My daughter sent me this spoof video called ' GenZ Discovering the Library'. It made me realize how times have changed. This young man comes in with no idea of what a library is. A librarian introduces him to a book, how ancient. He has no idea how to read it, there is no touch screen. He is shown a computer with a mouse (what?). And what is a DELL computer? He is mystified by CDs and DVDs. This is the iphone age with touch screens and all services online, with e-books and e-readers.
It was a bit depressing, I felt ancient. My daughter just thought it was very funny. I remembered in the late 80's my girlfriend admitting to me that she had trouble operating a mouse at first. Those were new at the time. E-mails were limited to within the company there was no global system yet. In fact, I remember using the Toronto Free-Net, it was an early free internet facility, with very limited capabilities. The World Wide Web had not yet been introduced to the public. You can still find the Toronto Free-Net on the internet.
Well, I hope you enjoyed my look back into the past.
It was a bit depressing, I felt ancient. My daughter just thought it was very funny. I remembered in the late 80's my girlfriend admitting to me that she had trouble operating a mouse at first. Those were new at the time. E-mails were limited to within the company there was no global system yet. In fact, I remember using the Toronto Free-Net, it was an early free internet facility, with very limited capabilities. The World Wide Web had not yet been introduced to the public. You can still find the Toronto Free-Net on the internet.
Well, I hope you enjoyed my look back into the past.
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Your look back into the past took me waaay back to our first computer with the fat monitor, separate keyboard, large heavy CPU, floppy discs and all. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Yes, times have changed a lot, especially in the virtual world. Valerie
I can also remember well with my children Mam has no idea and father especially not he was 15 years older than me, but I made up my mind and so I did it with my children with the Internet and PC. I don't have a smartphone today, I don't need it, which is so easy.
Greetings elke
I do imagine almost every Gen Z kid knows what a library is.
Satire and realism don't typically go hand in hand.
yes, time changed so fast in respect to technology....
Our kids love books and reading. Joffie told us she has about 20 book out of the library. Izzy is reading a 500+-page book from the library!
Sometimes I feel ancient, too! Times change so fast
I see this almost daily when students come to the office to use the phone. It has a cord attached and is push button and they don't know to pick up the receiver first and almost always ask "where do I turn this on?". And.....most of them don't know a phone number to call so I have to look it up. It's funny and sad at the same time.
How times have changed! I have not been to a library in years and don't read books anymore. I read the newspaper and the computer, googling for information. I don't read fiction.
and changing, and changing, and changing :)
Thank you for this. I laughed and cringed at the same time :)))
Agree :)
So much has changed for sure; but I hope none of this is even a little bit true.
Ha! I remember the time when we walked to the library because we had already read the two books allowed in one day!
Yes, very fast and I left behind!
Yes, life in the fast zone...and I'm still driving 30 mph. HaHa. I do remember my kids doing homework using the a set of World Books we bought from a traveling salesman...Boy does that date me. HaHa.
Interesting Lorraine.
Times a changing. Both of our rigs are from the 90's and my son has new Subaru and I felt like I was getting into a rocket ship.
Times change so fast. I think these last few years technology advanced faster.
Times are always changing. That's life :) The video was funny but very exaggerated. Our local library is quite busy, especially with the young people.
Your post brought back memories of when I felt high'tech for learning how to reboot a computer. Ha!!! Good times.
Same! I feel old too lol. Prefer real books though, to reading on a screen.
Well, times are always changing, but is it me … they seem to be changing a lot quicker these days.
All the best Jan
count me with ancient if want to :)
we had our first computer around 2000 if i remember exact year ,my son learnt it so quickly but i had no interest until he made me blog and asked to do
spoof yes, a cringy spoof
its not as bad as the video makes it out, I'm of the generation where tech was really just starting and saw it evolved in good and bad ways. people actually read physical books more in some places and are not as dumb and naive about things as its made out here. things change, its part of evolving.
in their defence, in some places its actually hard to find corded phones now, most people have a mobile or hands free house phone. (and people have been struggling with numbers forever ;) )
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