• hedders@fedia.io
    4·
    10 days ago

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

    • DarkCloud@lemmy.world
      1·
      10 days ago

      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.

    • deegeese@sopuli.xyz
      1·
      10 days ago

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

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
    3·
    10 days ago

    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.

  • AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world
    2·
    10 days ago

    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 :(

      • AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world
        1·
        10 days ago

        i did the world a favor and decided to not have kids. sadly, this also means i am unable to hand down a generation’s worth of computer knowledge, heh.

        • regedit@lemmy.zip
          1·
          30 minutes ago

          Mentorships exist and a lot of kids are hungry for knowledge. We can help the ones that want to learn, but maybe aren’t given a lot of opportunities.

    • Korne127@lemmy.world
      1·
      10 days ago

      It’s funny how bubbles can change so much. In my personal experience, most Gen Z people know their way around computers and how to fix stuff. I regularly help my millennial sister with stuff like that.

      • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
        01·
        10 days ago

        No generally Gen z is not afraid of tech but doesn’t know how it works.

  • psx_crab@lemmy.zipEnglish
    1·
    10 days ago

    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.

  • PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world
    1·
    9 days ago

    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.

  • Talaraine@fedia.io
    1·
    10 days ago

    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.

    • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 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.

  • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    8 days ago

    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.

  • da_cow (she/her)@feddit.org
    1·
    9 days ago

    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
      1·
      9 days ago

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

    • MourningDove@lemmy.zip
      1·
      10 days ago

      Shhhh! We don’t need them asking us to fix their shit anymore. Let the millennials pretend they are the only ones that can.

  • Guidy@lemmy.world
    1·
    10 days ago

    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.