IdioTech: iPhones With Messaging Are Heavier, Obviously [Click for all]

I was showing my grandma how to use an iPhone yesterday. My grandpa already has one, so I figured it would be an easy thing for her to grasp. As she held mine, she said that mine was definitely heavier than my grandpa’s (we both have the 4…) I said no, that’s not possible, because we have the same phone. Then, straight faced, she said mine has to weigh more because it has messaging. Yeah.
- potentially-problematical

My mom sends me messages on facebook, then texts me to tell me she sent me a message.
- Anonymous

When I got my new laptop my grandmother asked me if I had downloaded my email onto it yet.

- Anonymous  

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IdioTech: Allow! Allow! [Click for full post]

Welcome to Idiotech, the column where we shame your parents, teachers, and other old people for being dumb about technology. 

A coworker responded to an Outlook Calendar request with an email that only contained “Allow.”
- willtravel

I was working in an Internet Support Callcenter, when the client told me that his internet wasn’t working, i asked to the client to open a new window in her explorer. She told me that she can’t open the windows. The reason, it was snowing outside.
- hyucillo

My uncle asked me how to save files on Google Drive. He doesn’t seem to understand that it automatically saves itself and keeps using control+s to “save” the document. The download folder of my computer is now filled with saved webpages that are utterly useless.
- batsingotham

Idiots, they’re all around us. If you know any then submit their story right here on Tumblr. We can all laugh at them together. 

IdioTech: Bing “Google” For Me, Would You? [Click for more]

One day my professor used Bing to search for and go to Google images.
- Kerry H 

my mother believes you can only exit out of a website a go to a new one if you close internet explorer and reopen it again…she also still uses internet explorer…
- academicwanker

My dad was having trouble getting on his outlook email. One of the ladies that works for him asked if his internet was connected, which is a normal thing to ask in that situation. It was his reply of, “I don’t care about the internet, I want my email!” was the real cause of my snickering that day.
- seafoampterodactyl

My mom and I were planning our vacation in Spain and I asked her if we could take surfing lessons. She responds with, “I’m sure they have internet over there.” 
- chichi-ponderables

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IdioTech: Jesse Eisenberg Invented Facebook

According to my mom, Facebook was only invented 3 years ago. Also, Jesse Eisenberg, not Mark Zuckerberg, was its creator. She’s positive about both of these things because she watched The Social Network.
- Anonymous

Somebody hacked my email and sent out spam to a bunch of people including my grandma. My grandma called my mom and asked her why I would send her a request for a penis enlarger. She then sent an email to everyone who it was sent to saying it wasn’t my fault, and I would never send something like that!

- Anonymous 

My mom still doesn’t understand the fact that the internet and the computer are two separate things. “No, people will not be able to see what’s on your desktop if you send an email.”

- Anonymous  

If you’d like to shame your parents, teachers, and anyone else for being dumb about technology then submit your stories to us on Tumblr.

IdioTech: Tigg ol’ Bytes

I was talking about running out of space on my laptop and my dad excitedly spoke up ” the other day I bought an external hard with a TIGGABYTE of memory, that’s a lot right?”
- Anonymous 

Submit your own stories and we’ll upload them to our Tiggabyte drive for everybody to see. We read all the submissions right here on Tumblr. 

IdioTech: Meet Me at Facebook [Click for more]

My mom opened up her web browser. I recently set the homepage to Google. She exclaimed “Oh, we have Google now!”
- Anonymous 

Whenever my stepmom gets an error in a dialog box on her computer, she just turns off the monitor and says, “I’ll wait for your dad to get home and look at this.”
- Anonymous 

My dad told me to meet him at Facebook. He meant Starbucks.
- Anonymous 

If you know people that don’t understand the difference between “liking” a caramel macchiato venti and drinking a facebook post then submit your stories straight to our Tumblr. You won’t regret it, but your friends might. 

IdioTech: Oh, Right, The Colon Bracket Thingy

My mum just asked me what the “colon bracket thingy” meant.
- Anonymous

My mom sends texts using the voicemail.
- Anonymous

My sister and I convinced my mother, as a joke, that the internet was turned off on public holidays. She believed this for about three months before we realized she hadn’t got the joke.
- Anonymous 

Are you surrounded by the technically challenged? Send your IdioTech stories to Tumblr. It’s technically easy, we promise. 

