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35 Times Older People Failed At “Surfing The Net” But Provided Some Comedy Gold (New Pics)
The internet became available to the public more than 30 years ago in 1993. Some of us weren't born yet, our parents were teenagers or young adults, and our grandparents were well on their way to middle age. They didn't grow up with it like we did, and their learning process was sometimes pretty hilarious.
It still can be to this day. There's an account on Instagram that collects the funny attempts older folks make at posting on the internet. Their efforts don't always go to plan, as you can imagine, and, whether intentional or not, occasionally provide some comedy gold.
Bored Panda reached out to the creator of the Old People Web account and they kindly agreed to tell us more about the page. We also contacted Generations on Line CEO & founder Tobey Dichter, who told us more about why learning the ways of the internet is important for older people and what tech companies should do to make it easier for them.
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Alexandra Nara 1 year ago
this is a search articulated with some manners probably will leed him to bra companies or breastmilk advise pages
MagicJacket 1 year ago
Reminds me of when Dean Norris, who played Hank on "Breaking Bad" posted the words "sex gifs" on Twitter, ostensibly meaning to have searched that on Google. Comedian Patton Oswalt later posted on Twitter "Dean Norris sex gifs." 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mason Kronol 1 year ago
😂I missed that one. Patton Oswalt was the best thing to happen to Twitter. Then the worst thing happened an I left.
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DC 1 year ago
Ok, there's those charcoal tablets you eat when you think you ate something poisonous, usually, then, swallowed in the dozens. Chew one up if you're severely outside your heat tolerance. It will suck up all liquids, including those in which capsaicin is solved, and instantly remove the heat. Spit out. Drink a bit afterwards. Don't believe me? Try. Milk, oil, all that is second best, at best, to charcoal.
Simeon Nevel 1 year ago
actually cream, 1/2 & 1/2 or milk would be a better choice or full fat ice cream. The hot compound in peppers (capcaisin) dissolves in fat, not water.
Sue 1 year ago
Milk or alcohol (the drinking kind). Water just spreads the hurt around your whole mouth.
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
I've been eating chilies since I was a kid. Everyday I eat chilis, and even I wouldn't experiment with Carolina Reapers. I've only gone as far as Ghost Peppers, which make a delicious salsa btw.
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Riley Quinn 1 year ago
I have all these strangers and bots following me on Twitter and more "friend" requests on FB than I could ever go through. None of them are actually friends. Seriously, I started to delete them, but realized it would be a full-time job. Weird thing is, I rarely post anything on FB.
The creator of Old People Web started the account back in 2019 and is the only person behind it. The creator's name is Sam, and they tell us that the idea to create the page came to them in 2018 during a particularly hard time. "During that time, there wasn't a whole lot of 'why' to much of anything I was doing," the owner of the page tells Bored Panda.
"I've kept it going because people seem to enjoy it. People submit stuff every day. These days, I think laughter and finding any reason to laugh is about as good as it gets for most of us," Sam tells us.
One way or another, the internet makes us all equals eventually. As a millennial, Sam is aware that one day, someone else will be posting similar things about us and how we're no longer "with it." "They sort of do already," they admit. And it's true: doesn't Gen Z ridicule our taste in fashion and interior design enough already?
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Lyone Fein 1 year ago
This BP article needs a new title! Most of these are epic successes not fails by a long shot.
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Tempest 1 year ago
Behind the camera is probably an old lady snort laughing and wheezing taking this photo of her husband.
Janissary35680 1 year ago
"I'm a little teapot, short and stout / Here is my handle, here is my spout"
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Jaya 1 year ago
He's a musician too, and has done some tours, so it could be that she actually meant him. But I do think it could be more likely that she has him confused.
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You might be chuckling at the online faux pas in this list and think that older people have poor computer literacy, yet you would be wrong. 73% of Americans over the age of 65 use the internet and know how to do it well.
The founder of Generations On Line, an organization helping older people gain confidence with their online skills, Tobey Dichter, tells Bored Panda that learning to use the internet benefits older adults immensely.
"Because the internet has become the connection to resources, information, friends, and family, it is no longer a luxury," she tells us. "The internet is an absolute necessity, particularly for people who are less mobile."
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MalibuClassicMan 1 year ago
wow and they posted it anyway,' just why people why," do you hate us that badly???
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Uncanny 1 year ago
I need to know more about what happened with handsy Noah and the great garbage can battle. 🍿 🍷
Alexandra Nara 1 year ago
Guess it's the training for the great finale fight with the mad mothers
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Raquel Mencke 1 year ago
His own Mom calling him out! 🤣🤣 I would love to sit in that knitting circle and listen to the mothers talking about how embarrassing their sons are. Well, that's nice ladies but mine fights trash cans. You win Myrtle!!!!
Richienotsorich 1 year ago (edited)
I thought it was the mother of a daughter he'd been handsy to, not his own mother.
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Praea Kitten 1 year ago
I'm not sure Deb misused "you're" here because Noah is, ironically, stupidity
CC McSniggles 1 year ago
It starts out so pleasant, then takes a turn, and ends with a plot twist. Next Marvel movie for sure.
