Holy crap

[Tafel_Kafel]

My mom thinks that Adobe Flash Player is a virus. Someone kill me...

[Th3 Mans1ay3r]

How old is your mother to be that tech retarded?

[mansoor_]

Maybe she is onto something. 

[Trik'Stari]

[Wano97]

Let me refer you to this topic: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/34813-experiences-with-non-techies/

Was a topic really necessary?

[Tafel_Kafel]

How old is your mother to be that tech retarded?

44. She also thinks I know the password of administrator's account on a PC that isn't mine because "i'm a computer expert"

[Tafel_Kafel]

Let me refer you to this topic: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/34813-experiences-with-non-techies/

Was a topic really necessary?

Oh, I forgot about this topic, well soz

[Tech_Dreamer]

My older cousin argued that ram & HDD are same top that,

 

i'm not making that up, that's an actual conversation i had about a year ago, just remembered .. as you guessed he's not tech savvy & funny thing is that he want's to get everything( new hardware) on cheap with high grade performance & argues why am i trying to bankrupt him when i give him exact suggestions :mellow:

[Pro_LiZzy]

My mom don't even know Adobe Flash Player exist.

[RevoltTrain]

[AlexGoesHigh]

She ain't that far off though

[HippY]

why do you expect everyone to know every computer program?

[Guest Kloaked]

why do you expect everyone to know every computer program?

I don't think that's the issue. The reason things like this are frustrating is because many people won't be rational about things like that because they perceive a computer as a magic box. Pretty sure if you pulled up command prompt and just typed away, people like I mentioned would think you're hacking the government.

[PowerPigeon]

I've always had the opinion that people who have lived with computers all their lives, those born in the age after the invention of them, possess a sort of intuition that allows them to think more rationally about digital things. That would be why me or someone else who has used a computer for the majority of their life is able to work through issues and understand the concepts better than my grandmother is. With people who are still learning computers (grandparents, etc), they need to have a genuine interest to want to work to understand. My grandmother uses her computer for word processing and email, she doesn't want/need to learn anything else, which is why she asks me for help. The minister at her church however, genuinely wants and needs to understand new concepts for presentations during service and other things.

 

Tl;dr: Understanding technology all comes down to having a genuine interest in learning more about it, in my opinion.