can’t really blame a generation that wasn’t raised on computers
No. I’m tired of giving them this excuse. Computers have been common place in the workplace for like 2 decades at this point. That’s plenty of time to learn what a monitor is or what a power button looks like or the fact that computers need to be plugged in to work.
This is also not a defense of Gen Z but I’m a little more forgiving because they were too young to really have to deal with the annoying parts of computers.
I dunno man. Depending on the age and person, it can be pretty difficult to get into how computers work. It really isn’t as much of a given as we think it is. I’m sure there are some older people who are just lazy, but I don’t think it is the case for everybody. Some older people don’t use computers unless they have to. They don’t spend time on them in their spare time to get more acquainted with how they work. For many it wasn’t a part of their lives for the first fifty years they spent on this planet. I’m in my mid 30s and I have areas of modern technology where I have just accepted that I can’t and won’t keep up because I simply don’t have the time, motivation or patience for it. I will learn if it is a necessity, but I also have limits to how many new things I can take in at this point while also having to earn money and pay my bills and maybe live a little on the side. So it is with that in mind that I think it is very much appropriate to cut many older people some slack and maybe have a little bit of empathy for where they are coming from.
No. I’m tired of giving them this excuse. Computers have been common place in the workplace for like 2 decades at this point. That’s plenty of time to learn what a monitor is or what a power button looks like or the fact that computers need to be plugged in to work.
This is also not a defense of Gen Z but I’m a little more forgiving because they were too young to really have to deal with the annoying parts of computers.
2 decades? My dude, 2 decades ago it was 2005. Computers have been commonplace close to 40 years now.
US defaultism.
Never lived in the US.
I dunno man. Depending on the age and person, it can be pretty difficult to get into how computers work. It really isn’t as much of a given as we think it is. I’m sure there are some older people who are just lazy, but I don’t think it is the case for everybody. Some older people don’t use computers unless they have to. They don’t spend time on them in their spare time to get more acquainted with how they work. For many it wasn’t a part of their lives for the first fifty years they spent on this planet. I’m in my mid 30s and I have areas of modern technology where I have just accepted that I can’t and won’t keep up because I simply don’t have the time, motivation or patience for it. I will learn if it is a necessity, but I also have limits to how many new things I can take in at this point while also having to earn money and pay my bills and maybe live a little on the side. So it is with that in mind that I think it is very much appropriate to cut many older people some slack and maybe have a little bit of empathy for where they are coming from.