>watch mom using computer >using a new program >whenever

They're scared of the messages.

they can just ask one of the youngsters instead.

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have it talk to them

>>55185727
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>install ubuntu on mom's computer
>tell her to update it frequently and repeatedly tell her to read the popups
>show her how to google so she learns how to fix her own problems
>show her how to do backups
>show her how to use noscript/umatrix
>install adblocker
>tell her about common malware
>never had to fix the pc in like 8 years

when she got the computer she didn't even know the difference between files and folders, saved everything on the desktop and i had to copy photos from her digicam because she didn't understand how to do it.
now she can use linux and even windows without fucking anything up.
you're just a bad teacher, op.

>>55185819
do not sexualize the miku

>>55185819
(you) too

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>>55185819
>tfw you report the porn and then unhide and fap to it

>>55185673
They have been conditioned to just click x on whatever comes up by all kinds of useless pop-up dialogs software and the OS produce.
Error codes, are you sure you want to do this, tip of the day, get the full version for just 5$, your antivirus database has been up dated

The mind goes with age, man. They don't read street signs either. I've seen a grown woman jiggle the door of a closed, lights-off store for a solid ten count instead of stopping to look at the posted business hours.

>>55185828
the miku is bdest sexualized
tht said we have /h/ gfro this

>>55185860
>announcing reports
UHHHHH.

>>55185673
It's not old people only, kids and tech illiterates just panic when they get a message and either press X or if someone's next to them they ask "what should I do". Bonus points if another tech idiot is next to them and s/he says "oh, just press X". I've seen plenty of that shit.

>>55185860
>TFW using 4chan X and loading the deleted file automatically from the archive

>>55185789
Fuck off.
If this feature is here then it means we can use it, whether or not you liking it.

>>55186176
Being able to call out a tripfag is also a "feature" of the text field, whether or not you like it. "Fuck off from telling someone to fuck off" is pretty silly m9

>>55185906
The mind only goes out with age if you stop working it. Most people after a certain stop learning new things, slowly but surely their mental capacity to think diminishes.

Remember, never stop learning, keep the mind busy.

>>55185906
It's just that they think everyone will go out of their way to satisfy them. My grandpa always thought he'd get helped faster at official buildings when he'd start sperging about his shit being more urgent because he's an old man, needless to say I've had to lie to security guards about his mental state a lot of fucking times, hoping he wouldn't make a scene out of me telling people he's starting to lose it, and he fucking did most of the time, so I had to tell him to sit his old ass down and act like he's sane if he actually even fucking is.
Tl;Dr: Old people are dicks.

>>55186394
Perhaps. I wouldn't put it past a lot of people to think "Whatever that sign/person/whatever says, it doesn't change what I want and I'm not interested in making compromises."

What makes me question that, however, is when you probe a little deeper. I've dealt with older people who ignore errors by having them read them aloud to me. I'm talking about the errors written in pretty straightforward English here. Stuff like "the previously open draft cannot be recovered." When I then ask them to tell me what that sentence means, they're clueless. That's straight up brain rot. Makes me wonder if the stubbornness is just a cover for the realization that they're slowly going mushy in the head.

>>55186441
Well yeah, that is usually a sign of mental retardation, sometimes you don't realise someone's stupid until you see them use a computer though, so they might've been retarded all along.

>>55186458
Hitler had the right idea.

>>55186465
*tips*

>>55186473
*at least 20%*

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>>55185791
>tfw taught my mum how to torrent without getting viruses

Adblocker is one of the best things to stop bad shit from happening to tech illiterate people. They no longer have to try find the legit download button

>>55186465
He was more of a crazed hippy, he actually thought that by killing people he'd slow down the destruction of the earth by humans, and what better way to do that than killing the people that are also the furthest away from his definition of the human ideal.

>>55186104
but thats easier than trying to teach an ignorant idiot how to do it right

>>55186505
If Terminator Genisys taught me anything, it's that the destruction of makind will come at the hands of idiots who don't read pop up messages.
>tap here to install Skynet

>>55186535
Isn't it more like people that buy the newest shit that gets so overhyped even your grandparents want it. Applefags for example, I'd imagine they'd line up in front of the store 2 weeks before apple released an iRope to neck themselves with.

>>55186176
This is an Anonymous message board. Go to a forum if you want a name for yourself.

>>55186567
New shit is fine. You just have to install GNU/Linux. Skynet wouldn't have infiltrated the world if people supported FOSS. Stallman did nothing wrong.

