It's time that the younger generations stopped thinking that old people don't know squat about computers. News flash. Most of them are on the things most of the day. When you don't have a car, have done the world travel bit, got your university degree long ago and finished the career that took up far too much time in your life and have seen your loved ones pass away one by one, you get yourself a computer and sorry, but it doesn't take a lot of brains and time to learn how to use computers. I am ninety and if I had a parent, it would ground me for being on the computer far too much. And I am not talking cell phones which I abhor and use as little as possible. I don't see the point in texting nothings all day long or adding up how many hits some other stranger gets on an inane bit of mere nothing. My computer, my best friend, gets me email with actual grammar use on it, answers all of my questions due to AI and takes me shopping what I purchase and have delivered, entertains me , does business for me and keeps me in touch with my friends and relatives who are on their computers doing the same. I don't go out much because there's nothing much to go out for, and I am not lonely due to the fact I have a computer. Why do others of THIS generation that we all belong to, incidentally, think that elders know nothing about computers and cyberspace? The thing riding on top of our wrinkled necks is a brain as keen as anyone's. Joints and muscles are not applicable to thinking. Next time I hear that nonsense about old people not knowing anything about computers, I am going to demand some statistics or recommend the speaker seek out AI and ask about their incorrect assumption. Grrr.
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