Get Premium
Dark mode theme is available exclusively for premium users. Learn more about the benefits of subscribing.
Dark Mode 
No fees, cancel anytime 
Most of us surely remember helping our parents and grandparents solve technology related problems, because "you play on the computer all the time, so you must know everything about it".
Sometimes though they fail at technology so hilariously that you just can't resist sharing their mistakes with the "tech wise kids". Bored Panda collected such examples to remind that while our parents and grandparents may know much more than we, the younger generation do, when it comes to technology it's us that come to the rescue.
If you've captured someone older failing at technology be sure to add it to this list. And don't forget to upvote and comment your favorite fails as well!
This post may include affiliate links.
#1
So Today My Nana Showed Me Some Of Her Favorite Websites
#2
When My Grandma Googles Something She Puts "Please" And "Thank You"
#3
My Nana Asked Me To Fix Her Phone Because "The Outside Clock Is Always Showing The Wrong Time"
#4
My Grandmother Complained Her Remote Was Confusing, So I Grandma-Ified It For Her
Amanda Panda 7 years ago
Honestly, all the other buttons are kind of a waste unless you have on demand.
#5
My Dad Doesn't Know How To Turn Off This Front Camera Heart Feature On His Phone And He Tried To Send Me A Pic Of His New Stove
#6
My 90 Year Old Grandma From Japan, Showing Us How She Zooms In With An Iphone
#7
My Grandma Is Getting Pretty High Tech These Days...
#8
When Mom Uses Technology
#9
Friend's Grandma Just Asked Whose Phone This Is
#10
Grandma Sent Me This In The Mail. Slowest Picture Message Ever
Amanda Panda 7 years ago
I feel like the process of getting a picture off of your phone and printed is far more sophisticated.
#11
I Told Him The Computer Was Frozen. He's Trying To Unfreeze It With A Blow Dryer
criminalgirl 7 years ago
We've hijacked words and made them into something they don't understand, awww.
#12
My Grandma Took Her First Selfie Today. She's Using The Front Camera To Take A Mirror Selfie
#13
My Dad Said "Look, Those TV Models Are Pirates"
#14
My Dad Doesn't Know How To Text On His Flip Phone, So He Always Sends Me Multimedia Messages
María Emilia Martínez 7 years ago
The best idea!! I need to talk with my dad, he has to do that!
#15
Mom Asked Why The Computer Was So Slow. She Has Eleven Toolbars
#16
My Grandma Called Me Over To Fix Her Computer Because "Everything Moves Backwards"
#17
Mom Tries To Send Me A Pic Of Grandma's Diapers So I Can Get Some At The Store. Somehow "The Phone Doesn't Let Me Send Pictures!" Two Hours Later I Realize She Made It Her Profile Picture. Still Hasn't Noticed It
#18
When Your Mom Spectacularly Misunderstands The Cry Laughing Emoji
AcousticGString 7 years ago
I think its pretty clear, this person thought the emoji was crying, not laughing so hard it cried.
#19
Good Job, Grandma (She's 82)
#20
So My Dad Got His First Camera Phone Today...
#21
My Grandma Got A New Phone, My Dad Receives This
#22
Got My Mom An Ipad, Had It Engraved
#23
I Opened My Moms Computer This Morning And Found My Hd Grandmom As Her Wallpaper
#24
My Girlfriend's Grandma Thought The Ipad Was A Cutting Board
#25
Thanksgiving Means Fixing Everyone's Computer Or Phone Problems. My Mom Is Only Person I Know That Can Get Ads On Her Lock Screen
#26
So We Got Grandma A Tv...
#27
Just Got My Grandma Her First Cordless Phone. Baby Steps
Amanda Panda 7 years ago
At least she put it back on the dock. My grandma loses them as often as the remote!
#28
My Grandma Printed Some Photos From Her Phone
#29
Dad Gets A New Phone For Xmas, Struggles With Voice Text
#30
Hashtag Mom
#31
When Grandma Can't Hear You On The Phone
Amanda Panda 7 years ago
This is why I'm thankful for the earphones that came with my iphone. I use those things religiously for conversations.
