‘Moore’s Law’ is the principle that the number of transistors on a microchip doubles every two years, resulting in faster computers and exponential growth in technology. If this is true, it would explain why older people struggle to keep up with the rapidly evolving digital landscape.
Whilst newer generations are growing up with computers and smartphones in the internet age, our elders are still in their infancy of using them. This results in some hilarious moments when they completely and utterly fail at using today’s technology. There are more than just tech missteps too—some just come from being out of the loop with the here and now. How do you politely explain to grandma that uh… “thing” she has, is not what she thinks it is?
We’re not giving them a hard time about it: it’s just funny (and cute) seeing those we consider wiser than us showing us that this isn’t always the case. Bored Panda has collected the latest examples of this but you can see our other collections here and here. Vote for your favorites and try to show your elders how to do it too!
#1 Me: “Grandma, I’d Like To Take A Picture Of Us”. Activate Front-Facing Camera. Grandma: “Oh That’s A Very Nice Picture, When Is That From?” Me: “That’s Us Right Now”
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#2 Meirl
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#3 They Had Us In The First Half Not Gonna Lie
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#4 Here Is My Favorite Picture Of My Grandma. She Was Having A Hard Time With The Mixer
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#5 My Grandfather Got This Tie For Free In The ’90s And Wears It To Every Passover Seder
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#6 My Uncle Using His Flashlight To Brighten Up My Dads iPad Screen
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#7 Grandpa Went To Get His Passport Photos Done But Pressed The Wrong Button
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#8 My Grandparents Were Waiting For Each Other At The Mall
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#9 My Dad Likes Reading So I Got Him A Kindle For His Birthday. He’s Using It As A Bookmark
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#10 I Told My Grandpa That I Wanted To Build My Own Computer While We Were Talking Over The Phone, A Week Later This Came In The Mail
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#11 Bob
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#12 My Mother Made A Facebook Account And This Was Her First Message To Me
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#13 My Grandma Thought This Was A Cross So She Hung It Up. I Decided Not To Correct Her
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#14 My Grandma Knows I’m An Uber Driver But Doesn’t Know How It Works. She Got Me This Planner And Wrote “Thought This Would Be Good For Your Uber Appt’s”
She’s beyond precious.
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#15 My Wife’s Grandpa Is Unsubscribing From Facebook
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#16 My Grandma, An Avid Gardener, Has Been Wearing This Mask For Weeks. The Checkout Lady At The Store Today Explained It To Her
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#17 My Grandpa Asked Why The Trail Mix Tasted So Bad
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#18 My Grandpa Doesn’t Trust His New Roomba So He’s Been Following It Around
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#19 Haven’t Found My Fisheye Lens For Weeks. My Mom Used It As A Clipper
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#20 Set Up My Mom’s Updated TV System Yesterday
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#21 My Grandma Loves Her “Jesus” Statue
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#22 My Father Made This Really Nice Landscaping In His Front Yard. And Then He Stood Back And Realized What He Had Done
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#23 My Friend Was At The Airport, And This Old French Woman Just Didn’t Care
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#24 My Mom Accidentally Printed Her Divorce Papers On Stickers
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#25 My Grandma Bought My Whole Family Masks – Not Only Do They Make You Look Like Underwear Hannibal Lecter, But They Also Have Holes Punched Through To Make It “Easier To Breathe”
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#26 When Mom Comes Over To Visit
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#27 This Is What Happens When Your 2,088-Week-Old Mother Loves To Push Buttons In Her New Car
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#28 My Grandma’s Friend Used The Voice To Text Option And Couldn’t Get It To Stop
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#29 Hey, That’s My Son
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#30 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
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#31 Trying To Explain To The 70-Year-Old Swiss Man Who Offered To Take Our Pic That His Finger Was Covering The Lens
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#32 My Grandmother Passed Down Her Recipes On A Floppy Disk
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#33 So My Cat-Crazy Mother Figured Out How To Change The WiFi Name Today, Now My Neighbours Must Think We’re Running A Brothel. Great
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#34 My Grandmother Had Some Kind Of Existential Facebook Crisis This Afternoon
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#35 My Mother Got Embarrassed When She “Found My Girlfriends Panties” On Our Kitchen Table
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#36 When You Choose An Inappropriate Background To Break The Bad News
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#37 My Dad Gave Me This Picture For Christmas
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#38 My Grandma Doesn’t Believe I Am Who I Say I Am
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#39 Found This On Facebook Marketplace And Can’t Stop Thinking About It
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#40 Cher Accidentally Turning On Night Mode And Nancy Sinatra Telling Her To Restart. Amazing
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#41 My Grandfather Bought This Neck Massager Online. He Thinks It’s Interesting That This Model Is Also Waterproof
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#42 My Grandmother Found A Lanyard For Her Keys
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#43 My Girlfriend’s 79-Year-Old Grandpa Asked Us To Come Over On Easter So He Could Give Us Some Free Computers
Said he keeps getting them for donating. Said his garage is full of them.
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#44 Went To China To Visit My Grandparents And Saw This Picture On Their Wall. They Thought It Meant Something Inspirational In English
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#45 I Got My 80-Year-Old Father This As A Gag Gift. When He Opened It, He Got All Embarrassed And Immediately Tucked It Away
Later, I privately asked him why he got all weird about it, and I found out that he was under the impression that it was a sex toy.
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#46 Wrong Emoji
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#47 My Mom Photocopies Recipes Off Of Her iPad
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#48 My Grandmother Politely Asked Me To Try And Not Leave My Condoms In Her House. I Think I Need To Politely Ask Grandma To Upgrade Her Prescription Glasses
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#49 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.
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#50 When My Grandfather Has To Log Into Facebook, He Creates A New Account Instead. Today Is His Birthday
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