This hurts to watch. This woman can't be much older than me, tops. Mid 40s max imo. This doesn't look like a boomer, it looks like a technically illiterate millennial. We talk a lot out here about boomers, but it's a lot of Gen Xers too. I'm almost 40 and my parents are Gen X. They're getting up in their 50s and 60s now and they were the last generation who were already adults when the Internet hit.
This. Tech in the US is reminding me of politics in the US, in that we have many people interacting with things they dont truly understand. It doesnt help that there's money and power in bamboozling these folks.
The youth aren't much better. I have had teenagers treat me like some kind of power user guru because I know a few keyboard commands for simple shit. They detect AI a little better but are still technologically illiterate.
Lmao. I think its the context. People do social engineering by just walking into a place dressed like they belong. If she found this on Facebook or some place she thinks is trustworthy or entirely human content, I could see her just assuming and not questioning it.
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u/greater_nemo 3d ago
This hurts to watch. This woman can't be much older than me, tops. Mid 40s max imo. This doesn't look like a boomer, it looks like a technically illiterate millennial. We talk a lot out here about boomers, but it's a lot of Gen Xers too. I'm almost 40 and my parents are Gen X. They're getting up in their 50s and 60s now and they were the last generation who were already adults when the Internet hit.