“Old People Online”: 50 Times Elderly People Decided To Use Social Media And It Resulted In These Gems (New Pics)
We often take for granted how quickly things change. Phones went from being fully stationary, then mobile, with buttons to touch-screen devices over the course of two decades. The same can be said for internet culture, where the gap between digital natives and adopters is abundantly visible.
The “Old People Facebook” page, ironically, not on Facebook, is dedicated to sharing all the times the elderly tried to engage with social media, with hilarious and adorable results. So feel free to get comfortable and scroll through. Be sure to upvote your favorites and comment your own stories about social media fails.
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Speecial Anouncement!
Lady Accidentally Tries To Sell Her Family
Wholesome Old People Facebook
While these posts are whimsical and a bit unhinged, the baby boomers may be the last generation to be digitally inept. While the future elderly might not be on the cutting edge of technology, basic digital and technical literacy will be present from the first memories one has when growing up.
There are already companies working on technology to help older people stay connected, stay safe and keep in touch. Rehabilitative technology is becoming more commonplace, which comes with more skill to interact with devices, which, in turn, helps a person understand the difference between sending a DM and posting a comment. The technology that has been developed to help people recover from injuries is slowly being adapted for older people to use.
My Grandma’s Savage Comment 🤣
The Radio Was On
I Hate Yellow
In comparison to digital natives, old people in 2023 have to be categorized as digital immigrants. The technology that we use daily, which you are also using to read this, came about later in their life. Researchers note that there is an “accent” between people who were born after the widespread adoption of the internet and people who have only started to explore it relatively recently.
Hmm.. That’s A Tough One
Come on, you're talking about a generation raised on Pepsi-brand coke, Canon-brand Polaroids and Hewlett-Packard brand Xeroxes.
Happy Heavenly Birthday!
Hear me out... XD it's unhinged, but actually kind of sweet. I told my dad's ashes happy birthday on his birthday this year XD
My Grandma Is My Favorite Person On The Planet
While we do describe the internet, social media, and other digital technologies as recent, which they are in the grand scheme of things, they have still been around for over two decades and at this point, many people have years of experience with them. One study conducted in Canada found that the majority of the cohort between the ages of 65-74 used the internet a few times a month over the last few years.
Wholesome Margaret
This is the same grandma that "accidentally" bought that porn, isn't it?
A Very Straightforward And Helpful Review
His Profile Picture Is Him And His Wife Being Cute
It’s worth noting that among “digital natives,” internet use is not uniform at all. Millennials will use the internet more as a resource, for information, study, and professional purposes, while one study of Hong Kong youths found that, in contrast to the millennials, Gen Z prefers to socialize and consume content online, but has fewer “practical” uses for the internet. Unfortunately, the internet habits of Baby Boomers need more research.
My Mom Emailed Me A Photo Of An Emoji...
Grandma And Grandpa Doing What They Do
Carol Has Spotted A Thief
I live by a Sainsbury's in Bristol, and I definitely saw him. Obviously he wasn't dressed like that - he had a much smaller flag.
Despite technology uses varying across cohorts and locations, most places do recognize that digital tech is here to stay. So the posts here may end up as a sort of relic of a bygone era, as educational institutions and workplaces worldwide see technology as absolutely necessary to work and study. As such, children are accessing the internet at a younger age and being taught how to use it and navigate in a digital world.
Not Facebook, But I Found An Old Screenshot From The First Time My Grandma Messaged Me. I Love Her
Not A Care In The World
Chad
I Think This Old Man Thought He Was Using Google
Somehow this wording is wholesome. He could have used words a lot worse
How Do You Turn Down The Volume?!
My Relative Is Very Flattered By Her Own Post From Four Years Ago
Arent old people just the best! Other than the grumpy old people
Why Do They Think They Have To Answer These Questions?
Meatloaf
This Is Exactly What You Want To See From Your Parents. They’re Only 62 And 58...
Dtf - "Down Town Familiar"
Cheryl Seems To Be Having A Confusing Day
Anybody else feel like this everyday about life? Or just me?
