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helIy posted...

my grandpa in law literally doesn't believe it and refuses to listen when we say he can just press the input button on his remote three times to get back to the right input. it's "too difficult for me. i can't figure out this technology shit" while i'm watching him assemble a goddamn engine.

If you think about it, it's more likely a generational thing. This was the tech of Gramp's day, this is the tech of your day. Different generations, different wheelhouses. If you look at the owner's manual from when Gramps was your age, it was an inch and a half thick and told you how to remove the radiator and whatnot. For your car, it's a quarter inch thick and likely talks more about what console switches do and how many Bluetooth gadgets you can pair to it. I get it.

I realize as I close in on 40 that I'm squarely part of the last generation that grew up before cellphones and the internet were ubiquitous functions of our society. I didn't have a pager until I was 19 and got my first cellphone at almost 22, and THAT was a Nokia 5190 it was nearly the size of a red bull can. I grew up taking apart clocks and radios back when you could still learn something about how they worked. I can and have stripped a carbeurated engine because my first car was an 89 Jeep. Friends growing up were into classic cars.

At the same time, I also grew up in a time when personal computers and game consoles were still in their infancy. I've owned rotary phones, record players, tape decks, VCRs, and a shortwave radio. I'm the last generation that grew up without the internet being a thing but I was just on the cusp of adaptation for all of it. My parents are well into their 60s and have adopted new technology surprisingly well, but late in their careers they had no choice but to adapt.

So on second thought, maybe it's partly generational and partly a matter of exposure.
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