comedy, when a classmate my age asked why I was always "flirting" with that old guy but ignored him! I smiled and said, "He likes it when I call him, "Daddy"!"
He died in 1996, just before the internet was in almost every household. He was not a fan of the WWW... he predicted, as he sadly shook his head, "This is going to be used for a lot of silliness!"
Oh Daddy, you sure nailed that one! I can imagine what he would have to say about Tik Tok!
My dad and his fear of ATM machines. Hahahahaha -I feel this so much! 🤣🤣🤣
My 82 year old Mom refers to her Alexa as “my roommate” (she lives alone) to prevent Alexa from waking up when she’s telling a story or asking questions about how to accomplish something with Alexa. She has two Echos and so sometimes she gets frustrated with stereo Alexa responses. The first couple of weeks she kept saying “Alecia”. 😂
My uncle once helped my grandparents get a fancy Apple TV. My mom came over a few days later to see my grandma holding the remote to her ear like a phone trying to talk to it.
I worked in technical support before. The amount of boomers who don't know how phones works and you try guide them via phone how they work. I spent hours with them 🤣🤣
Oh my goodness, when I call my cel phone provider, usually for a billing issue, and they do not understand how flip phones work.... They give me a long spiel about some app, and I explain it only texts and calls...and there is a long silence while they try to figure out what I'm on about.
It’s so funny, I was literally helping my friend in her 70s negotiate with her computer today. At least she’s self-aware about what she doesn’t know!
Haha! "My grampa is dead, but if he were alive..." I love it! 🤣
As a child of Boomers whose father is a self taught computer whiz I remember the first computer keyboard that my dad used, there was a large 'escape button' to leave the screen or something. I was really little, but I remember that button and my dad telling me to use it when trying to teach me stuff. BTW...there was no household internet. Crazy to think about the computers of then and how they are now! Night and day.
My sister had the idea of getting my father an iPhone for Christmas. I tried to tell her it was a waste. She was sure he would come around. All that has been accomplished is he has agreed to try netflix DVD delivery. He has a flip phone that doesn't accept texts because he doesn't want them. Sometimes you just have to love them as they are.
My lovely nephew helped my Boomer mother (71) buy a smart TV, a google nest, and a small laptop. I was delighted to see her use it, but my 73yo stepdad was hilarious. Just getting the tv to display broadcast television confused and frustrated him, streaming was a step too far. I once found him struggling to access Netflix, by asking the nest to talk him through it. I must admit I stood out of sight in the hallways for a short while, 😂😂
My dad recently passed away and he was a boomer. When I went through his phone I found a bunch of videos of him trying to take selfies. It was so adorable and heart warming. ❤
I used to work at a T-Mobile store, and it was always interesting getting the older age groups to come in to ask about how to do certain tasks on their phones. It was always a fun time having to explain why Facebook was slow when they were paying for the lowest price and lowest data amount.
My most interesting interaction was helping a lady redownload Google maps after she somehow uninstalled it. She was frazzled about having to drive without using Google maps to places she had been to before like her sister's house.
My mom walked into an AT&T store maybe 4-5 years ago & asked for an IPhone 4 case. The guy laughed at her & said, "We don't carry those anymore."
@@addie-eileenpaige6460 That's a yikes moment. Unfortunately, the stores tend to only have in stock cases for the new phone models. He should have just said something like "I'm sorry we only have these phone cases in stock, take a look on Amazon they have really good cases on there."
But the amount of data doesnt impact the speed of facebook or any internet activity as long as you have sufficient data to complete the task.
Bandwidth and connection stability impact the speed at which things load etc.
Or the RAM and processor on the hardware side
This was so innocent, it made me smile. They genuinely don't know and can't seem to learn. Like a baby. Not a toddler a baby. So innocent. Love you charlotte!
This reminds me of my 80 yr old Grandma! I think she's convinced herself she won't understand it so she's gives up before she even starts. I bought her a ROKU a few years ago so it would be easier for her to watch her crocheting videos on CZcams. To this day she still doesn't understand that ROKU is the device and CZcams and Netflix are the apps and all are 3 separate things. Trying to explain removing apps from the homepage on her phone is not the same as uninstalling, where her pictures are stored, that WiFi prices are a fixed monthly charge and not charged by device and so much more is a hair pulling, scream into a pillow experience most of the time. I always keep my patience in check though because my entire life she has always been there for me and has never once yelled at me, even when I deserved it and more importantly, because one day I'll give anything to have just even one of those moments back just to spend a little more time with her when she's not here anymore.
I lost it when Charlotte yelled, "WRONG HOLE!!!
LMFGAO!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This reminds me of the time when my husband's cousin suggested that their grandma should get a laptop. She was in her mid or late 80s at the time. I piped up and said that Grandma had a hard enough time using her cell phone (which was an old flip-phone model) she certainly didn't need a laptop. The family basically agreed with me including Grandma and it was never brought up again.
It's payback for what we put our parents through as kids and teens. Now the roles are reversed lol especially with the last clip 😂. The dad was acting like a frustrated 😠 teenager .
My grandfather vibed with technology and he was a boomer. He died at 75. He was an accountant and was good with numbers and computers
It was hilarious watching my family use my Valve VR. It's not just a boomer reaction! - Even guys who studied computer science were no tech pros anymore but totally overwhelmed by a simple balcony scene or a little pigeon sitting next to them in HL: Alyx. I've never seen my husband's cousin hide behind my desk and scream before...😅
Yesterday was my birthday and I spent most of my day binging Charlotte. I think I rewatched like 25 videos. It was bliss
Happy (belated) birthday, bestie! 🎊 🎉🎁🎂
@@davidguidry657 thank you so much love!! It was a great day.
@@erikarussell1142 love that for you!
@@davidguidry657 thank you!! The only thing that would’ve made it better was if my oldest daughter was able to visit from Illinois and if my future husband got the day off. But I got to spend it with the youngest and we got our hair done and went to lunch. She’s always a good date.
@@erikarussell1142 sounds like a great day just the same. Kids are such a blessing! Will y’all get together over the weekend to celebrate?
while earning my degree in Psychology, I took a "Geriatric Psychology" course. We learned that the brain slowly starts to loose "plasticity" after the age of ~25 and it becomes harder to learn anything new the more is loss happens. This becomes more pronounced after the age ~35. So people learn how to use the technology that they encounter in their daily lives in order to get through their day and after the age of ~35 they have a harder time learning how to operate newer technology they encounter if it's not on a daily basis. That is why they tend to reject using tech that in new to them when they get older.
My lovely granny, she's 85. Her TV-Radio-Thing broke after 20 years recently and she was so sad, because she couldn't listen to her radiostation anymore. So, my husband and I got her an Alexa and showed her, how to use it. She loves it.
At 60 yrs old, I literally remember teaching my mother about modern technology in the last 60's through the 70's. For a point of reference, this would include 8-track tapes, cassettes, VHS AND Beta, & a new turntable, etc. And I will NEVER put a chip in this old brain. I'm sticking firmly with little old people are cute just the way they are. 😆😅😂🤣