“Old People Facebook”: 45 Times Old People Used Social Media And It Resulted In Comedy Gold
While millennials couldn’t imagine their lives without social media, and generation Z entirely grew up with technology, there are people who’re genuinely struggling to make sense of this whole new tech world. Just think of your grandma and grandpa searching for the letter T on the keyboard in what feels like a solid hour-long bender.
But hey, at least they’re trying hard, and some are even learning to share a story on Facebook, call via Whatsapp, and hang out on Zoom meetings. Well, maybe not the last one.
And there’s something so charming about elderly people navigating the complex terrain of the tech world that there’s a whole subreddit, r/oldpeoplefacebook, dedicated entirely to it. Created in 2013, the community has 1 million members sharing the fun, cute, and sometimes cringe-worthy moments of elders walking in the internet jungle. “Grandma and grandpa have finally joined social media, and they love sharing their opinions with everyone,” states the description.
And as your phone buzzes with a new notification from your grandma streaming live to show how pretty her re-potted geranium looks, let me tell you, this post—you can relate.
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When Emojis Are Banned So You Make Your Own
Fun fact! One of the first early concepts of emoji were based in Japan, and was a heart! (There is no reference to be found) (This is Requiem! I’ve used the arrow and now have the ability to post jojo references AND facts at the same time. For more info, read my bio!)
A Friend Posted This
My Father In Law Likes To Caption Pictures Of My Pets On Facebook
According to a 2018 Eurostat study, 87 percent of people in Europe who are aged 75 years and over have never been online. This is partly because most current technology is designed in a way that relies on users’ ability to see, hear, and read. But many elderly are struggling to do so due to their age and health conditions.
Another study conducted by Pew Research showed that 23% of elderly people in US have a “physical or health condition that makes reading difficult or challenging.” Meanwhile, 29% said they suffer from “disability, handicap, or chronic disease that prevents them from fully participating in many common daily activities.”
The same study suggested that seniors would need assistance to learn to use social media or tech devices. Only 18% of seniors expressed that they’re comfortable with learning how to use a new technology device, and 77% said that they would rely on someone else helping them.
Wholesome
But only because of Asian Speakee English, right?
Load More Replies...Very good taste, Madam Chinese grand-mother. We shall share some more music like that on YT.
We used to have a boxer dog named Kashmir, like the song. He died like 15 years ago. We lived in the country and he had alot if space to run. This biker %&$# next door strung him up and hung him with a chain because Kashmir went in his yard. We didn't know for a while where he went. Then a friend of ours was at a bar one night and saw dude and heard him drunk bragging about it. We confronted him the next day and he did not deny it. He had buried him in a barrel. My ex husband dug him up and reburied him in our yard.
That’s kinda f****d up. I guess he wasn’t in the gang of Hagrid’s from the post last week.
Load More Replies...Emergency Assistance Needed
I like how many likes this conversation got. Dan´s mom has become famous for sure (at least in the county of Somerset).
I live in Bristol and this is also our police force.
Load More Replies...Coward
Missing bingo night accounts for all the trouble in the world! Don't miss bingo!!
Among many reasons why seniors are less likely to learn to use technology are reduced mobility and reactivity. Some elders are less likely to absorb new knowledge since they never got accustomed to technology throughout their lives, so this is truly an uncharted and very challenging terrain for them. Others struggle with touch screens due to hardened hand skin, poor eyesight, and reduced reaction.
At the end of the day, everyone is responsible for being more accepting towards seniors using technology, even if it sometimes means you should overlook their not-always-perfect attempts to master it.
It Was Worth A Shot
The important thing is that Grandma said "please' in her request. So polite.
Load More Replies...Calm Down G R A N D M A
"Oh what does this 'Gif' Button do?" (10 hours later) "Lets try the 'emoji' tab now.."
........ that's what I did when it was my friend's birthday 😳
My 97 Year Old Grandpa Is On Facebook. A Couple Of Years Ago He Liked A Photo Of Mine, So He Printed The Whole Page To Display It In His Home
He is 97 years old and apparently knows how to use Facebook and a printer. For a person of his age this is incredible. My grandpa doesn´t even know these things exist.
