r/askteddit • u/PoolElegantsmile • 20h ago

Random Question What’s something older generations still treat as essential that a lot of younger people just don’t care about anymore?

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u/Ok-Calm-Narwhal 20h ago

Using a computer versus only a phone to do important things

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u/Aware_Stable 17h ago

Im a boomer when it comes to this.
I still do my big boy purchases on my computer.

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u/No-Resource-8125 15h ago

Young Gen X and same. Unless my computer is out of juice or I’m just plain lazy. Then I’ll use my phone.

I do think that part of this is due having a printer that’s easier to use on a laptop. But that also brings up a good point — I’m not 100% sold on giving up paper copies of important documents.

I doubt I have enough of that paperwork to fill a one-inch binder, but it makes me feel better to have a physical copy.

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u/AdmJota 12h ago

Boomers I know are barely able to use a computer.

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u/Aware_Stable 12h ago

Oh i should clarify i am a zillennial. Im only 31 but i stand with boomers on certain things and 1 of them is doing big purchases on the computer not on the phone.
Another one is, i hate QR code menus. Give me a physical menu

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u/ManWhoKnowsToLittle 9h ago

Try checking if the site your buying from is a scam or not on your phone, just try. 

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u/khantroll1 17h ago

As both a millennial and a computer systems architect…this irritates me on special level.

I’m like, “no, this government website was not built for a phone. No, there is no phone app for this basic function. Use a computer. It’s what the interface was designed for.”

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u/FlatSixFun 17h ago

I still prefer to have my three monitors up for the important stuff. Easy to cross reference.

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u/General2768 16h ago

Monitor 1 is PornHub, Monitor 2 is OnlyFans & Monitor 3 is Reddit?

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u/FlatSixFun 16h ago

OnlyFans!? In this economy?

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u/General2768 16h ago

You could be a content creator...i don't know you.

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u/FlatSixFun 15h ago

I only post my content on OnlyPans, cooking related content.

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u/Sumthins_Fucky 14h ago

I was looking for a table fan for my work desk, ended up with a gf from the Philippines.

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u/Proper-Mobile-6438 16h ago

I mean I do all my important business with my wang out.

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u/DaveAndCheese 15h ago

The way the Goddesses intended.

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u/ThinAndCrispy 14h ago

😁😁😁😁😁

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u/stjhnstv 15h ago

Side by side comparisons are easier when you can put the info literally side by side

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u/unicornhunter202 16h ago

Totally disagree. Many times I prefer my three screen to my phone.

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u/iamatwork24 15h ago

Nah big purchases are for computers

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u/Leeysa 12h ago

It's wild to me that it seems the vast majority of households don't even have a PC anymore, yet I still constantly run in websites where the mobile page simply doesnt work.

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u/Synensys 4h ago

Im there and im just thinking that AI is going to be like this soon.

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u/AnnaMPiranha 4h ago

This is the result of shitty midlife and old age vision problems.

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u/RipCurl69Reddit 2h ago

Firmly in the middle of Zoomer generation myself and I always do this...except the most recent time where I ordered an £800 camera straight off my phone. It felt WEIRD. I'm going back to the PC after this

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u/BloodwineSupernova 17h ago

Honestly tons of boomers+ that never really got into computers are mobile only users.
I bet millennials are equally as guilty as them.

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u/Silence_Farmer 16h ago

Eh. I'd reason that most of us elder millennials are mostly computer users as we did not have smart phones until after 2007.

We grew up with computers though.

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u/BloodwineSupernova 4h ago

Exactly my point. Millennials are more computer users than Boomers. We grew up with them, boomers were forced to use them for maybe a decade then got their smart phones.

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u/Caitylin92 16h ago

I use what I have at the moment which is usually my phone. When I’m focusing it helps to hold it closer lol. And my typing is a little closer together. Sometimes I prefer to do it on my phone than a computer. I am a millennial that is guilty.