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Anyone Has Someone In Their Life Who Sucks At Technology?
Posted on 9/11/21 at 2:52 pm
Posted on 9/11/21 at 2:52 pm
Man my mom just called me to ask me how can she watch the game tonight. I told her it was on ESPN+ and that she doesn't happen. She told me "during baseball season if I talk into the remote and say LSU baseball it comes up so maybe I can just do that". She said this after I explained that ESPN+ is a streaming service (which she doesn't know what a streaming service is).
I told her she can talk into the remote all she wants, but she will not get the game. She tells me I don't know that for sure.
Then she asks how does she get ESPN+. I told her you have to pay for it and that I just mirror it from my ipad to my TV, which I don't even know why I said that because saying something like "mirror it" is pretty much speaking a foreign language.
She is 74, I am thankful for every moment she is here.. But she is completely clueless when it comes to technology.
Awhile back she was talking about mailing something and I said "I can't remember the last time I put something in the mail" and she asked me "well you have to pay your bills every month". I told her I pay everything online.. She tells me she wouldn't trust doing it that way, etc, etc..
The idea of not having to go to the bank befuddles her. I told her between doing everything online and ATMs I have no reason to ever go into a bank and she just doesn't get it.. She doesn't even have an email address.
I told her she can talk into the remote all she wants, but she will not get the game. She tells me I don't know that for sure.
Then she asks how does she get ESPN+. I told her you have to pay for it and that I just mirror it from my ipad to my TV, which I don't even know why I said that because saying something like "mirror it" is pretty much speaking a foreign language.
She is 74, I am thankful for every moment she is here.. But she is completely clueless when it comes to technology.
Awhile back she was talking about mailing something and I said "I can't remember the last time I put something in the mail" and she asked me "well you have to pay your bills every month". I told her I pay everything online.. She tells me she wouldn't trust doing it that way, etc, etc..
The idea of not having to go to the bank befuddles her. I told her between doing everything online and ATMs I have no reason to ever go into a bank and she just doesn't get it.. She doesn't even have an email address.
Posted on 9/11/21 at 2:54 pm to OweO
The people who suck at technology for lack of use are usually the smartest and happiest. That’s a fact, backed up by decades of research
Posted on 9/11/21 at 2:57 pm to OweO
I don’t even know how to use espn+. Give the old hag a break. Also pretty sure it’s on secn+ too
Posted on 9/11/21 at 2:57 pm to OweO
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Anyone Has Someone In Their Life Who Sucks At Technology?
Anyone have someone in their life who sucks at grammar?
Posted on 9/11/21 at 3:03 pm to High C
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Anyone have someone in their life who sucks at grammar?
Yes. Everyone who has me in their life.
Posted on 9/11/21 at 3:04 pm to OweO
My mom has never turned on much less used a computer
Posted on 9/11/21 at 3:14 pm to Jack Daniel
Well, I have a flip phone if that tells you anything. And FWIW, it works every time I either make a call or receive a call.
Posted on 9/11/21 at 3:16 pm to Jack Daniel
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My mom has never turned on much less used a computer
Mine is the same way. And I get it, but its just when she can't do something she wants to do because of her lack of technology.. She will call me up and ask me about it then blame me like its my fault.
I start laughing when she blames me which makes her even more aggravated, but I tell her that there is absolutely nothing I can do..
She still calls me to ask me what channel something comes on despite the fact there is a TV guide. I am surprised she knows how to press the button on the remote and talk into it.
Posted on 9/11/21 at 3:25 pm to OweO
My mom will call at 2am because her TV "is broken". I need a way to lockout the "input" button on her remote so she can't change inputs.
Posted on 9/11/21 at 3:25 pm to OweO
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Anyone Has Someone in their life that sucks at grammar
Posted on 9/11/21 at 3:41 pm to OweO
She probably feels the same way about you
This post was edited on 9/11/21 at 3:43 pm
Posted on 9/11/21 at 4:42 pm to OweO
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Anyone Has Someone In Their Life Who Sucks At Technology?
Why does every word in your title need to be in caps?
Posted on 9/11/21 at 5:23 pm to kisatchie53
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The people who suck at technology for lack of use are usually the smartest and happiest. That’s a fact, backed up by decades of research
That's because the people that have to help them are consuming all the annoyance. Try coming home from 14 days offshore dealing with every operators plant controls problems and your arsehole FIL is standing in the driveway with his 6 year old laptop. Infuriating.
Posted on 9/11/21 at 5:24 pm to OweO
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I told her it was on ESPN+ and that she doesn't happen.
Anyone know a td poster that can't communicate properly?
Posted on 9/11/21 at 6:18 pm to Jack Daniel
quote:She’s turned on more than you know.
My mom has never turned on much less used a computer
This post was edited on 9/11/21 at 6:20 pm
Posted on 9/11/21 at 6:35 pm to Smeg
I’m pretty bad myself.I do pretty well with IPad but I was never worth a crap with computers.
Don’t know how to work DVR.TD -I don’t know how to post pictures or links.
When I got IPhone ,I thought my wife was going to hit me in head with it,I’d get it all jammed up.
It is what it is.
Don’t know how to work DVR.TD -I don’t know how to post pictures or links.
When I got IPhone ,I thought my wife was going to hit me in head with it,I’d get it all jammed up.
It is what it is.
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