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I wish it was acceptable to call older folks out as lazy if they refuse to learn how to text, email and otherwise use the internet. It’s fine for them to call millennials lazy if they can’t drive a stick shift or balance a checkbook, but if you’re giving me bullshit like “I’m 68 years old, I don’t text and I don’t email” you are just a lazy, stubborn bastard. I’ve met plenty of 90 year olds who are perfectly capable because they aren’t lazy old fucks.
Seriously, of all people they're the ones that have been around since the internet's inception. They've had more time to adapt than anyone.
I’m not sure that flies for boomers. That’s the X’ers: my adult life pretty much matches the history of PCs, so I better know how to use them.
However my parents were older when PCs appeared, and at the time there seemed no reason to learn about them. Ok, my Dad was an engineer who built them, but my Mom never had any reason to use a computer until the Facebook era, when lots of regular people started to use email. It was still quite common at the time for adults to not see a purpose, so I give boomers a pass
Even if someone doesn't regularly use computers, it doesn't hurt to gain some experience in communicating in ways you're not used to. Like, I don't like 'typing' on a mobile phone. The interface is small, customization is limited and you're prone to constantly make spelling mistakes. But I adapted and can at least now type on mobile half the speed I can on a keyboard.
Generational gaps need not apply. This is simply just a learning thing that is applicable to all.