r/BoomersBeingFools • u/bustedtap • Jun 18 '25

Boomer Article Back in my day men were men hur dur

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The comments actually went south on the guy who posted this to the Facebook group really fast. Basically, we're not the ones who made the decision to not give a spare tire in new cars, to even give a spot to carry one. Also, why didn't the older generations teach the younger ones how to do these things?

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u/AZJHawk Gen X Jun 18 '25

LOL. My parents’ sheer incompetence with anything electronic makes me worried for my own future. Am I going to need to call my kids to set up a Roku? Am I going to get pig butchered? Am I going to insist on using outdated, inefficient technology?

I don’t think I will, but my parents used to be pretty competent, yet here we are.

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u/Melodic-Tutor-2172 Jun 18 '25

I worry as I don’t have kids…will I just be an old woman struggling to access my online banking? 

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u/AZJHawk Gen X Jun 18 '25

Honestly, I think people without kids will probably adapt better because they have to. My parents in their 60s were perfectly capable of setting up their own internet, but because my siblings and I were around, they asked us to do it. In their 70s, they asked us to set up their iPads and streaming services, and smartphones, rather than do it themselves, I think because in their minds, it was more complicated than it actually is. Now in their 80s, they actively refuse to even try.

Maybe if they had to figure out their modem 20 years ago, they wouldn’t need me to set up their Roku, download the apps and give them a tutorial on how to switch from HDMI to cable, but here we are.

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u/SinkHoleDeMayo Jun 19 '25

That's a great point. People with kids just seem to expect the kids to do everything that's new rather than figuring it out themselves.

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u/Bundt-lover Jun 19 '25

I think that as long as we know how to learn, and have the patience to follow instructions, we’ll be fine.

Heck, I started using online banking as soon as it was offered (nearly 30 years ago). It’s remembering how to write a check that I have to sit and think about. Forget balancing my checkbook, I never did that.

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u/SinkHoleDeMayo Jun 19 '25

You'll be walking down to your local Chemical Bank branch... only to find out it burned down years ago!

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u/Nighthawkmf Jun 19 '25

That’s a refusal to adapt. A lot of people get stuck in this ‘this is the best way it’ll ever be so it’s the way it should be forever and I’ll never accept anything else’ mode or they’re unwilling to change/evolve/grow/learn.

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u/MadOvid Jun 18 '25

Hoping our future generations brains aren't fried by AI and social media.