David - Watch out below for Lara to be a real douchebag
Load More Replies...My grandpa won't even use the computer mouse, and insists that it's a rodent, which is why I can't play videogames on my computer there anymore (rip 5 mouses, killed by my grandpa)
You could hook up a controller to games that allow it. Xbox, PlayStation, and steam have controller variants
Load More Replies...Aww that is actually sweet. Now you can get him proper copies for him to keep.
Granny Messaged To Wish Me Luck On My Test
This is how I lost my internet innocence years ago at about the age of 12. I wanted to look up the White House homepage and at that time I had no idea that there is a difference between .com and .gov. The .com version is...ehm...just something else, you know.
I'm assuming she wanted to put "Lots lv granny [space] xxx (as in "hug, hug, hug" as in "X's and O's" which is an archaic proxy for hugs and kisses.)
My Mom Accidentally Included A Picture Of Me Sleeping In An Ad She Posted
I'd take that offer. She looks cute and I am a lonely
Load More Replies...Was it an accident ?or she want to give you away as free gift with purchase...
Well, dang. Never sleep at your mom's house during the Christmas season.
Load More Replies..."Yes and this living room is nice with the cou- DARCY GET UP! ITS 8:37 AM!"
On A Photo Of My Fiance
Apple Sauce Price At Walmart
I know this will be me in a one day, hope my kid/grandkids are sweetly patient too:)
At least whoever this is was looking the price of apple sauce and not something more embarrassing...
I can't help it! I laughed for a good 20 seconds when I finally got it. Too funny!
This Must Technically Count. My Aunt Just Took A Screenshot
On my job, every day we get tech support tickets from young people who take 'screenshots' of the computer with their phone...
My old phone was stupid. I had to take a pic of whatever was on my phone with tablet, then take a pic of tablet with phone.
Screenshot was supposed to be down volume and pic button at same time. Never worked.
Load More Replies...My Grandmothers Comment On My Photo Of Me And My 15 Year Old Cat
She sounds like Mrs Slocum on that old TV show "Are You Being Served?" Mrs Slocum always talked about her pussy.
Load More Replies...When i saw the picture, I panicked because I thought my battery was low!
Name This Plant
Can someone tell me what plant is it? I would guess it is from Lamiaceae family.
My Late Father, Chuck, Had To Use Speech-To-Text Which LED To Some Amazing Posts
Look at me, I'm a train on a track I'm a train, I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, yeah
Look at me, got a load on my back, I'm a train, I'm a train I'm a chucka train, yeah
Load More Replies...My Uncle Just Left This Comment On His Own Picture Of A Frog. There Are No Other Comments Or Likes
My Late Grandmother Figuring Out Her Phone
I hope she wasn’t your late grandmother when she was sending those texts.
Sounds like my mom when she started using whatsapp. And every phone calls starts with "this phone has it's own mind"
Hey, she already found the 'space' button. My mother-in-law didn't.
I never knew my grandparents, and now I wish I had a grandma, so I could teach her to text. (sob)
“Go To Bed”
I would've responded with "No, sorry, I'm not getting any of them".
60 Year Old Coworker Has Been Texting Me Everyday For Over A Year
If my shift starts at six, I will wake up 3:30 AM and if it starts at five I will wake up 2:30 AM. So 4:32 AM would be almost late for a Good morning 😁
Load More Replies...I agree. That is up to the text receiver to decide based on their personal knowledge, but feels creepy to me w/o knowing the guy. After all, 60 is not that old and certainly not to old to be perving. It's not like they are a cute, doddering grandpa.
Load More Replies...I wonder if he has to be st work that early and the coworker is just politely making sure he is awake. Like a polite wake up call.
My good friend from work who retired couple years back, ever since, sent me motivational good morning quotes and pictures, every morning 😊
I Don't Think Grandma Knows Who Rihanna Is
This is actually very good advice. You hate Rihanna or don't you like her music 😉
Well, go grandma! Knowing and posting about clebrities isn't actually a badge of honour.
My Aunt Giving Everyone A Heads Up
Depends on who she's sharing it with, but yeah, kinda.
Load More Replies...Not Sure If This Belongs But This Picture My Dad Gave Me For Christmas
My Grandma Thought I Love Babies Doing Yoga
"Honey, what's this read on the back of our router?" Elon: "I have found it."
