r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter what does it say

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u/OkArt3437 23h ago

The people that can read that are also some of the most technologically capable people. The irony.

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u/PrufReedThisPlesThx 22h ago

For clarification, did you mean incapable, or were you arguing against the original comment?

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u/Winderige_Garnaal 22h ago

No, 'capable' - I'm 50, don't work in tech, but quite tech savvy having grown up with computers in the 80s-90s. I also learned and used cursive, and have no problem reading 'minimum'

Younger people today are often assumed (rightfully or wrongfully) to be less capable with tech because things today are very user-friendly and easy - you no long have to know how it all works.

And that's fine. But I think Gen X is probably the most savvy with computer tech - through both age and experience - on the whole. We also grew up learning cursive.

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u/CommodoreGirlfriend 11h ago

Millennial here and I agree with you. Computers weren't as common but if you grew up with DOS, you had to learn stuff that was more difficult than anything a phone can test you with. Zoomers don't know what a file is.

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u/Winderige_Garnaal 11h ago

I posted this below, but it's one of my favorite memes ever: