Today, my mom made me teach my delusional gran web browsing. I barely made it to YouTube before she sneered at me, and told me to "stop pissing about before I smash your face in." Two hours and multiple slaps later, she still doesn't get what a URL is, and I fear for my life. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, just like almost every other day, my mom goes onto the computer and scolds me for what I watch on YouTube, even when the videos aren't that graphic. Today she scolded me because she found out that I'd watched videos related to the Max Headroom signal intrusion back in '87. Why can't I just watch what I want? FML
Today, I was teaching my grandma how to use her new tablet. After explaining and setting everything up, I left her alone to check her email. When I came back, she'd somehow "mistakenly" sent an email to our entire family with the subject line "Help! My grandson thinks I'm a dipshit and has kidnapped me!" FML
Today, I briefly left my laptop while I went to use the toilet. When I came back, I found "I" had posted on Facebook, calling my mom a "stupid cunt who should just stay in the kitchen." The only other person home at the time was my grandpa. She didn't believe it, and permanently grounded me. FML
Today, my mom thought it would be a good idea to see what websites I go on from my computer while I wasn't home. She clicked the link that gave my computer a virus that I just got rid of a few days ago. FML
Today, my grandmother threatened to kill herself with a banana. She then got angry with me when I didn't attempt to get the banana away from her. My mom punished me because I didn't take the situation seriously enough. FML
Today, my grandmother told me to say "sofa king retarded" really fast. Not only did it take me several attempts to figure out what it meant, I'm now grounded by my mother for having a foul mouth. FML
Today, I asked my son to show his grandma how to do some basic stuff on the computer. He said no way, he knows how long it takes old people to grasp computers. I jokingly threatened to ground him for 6 months unless he did it. He took the 6 months without hesitating. FML
Today, my grandparents visited. My grandpa kept getting off the couch and walking around to "stretch his legs." He kept kicking out my computer's network cable and messing up my game, smirking each time he did it. When I complained, my mom told me to shut up and show some respect. FML
Today, my psycho grandma yelled at me for being an "immature brat" by not offering to wash the dishes after dinner. I reminded her that when I offered last time, she raged at me for being "condescending." She responded by faking a heart attack and getting me indefinitely grounded. FML
Today, I was having computer problems, so I let my friend have remote access to fix them. We were video-chatting on Skype at the time, and so he thought it'd be hilarious to load hardcore porn in my browser the moment he saw my mom enter the room from behind me. I'm now grounded. FML
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airforce987 20
Lol man, I feel ya. Old people say "kids these days" but they don't appreciate our technological savvy-ness!
RavagedSouI 0
Old people and modern technology never mix
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Comments (153)
yummylicious 5
Oye. Old people.
perdix 31
Just set her home page to the Blue Waffle and leave.
FYLDeep 26
I feel like I should insert some sort of reference to fletching here. Maybe that could be her wallpaper?
perdix 31
Ugh, do you mean felching? Introduce Gran to "Two Girls, One Cup" and your work will be done.
FYLDeep 26
Yeah. My mistake. I don't actively look up that kind of stuff so misspellings happen.
HomeAl0ne 20
One word. Goatse.
FYLDeep 26
Well this is a granny so maybe it's best to go with the old school and put up Mr. Hands. Besides, this is the modern age, we can load up as many home pages as we want through the power of tabbed browsing.
reesey0809 0
URL = house address Links = rooms Email = note Pictures = pictures ....u are a retard for not being able to dumb this down enough for ur gran fyl!
ShroomsOnAcid 17
Who said OP didn't do that? I've tried explaining how a desktop works to my mother (desk, folders, files, already a simple enough analogy), but she still doesn't understand that she can move windows, and that they're not lost or gone forever when you minimize them. Their brains are just wired differently, since they did not grow up with technology, so it's tough getting through to them sometimes.
SadinSherman 16
But you can only dumb it down so much
neilsc 8
sounds like she'd bend you over o.O fack...
KoreanFanned 0
Old timers better get with the program before it's too late! Seriourls though, FYL, cuz she's almost never going to learn.
corrinaswan 0
Dude don't make it complicated. I taught my grandma
steviesnm 6
And just because you taught your grandma, every grandchild in the world should be able to do it also, and have their grandma learn just as well as yours? Some old people just cannot understand it. There's nothing complicated about it.
corrinaswan 0
No I don't actually thanks for asking. And they think it's too complicated obviously because they don't understand. I just said the top thin box is the thing you put websites in. Say you want to use google put www.google.com into that bar. I told her how to use good etc etc and she knows the things she needs to kno (basics)
queenb1621 21
Dont fear her, shes gonna be dead soon anyway
varkey 7
Wtf? I would have quit long ago. FYL
gijessi10 0
It took me a long time to teach my great grandmother so I understand completely
HomeAl0ne 20
Gran's not going to invest too much time in this new fad though. She's still not convinced television is going to catch on.