On An Ad For Doordash.
Amendment 4
I am so confused and need answers. What does that have to do with grilling ?
Reviews From A Local Chuck E Cheese
I'll go there say I never went to Chuck E. Cheese, I hope I'll be helpful
Found In A Work Related Group I’m In On Facebook
Catch Nancy At Your Local With The $15 Surf N Turf Tuesday Deal
My Grandma Keeps Adding New Frames To Her Profile Picture. She’s Up To Eight Frames Stacked On Top Of Each Other
My Granny Died A Year And A Half Ago. I’m So Happy She Had A Facebook So I Can Look Back Fondly At Her Photo Albums. Here’s My Favorite
Kenny
I Got An Ad For A Box Of Chocolates And Decided To Open The Comments
Life is like the comments section on a box of chocolates: you never know what horrible news you're going to get.
Happy Birthday To Yo.. Wait, Oh.
Grandma Sue Has Advice For Kim
Power Bottom
Does She Have 4 Different Pensions?
She Keeps Setting Her Profile Picture To “Temporary” And Just Resets It Every Day
That's because she wants all her personalities to get the chance to update their profile
I Mean, She's Not Wrong...
An Extreme Reaction
My Grandmother Is A Hoot.
Nancy Pelosi Hacked My Phone With Communism
I Have Never Been
I’m Risking A Lawsuit By Posting This
My Great-Aunt Had A Question For Me Today On An Old Picture Of My Daughter...
My Mom's Cousin Was Doing Some Late-Night Searching
I Am A Grown Man With No Interest In This Troll Foolishness. 1 Star
2021 Is Going To Be
Are We Going To Golden Corral
My Dad Couldn't Figure Out How To Take A Photo Of His Dog.
Very
Not Quite The Gif She Meant
They'll never suspect he's been replaced by three racoons in a jacket.
My Grandma Honest And Straight To The Point
They Think It’s Real
Dont Wsaste My Time
Cute Misunderstanding
Ladies And Gentlemen- My Nan.
at least you had something to laugh about while moving house
Sent This To My Dad A Couple Of Years Ago. Still Makes Me Laugh
I Dont Like Miata’s
She's Been Hacked.
Fireworks
Fire really works when you're trying to go bald
That's..... Not Quite How That Works
Very Insightful Post From My Step Grandmother A Few Moments Ago
Potato Salad
Visiting Grandma, This Is How She "Gets To Hulu"... On Netflix
I feel her pain. Im helping my mum figure how to operate the chromecast I got her. Her tv is semi-smart, only gas netflix but I got her all the streaming options. Because her phone is Apple and it's a chromecast it's problematic, they often play up slightly, and from her perspective I can see how confusing it is (sometimes it tricks me too!): So she generally just sticks to Netflix as the TV is set up for it. Long story short I should get her a proper smart TV and end this nonsense 😅
I Will Sue This Company
My Sister Sent A Picture Of Her Nursing License After Passing The Exam A Few Weeks Ago. Mom Is In Her 60s And Still Struggles With Snapchat
Who's Coming?
This is strangely wholesome XD I'm now picturing a band called Xbox Live. What do you think they look like?
Sign Up For Lasagna
Spotted In A Frog Group. I Just Want Dumplin To Take A Dump..
No poo unless in winter in Florida. I have this same problem. It's quite confounding. I have not poo since it was winter in Florida.
Her Name Is Sharon
Order TV
So Close
Not Competent Bartender. Paul Was Told This.
It’s Better Than Three
The Aliens Beamed Her Up Before She Could Finish 😭
Found One!
I wish they'd implemented that local area thing better on Facebook. Couldn't persuade anyone to use it, so waded through endless "look out for this missing dog" posts for dogs thousands of miles away across an ocean. Ah yes, I believe I've seen your dog missing from Leicester, it's running through the streets of Melbourne
What Does It Mean?!
With any luck he'll be our first open a*s gay president. He's an impressive dude that actually seems to have integrity. But that's a pipe dream, this is still the USA.
Posted On My Sister's Wall- I'm The One With The Dog.
