• blitzen@lemmy.ca
      8·
      3 months ago

      To put a finer point on it, it specifically the younger Gen Xers and older Millennials. That’s the “one” generation this post describes.

      • Tinidril@midwest.socialEnglish
        8·
        3 months ago

        I’m on the older end of Gen Xers and at least the nerdier half of us not only know how to use computers, but we’ve seen the whole evolution of home computing since the Altair. We know in a way you never can why goto is considered harmful.

        • edgemaster72@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          3 months ago

          And on the other end of that, my niece and nephew are just on the cusp between millennial and gen z and they grew up playing games on Windows 95, 98, and XP. I think both Gen X and Millennials in their entirety fit the bill.

        • blitzen@lemmy.ca
          3·
          3 months ago

          I’m on the younger end of X, and definitely agree about witnessing (most) of the evolution of personal computing.

      • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
        6·
        3 months ago

        It’s not just younger Gen X. I’m oldish Gen X and loads of us were programming computers for fun from the late 1970s on. By the early 1990s you couldn’t really avoid computers, and you couldn’t use them without at least a basic level of understanding. By that time many of us had been using them for a decade or more. It’s those who grew up without computers (before they became common) and those who grew up with iPhones that have a problem with tech.

      • arrow74@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        3 months ago

        I know younger millennials and older gen Z and they both can use computers just fine. The oldest Gen Z are nearly 30 now.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Trying to explain to a GenXer what Cobol is and to a Millennial what a Ring Light is and its practically impossible.

      This meme is just ForwardsFromGeandma minus the 😂🤣😂🤣 emojis. If GenX/Millennials properly understood technology, they wouldn’t all be on Windows.

      • IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        Pretty sure the only Cobol programmers left at this point are Gen X and older.

        People are still on Windows because of massive industry momentum, and as the developers shift from being mostly Gen X and older millennials, to younger millennials and Gen z, things are getting progressively shittier. And it’s not only due to c-suite driven enshitification.

    • MsPenguinette@lemmy.world
      01·
      3 months ago

      Maybe it’s just me but I feel like PDFs are significantly a less common part of life nowadays. Especially when it comes to having to edit one