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pete1901 t1_iui6oxh wrote

Reply to comment by bror313 in Left in isolation: how the online revolution failed our elderly people | As day-to-day services increasingly move to the internet, older and vulnerable people are cut off by SetMau92

Having been my elderly parents' free tech support for many years; I do not envy the people who end up doing this job!

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nillerwafer t1_iuimul0 wrote

You know what though? There are a lot of elderly people out there who are perfectly tech and internet savvy! It isn’t that old people are unable to learn, it’s that a lot of people of all age groups are just fully unwilling to learn. I’ve seen it in younger people I’ve worked with, they’re already set in their ways with the phones they have and anything that’s different or new scares them.

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corcyra t1_iujtzqz wrote

I know middle-aged people (usually women) who seem to take some pride in 'I can never figure this thing out' while faffing about with their phone they've had for a couple of years. I mean, if you're going to use something, why not learn how it works? Especially since even children can.

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