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Do you think millennials who grew up with the early Internet and home computers will be as bad with future technology as boomers are with current technology? (dmv.pub)

submitted 1 year ago by jcrabapple@dmv.pub to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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My wife and I started talking about this after she had to help an old lady at the DMV figure out how to use her iPhone to scan a QR code. We're in our early 40s.

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[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I am sure some gen Xers do fail to adapt, but at the end of the day, I don't even think it's a generational thing: Some people adapt and keep moving, some people get stuck.

[-] kava@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Yeah I know boomers that are more tech savvy than some millennial. Really if you are curious and have an interest, you would keep up even at Biden age

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I know a few people who are and do. Even 20+ years ago, I can recall old people who taught very young me all sorts of "cutting edge" tech shit. I had a greybeard teach me about IRQ addresses in the 90s, I've since forgotten it all but that's not really the point.

[-] z3n0x@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

“Gotta change those jumpers, man!”

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