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Parents who are not good with technology.

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Mutaller
Profile Blog Joined July 2013
United States1051 Posts
December 24 2014 01:25 GMT
#1
My mom and dad are very technologically disabled. Like they learned how to use netflix within a day! But when it comes to teaching them how to copy and paste is the hardest thing in world. For the most part its normally once per 2 months that they will need my assistance. Lately my dad entered a fishing contest starting from the 16th since then he needs my help up to four times a day! Including bombarding into my room when I am trying to 1v2 clutch in CS:GO. He needs me to copy and paste many times. Make heartfelt messages on his facebook to make people vote for him. Have any of your parents needed constant help with technology and how have you dealt with it?
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Here is a picture of my Dad. You can vote for him my pressing this text and scroll down to find Dean Fultz and continue to scroll and till you see vote.

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"To practice isn't for you to get better now in the present. Practice will never betray you and will always come back for you in the future." -Jaedong
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-24 01:47:11
December 24 2014 01:45 GMT
#2
My whole family.

I have to sporadically intervene to save the day with many computers around here. The equivalent of the fishing thing was golf tournaments for my mother, accounting stuff for her small business (I still do parts of it), administrative stuff like I deal with some of the bills and whatnot. Itunes here and there, setting up new devices, entering the wifi password, setting up email accounts, retrieving passwords, explaining how to put files on a USB flash drive (and ultimately having to do it myself every time).

And yet they're learning. My mother is getting better at it, but it's still frustrating. She barges in while I'm trying to do a 1v3 (1up'd you here bro) CSGO clutch with her iPad and she's like Carl look at this thing that some person sent me ain't it interesting. But here's the thing she comes with her iPad but she doesn't have the thing that she wants to show me ready in front of her, she has to pull it up. Yet on the way there she'll get "lost" and push the wrong thing, and instead of going back, she'll push the "home" button and she'll say "shit" and I'm there like HGNNNNNNNN MOM NO.

As much as being home for the holidays is great, being the amateur IT guy for a household is not easy. Especially not when you need those quick headshots. Amirite?

Your dad looks like f'ing boss.
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
Cele
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Germany4016 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-24 02:17:31
December 24 2014 02:15 GMT
#3
one night, i just updated the Browser on our old computer when i was still living at home. It had a new skin. The next day, 7 AM sharp my Mom storms into my room accusing me of "destroying the computer because it doesn't work anymore" So, that was fun.
Similar, uninstalling a program can be a nightmare. Then they got an apple and now everything is fine, because Macs are idiot-proofed

so, if your parents are technology disabled, buy them a fucking Mac! You don't have to run this abominable piece of shit of a PC, but they will love it ^^
Broodwar for life!
Ryo
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
8787 Posts
December 24 2014 06:37 GMT
#4
Anything that my mum needs done on a computer, I do on her behalf. Checking emails, writing emails, looking up information, downloading stuff, everything. She could do that on her own (albeit at a slower pace) but since the only computer in the house is my own, it is better that she doesn't touch it.
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Basic
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada288 Posts
December 24 2014 06:56 GMT
#5
I am pretty sure my parents had me, being that I am the second child purely to help them figure out the world of things that plug in. Just today I got a phone call requested detailed information on the correct audio cord needed to plug speakers in to a laptop.
followZeRoX
Profile Joined March 2011
Serbia1449 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-24 13:27:07
December 24 2014 13:26 GMT
#6
My dad is attorney and kinda needs emailing and office for his work but he is so tech disabled that I can't teach him basic stuff for like 10 years... If he do not send few mails per day he always interrupt me to come and send instead of him because he forgot how to do it. Not to mention attachments and c/p options. I feel for you. The fact that irritate me the most is that "he don't like computers" and don't wanna learn them but ne actually NEED them.

I voted for your dad Maybe this thread was cover for voting actually j/k ofc
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32049 Posts
December 24 2014 14:24 GMT
#7
My father is bad. One-finger typer who will keep on mashing buttons if things aren't happening right away and will then freak when he's suddenly printing a billion pages of something and all his windows closed.