Load More Replies...Found This On Facebook Marketplace And Cant Stop Thinking About It
"Even more surprisingly, the purchaser discovered that it was actually not a reflection, but a small enamel artwork. Tomorrow, on marketplace mysteries...who are the people buying the poorly executed crafts? You won't believe their stories! Until next time, dear viewers"
That was my first thought! Why is there a little painting on the back?
Load More Replies...Oh. My god. I can’t stop laughing at this. I think I have hiccups now.
i literally laughed so hard at this when i saw it. i’m was in the middle of a movie and my whole family looked at me like i was nuts
Ponch
Aunt Gave Birth Yesterday And Grandpa Was Very Excited
Cher Accidentally Turning On Night Mode And Nancy Sinatra Telling Her To Restart...amazing
It is okay both ways! You know them good. You don't know them, still good!
Load More Replies...Woke Up This Morning With A Text From Grandma
Was grandma trying to release the kraken? We know old folks love fox news.
Grandma Doesn’t Get The Joke
Yes, but as Yoda from Narnia says in the Harry Potter series: "The greatest teacher, failure is."
I knew it! Yoda is actually Ringo! Now they will believe me when I tell them that Boba Fett is actually Billy Preston.
Don't forget that Sirius Black is really Stubby Boardman, lead singer of 'The Hobgoblins' #freestubbyboardman
Load More Replies...I didn't know I needed this, but now I do: I desperately need that T-shirt!!!
The Comment Is From My Grandmother
Why would she buy a coat? She clearly wouldn't keep it on for very long!
Please Not The Attorney General
Oh yes. I deal with this kind of people every day on my work. It can be very exhausting.
Load More Replies...They first tried the DA but he told them to go away after 100+ times, so the AG it is.
Grandma Said She Was In The Middle Of The Atlantic Late Last Night With No Extra Explanation
Wtf, even though I know she’s not in the ocean, I’d still panic a little
Null Island is the name used to refer to the point on the Earth's surface where the Prime Meridian and the Equator intersect, at zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude ( 0°N 0°E). Lmao copy and pasted from google
We Don't Deserve Debra
That kid probably doesn't feel like he has a purpose in life, and got in trouble. People like that need help, and the sadder thing is that poor grandma doesn't know its happening. Bless Debra's heart, and help the kid.
This is not Tony's picture, Tony just shared it. This is not Debra's grandson's picture.
That’s sad. But also makes me wonder if that guy has been babied by his family and ended up all weird like that. Either way, I hope he breaks his arm one summer and has to stay in and read a book.
The funniest part about these comments is most of them are making the same mistake the grandma did
You have to be a confused hopeful grandma.. he still won't call ...
Remember that grandma is about to die? Well now it is time to pass it on...
Funny! Also, I’m Dying
We had a pig names bacon. His original owner names him Chris P. Bacon, and we renamed him Kevin Bacon. This creeps me out a bit
I think she meant the particular type of cancer, not cancer in general.
Load More Replies...I was laughing and then feeling so very depressed very quickly..
Good Job
8 pounds of material constraint to this mortal realm
Load More Replies...I honestly would frame the picture and hang it on my wall if it were my gran. It's hilariously adorable.
Congrats Jeff
Same reason why random woman's avocado toast isn't making headlines, I presume.
Load More Replies...Legit, this is way more interesting than the selfies and snarky comments people post on FB
They shouldn't eat bananas, but just a little may not hurt them as long as it's not a habit.
Load More Replies...Wholesome Sue
Grandma Has Seen This Man Before!!
Only cause they are kind of regarded in the same way when it comes to making first impressions of someone but there is a while science to Mbti, studies, etc.
Load More Replies...When My Grandfather Has To Log Into Facebook, He Creates A New Account Instead. Today Is His Birthday
That is not a P it's a Þ (like Th..) Like Thor.
Load More Replies...It's funny how he thinks that each time you log into facebook you have to start from the beginning and resubmit all your info and a photo....bless his heart.
I belive the granpa's name is Þorgeir, an Icelandic name.
Load More Replies...Lady Compliments My Profile Pic. Then 4 Months Later Mistakenly Thanks Me For Complimenting Hers
I actually had a discussion with my mother yesterday: "ME:hi mom, how are you?" "MOM: good, on my way back home" Next day ... "MOM: Oh, where have you been then?"
