This has to be one of the best threads ever:

[drhu22]

I only got part way down the page and already had several good laughs.
Anyone with related stories please share.
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/co...ld_me_all_the/

I also remember a thread somewhere that had stories from tech support workers that was just hilarious.

[MoneyGuy]

I'm in my 50s. I do all kinds of things. I can troubleshoot some of my own problems. I download music, books, movies, TV shows, etc. A friend in IT told me I know more than 90 per cent of people my age. This isn't hard if you're willing to learn. Thanks to the people who have been a resource in the tech section.

[drhu22]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

I'm in my 50s. I do all kinds of things. I can troubleshoot some of my own problems. I download music, books, movies, TV shows, etc. A friend in IT told me I know more than 90 per cent of people my age. This isn't hard if you're willing to learn. Thanks to the people who have been a resource in the tech section.

I wasnt implying that its just the older generation that has some funny misconceptions about computers/internet, but we probably have the most.

[MrMastodonFarm]

My mom can get on the internet for hours at a time, but when she's done, she backs out of it - clicks to go back one page, over and over, until she's back at her Yahoo mail start page. I've told her she doesn't have to do that but she insists on it.

I'll never get frustrated when my mom throws the term "upload" into every conversation about her computer ever again.

[bc-chris]

when my mother-in-law first got her computer she thought she broke it becuz it would only type in CAPITALS.... that darn CAPS LOCK button got her good!

i know my folks have done lots of stuff but nothing is coming to mind right now

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by fotze

I don't get frustrated when she asks me to upload my ......... into her ......

What happened to you, it's like you're doing a bad fotze impersonation now.

[drhu22]

Originally Posted by fotze

I don't get frustrated when she asks me to upload my ......... into her ......

(sarcastic)

[ricosuave]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

What happened to you, it's like you're doing a bad fotze impersonation now.

jumped the shark?

[Table 5]

Only vaguely tech related, but my mother-in-law once used the phrase "let's keep it on the download", which was all sorts of hilarious.

[drhu22]

Ive made lots of dumb mistakes...one was almost giving up and reformatting because i couldnt get out of dos. It was some dos based live cd or something, and it was first in the boot order (bios), so it kept coming up every time i rebooted.

Ok that was a bit obscure...
How about my first time on internet giving away my bank info with no firewall or av?

[topfiverecords]

This link someone posted was particularly hilarious.
https://twitter.com/#!/oldmansearch

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

This link someone posted was particularly hilarious.
https://twitter.com/#!/oldmansearch

"presidents day free haircut for war veterans indianapolis"

"indianapolis free haircut for war veterans christmas"

Quite the little haircut scheme he's got going.

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

When I get old I am going to do some of that just to say that i did some of it... actually my favourite one would be if I did get an e-mail that was printed out in the mail, when is the last time that anyone got something that wasn't a package off amazon/ebay or a bill?

Jesus, maybe I am getting old.

[drhu22]

new favorite

[–]W0rdN3rd 36 points 7 hours ago

One of my older (72) computer students thought the mouse was a foot pedal. She kept stepping on it, but the computer wouldn't turn on.

[Mattington]

I thought this one was pretty good.

I was downloading porn in the 56K days on the family computer. Dad comes in and says he needed to check something really quick. I can't very well say "not right now, I'm downloading something" so I just let him use it, hoping he'll finish before the porn does. He doesn't. One of the movies was set to open automatically when the download was complete and it started playing. He yelled at me "Get in here, quick!" I run into the computer room and see Kobe Tai getting railed and my dad has this shocked look on his face. In an attempt to cover my own ass I go "WHAT'D YOU DO?!" and all he could do was stutter was n-nothing. I say " you must have clicked one of those pop-ups, its best to just avoid them." I close out the porn and he makes me promise not to tell my mom. I agreed.

[MarchHare]

I once gave my mom a cd, and she told me all the songs sounded the same.

Stop buying your mom Nickleback CDs, ######.

[drhu22]

Originally Posted by Mattington

I thought this one was pretty good.

The most hilarious stories are the ones that hit closest to home.

[HotHotHeat]

Best one I have is my dad plugging in the SNES coaxile cable to the wall instead of the TV on Christmas morning. I was pretty bummed out the SNES didn't work until a friend came over and told us.

[drhu22]

Originally Posted by MarchHare

Stop buying your mom Nickleback CDs, ######.

yup

[saskflames69]

When my Grandma got her first computer, the first thing she asked when me and my sister played a DVD on it was "Will I still be able to play solitaire on it when your tape is finished?"