β² 999 βΌ Your PC will thank you... (sopuli.xyz) submitted 2 years ago by hellfire103@sopuli.xyz to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 169 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (3 children) An oldie but still relevant https://www.theonion.com/getting-mom-onto-internet-a-sisyphean-ordeal-1819566480 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] dan@upvote.au 6 points 2 years ago Wow this article perfectly captures the early 2000s experience of trying to teach parents how to use the internet. Internet access wasn't very widespread in Australia yet, and my parents weren't really interested in it and thought it was too difficult to use. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Twelve20two@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago Things from that article that really stuck out to me: Not being able to type searches directly into the address bar. This confused me as a child, and I was really excited when browsers started to incorporate the feature Mentioning the use of a pager Knowing that all the photos in the article are of real people and not AI because it's from 2002 permalink fedilink source parent [β] Kolli@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago A good read, thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[β] dan@upvote.au 6 points 2 years ago Wow this article perfectly captures the early 2000s experience of trying to teach parents how to use the internet. Internet access wasn't very widespread in Australia yet, and my parents weren't really interested in it and thought it was too difficult to use. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Twelve20two@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago Things from that article that really stuck out to me: Not being able to type searches directly into the address bar. This confused me as a child, and I was really excited when browsers started to incorporate the feature Mentioning the use of a pager Knowing that all the photos in the article are of real people and not AI because it's from 2002 permalink fedilink source parent