That might be classic sarcasm. Those of a certain generation believe polite people respond to compliments. I'm on the cusp.
On A Review Of An Eye Doctor’s Office
Kys
Wow, they invent their own acronyms and think everyone will get the meaning...
my grandma once did something like this, she told me BS...she meant be safe.
There were a lot of abbreviations in the past. Lol as lots of love, swak sealed with a kiss etc.
I like the meme where "Grandmother" was sending out condolences on the death of a family member & kept signing off with "LOL" - she thought it meant "lots of love". Actually, so did I at first ...
I though KYS was "kill yourself"... maybe i should rethink my life.
Yikes
Thanks, Dad
Sounds like dad found a way to express his feelings without showing that he meant it.
Under A Youtube Video About Cleaning A Fish Tank Filter
Good for him for correcting what she said, and in such a kind manner. Girls do not need to here grown ups saying "I'm a woman and even I can do it". What a message to give them.
Wolf And A Watermelon
Literally Anything Bluetooth Is A Speaker
https://www.bluetooth.com/about-us/bluetooth-origin/#:~:text=So%20what%20does%20it%20mean,earned%20him%20the%20nickname%20Bluetooth.
Load More Replies...Okay But Sometimes Old People Are The Best
Man's Mother Likes To Use The Microphone Function Rather Than Typing To Text While Driving
My Great Uncles Profile Pic Lol
Me And My Grand Children
Quality Content From My Nana!
My Great Aunt Has The Best Sense Of Humor
Seems pragmatic enough. Optimistically I'll be 93, but dead is more likely for me, too.
There are more people on Bored Panda that are around my age than I expected. Won't reveal my age in 2050 but it is close to 40.
Load More Replies...uh 2050 is 30 years away I think you mean 42. unless you're 2 years old XD
Load More Replies...Grandma Made A Facebook, Set This As Her Profile Picture
How Do I Delete This
My Grandma Passed Away 3 Weeks Ago. I Just Discovered Today That She Was The Infamous "Yim Yum Grandma"
My Mom Had This Printed
65 Is A Great Day!
Now Jesus sets the temperature? If there's a drought, is that on Jesus too?
Old People Youtube
Aww, help them then. I would kill to have grandparents around to help with this kind of thing.
Hey I am in my 30’s and I can’t figure out how to bloody connect my internet when I am out and about and have no wi-fi available. It started after I had a 2gig usage warning message. I disabled the setting that restricted my access after I used 2gigs but nothing.
Lol - You Win
Bless You Walmart
Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus, omnis satanica potestas, omnis incursio infernalis adversarii, omnis legio, omnis congregatio et secta diabolica. Ergo, omnis legio diabolica, adiuramus te... cessa decipere humanas creaturas, eisque æternæ perditionìs venenum propinare... Vade, satana, inventor et magister omnis fallaciæ, hostis humanæ salutis... Humiliare sub potenti manu Dei; contremisce et effuge, invocato a nobis sancto et terribili nomine... quem inferi tremunt... Ab insidiis diaboli, libera nos, Domine. Ut Ecclesiam tuam secura tibi facias libertate servire, te rogamus, audi nos. Adios, bitch.
Load More Replies...My Coming Out Went Well, I Think
Finances are definitely more important than other people’s sexual preferences so I get dad’s angle.
That’s actually one of my favourite ways how people can react. It SHOULDN‘T be a big deal, and I love it when people just shrug off that information. Like in Umbrella Academy when Klaus told Diego. Those two were always at each other‘s throat, but Diego didn‘t even care.
How My Mom Shops Online
I don´t find this strange at all. Many people, especially the elderly, are not familiar with the concept of e-shop payments and they are worried that they could do something wrong (incorrect payment, incorrect place to deliver etc.), so they rather ask their relatives to help out. Also the pandemic keeps the shops closed in many countries, so the online shopping is the only alternative for several items, meaning that the internet illiterate people don´t have much options how to buy their gifts elsewhere.