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>>55185673
>yesterday
>dad asks me to come over because he has a problem with his computer
>go over there
>"i think my firewall broke while trying to update. it's been stuck at 82% for two hours!"
>look at pc
>update is paused and a huge ass pop up window is asking if he wants to set yahoo as his homepage
>click no
>click next
>update finishes and pc reboots

He used to write COBOL programs in DOS, but somehow Windows made him completely computer illiterate. It's really weird.

>>55186753
>go over there
Gives me the impression that he bullshitted a "tech support problem" in order to spend some time with you in person.

>>55186639
Funny how this "anonymous message board" gives me the option to use a name :')

>>55186779
Nah I see him pretty often.

He's been having these problems since his first Windows computer. It's really weird because he had no problems at all before.
He's also the one who got me into programming as a hobby when I was a kid.

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>>55185673

Normies don't read, period, my sister is the same, over and over again.

>Anon how do I print?
>Anon how do I scan this?
>Anon where is the file I downloaded?

Both me and my dad already told her to fuck off and read shit before doing it. On the other hand my mom, who doesn't touch tech with a 3 meter pole, keeps nagging me to fix it for her all the times, because "I'm the computer guy, she doesn't need to know how to do it"

Fucking kill me

>>55186787
the feature is there so that others cant just pretend to be someone theyre not. usually it is important to use one where identity is crucial to the conversation

you fags are just using it to gain fame on a site that doesnt even want you there

tldr: >>>/reddit/

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>>55186787
>not knowing why names/trips are a thing
get lost, friendo.

>>55187569
>post-2006er lecturing others about why the name field exists
Kill yourself my man

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>>55187596
>projecting

>>55187529
Make me leave :')

>>55187569
>not knowing that if something exists, people will abuse it

>>55187641
i never said leave, i like annoying butthurt tripfags

>>55187641
also if youre gonna tripfag, at least get a good trip

>>55187086
people are lazy

>>55187654
check out this dank one i generated the other night

>>55187641

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>>55187641
>Make me leave :')
Alright. Goodbye, faggot.

>visit cousin
>he asks me to help with his computer (some program doesn't work)
>ask him to open up the program so I can see what happens
>he opens the program
>an error message pops up
>before I can read it he closes it
>"Thats what happens. It just doesn't work"
>have him do it again and tell him not to close the error message so I can read it
>he does it
>error message pops up
>"Couldn't connect to server, try changing Z to Y in settings" t: error message
>change Z to Y in settings
>just werks

>go visit mom
>she lectures me on how to survive edged weapons and tells me how she ain't gonna die in no ghetto

>>55187729
gimme dat

>>55187688

More like spoiled as fuck. Not long ago she needed help because of a virus (again). I ran a virus check and told her it would take 15-20 minutes to find and remove it

>WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T FIX IT NOW?!?!?!

Wanna know the worst part of this? She's 28

>>55186787
Read
>>55186223

>>55187892
>>visit cousin
tfw not wincest

>>55188109
You wouldn't have that feature if I didn't have my trip :')

>>55188286
>oranges wouldnt exist without an orange tree
tru but theres plenty of other fruit to be had

>>55186176
>t. new

>>55186787
when appropriate

>>55188086
Why is she still living at home at 28. Is she at least employed or pursuing an education?

>>55187892
I'm just amazed and flabbergasted at how illiterate and retarded the average person is

But I'm getting into IT (Networking... hopefully there'll be jobs when I'm finished...) and these kinds of people are what'll likely keep me employed, so I guess I can't complain too much.

>>55191206
Women aren't shamed (nor held responsible) for anything anymore.

She just needs a boyfriend and bam, job done. She'll live in his apartment or basement or whatever and leech off his accomplishments.

>>55191376
are you kidding you're going to complain more than ever when you actually have to deal with them

>>55186818
dirty GUIs senpai.

>>55186662
>stuxnet
>turla
>heartbleed
>shellshock
Yea senpai, open sores is totally safe because so many people audit the code or something...

>>55185673
The older a person gets the less they read

>>55185673
They never read shit it's uncanny

I know for one they are used to so much spam from bloatware and shit.

>>55185791
I should learn to do those things then teach my mom

>>55185791
You see when someone -wants- to learn it's easier. I do tech help on the side for some people and it won't matter how many times I show them how to use the goddamn printer if they don't bother listening. Some people just dont want to learn.

>>55186441
This is why I have a chance at replacing the baby boomer in engineering jobs hopefully

Because they are lazy as fuck like everyone else on this miserable world and would rather have someone else do the work for them.

If the average person is really are too stupid and lazy to read error messages, why are markets efficient? Is this just selective stupidity?

>>55193494
Why do you think 99.9999999999% of trading is done via automatic computer systems now?