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I bought my 82yo boomer dad a new smart tv and hilarity ensues.

submitted by HonkyMcNiggerSpic to TellUpgoat 1 monthMar 5, 2025 11:53:48 ago (+16/-1)     (TellUpgoat)

For years he uses an old ass 50 inch TV with a antenna box. He watches local channels only.

So I buy him a 65" Vizio smart tv. I show him all the free shit that's on it. I spent every morning and even stopped by in the evening teaching him how to operate everything. He's called me multiple times because he can't figure it out. I patiently show him again how to use it. Next day, same thing. He's totally lost.

I go down this morning and he says "I'm throwing this GD tv out the door and I want my old tv back". He was annoyed AF. So I hooked all his old stuff back up. He told me to just give the tv to somebody who needs it. I just paid almost $400 for it. I don't need it. I have nice tv's and a projector. I'm thinking about setting it in the road and hitting it at 70mph in my side-by-side and filming it. kek I don't know yet. I haven't really decided. I'm sure one of my kids might want it but I'm a wild card. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecRytTfWL8Q

Its just hard to tell what's its future is.



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Telling you again that you have your generations mixed up. My mom was born in '48. My dad '52. She's useless with tech; was barely able to operate a TV remote in the '90s. My dad is and was always a geek and can handle his own. It's a pretty even split among their age group whether or not they can handle tech at all. Again, Millennials were born into tech at its zenith and know what they're doing; you're just looking for a reason to bash them. You're right that Gen X did know it, but they are to blame for being the ultimate "middle management" generation.