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“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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A Friend Posted This
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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
Emergency Assistance Needed
Coward
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
Calm Down G R A N D M A
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
Granny Messaged To Wish Me Luck On My Test
My Mom Accidentally Included A Picture Of Me Sleeping In An Ad She Posted
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:)
This Must Technically Count. My Aunt Just Took A Screenshot
My Grandmothers Comment On My Photo Of Me And My 15 Year Old Cat
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
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
“Go To Bed”
60 Year Old Coworker Has Been Texting Me Everyday For Over A Year
I Don't Think Grandma Knows Who Rihanna Is
My Aunt Giving Everyone A Heads Up
Not Sure If This Belongs But This Picture My Dad Gave Me For Christmas
My Grandma Thought I Love Babies Doing Yoga
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"
Ponch
Aunt Gave Birth Yesterday And Grandpa Was Very Excited
Cher Accidentally Turning On Night Mode And Nancy Sinatra Telling Her To Restart...amazing
Woke Up This Morning With A Text From Grandma
Grandma Doesn’t Get The Joke
The Comment Is From My Grandmother
Please Not The Attorney General
Grandma Said She Was In The Middle Of The Atlantic Late Last Night With No Extra Explanation
We Don't Deserve Debra
Funny! Also, I’m Dying
Good Job
Congrats Jeff
Wholesome Sue
Grandma Has Seen This Man Before!!
When My Grandfather Has To Log Into Facebook, He Creates A New Account Instead. Today Is His Birthday
Lady Compliments My Profile Pic. Then 4 Months Later Mistakenly Thanks Me For Complimenting Hers
On A Review Of An Eye Doctor’s Office
Kys
Wow, they invent their own acronyms and think everyone will get the meaning...
Yikes
Thanks, Dad
Under A Youtube Video About Cleaning A Fish Tank Filter
Wolf And A Watermelon
Literally Anything Bluetooth Is A Speaker
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.
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!
Old People Youtube
Lol - You Win
Bless You Walmart
My Coming Out Went Well, I Think
Finances are definitely more important than other people’s sexual preferences so I get dad’s angle.
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.
My Mom Discovered Bitmoji's The Other Day
Hre You Open Today
Dr Brian May, Guitarist From Queen And Astrophysicist, Takes On Candy Crush
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.
Grandma Writes To Facebook To Remove The File Of Her Friend Who Has Passed Away (Rip)
Grandma Is Up To 8 Stacked Profile Pic Filters Now. How Far Will She Go?
Grandma Joins PC Gaming Group
This is ageist. Many senior citizens game. I've met gamers in their 70s
Linda Had 2 Egg Salad
5 Out Of 5 Stars
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.
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
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
Lynda Hates The Brown Ones
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
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
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.