cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27501866
source: @n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca
The thing is most of us cant even rotate a pdf, but we do know how to learn it.
this post was submitted on 28 Apr 2025
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Correction: there are 10 generations that know technology inside and out. IYKYK.
There's one generation between boomers and zoomers? I'm pretty confident I know who it is you're forgetting.
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Just helped build my 12 year old cousin his first computer and was forced into putting Windows on it. Now, I get that it's important that he at least understand what the "normal OS" is, but I did want to put at least Mint or something on there. Zoomers and Alpha really don't know how to navigate even the basics, though, and this kid was no exception.
Well, technically I wanted to put something based on Arch but even I know that's a bad idea for a sink or swim computer moment.
Yeah, schools do not have tech literacy classes and it's devastating, this is why
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I work with some guys much younger than me. They’re great at programming and stuff like that but none of them have ever built a computer. They seem to think it’ll be really hard.
The sad part about that is building a PC is easier than ever. I hadn't built one in over a decade and was shocked to find out that everything is toolless and just snaps right into place! The only part that's maybe intimidating for newbies is putting the thermal paste down without making a mess but even then, you just go slow and take your time and you'll be fine.
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I was pretty worthless with computers at 16 too.
Now I’m almost 40 and I’m working In the industry and slowly getting worse again
To be fair, I don't actually know how to rotate a pdf. I re-learn it every few years, then immediately forget it again.
I mean, the ability to independently google "how to rotate a PDF" isn't universal.
Pdfsam. At least that was the best way when I last needed to rotate a PDF about 500 years ago.
Goomers and hoomers and foomers and schroomers are all alike and your generation is smarter.
I thought they would be wiz kids...
Me too. They were born with phones in their hands, right? Understanding technology should be like breathing to them! But it turns out they started using it after corporations had locked it down and simplified it, so they only know how to use apps, not how any of it actually works.
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