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If you thought those CD-Rom ads about “Learning to run a computer” were condescending to old people, they weren’t. This is:
It seems like it must be hard to describe the internet to an unfamiliar person, but who came up with those analogies? I’ve never seen an elderly person playing the toy-grabbing claw game at a fair or restaurant. BUT, somebody needs to send this video to NANA PRATT, so she can read about how bad her favorite grandchild Spencer is. The internet could Free Nana Pratt! It’s maybe not too late. (Via Buzzfeed.)
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See, but I like the analogy, because it automatically conjures up the image of an elderly person trying to open programs by REACHING INTO THE MONITOR. I’m sorry, Grandma, but that’s just now how it works!
“It works similar to the game that you find at fairs.”
Gah. I know my militant grammarian rage is ridiculously selective, but come on Infomercial Narrator!
Everything Is Terrible strikes again…
They should get Gabe and Max’s How to get the dream life of your dreams instead
Hah, a Grandma WOULD search for embroidery sites.
It’s like a hot potato, in the game, hot, potato.
If you think this is condescending, your grandparents must be much smarter than mine, because this is exactly the pace they would have to proceed at if they were to get a computer.
This would go completely over my mom’s head. I’m not sure, but I get the impression she thinks the internet is only open during business hours.
This is sad but I actually learned some things. I am very glad you posted this.
That is exactly how I learned to use a computer – from what a mouse is, to connecting to your server. Step 1, Step 2. Simple logic. Excellent.
Librurry.
LOL
“What Beatrice doesn’t know is that ‘Swedish Huck’ is not a type of embroidery but is a slang term for an unspeakble sex act of European origin…”