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   N33R (n33r@fops.cloud)'s status on Thursday, 10-Apr-2025 00:17:53 JST N33R
   boomers don't know how to use a computer
   zoomers don't know how to use a computer
   this knowledge will die with us
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     A Light Shining in Darkness (fzer0@nerdculture.de)'s status on Thursday, 10-Apr-2025 00:20:33 JST A Light Shining in Darkness

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     Most of "us" don't know either.
     We are a very rare breed.

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     👺防空識別區👹 (adiz@mtl.jinxian.casa)'s status on Thursday, 10-Apr-2025 00:24:41 JST 👺防空識別區👹

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     @N33R Bro, you're not even wrong. It's kind of scary. I always assumed that computer literacy and technical knowledge would just continue increasing generation over generation but instead it was 0 with Boomers, rose up dramatically with Gen X, essentially peaked with Millennials, and is now sharply dropping off with Zoomers and subsequent generational groups (within the Western world, at least).

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     Christo. London, England (christo_459@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Thursday, 10-Apr-2025 00:24:53 JST Christo. London, England

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     I'm a boomer and was part of a 20 strong team of remote online workers facilitating school.leaders learning online.

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     👺防空識別區👹 (adiz@mtl.jinxian.casa)'s status on Thursday, 10-Apr-2025 00:27:51 JST 👺防空識別區👹

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     @hottopic_wannabe Not to mention that computers became phones and tablets and programs became apps. People went from users to consumers. @N33R

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     hottopic_wannabe@hollow.raccoon.quest's status on Thursday, 10-Apr-2025 00:27:53 JST hottopic_wannabe

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     @adiz@mtl.jinxian.casa @N33R@fops.cloud that's because people stopped teaching kids how to work with computers. They just started going like "well these kids were born into the digital age, they can learn on their own", and the kids obviously didn't learn on their own.

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     prettygood (prettygood@socially.drinkingatmy.computer)'s status on Thursday, 10-Apr-2025 00:28:22 JST prettygood

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     @adiz @N33R @hottopic_wannabe a smooth experience never begat a skilled operator.
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     A Light Shining in Darkness (fzer0@nerdculture.de)'s status on Thursday, 10-Apr-2025 00:33:14 JST A Light Shining in Darkness

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     @prettygood @N33R @hottopic_wannabe @adiz

     Ya, sounds strange but stuff is to easy nowadays to learn about what's going on underneath.

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     hottopic_wannabe@hollow.raccoon.quest's status on Thursday, 10-Apr-2025 00:35:39 JST hottopic_wannabe

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     @fzer0@nerdculture.de @prettygood@socially.drinkingatmy.computer @N33R@fops.cloud @adiz@mtl.jinxian.casa or at least doesn't really captivate most people into learning

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     A Light Shining in Darkness (fzer0@nerdculture.de)'s status on Thursday, 10-Apr-2025 00:37:08 JST A Light Shining in Darkness

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     @hottopic_wannabe @prettygood @adiz @N33R

     On the bright side, the few who are interested often turn out to be really good at computer touching.

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