#32
Traveling With My Mom. Saw Her Phone, And Investigated. Informed Her That She Used The Screen Protector's Throwaway Film Instead Of The Actual Screen Protector. She Literally Used Trash As A Screen Protector
#33
Saw This Guy Working On His Computer In A Cafe
#34
I Swear Every Mom Texts Like This
Amanda Panda 7 years ago
I can confirm this. My mom will use her left thumb and right index finger. No idea how she does it. I'm all thumbs.
#35
Told My Dad I Needed A New Mouse. He Pulled This
#36
My Dad Got A New Phone And Doesn't Have A Case Yet. He Kept It In The Box
#37
Went Home To Find My Mom's Computer Like This... She Said "I Thought I Would Get Better Internet"
#38
Thanks
#39
Grandma Sends Selfie
#40
You Gonna Need A Bigger Screen
#41
My Grandma Got A New Computer And Wanted Me To "Install" The Internet
#42
My Mom Just Got A Phone For The First Time (Face Palm)
Jace 7 years ago
Yes, which leads to the question of why she's criticizing her mother's phone usage...
Load More Replies...
#43
Mom, Lol, That's Not The Right Kind Of Screen Protector...
#44
Can You Take My Photo? Sure...
#45
This Is How My Grandma Is Watching The Cricket Match On The TV. I Should Probably Get Her A Bigger One For Xmas
Add New Image
What do you think ?
Another bored panda 7 years ago
Laugh all you want, you'll be THAT grandparent one day and kids will laugh at you for not knowing how to use the holo-transporter.
Elisn Klein 7 years ago
Don't think so. I think we'll have to learn. Because our parents and grandparents still have friends to do activities with no major technology involved. We'll have to adapt to keep up with our more-tech-interested friends and younger family members.
Load More Replies...
Tees2Peace 7 years ago
Honestly one of the best I've seen recently. I loughted so hard while reading, that my colleague next to me was giving me a strange look lol
Josta Loos 7 years ago
The grandma of someone I know said some 15 years ago: "Does my tv also have that internet thing?" (Talking about those black pages with colourfull letters on it, don't know the english word....teletext?) Her younger family members all had a good laugh about that....silly grandma.....but who's laughing know?!?! She was a visionary!!!!
Cheryl Fontaine 7 years ago
I'm 72 years old and this is the most I've laughed in four years! Of course I've been messing with computers for thirty some years.
Jonathan Eatsalot 7 years ago
You should all aspire to getting old. The alternative sucks. Hopefully you'll all get there.
Rebecca Greer 7 years ago
My mom couldn't figure out how to set the time on her VCR back in the day. I countless times tried to teach her how, but ended up resetting it until I moved out. Years later I found out she still had never learned... She would just wait until 12:00, and unplug it/plug it back in. Honestly, I have to give her kudos for ingenuity.
Kira Leseman 7 years ago
I still don't understand twitter. I'm only 35. I'm going to be screwed in 10 years. Damn kids with their fancy future toys.
Shari H 7 years ago
I'm pretty sure twitter is, like totally lame! Or, in normal speak, I too do not understand it, therefore it is a waste of time :-)
Load More Replies... 
Ahmed Tonsy 7 years ago
I'm 32 years old, and i'm stuck at windows 7.. and i feel dumb when i use windows 10, i feel the same way the old people feels. this is life circle. there was a time for them, there was a time for us.. and now there's time for the new generations.
Margarita Piankova 7 years ago
Broke my heart, actually.. I wish my dad was still around and asking me for help with his gadgets.. still keep his last flip phone.. don't laugh off your loved ones, help them and teach them how to use new technology.. remember, they are the ones that trained you on how to use a toilette..
Arty 7 years ago
well each time a Skype my parents I see their ceiling (sometimes part of their forehead or their eyes if I'm lucky) :P
Garr Godfrey 7 years ago
who is the idiot calling floppy drives "flash drives from the 90's"? We didn't have flash drives in the 90's. Sometimes the younger ones are the idiots.