My Aunt's Response To A Photo Of My Husband And Me Where I Jokongly Said We Are "Ready To Take On The Apocolypse"
"Dammit, Linda! We all know you're waiting for the rapture! Can we have one GD Thanksgiving dinner without talking about the rapture?!?"
😂😂😂
I imagine Red thought that those were crying emoji, since they do technically have tears :x
My Father-In-Law Texts Me Pictures Of Facebook Memes On His Laptop, That He Took With His Cellphone
My mother takes photos of stuff (like products and medicines) that she sees commercials for on TV that she wants me to look up for her XD so I get random photos of her TV paused on a commercial for migraine medication or something. Sometimes she will take a video of the TV with her phone and send me that. She's 79 XD
No Comment Sorry
Wrote this post and clicked post. Didn't mean to. Sorry for wasting your time.
Wholesome
Sorry If This Is Too Political
I Want To Be Deleted From This Site
Of course, just send me your email address, password, social security number and pictures of both sides of your credit card 😊
Capital Numbers
Minivan For Sale
Lesbian Alert
No Greens For Me
“Love This Stuff” 1 Star
85+ Relative To My Missus Posted This Gem To His Story Today... Twice.
I Wonder If She Ever Answered?
Rip Sherry
Who’s Joe?
My Mother, Everyone!
My Mum's Use Of Emojis
Don't Think My Uncle Has Quite Figured It Out Yet
Stamach Mass
At Least It Makes The Shopping Easier I Guess?
I Wouldn't Count On It
A Family Member's Profile Picture
I Know Who Has Done This
I’m Sorry What Now
Sandra Does Not Care For These Feathered Fools
Harry Potter And The Creepy Grandpa
I’m
An Amazon Review
Let me guess. It was delivered in its own box, not packed in another plain box that didn’t advertise what’s inside, and the person it was supposed to be a Christmas gift for saw it. I have had that happen before too.
What A Celebration (?)
Pretty sure someone’s trolling here. Too may bad news with party themes to be genuine mistakes.
Yikes
Something To Celebrate
Pretty sure someone’s trolling here. Too may bad news with party themes to be genuine mistakes.
The Post. The Comment From Grandma
These made me laugh so much. I'll be right there with them in about 15 years.
T-shirt I just saw: It's weird being the same age as old people.
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I'm so sorry to hear that. I'm sure she went straight to heaven though, if you believe in that sort of thing. You two clearly loved each other very much, and I bet she's so proud of you. Stay strong, we're thinking of you!
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These were funny. But don't laugh too hard. We will be in their shoes soon...having inappropriate conversations with robots and accidentally broadcasting our nude holograms across the globe.
Haha. Who invented the PC? Steve Wozniack, how old is he now? 73. Also internet: BOB KAHN (1938–) AND VINT CERF (1943–) Introduced in the 1970s, SQL offered two main advantages over older read–write APIs, Donald D. Chamberlin born 1944 and Raymond F. Boyce B 1946.. And on the list goes. Every old person is not your nana
And Ada Lovelace is over two hundred. No excuse for papa's and nanas.
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These made me laugh so much. I'll be right there with them in about 15 years.
T-shirt I just saw: It's weird being the same age as old people.
Load More Replies... I'm so sorry to hear that. I'm sure she went straight to heaven though, if you believe in that sort of thing. You two clearly loved each other very much, and I bet she's so proud of you. Stay strong, we're thinking of you!
Load More Replies... These were funny. But don't laugh too hard. We will be in their shoes soon...having inappropriate conversations with robots and accidentally broadcasting our nude holograms across the globe.
Haha. Who invented the PC? Steve Wozniack, how old is he now? 73. Also internet: BOB KAHN (1938–) AND VINT CERF (1943–) Introduced in the 1970s, SQL offered two main advantages over older read–write APIs, Donald D. Chamberlin born 1944 and Raymond F. Boyce B 1946.. And on the list goes. Every old person is not your nana
And Ada Lovelace is over two hundred. No excuse for papa's and nanas.
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