do you have somebody in your family who literally knows nothing about their computer? - GoFuckYourself.com

Mutt · 03-25-2010, 07:09 PM

i just literally banged my head against the wall three times hard. i'm wobbly.

LiveDose · 03-25-2010, 07:11 PM

Several people. It's frustrating taking those calls at times...

Spunky · 03-25-2010, 07:12 PM

My old mum just started a couple years ago,she tries hard but can't remember the simple things

Porn Grounds · 03-25-2010, 07:15 PM

Yes everyone in my family. It's brutal.

candyflip · 03-25-2010, 07:17 PM

I have a Windows box here at the house just for this purpose. I have a few family members I help out and when they need it, I just remote connect to their box and let them see how to get done what they need to get done.

KRosh · 03-25-2010, 07:54 PM

I know a bunch of people on GFY that have that issue

Barefootsies · 03-25-2010, 08:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mutt

do you have somebody in your family who literally knows nothing about their computer?

Yes.

Also, most of my friends are the same way. They use it to surf the web, check email, and that's about it. Same for most of the models who work for me. They barely can do anything. Anytime some question comes up, I get an email.

I am not sure where all of these Mr Wizards are from GFY board lore. The one's who are endlessly downloading and thieving. I can't say I know of ONE in my immediate or secondary circles of friends and acquaintances who are stealing everything on the web.

NaughtyRob · 03-25-2010, 08:20 PM

I get calls for very simple stuff from a few certain family members all the time.

fatfoo · 03-25-2010, 08:21 PM

Computers? What is there to know? You just press a button and it does something. That's it.

heymatty · 03-25-2010, 08:28 PM

Tech support for the wife is terrible. I can't imagine how many times I've used the phrase "I can't dumb it down any more".

Luckily tech support tickets have gone down since I got her a Mac.

Spunky · 03-25-2010, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fatfoo

Computers? What is there to know? You just press a button and it does something. That's it.

What button do I press to send a smack upside your head?

$5 submissions · 03-25-2010, 08:37 PM

I feel your pain,Mutt. I feel your pain. Explaining is an exercise in futility with some relatives.

Mutt · 03-25-2010, 08:48 PM

ha well glad i'm not the only one - i knew i wasn't but still nice to know. what's scary about this person, one of my sisters, is that she's had a computer at work for 20 years i think. i guess at work they have an IT guy and when something goes wrong you just call for him.

PurrrsianPussyKat · 03-25-2010, 08:55 PM

My nana is 83 and has a computer. I'll just let you imagine all the horror she's put me through.

Bird · 03-25-2010, 09:34 PM

Oh fuck...hellz yeah. Hey can you fix my PC its running so slow..........Well get your ass some more memory you only got 256...

Whats memory??????????????????????????????

moeloubani · 03-25-2010, 10:19 PM

the other day i walked up to my dad as he sat in front of his computer and he looked puzzled, he told me that for some reason the cursor keeps moving on the computer and he has been trying to make it stop for hours, i told him to take his cell phone off of the space bar :/

Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life · 03-25-2010, 10:22 PM

It took like 3 years to get my trained enough to make simple calls on a cellphone, which he still refuses to use. Let's not even get into computers...

SomeCreep · 03-25-2010, 11:44 PM

eh, ya proLLy

Farang · 03-25-2010, 11:45 PM

My mom rarely use her laptop, yet somehow she managed to find the pic from my gfy avatar...

v4 media · 03-26-2010, 02:05 AM

my wife.... it's always 'I've never done it before I don't know what to do'

JD · 03-26-2010, 02:15 AM

oh yeah.... me. fucking sucks lol

03-26-2010, 02:44 AM

yeah, quite a few, my mom has never used one

Paul Markham · 03-26-2010, 03:10 AM

Only me. I turn it on go to GFY and spam. LOL

martinsc · 03-26-2010, 03:28 AM

yup... I have some of these around here....

Sarah_Jayne · 03-26-2010, 04:44 AM

My in-laws refer to the entire internet as 'Google'. When their internet goes down we get a call 'Google is broken'.

Ross · 03-26-2010, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Sarah_MaxCash

My in-laws refer to the entire internet as 'Google'. When their internet goes down we get a call 'Google is broken'.

Be thankful your in-laws know what Google is. My mum is getting better with her laptop now, but initially I used to go nuts when describing how to do simple things. When I sent her links on msn she asked what does all that mean LOL. I'm like "Click the fucking link"

Also, she never knew what the address bar was, to type urls into. VERY frustrating.

emmanuelle · 03-26-2010, 06:31 AM

I've been holding out on buying my dad a computer, because I know I'll be over there reformatting every weekend.
He's gonna fall for every phishing scam out there

ottopottomouse · 03-26-2010, 06:38 AM

I use my mum as a tester for any instructions I am writing for someone. If she can follow them without making a huge fucking mess of her computer then anybody can

My Grandma is the only one that is an utter liability. She doesn't use her computer enough to remember how to do things and also will click randomly on absolutely anything if she gets stuck. She is 85 though so does have a reasonable excuse.