IdioTech: Where Do I Put the Money?

Welcome to Idiotech, the column where we shame your parents, teachers, and other old people for being dumb about technology.

My grandmother asked me where she was supposed to “place the money” in her computer, And when I asked her why, she said it was to buy that sweater off the website I showed her.
- Anonymous

Everytime my dad uses the internet, no matter the browser he will use a search engine and type the website’s url in there instead of the navigation bar.
- starlight-shadow 

My mom asked how long I’d be 18 years old the day before my birthday. It took her several minutes to realize what she had asked me.
- whorephanages 

I once texted my dad a link to a website and he asked how he could access the site on the computer instead of his phone…
- noestoyhechodecarne 

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But Why Are the Birds Angry?

Today I was playing Angry Birds on my iPod Touch when my mom asked what I was doing. I responded, “Angry Birds.” She asked, shocked, “Why are our birds angry?”
- Anonymous

Since my dad still uses Internet Explorer (and a really old version, at that), I tried to tell him about different browsers. He refuses to use them, because he “won’t be able to access Google with another Internet.”
- Anonymous

The other day my Dad stepped on my retainer and broke it, I notified him there 300$ to replace, my mom suggested my sister and I could share hers…
- Anonymous 

Do you have any parents, friends or foes who are years behind on technology? If so, submit your own idiotech stories right here on Tumblr.

IdioTech: Jesus, People Still Use AOL?

My parents still pay for AOL. My mom doesn’t know how to open internet explorer so if she wants to view a website she first logs on to AOL. - Anonymous 

My mom wanted me to trim my beard so she kept on asking me to manscape. After the 5th time I told her that manscaping didn’t mean the face. - Anonymous 

For Christmas, my parents got me an iPhone that was a downgrade from the iPhone I already had… - Anonymous 

I often work with a mother about 10 years older than me. I noticed she always has a problem starting PowerPoint presentations so I suggested that she press F5. She took me outside and started freaking out at me because I had “ordered” her. - Anonymous 

I work with a woman who is a mother and about 10 years older than me. One day she took the overhead projector remote and started pressing random buttons. I asked her what she was doing and she would only tell me she saw me do it one time. Aparently she was trying to fix the sound. After telling her it had to be a software problem and her ignoring me I unmuted the video player. - Anonymous - Continue reading

I have a hunch the last two people are one and the same. 

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The Internet Is For Cat Videos, Right?

My Dad was editing a video for his work which he was going to upload to YouTube, upon overhearing this my nan gave a laugh and asked why we’d upload it to YouTube. Why was she so surprised? She thought the website was ONLY for cat videos… - Anonymous 

My mother in law is worried about us sending her videos or pictures of our new baby from our iPhones because it will “use up our minutes.” - Anonymous 

Whenever my aunt sees something on the internet, shes says “the man in the computer told me”. I still don’t know if she’s kidding or not. - Anonymous 

We know you must love shaming your friends and family too so send us the dirt and it could be in the next IdioTech column. You can also send those stories to us straight on Tumblr. 

Idiotech: Prank Calls, Skype, & the Death of Google Reader [Click for more]

One time when my grandmother was visiting, she thought that
youtube videos had to be bought from a retail store. - norwegiantrash

My mom called me because she’d heard Google Reader was being shut down, and was worried that meant she wouldn’t be able to read any of the blogs she’d bookmarked in “her favorites.” - Anonymous

So I was helping my mum put some stuff on her pendrive and in the end she said to me “did you put it on my dingle dongle?” I was really confused until I realised she meant her pen drive. - xblowpopsx

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Idiotech: Black Ops, Starbucks, and That Face-Thing Site

Welcome back to Idiotech, the column where we shame your parents, teachers, and other old people for being dumb about technology. If you think your parents are even stupider than this, submit your story at the bottom of this page.

My dad just tried to mute the TV with my cellphone.
-Anonymous

My grandpa asked me if they sold Folgers or Maxwell House coffee at Starbucks.
-Anonymous

My father went to the store to buy me something for Christmas and told them it was cheaper on the internet, and he wanted the same price as advertised online. They refused to give him the same price so he went home and called “the internet” to complain.
-Anonymous

Have your own idiotech stories? Submit them here!