Agreed. I also told my mother to let me know if she needed anything of amazon - she‘s not well-versed in that kind of things, and I don‘t want her order something that is just a scam or has unnecessarily high shipping costs etc. I‘m glad she‘s reasonable enough to agree. (She still calls YouTube 'the internet tv' so it’s safe to say it‘s better that way ^^, )
Load More Replies...Probably because you have prime and she doesn’t. I have prime and I legit share it with like 6 people in my family and friends circle PLUS getting requests like this from my friends periodically who aren’t on the account. Why should each person pay the fee when we can just share the account like Netflix?
I think the joke here is that the grandma thought it was a wallet (so like a purse to put her cash etc. in), and that she didn't see it was actually a case for an Iphone 7...
My mom used to do this too but it wasn't to use my prime account for free shipping, she just didn't want to deal with it herself and didn't want think it was safe to use her credit card (clearly mine was safe though). She would then write me a check for the amount of whatever she ordered. I finally convinced her it was safe to get her own account after she was ordering several times a week.
My Mom Discovered Bitmoji's The Other Day
Hre You Open Today
My mom shouts her questions at her phone, trying to enunciate very clearly, like she's talking to someone she thinks doesn't speak English.
Dr Brian May, Guitarist From Queen And Astrophysicist, Takes On Candy Crush
That one and seven seas of rye are my favorite songs by them
Load More Replies...My Mom Found A Blurb In The Newspaper About An App She Was Interested In And Wanted To Remember. Instead Of Taking A Picture Of It, She Cut It Out And Taped It To The Back Of Her Phone
I guess this way it was much easier and faster to find the information than having to browse in her phone pics.
It's an ad for Google Photos and she didn't take a pic of it. . .
I am in my lower 50s.....and I grew up the everything paper society. It has been hard going completely digital. Now that I am - I love it! During the transition I can see myself doing something like this (maybe not taping to my phone....) but still......
Grandma Writes To Facebook To Remove The File Of Her Friend Who Has Passed Away (Rip)
Philosophical question: are we still entitled to celebrate dead person´s birthday?
Yes! It somewhat helps with grief and also is just a nice way to remember them (also lets you have cake). We've celebrated my uncle's birthday every year since he passed, and I think it's been quite nice.
Load More Replies...I mean this kinda makes sense. FB is the only one who can delete them and what family member wants to keep getting that reminder from their dead relatives account?
Grandma Is Up To 8 Stacked Profile Pic Filters Now. How Far Will She Go?
I looked REALLY closely, and the "let hate win" part is written "we will not let hate win" but it does look like that.
Load More Replies...Grandma Joins PC Gaming Group
This is ageist. Many senior citizens game. I've met gamers in their 70s
And there's no greater joy than pwning little kids in COD.
Load More Replies...She's enthusiastic to learn how to use her computer. Get with the programme Niels
Can we just appreciate that these are actually nice pictures though? She looks so sweet and happy!!!
Grandma can be a computer enthusiast if she wants!!!
Load More Replies...Linda Had 2 Egg Salad
It looks like Jesus is checking up on who’s been on the toilet too long.
5 Out Of 5 Stars
I seriously hope this was a review for a video game or something.
My Grandmother Showing Her Support For The March For Our Lives Today
Neil Degrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson is evil incarnate . . . The man who downgraded Pluto from a planet to a dwarf.
As a planet, it was the last, the smallest, the coldest, the oddball. Now it is the first and the face of dwarf planets. Was it really a downgrade?
Load More Replies...Who asks NDT if he has ever fallen taking of a t-shirt??? They have nothing better to ask?
That’s A Bit Of A Bombshell
Hang on, was green posting about their egg spinach sandwich right after their mum died?
I Don't Know Grandma
Probably, or they stepped in something outside from another animal.
Load More Replies...My Great Aunt's 69th Birthday Is Today
My Grandma's Profile Picture Is A Cropped Screencap Of Her In Someone's Friends Ranking, In Which She Has No Profile Picture
Banana Bread
It doesn't work?? Where is THE Banana Bread receipe???
Load More Replies...there you go https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/best-banana-bread-recipe/
Lynda Hates The Brown Ones
They aren't technically periods. Chickens are birds and lay eggs whether fertilised or not. If fertilised the egg has the potential to become a chick. Female humans are mammals and either have live births when fertilised or periods when unfertilised.