tranza · 03-26-2010, 07:33 AM

yes, i have! ¬¬

spazlabz · 03-26-2010, 07:36 AM

I used to get the weekly tech support call from my mother in law until I started asking for credit card information (jokingly of course). Now she seems to be pretty self reliant

spaz

kane · 03-26-2010, 12:37 PM

A few in my family don't know a whole lot, but they know at least enough to be dangerous. Several years ago in my pre-porn life I worked for a hi-tech company. I worked in a test area that tested and calibrated printers. They did a round of hiring to get more testers for a graveyard shift. I had to train most of these people and the job required you to work on a computer all day. The first day of training I say to a guy, "Just click here." and I point to the screen. He looks at me oddly. I say "Just use the mouse and select this box" and point again. He says, "Mouse?" The guy didn't even know what a mouse was. I wondered what the interview to get the job was like.

spazlabz · 03-26-2010, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kane

A few in my family don't know a whole lot, but they know at least enough to be dangerous. Several years ago in my pre-porn life I worked for a hi-tech company. I worked in a test area that tested and calibrated printers. They did a round of hiring to get more testers for a graveyard shift. I had to train most of these people and the job required you to work on a computer all day. The first day of training I say to a guy, "Just click here." and I point to the screen. He looks at me oddly. I say "Just use the mouse and select this box" and point again. He says, "Mouse?" The guy didn't even know what a mouse was. I wondered what the interview to get the job was like.

Oh my god, words fail

spaz

Scott McD · 03-26-2010, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fatfoo

Computers? What is there to know? You just press a button and it does something. That's it.

Do you work for Dell tech support ??

natas · 03-26-2010, 05:45 PM

My nan is 92 years old. My mom bought her a laptop.

Somehow she emails me. God knows how she even knows how to turn the thing on.

Elli · 03-26-2010, 05:48 PM

Yes, I have a few of those. Weirdly, my mother is a retired Systems Analyst but she always worked on internal "dumb" workstations, so the PC is a big change to her. She told me about a news article she found online the other day. I asked what site it was on. She said, "Oh, I was in Hotmail." So I'm guessing it was MSN. She doesn't know what "home page" means or anything like that. She's happy she finally got Media Player working to listen to her CDs.

Sly · 03-26-2010, 05:50 PM

About a month ago I caught my mom saying "The Google." I've been giving her shit ever since.

Actually it's truly amazing. My mom has been on the Internet as long as I have. And she spends a lot of time on the Internet. Yet the things she doesn't know just shock me.

About once a month my dad will call me and ask something like "hey can you buy used cell phones on the Internet?" "Uh, yeh dad, it's called eBay." What makes this even more funny is he regularly buys cars from the other side of the country completely over the Internet.

PornMD · 03-26-2010, 06:02 PM

Yes. My brother is the only one besides me who's apt with computers in the fam - everyone else just has absolutely no clue what to do if anything goes wrong, how to do some simple things, paranoid of viruses, etc. It's not like they haven't been around computers/internet for 10+ years or anything.

_Richard_ · 03-26-2010, 07:01 PM

what's funnier.. grannies who get computers right off the bat..

Mutt · 03-26-2010, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sly

About a month ago I caught my mom saying "The Google." I've been giving her shit ever since.

haha i've heard people call it 'the google' - older people.

Jim_Gunn · 03-26-2010, 10:01 PM

I don't have this same experience. My 66 year old mom is a Facebook addict, exchanging pics of her nephew's & nieces' children with other family members.

TheSenator · 03-26-2010, 10:42 PM

I am the fucking help desk of the family.

Chosen · 03-27-2010, 04:26 AM

Yes most of my family members...

Octopus · 03-27-2010, 04:34 AM

Yes, my grandpa

03-25-2010, 07:09 PM	#1
Mutt Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 34,431	do you have somebody in your family who literally knows nothing about their computer? i just literally banged my head against the wall three times hard. i'm wobbly. __________________ I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!

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03-25-2010, 07:17 PM	#5
candyflip Carpe Visio Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New York Posts: 43,068	I have a Windows box here at the house just for this purpose. I have a few family members I help out and when they need it, I just remote connect to their box and let them see how to get done what they need to get done. __________________ Spend you some brain. Email Me

03-25-2010, 07:54 PM	#6
KRosh So Fucking Outlawed Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 5,114	I know a bunch of people on GFY that have that issue

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heymatty Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Scottsdale :) Posts: 2,188	Tech support for the wife is terrible. I can't imagine how many times I've used the phrase "I can't dumb it down any more". Luckily tech support tickets have gone down since I got her a Mac. __________________ Cashlantis ~ Black Book Cash

03-25-2010, 08:37 PM	#12
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03-25-2010, 08:48 PM	#13
Mutt Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 34,431	ha well glad i'm not the only one - i knew i wasn't but still nice to know. what's scary about this person, one of my sisters, is that she's had a computer at work for 20 years i think. i guess at work they have an IT guy and when something goes wrong you just call for him. __________________ I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!

