How Much Longer before we stop giving Old People a pass for being Computer Illiterate?

[Luke Cage]

Yo, I got a nice job based on tenured employees not being tech-savvy. Chill breh.

I have a weird memory that contributed to this thread.
My grandmother was a transcriptionist for decades. She worked at the local air force base Using a typewriter. she would transcribe letters and could type super fast af. I remember being very impressed by her typing speed.

Put her on a computer in word with the exact same button layout as a typewriter (for the letters) and ask her to type a sentence for you and suddenly she like

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

gave my uncle one of my old iphones

just collecting dust cause he's too lazy to figure out how to transfer the professional photos my cousin* sent to her on his old ass phone

i asked my cousin to just get the phone set up with the photos and of course SHE'S too lazy to do it for him too

wasn't so much trouble i'd tell him just to send that sh-t back

 

[Tribal Outkast]

I have to show younger people how to use the computer all the time. I’m talking about simple shyt too lol. This young lady last night didn’t know about the control alt delete thing to change her password.

 

[Piff Perkins]

I think it's more of no troubleshooting skills/lack of curiosity.

So many young dudes in IT don't know how to break down a problem into smaller steps.

You generally get curious and try to figure out how something works from step 1.

That was a skill never taught in any school I went to, so I doubt it's being taught and cultivated now.

Their brains are cooked. It's wild that I used to laugh at my parents for not being able to tell the "free iphone" ads were a fake scam. Now we have people in their 20s who can't tell an AI image is fake. It's pretty stunning to watch. I always expected technology to keep expanding but I didn't expect younger people to stop expanding with it, mentally. This isn't even some "kids these days don't go to the library" complaint. They can't read, they can't write, and they can't think. Not good...

 

[Michael's Black Son]

Old people?

So called young people struggle to use computers