Load More Replies...Happy Easter
Advertising Isn't What It Used To Be
Coconut Oil Fixes Everything
Lol No Mom
A common saying in real estate. But you have to think about it from a design perspective - when the linoleum went in, the wood was starting to age out of the trends of the time it was installed. So it probably just looked dated to have hardwood, and linoleum was the new thing. People will make fun of millennials for all the laminate and vinyl plank flooring and that ugly kitchen backsplash with the mini subway tiles. That uglyass farmhouse chic / Chip and Joanna style is going to look really stupid to normal people in a few years. All those sliding barn doors are gonna end up on Facebook marketplace lol
Really? I don't think many Millennials will get their home decor made fun of since most of them can't afford to buy a home...
Load More Replies...The Tabs On My Grandmother's Phone
That happened with my sister and I had to explain to her how to X out of her tabs
I had to show my 15yo brother that and I am scared for life
Load More Replies...There should be an equivalent for young people. "Young people trying to use rotary phones" or something. Most of Gen Z seem to have trouble working desktop computers as well.
Let them wait a few decades and they will be on the other side of this :D
Load More Replies...I found this kind of condescending. Some of these 'cute' old people lived through wars, most raised families, had jobs, friends they may have lost, etc. They've seen so many changes and mostly kept up.
Thank you! The world changed tremendously in the last sixty years. Yes, and we all kept up. Maybe not to everyone's standards. Cute and old? Me? Oh my.
Load More Replies...Some of these just make my heart ache for all the people who are just so confused by technology that has taken over so much of their lives. I want to help them all.
Its' actually party of my job to help people confused by technology (and they're not always elders, also people who couldn't study for long, newly arrived immigrants, etc.). Sometimes it's funny, no really big issues, sometimes (rarely) there are embarrassing, facepalm situations because the person is plain stupid ; but most of the time it's just infuriating. The way that online administration is genuinely designed and MEANT to get people confused, lost, feel left alone, and make them give up what they would have the right to claim (like social welfare)... And governments still pretending that doing everything online from home is "more practical" and "environment-friendly" (yeah, let's all get permanently connected, let's create billions of smart objects that use pollutant materials, let's build giant data centers to run all that sh*t H24 with massive refrigeration system to cool it down - it's all virtual and has no impact on the environment). Disgusting.
Load More Replies...As an old people I'm happy to see this. I've been looking for a reason to be offended like everyone else and I think this will work. I'd start an offended old peoples group but that would involve technology and no naps so.......
At some point, this is going to happen to everyone because the next generation’s technology will make no sense to us.
There should be an equivalent for young people. "Young people trying to use rotary phones" or something. Most of Gen Z seem to have trouble working desktop computers as well.
Let them wait a few decades and they will be on the other side of this :D
Load More Replies...I found this kind of condescending. Some of these 'cute' old people lived through wars, most raised families, had jobs, friends they may have lost, etc. They've seen so many changes and mostly kept up.
Thank you! The world changed tremendously in the last sixty years. Yes, and we all kept up. Maybe not to everyone's standards. Cute and old? Me? Oh my.
Load More Replies...Some of these just make my heart ache for all the people who are just so confused by technology that has taken over so much of their lives. I want to help them all.
Its' actually party of my job to help people confused by technology (and they're not always elders, also people who couldn't study for long, newly arrived immigrants, etc.). Sometimes it's funny, no really big issues, sometimes (rarely) there are embarrassing, facepalm situations because the person is plain stupid ; but most of the time it's just infuriating. The way that online administration is genuinely designed and MEANT to get people confused, lost, feel left alone, and make them give up what they would have the right to claim (like social welfare)... And governments still pretending that doing everything online from home is "more practical" and "environment-friendly" (yeah, let's all get permanently connected, let's create billions of smart objects that use pollutant materials, let's build giant data centers to run all that sh*t H24 with massive refrigeration system to cool it down - it's all virtual and has no impact on the environment). Disgusting.
Load More Replies...As an old people I'm happy to see this. I've been looking for a reason to be offended like everyone else and I think this will work. I'd start an offended old peoples group but that would involve technology and no naps so.......
At some point, this is going to happen to everyone because the next generation’s technology will make no sense to us.