03-25-2010, 08:55 PM	#14
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03-25-2010, 09:34 PM	#15
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03-25-2010, 10:19 PM	#16
moeloubani Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ontario Posts: 4,235	the other day i walked up to my dad as he sat in front of his computer and he looked puzzled, he told me that for some reason the cursor keeps moving on the computer and he has been trying to make it stop for hours, i told him to take his cell phone off of the space bar :/

03-25-2010, 10:22 PM	#17
Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life (felis madjewicus) Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In Mom & Dad's Basement Posts: 20,368	It took like 3 years to get my trained enough to make simple calls on a cellphone, which he still refuses to use. Let's not even get into computers...

03-25-2010, 11:44 PM	#18
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Farang one sick puppy Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Where the worst of the West meets the worst of the East Posts: 11,626	My mom rarely use her laptop, yet somehow she managed to find the pic from my gfy avatar...

03-26-2010, 02:05 AM	#20
v4 media Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Spain Posts: 2,934	my wife.... it's always 'I've never done it before I don't know what to do'

03-26-2010, 02:15 AM	#21
JD Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 22,651	oh yeah.... me. fucking sucks lol

03-26-2010, 02:44 AM	#22
Altwebdesign Guest Posts: n/a	yeah, quite a few, my mom has never used one

03-26-2010, 03:10 AM	#23
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03-26-2010, 04:44 AM	#25
Sarah_Jayne Now with more Jayne Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 40,077	My in-laws refer to the entire internet as 'Google'. When their internet goes down we get a call 'Google is broken'.

03-26-2010, 06:31 AM	#27
emmanuelle Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Oh Canada! Posts: 3,662	I've been holding out on buying my dad a computer, because I know I'll be over there reformatting every weekend. He's gonna fall for every phishing scam out there

03-26-2010, 06:38 AM	#28
ottopottomouse She is ugly, bad luck. Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 13,177	I use my mum as a tester for any instructions I am writing for someone. If she can follow them without making a huge fucking mess of her computer then anybody can My Grandma is the only one that is an utter liability. She doesn't use her computer enough to remember how to do things and also will click randomly on absolutely anything if she gets stuck. She is 85 though so does have a reasonable excuse.

03-26-2010, 07:33 AM	#29
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03-26-2010, 07:36 AM	#30
spazlabz Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Kentucky Posts: 6,548	I used to get the weekly tech support call from my mother in law until I started asking for credit card information (jokingly of course). Now she seems to be pretty self reliant spaz

03-26-2010, 12:37 PM	#31
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	A few in my family don't know a whole lot, but they know at least enough to be dangerous. Several years ago in my pre-porn life I worked for a hi-tech company. I worked in a test area that tested and calibrated printers. They did a round of hiring to get more testers for a graveyard shift. I had to train most of these people and the job required you to work on a computer all day. The first day of training I say to a guy, "Just click here." and I point to the screen. He looks at me oddly. I say "Just use the mouse and select this box" and point again. He says, "Mouse?" The guy didn't even know what a mouse was. I wondered what the interview to get the job was like.

03-26-2010, 05:45 PM	#34
natas Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: : unknown Posts: 3,377	My nan is 92 years old. My mom bought her a laptop. Somehow she emails me. God knows how she even knows how to turn the thing on.

03-26-2010, 05:48 PM	#35
Elli Reach for those stars! Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 17,991	Yes, I have a few of those. Weirdly, my mother is a retired Systems Analyst but she always worked on internal "dumb" workstations, so the PC is a big change to her. She told me about a news article she found online the other day. I asked what site it was on. She said, "Oh, I was in Hotmail." So I'm guessing it was MSN. She doesn't know what "home page" means or anything like that. She's happy she finally got Media Player working to listen to her CDs. __________________ email: [email protected]

03-26-2010, 05:50 PM	#36
Sly Let's do some business! Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 31,349	About a month ago I caught my mom saying "The Google." I've been giving her shit ever since. Actually it's truly amazing. My mom has been on the Internet as long as I have. And she spends a lot of time on the Internet. Yet the things she doesn't know just shock me. About once a month my dad will call me and ask something like "hey can you buy used cell phones on the Internet?" "Uh, yeh dad, it's called eBay." What makes this even more funny is he regularly buys cars from the other side of the country completely over the Internet. __________________ Vacares - Web Hosting, Domains, O365, Security & More - Paxum and BTC Accepted Windows VPS now available Great for TSS, Nifty Stats, remote work, virtual assistants, etc. Click here for more details.

03-26-2010, 06:02 PM	#37
PornMD Mainstream Businessman Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 9,291	Yes. My brother is the only one besides me who's apt with computers in the fam - everyone else just has absolutely no clue what to do if anything goes wrong, how to do some simple things, paranoid of viruses, etc. It's not like they haven't been around computers/internet for 10+ years or anything. __________________ Want to crush it in mainstream with Facebook ads? Hit me up.

03-26-2010, 07:01 PM	#38
_Richard_ Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Earth Posts: 30,990	what's funnier.. grannies who get computers right off the bat..

03-26-2010, 10:01 PM	#40
Jim_Gunn Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Where The Teens Are Posts: 5,702	I don't have this same experience. My 66 year old mom is a Facebook addict, exchanging pics of her nephew's & nieces' children with other family members.

03-26-2010, 10:42 PM	#41
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