My mom bad in a different way. She's at least generally competent with computers in that she can use email and basic stuff just fine. But in her mind, that makes her an expert, and she makes all kind of dumb assertions.

Lots of older people are real bad with computers though, and assholes like the geeksquad rip them off hard. My coworker brought in his laptop yesterday. Geeksquad charged him $100 to transfer his files (which didn't even fully work), and installed a bunch of random shit onto his computer. This coworker couldn't even figure out how to locate a file and create a desktop shortcut.
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boxerfred
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Germany8360 Posts
December 24 2014 14:34 GMT
#8
#deadForPresident
Kazahk
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
United States385 Posts
December 24 2014 17:04 GMT
#9
My parents are fairly well of in terms of technology but some of their friends... I have a 55 year old man coming to my house randomly asking me to fix his e-mail saying the letters are to small, his browser was zoomed in 400%. No matter how many times I tell him how to fix it himself he always somehow messes it up and cant fix it. :\
Rngesus blessed me with a tooth half, then shunned me with a spinach roll.
batsnacks
Profile Blog Joined April 2014
United States4466 Posts
December 24 2014 17:40 GMT
#10
I voted for your dad.

5/5
Glowsphere
Profile Blog Joined November 2014
United States170 Posts
December 24 2014 18:52 GMT
#11
My Mom used to ask me to turn on the computer for her. Your Dad looks like a cool guy.
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10670 Posts
December 24 2014 22:46 GMT
#12
Your dad looks awesome, Hunting / Fishing is AWESOME dude ! Where you from?
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virpi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Germany3598 Posts
December 25 2014 01:38 GMT
#13
my father was kind of good with computers, at least if you consider his date of birth (1938 ). he had no patience at all, but due to his profession (salesman / industrial manager) he came in contact with computers quite early. (must have been the early 80s) he also gave me my first pc ever when I was six. he never knew how the thing worked exactly, but he was able to do most of the "normal" stuff. when he got older, he lost interest and preferred books over anything else.

my mom has no idea of computers at all. she's happy to be able to control the tv.
first we make expand, then we defense it.
Isarios
Profile Joined March 2014
United States153 Posts
December 25 2014 02:09 GMT
#14
i want to see the fish head
Blahhh
Fecalfeast
Profile Joined January 2010
Canada11355 Posts
December 25 2014 03:18 GMT
#15
On December 25 2014 11:09 Isarios wrote:
i want to see the fish head


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MilkDud
Profile Joined June 2013
Canada73 Posts
December 25 2014 07:35 GMT
#16
To all you younguns here who may complain about having to help parents with tech stuff. Just remember who changed your diapers, taught you how to behave, and dealt with your teenage bullshit a bit later. None of what you can do today for them can ever repay that.

And if you disagree, wait until you become parents yourselves.
ne4aJIb
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Russian Federation3209 Posts
December 25 2014 12:07 GMT
#17
voted, squishy make a topic on reps.ru, everyone will vote (add boobs photos)
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SC2Towelie
Profile Joined July 2014
United States561 Posts
December 25 2014 16:19 GMT
#18
My dad works in the IT department for a really big company, so I never had to worry about this kind of thing
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nunez
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Norway4003 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-25 23:48:00
December 25 2014 23:46 GMT
#19
i voted Kallie Nagel instead: 1 star.

i just noticed the dumbass, yellow whatever-mobile in the background of her photo and i wish i could take back my vote for her, vote for your dad instead, and give this blog 5 stars, but it's too late now, tough luck pal.
conspired against by a confederacy of dunces.
SoSexy
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Italy3725 Posts
December 25 2014 23:57 GMT
#20
On December 26 2014 08:46 nunez wrote:
i voted Kallie Nagel instead: 1 star.

i just noticed the dumbass, yellow whatever-mobile in the background of her photo and i wish i could take back my vote for her, vote for your dad instead, and give this blog 5 stars, but it's too late now, tough luck pal.


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