Othelia Vacura 7 years ago
OK. Let's get even time....All you tech savvy kids out there: Survive for a year without the benefit of anything that was invented post 1950. Or even post 1960. I'd like to see how foolish you are, not to mention how hungry, how dirty, how sick, how lonesome, how frustrated!!
Isabelle Bishop 7 years ago
I didn't find anything funny in this. Now, maybe I've lost my sense of humor somewhere today, but this is just mocking people.
Anna Salerno 7 years ago
I got a Birthday card once from my closest friend and it said, "Remember when we used to laugh at old people what the hell was so funny?" Well I'm there now!
Another bored panda 7 years ago
Laugh all you want, you'll be THAT grandparent one day and kids will laugh at you for not knowing how to use the holo-transporter.
Elisn Klein 7 years ago
Don't think so. I think we'll have to learn. Because our parents and grandparents still have friends to do activities with no major technology involved. We'll have to adapt to keep up with our more-tech-interested friends and younger family members.
Load More Replies... Tees2Peace 7 years ago
Honestly one of the best I've seen recently. I loughted so hard while reading, that my colleague next to me was giving me a strange look lol
Josta Loos 7 years ago
The grandma of someone I know said some 15 years ago: "Does my tv also have that internet thing?" (Talking about those black pages with colourfull letters on it, don't know the english word....teletext?) Her younger family members all had a good laugh about that....silly grandma.....but who's laughing know?!?! She was a visionary!!!!
Cheryl Fontaine 7 years ago
I'm 72 years old and this is the most I've laughed in four years! Of course I've been messing with computers for thirty some years.
Jonathan Eatsalot 7 years ago
You should all aspire to getting old. The alternative sucks. Hopefully you'll all get there.
Rebecca Greer 7 years ago
My mom couldn't figure out how to set the time on her VCR back in the day. I countless times tried to teach her how, but ended up resetting it until I moved out. Years later I found out she still had never learned... She would just wait until 12:00, and unplug it/plug it back in. Honestly, I have to give her kudos for ingenuity.
Kira Leseman 7 years ago
I still don't understand twitter. I'm only 35. I'm going to be screwed in 10 years. Damn kids with their fancy future toys.
Shari H 7 years ago
I'm pretty sure twitter is, like totally lame! Or, in normal speak, I too do not understand it, therefore it is a waste of time :-)
Load More Replies... Ahmed Tonsy 7 years ago
I'm 32 years old, and i'm stuck at windows 7.. and i feel dumb when i use windows 10, i feel the same way the old people feels. this is life circle. there was a time for them, there was a time for us.. and now there's time for the new generations.
Margarita Piankova 7 years ago
Broke my heart, actually.. I wish my dad was still around and asking me for help with his gadgets.. still keep his last flip phone.. don't laugh off your loved ones, help them and teach them how to use new technology.. remember, they are the ones that trained you on how to use a toilette..
Arty 7 years ago
well each time a Skype my parents I see their ceiling (sometimes part of their forehead or their eyes if I'm lucky) :P
Garr Godfrey 7 years ago
who is the idiot calling floppy drives "flash drives from the 90's"? We didn't have flash drives in the 90's. Sometimes the younger ones are the idiots.
Othelia Vacura 7 years ago
OK. Let's get even time....All you tech savvy kids out there: Survive for a year without the benefit of anything that was invented post 1950. Or even post 1960. I'd like to see how foolish you are, not to mention how hungry, how dirty, how sick, how lonesome, how frustrated!!
Isabelle Bishop 7 years ago
I didn't find anything funny in this. Now, maybe I've lost my sense of humor somewhere today, but this is just mocking people.
Anna Salerno 7 years ago
I got a Birthday card once from my closest friend and it said, "Remember when we used to laugh at old people what the hell was so funny?" Well I'm there now!
You May Like 154 People Who Had One Job And Still Failed 50 Cringeworthy Design Fails That Are So Bad, They're Funny 30 Times People Listed Hilariously Wild Ads And Expected To Actually Sell Something
Viktorija Gabulaitė
Ilona Baliūnaitė
Gabija Palšytė
Related on Bored Panda