However, older people might indeed be averse to using the internet, particularly social media. Dichter says that each specific technology (smartphones, apps, social media) comes with its own challenges.
"Older adults, particularly [those] who have grown up with respect for tools, are afraid of breaking something, so they are not as bold as other generations in just trying things out," she explains.
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Uncanny 1 year ago
Chief Coyote Officer needs to be on at the very least a written warning. One more spilled milk canteen and you and your Wile friends are out of here!
Bettye McKee 1 year ago
Probably saw a roadrunner. No matter, he's still hungry.
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Mason Kronol 1 year ago
Obviously not lactose intolerant! Or as a mountain lion deterrent.
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Lyone Fein 1 year ago
Barb's understanding of the natural world and how animals work is lacking. Also perhaps lacking in her knowledge of local government. Still a great post!
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Bettye McKee 1 year ago
And I don't want to be FB Friends with anyone selling dogs, cats, etc.
Whereas the younger generations use the internet intuitively, it's not the same for older adults. "Icons, gestures, and the hamburger of three little lines are not intuitive," Dichter observes. However, after that first step, they can be as good as any young person. "Once an older adult is taught, they are as conversant as any other generation. It's like learning a language; not just the vocabulary, but the idioms and proper usage," Dichter offers a comparison.
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Karina 1 year ago
I was going to say!! He looks like he really appriciates how cute he now is
Load More Replies... There are some things tech companies can do to make the learning process for older people easier. "Be more explicit, have fewer flashing pages," Dichter starts naming some. "Keep colors in high contrast. Indicate where additional scrolling is required. In short, don't assume everyone understands the current shorthand. A built-in stylus would help elders, too," she adds.
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Mike F 1 year ago
🎶Sometimes the work gets kinda hard, this ain't no place to be if you planned on bein' a star🎶
Load More Replies... CC McSniggles 1 year ago
The carwash on WHP is no longer there either. You'll have to go east down the Pike into AC to find one. (NJ people will get this)
Philly Bob 1 year ago
Wasn't there also a Zaber's (did I spell it right?) One on the Black Horse and one on the White Horse?? Been a bit. Do remember Roger Wilco (Admiral Wislon Blvd - Camden) and Dr Jeckyll's tho.
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MagicJacket 1 year ago
It appears she is left-handed, and just shot a three-pointer. I wonder if she had any idea it was a basketball background she was using.
Jaaawn 1 year ago
We've legitimately got a bundle of dry sage for this very reason. VERY bad atmosphere and creepy happenings when we first moved into our home. The room that is our guest bedroom had 2 locks on the outside of the door and the bedroom had a hook in the floor. Gd knows what was going on in here.
Robin Roper 1 year ago
Easy. Speak calmly and respectfully, and say something like, "It's time for you to move on. You are not needed her. Go to the light." or "Please follow the light and find peace."
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Uncanny 1 year ago
Well, that escalated quickly. Perhaps going blond instead will save the aged old forests and mountain sides?
Auntriarch 1 year ago
If that is so, then I'm saving the forests every six weeks
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Mason Kronol 1 year ago
I read that in Richie Valens’ voice, I don’t think that’s how you meant it 😂
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The founder of Generations On Line also shares a funny story about a woman who used their program to learn how to use email. "[She] surprised her son. He wrote back to the care center where she was staying: 'I was so excited to get an email from my mother, but please tell her not to write in all caps; she's been yelling at me my whole life!'"
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Uncanny 1 year ago
But they’re so dried up and flammable! Or is that just me?
Load More Replies... CC McSniggles 1 year ago
Does anyone else see a man in a tree, or is my cataracts acting up again?
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Damned_Cat 1 year ago
In my old job, I had a lady ask me to tell the cable TV companies to not play emergency broadcast system messages in the middle of the day because the loud alert sound wakes her up from her nap.
Wysteria_Rose 1 year ago
Poor Jason is like that front cashier worker who gets screamed at for the prices of things in the store.
Mason Kronol 1 year ago
Every time a tornado warning or sudden whiteout conditions closing a highway interrupts a soap opera or wheel of fortune in NE Ohio because “it’s not in my county!”🤦🏻♀️ Lord forbid we warn people not to die because you might miss part of American Idol.
Heather Talma 1 year ago
Call me old-fashioned but live shows shouldn't be cut into at all unless it's life or death.
CC McSniggles 1 year ago
Jason needs an award with that very customer service response, and I hope he makes sure that only on Susan's tv, that they only show the news all day every day for the rest of time.
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General Anaesthesia 1 year ago (edited)
That one wasn't much to look at but this one's smoking.
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Mason Kronol 1 year ago
That’s a nice looking mirror but not buying from a smoker. It took me so long getting the cigarette stains and smell out of my grandma’s furniture she gave me when I moved out of my dad’s house. He was a chain smoker, had an heart attack and continued to smoke and now has COPD. Can’t believe he’s still alive.
