Current Events > Do you see millennials becoming like boomer with tech?

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Wonder what the future equivalent of Ctrl+C is.

It's inevitable.

Squall28 posted...

Wonder what the future equivalent of Ctrl+C is.

Rapid blink followed by slow blink. A whole new way to make fun of people buying NFTs

I mean they already are

Half the 30+ population doesn't get Tiktok and Instagram and whatever the new shit is.

Not really, a lot of young people don't use computers like millennials did. So while they can Tick Tok and all this stuff. A large number of younger people computer still is not as good as that of a Millnnials .

cjsdowg posted...

Not really, a lot of young people don't use computers like millennials did. So while they can Tick Tok and all this stuff. A large number of younger people computer still is not as good as that of a Millnnials .

Interesting. I assume it's because they spend most of their "computer" time on smartphones?

UnfairRepresent posted...

I mean they already are

Half the 30+ population doesn't get Tiktok and Instagram and whatever the new shit is.

You don't need that those to do anything though. Only relevance is if your job is social media.

I have (college!) students who have no idea how to use a computer because smartphones have streamlined computer usage so much.

Maybe the new thing will be tablet like functions. Windows is already trying to make the OS the same as tablets.

Like I'll admit I don't know all the gestures.

UnfairRepresent posted...

I mean they already are

Half the 30+ population doesn't get Tiktok and Instagram and whatever the new shit is.

? Of course they do lol. They just dont care. Zoomers are as tech illiterate as boomers. Millennials and late gen X is the sweet spot for tech literacy.

Garioshi posted...

I have (college!) students who have no idea how to use a computer because smartphones have streamlined computer usage so much.

Actually I do keep hearing this.

That teenagers and young guys in their 20s don't know how to save-find files, use excel , write emails etc because they grew up on cell phone apps and The Cloud.

UnfairRepresent posted...

Actually I do keep hearing this.

That teenagers and young guys in their 20s don't know how to save-find files, use excel , write emails etc because they grew up on cell phone apps and The Cloud.

That's bonkers. Do they not teach computer classes anymore in schools? Don't kids still have to type up school reports? Is that all really done on tablets/smartphones now?

Squall28 posted...

You don't need that those to do anything though. Only relevance is if your job is social media.

Ehhh, social media is increasingly being folded into the responsibilities of positions that existed before it. My secretary for example spends most of her downtime answering questions/comments on IG/FB, and scheduling promoted posts for IG/FB. Small business owners can't neglect it or they'll be dead in the water, and you can't really afford to hire a position specifically for social media unless you're a fairly large outfit.

Ivynn posted...

That's bonkers. Do they not teach computer classes anymore in schools? Don't kids still have to type up school reports? Is that all really done on tablets/smartphones now?

Most zoomers dont know what a file or a folder is. They use chrome books that auto save and google docs. They never learn about how to actually use a computer

no that's the zoomers lol

Ivynn posted...

That's bonkers. Do they not teach computer classes anymore in schools? Don't kids still have to type up school reports? Is that all really done on tablets/smartphones now?

Lol a lot of American schools are still using pen and paper dude.

UnfairRepresent posted...

Actually I do keep hearing this.

That teenagers and young guys in their 20s don't know how to save-find files, use excel , write emails etc because they grew up on cell phone apps and The Cloud.

I dont know if this is true or not, but I believe it 100% just based on the fact that my mom bought herself a laptop after having not used a PC in over ten years due to being retired, and had to completely re-learn how it worked because she was so used to using her phone/tablet.

As for the topic title question: I already dont really understand things like Discord so yeah, probably.

Itll happen. Many schools use computers for classes now. My sisters school had them do science projects online. And they have classes where they use computers and tablets So, theyll eventually be better wit tech than we will

Im in the US, btw

The vast majority of people are absolutely tech illiterate if you strip away the easy to use interface people who actually know how to use computing have created for them, regardless of age

I already feel that way. Im a millennial and when my nephew or niece show me these supposedly hilarious TikToks I just dont get itor rather I get it but its not funny. Seems like everyone on there thinks theyre a comedian and its like everybody is doing the same thingits like monkey see monkey do but in the form of social media lol

But I pretend laugh because Im not a dick lol

Some Tik Toks are funny. Most arent, though

No I don't think so as an entire generation. They won't be as aware or understand certain trends or software that target their kids and after... But if we are talking about technology in general, no milennials will be up to date unlike a higher population of boomers who haven't touched computers at all. Remember, milennials grew up in the digital age. They weren't born under it like zoomers, but they were in that transition phase as kids.