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[–] hedders@fedia.io 334 points 5 days ago (33 children)

Gen X - who, let's face it, wrote most of this stuff - gets forgotten again.

[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 161 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Fine with me. Leave us the hell alone.

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 29 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Oh it's a printer? I, uh, yeah, no I don't know anything about printers sorry.

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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 62 points 5 days ago

That’s cool. We’re used to being forgotten and this way nobody will ask us to fix their computer.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 44 points 5 days ago (12 children)

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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[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 36 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (6 children)

Gen X is the Aslan lion meme: “Do not cite the deep computer repair magic to me, Millennial.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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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 35 points 5 days ago (4 children)

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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[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 76 points 5 days ago (4 children)

And again, generation X completely forgotten about.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

We fix our own damn computers before the Millenials get out of bed.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 170 points 5 days ago (24 children)

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.

[–] slingstone@lemmy.world 36 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I was going to complain, but you're damned right.

Silence is golden.

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Millenial here:

This is good advice, sage even.

...

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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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 163 points 5 days ago (6 children)
[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 28 points 5 days ago

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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[–] AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world 92 points 5 days ago (9 children)

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 :(

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 57 points 5 days ago (4 children)

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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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 33 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I know enough Millennials who don't know shit. "My email address is www...."

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 5 days ago (2 children)

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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[–] Aaron_Davis@lemmy.world 44 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 31 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

We could fix it too, but we don’t wanna.

[–] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago (5 children)

We're burned out. It's time to pass the soldering iron.

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[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 32 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Localhorst86@feddit.org 24 points 5 days ago

Millenial here, its actually the same for us. Most millenials dont actually know how to fix a computer, either.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 43 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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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[–] Octavio@lemmy.world 34 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Good damn it they forgot about us again. This is exactly why they call us Generation X!

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[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 27 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

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.

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[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 5 days ago

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.

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 40 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Gen X invented the fucking tech from discrete 7400 logic.

[–] MourningDove@lemmy.zip 45 points 5 days ago (2 children)

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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[–] Guidy@lemmy.world 42 points 5 days ago (17 children)

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.

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 26 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Tldr; you got your feelings hurt over a meme

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[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 48 points 5 days ago (5 children)

And we GenX are happily left out of this one.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 30 points 5 days ago

Left out of the meme, not left out of being called to fix shit.

We truly are the middle child of generations, forgotten until we are needed.

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 30 points 5 days ago (2 children)
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[–] TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca 14 points 5 days ago (2 children)

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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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 25 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Gen X here. If I cared what any of those age groups thought I would feel slighted.

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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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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[–] Resplendent606@piefed.social 22 points 5 days ago (11 children)

As one of the older Millennials (1982), I can say that there is a lot of truth to this meme.

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[–] Talaraine@fedia.io 26 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Yeah GenX is STILL doing this. Though be of good cheer my millennial brethren...When Skynet takes over, we'll be secure as long as we slave for the overlords. The rest...?

We'll pray for you.

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[–] Brahvim@lemmy.kde.social 17 points 5 days ago (5 children)

I'm actually, genuinely shocked by the ageism in such debates every single time. There's no such thing as age-based incompetence, TBH. There are sound people for every field available everywhere. Why do we have to assume this? Every generation has at least a few people who are competent in their field, even in computing. It's more important that the literate of us unite to end illiteracy and stop injustice being done in the name of technology. This, honestly, is just making fun of each other, for apparently no sound reason. And I'm talking about the comments, not the meme. I might, or not, get some sour disagreements, or straight-up very bitter replies for arguing even this, ...and again, I ask: Do we reeaaally have to do this?

Technology too has a supposed duty of bringing people together...!

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (16 children)

For gen X and older, computers were more niche. They were more difficult to use and mostly reserved to enthusiasts. For gen Z and younger, computers were always just there, and they'd become a lot simpler, a lot more plug n play, and resources to fix them became cheaper and more accessible. Millennials were in just the right environment where computer use became mainstream, but computer software was less developed and user friendly and they frequently had to learn to fix problems themselves.

Every individual will clearly have their own unique experience and not everyone will fall into these buckets, but it's these factors that lead to millennials likely having higher tech skills than average compared to those older and younger than them.

That's it. It's not ageism. It is absolutely generalizing, but mostly, it's social commentary in the form of a joke.

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