Dichter shares one more funny anecdote about one of their 'graduates.' Part of the training that Generations On Line offers is teaching older people how to use search engines. When one particular gentleman learned to do that, the first thing he wrote in the search bar was: "Richest widow in town."
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BROmanicus85 1 year ago
What if the coyote from your previous post scares you again, Barb?! You'd better stay inside!
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Uncanny 1 year ago
Ron, Courtney is going to ask you for money to pay for her son’s emergency surgery within 3 seconds of your first contact. Run, Ron.(or maybe shuffle off with as much alacrity as you can muster).
CC McSniggles 1 year ago
Don't listen to them Ron. That young, hot chic is totally into you. Give her whatever she asks for and she'll keep talking to you.
Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
Ron is, given that Fister seems to be his last name.
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One of the main reasons why older people eschew technology is that the folks at Silicon Valley operate with a bias toward the youth. Researcher Bran Knowles found that many older people say they don't use certain devices or platforms because of "misalignment of values and products." According to Knowles, tech companies don't see older people as valid stakeholders.
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Alex Boyd 1 year ago
I don't think you get to take them when you leave. Could be wrong though.
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parmadillo 1 year ago
Toes hate Legos, that’s why he needs them gone asap!
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Donald 1 year ago
Approximately 2 beer guts wide and 4 and a half beer guts tall. I'll take it.
Paul Navarrete 1 year ago
Wait, is a beer gut measured handle to handle or button to back?
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The thing that Knowles found in her research is that, for many older people, resisting the use of one technology or another is a value-based choice. As Slate writes, one senior uses TurboTax to trade on the stock market and file taxes. But when it comes to the iPhone, they're more reluctant. "It's like a tether," the person said. "When you want to do some deep thinking and not be interrupted, smartphones are no good."
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Uncanny 1 year ago
Watch out gents, Edith is on the prowl. That’s not a gun in her pocket but she IS happy to see you. 👍
Binky Melnik 1 year ago
I once took a Viagra out of curiosity because a friend said it made her frisky. It only gave me a massive headache, I guess because I didn’t have a stick for it to engorge?
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Raquel Mencke 1 year ago
And then Edith will send Hello Beautiful messages for the rest of the afternoon.
Texmaam 1 year ago
An appetizer before lunch. Breakfast? But seafood for breakfast? Bruh, that's just not right.
Nikole 1 year ago
Besides salmon and lox, I can’t think of anything that would be “appropriate”.
Load More Replies... CC McSniggles 1 year ago
I could be wrong, but I'm guessing if you're buying Viagra, you may not want to buy it at the bargain bonanza warehouse store.
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Bettye McKee 1 year ago
Trying to see reflection of dining set and hutch in her glasses. Failed.
ILoveMySon 1 year ago
Okay, my son's ENTIRE HS Graduation video I made is me crying tears of joy. Thankfully, Dad is a MUCH better than me.😂
CC McSniggles 1 year ago
Is she asking someone to sit on her face? If they do, who gets the $350?
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DogMomInVT 1 year ago
Do men have some secret streetwear? "Assoriess"? Maybe they are the really low riding jeans??
CC McSniggles 1 year ago
Who doesn't want stylish assories? If you're entertaining, it would be pretty embarrassing to lose your pants and not be fashionable.
So, how about these older people being funny on the internet? After scrolling through this list, I don't think I would have the courage to post some of the things the older folks did, so, kudos to them! Also, if you'd like to see more, check out our previous post about the Old People Web page!
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Karina 1 year ago
My first thought was "made by nana" so im guessing wannabee?
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cj be like 1 year ago
It looks like when he opens his mouth theres going to be a really loud pop
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Joshua David 1 year ago
When people themselves model things like glasses or any kind of a headpiece, all I think about is now i have to wash the face grease off.
cj be like 1 year ago
He looks like the older version of the nerd emoji. "Erm, if I may correct you on that-"
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Bettye McKee 1 year ago
Perhaps she's a high school senior. Then I could understand the cravings.
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Montanavanna 1 year ago
They be selling Wendy's chili at Costco now. But Wendy's is the best fast food (ya know on a scale of poison to slightly less poison) so I understand the heartbreak.
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Montanavanna 1 year ago
Who he tryna entice with them Sunny D vodkas? I don't know a single adult that would drink Sunny D.
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Apatheist Account2 1 year ago
Some of these are not necessarily old people. Also worth noting that all the pioneers that made this possible - Gates, Jobs, Wozniak, Berners-Lee - were all born 1955 or earlier. I suspect they were better at technology than any of today's kids!
Lyone Fein 1 year ago
Most of these weren't fails. The posters messages got across in exactly the manner they intended.
Apatheist Account2 1 year ago
Some of these are not necessarily old people. Also worth noting that all the pioneers that made this possible - Gates, Jobs, Wozniak, Berners-Lee - were all born 1955 or earlier. I suspect they were better at technology than any of today's kids!
Lyone Fein 1 year ago
Most of these weren't fails. The posters messages got across in exactly the manner they intended.
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