And again, generation X completely forgotten about.
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We fix our own damn computers before the Millenials get out of bed.
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Gen X - who, let's face it, wrote most of this stuff - gets forgotten again.
Fine with me. Leave us the hell alone.
Oh it's a printer? I, uh, yeah, no I don't know anything about printers sorry.
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That’s cool. We’re used to being forgotten and this way nobody will ask us to fix their computer.
By that logic, Bill Gates and Steve Wozniak were Boomers so Boomers all know how to fix computers.
Let's face it, "generational" assumptions are all too coarse to be valuable - and are probably just another way to separate and divide us all so we stop thinking about how to take down the ruling classes.
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Gen X is the Aslan lion meme: “Do not cite the deep computer repair magic to me, Millennial. I was there when it was written.”
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As one of those Gen-X that actually helped create the dumpster fire we call the modern Internet, I have come to realize that we fall into two camps. You either look young enough to be classified as a Millennial (my wife) or you look old enough to immediately be thrown in the Boomer bucket (me)...which is really unfair because no other generation has hated and fought the fucking Boomers longer than us.
I'd love to show some GenZ photos of Matt Damon, Bem Affleck, Cillian Murphy, etc. and ask them what generation they think they are.
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I know enough Millennials who don't know shit. "My email address is www...."
There are luddites in every generation.
Same. My older brother got scammed by the "hello this is paypal. Your account got hacked." Eventhough i told him to hang up and that it is a scam
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To my fellow Gen X’ers…
Shhh!
Let someone else deal with the inept on the other end of the phone. Be happy we’re being ignored again.
Millenial here:
This is good advice, sage even.
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EDIT:
I didn't forget the couple of extremely cool and also very knowledgable Gen X mentors/bosses I had, hahah!
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At this point I’m happy to let someone else do it. Being everybody's tech support sucks. I can just tinker with and enjoy my own setups in peace.
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There are some parts of Gen Z that can actually tear stuff apart and actually fix systems, but those are the nerds (which also includes me) that care enough to actually learn stuff. The majority is quite tech illiterate
Millenial here, its actually the same for us. Most millenials dont actually know how to fix a computer, either.
Pc gaming is kinda bringing gen z and alpha back to the light. RGB is how the get you and before you know it you're watching pewdepie's guide to installing Linux and custom android roms.
I'm quite optimistic about the computing future tbh! With LLM helping with troubleshooting the field should be much more accessible for anyone willing to learn.
Not all of Gen Z are tech illiterate. Some of us used computers before iPads and smartphones. I used Windows XP and 7 long before I ever got a smartphone.
Good damn it they forgot about us again. This is exactly why they call us Generation X!
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Well I don't know... I worked with boomers who first built out the internet in my country. Now they mostly retired, but the Gen-Xers who remain are also incredible.
My dad who's also a boomer and an anesthesiologist got admin rights at the hospital he worked at because he helped everyone around with their computer troubles and the tech support trusted him and were happy he reduced their ticket load.
Maybe you guys just know the wrong people.
i figured gen z would start fixing my computer once i hit my current age (41); turns out i dont know any gen z's that understand how computers work.
im really tired of being everyone's tech support :(
I know of one, and it’s my kid. And they’re just as frustrated as I am about how little their peers know about computers
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Let's be fair, we millennial know how to fix stuff because stuff still can be fixed. We can glance back one generation away and learn about how stuff work back then, and also learn how to fix those stuff. Nowadays stuff aren't meant to be fixed, (late) gen z doesn't have thing to start tearing apart and learn about the inner working of stuff, because it's all glued/snapped together, with the culture being once broke just toss.
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Where did Gen X go?
I am happy to pretend not to know anything so as not have to fix everyone's computer.
Even to the point that when someone is expected to fact check at a dinner table - I look at the young'ns as if I am hopeless so that they can do the lookup.
Just ask an AI to fix it.
YOUR COMPUTER NEEDS AN RTX 5090 SUPER RUNNING THE SKYNET CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICE TO WORK PROPERLY.
Easy
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Gen X invented the fucking tech from discrete 7400 logic.
Shhhh! We don’t need them asking us to fix their shit anymore. Let the millennials pretend they are the only ones that can.
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lol. My dad’s a retired engineer and my mom was a computer programmer. Literal actual baby boomers.
I work in IT. Gen-X. Which you forgot because you’re bad.
My daughter just got her degree in Cybersecurity. Millennial.
tl;dr: STFU with this stupid inter-generational tribalism, it’s wrong and stupid.
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Am i a rare GenZ or do i just hang around with unicorns because we are all active in IT. Me programming nog hardware but still
You are rare and these stereotypes are mostly false. Most people in every generation can’t fix a computer. Maybe the only slight echo of truth is that during the millennial childhood and youth, at least in terms of raw numbers, home computers peaked as the main “tech” children were exposed to, so there might be a little more people who are not professionals, but have some extra comfort with them. Still, that’s a stretch.
This is the "Nobody who isn't a Boomer knows how to fix a car" tier meme material. Just a tired lie that keeps getting recycled as a meme because it's clickbait for the snobs.
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But I'm Generation Z and I have to update my mom's Linux Mint laptop because she can't pay attention when I show her.
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And immediately after we turned the computer on/off and get it working they will post how millennials are weak because we drink ice coffee and go to yoga.
As one of the older Millennials (1982), I can say that there is a lot of truth to this meme.
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