Funny quotes from technologically illiterate parents. Post yours.

My dad think our wireless internet is coming from outside.

My dad uses the word "download" for anything computer related.

For example "I'll download these files from my USB onto the computer"

or

"I'll download these songs from the cd to the computer"

Mom: What're you watching?

Me: *raises PS2 controller* ....I'm playing a game.

That's the only thing I can think of, since she understands technology quite well. :P

Not my parents, but my aunt won't get security for her laptop because she doesn't want to give then her email.

[QUOTE="jim_shorts"]

*watching a youtube video*

"Is this happening live?"

McJugga

Same here, reversed. *Playing a game* Mom: What are you watching?

My dad uses the word "download" for anything computer related.

For example "I'll download these files from my USB onto the computer"

or

"I'll download these songs from the cd to the computer"

KG86

I tried to teach my grandmother how to work a computer. The very first thing I asked her to do was to move the mouse to the start button. After showing her what the mouse was and where the start button was, she literally moved the mouse to the start button. At that point, I realized we had a long road ahead of us.mindstorm

She pointed at the screen with the mouse? :lol:

My mom thinks that she had to open up internet explorer or firefox to get on outlook express.

My mom still turns off the computer by unplugging it. :P

brickdoctor

3. *While I'm playing Forza 3* Dad: "Why didn't you tell me there was a race on?" Me: "Uuhhh" *pauses game* Dad: "What happened?"redstorm72

Dad and new laptop:

"**** piece of **** goddammit**** ******** ****"

well not exactly, but pretty much how it goes.

Also my mom doesn't know how to use the lock feature on her cell phone so every once in a while she will go on a pocket-hitting-redial spree and I will get like 7 or 8 calls just to hear her talking to someone else in the background every time I pick up.

Technologically impaired you say?

My teacher the other day: "Can you go to YouTube and like Google something?"blackngold29

My parents are actually pretty good when it comes to computers and electronics, but thats only because of me :P.
Although one funny thing is when GTAIV came out and my dad found out that I bought it, he kept asking me when I was going to start shooting hookers. :lol:

I had the same problem explaining "windows" to my mom, when I showed her tabs and she said "wait, how does that work?" I walked out of the room. She just discovered the quick launch thing on her macbook. shes had it for over a year...jstamm33

I can understand people not knowing how to do some things, but tabs are pretty self-obvious. Even if someone isn't that familiar with computers, you'd think that at some point they've used an actual folder with tabs.

I just now found out my mom doesn't understand copy/paste, because there was a scrap of paper that had an entire facebook "if you believe this, blah blah blah... copy paste in your status" written on it.

Almost every time they see me playing a game they always say "What are you watching?".

Anyway, my parents are sort of polar opposites. My dad is probably no expert, but he's GOOD with computers, and makes a living working on them. He knows what he's doing, probably more than I'll never know.

My mom, on the other hand, really knows very little.

Me, I'm smack down in the middle. I'm like my mom, in that I really don't know much of anything about computers either. But like my dad, I can often figure stuff out if I don't know how to do it. And if that doesn't work, I know how to research the problem.

Mum: I want wireless, go get me wireless

Me: What?

Mum: Where are the wires to get the wireless internet?

Me: *Falls of chair by laughing so hard*

Mum: Are you ok? can you go buy me some wireless internet now?

.....This went on for 20 mins, then took me the next 2 hrs explaining what wireless was

And doesn't every parent just turn off the TV thinking it switches off the console? (I thought that was standard)

This happened more recently:

Mum: How do I get rid of this antivirus?

Me: What? Why would you want to get rid the antivirus?

Mum: Because the computer is slow

Me: Thats because there is a virus (I didn't bother saying malware, that would lead to...who knows what)

Mum: Oh, Then were is the medicine? Can I just give it a paracetemol (The actual tablet)

Me: No, The antivirus gets rid of the virus

....And so on for the next 40 mins

*On the topic of Facebook*

My Aunt: I like using facebook!

Me:Facebook's GAY!

My Aunt: Straight people use it too!

*palm 2 da face*

They thought you can back up over 100 GB of computer data that is on a hard disk onto a 2 GB flash drive without any form of compression.

My cousin joking told my dad i was watching porn while i was playing wow. now eveutime i play WoW, my dad says quit watching porn.

My dad also didnt know how to turn the volume up on his toshiba laptop. there were two speaker buttons with LED with a + and - .....

My mum doesnt understand how to text. At the top of the text areait has enter number so she tries to begin text message and always asks why it comes up with numbers. I think Ive sent every text shes ever done.

Back when I had a 56k connection (must have been 13-14) I first signed up for a hotmail account.

My mom was there when I was clicking the button that said "Hotmail" and she asked me:

"George....... are you sure this is safe?"

Why?

Because she thought that everything with the word "hot" in it will lead to a porn site apparently.

*On the topic of Facebook*

My Aunt: I like using facebook!

Me:Facebook's GAY!

My Aunt: Straight people use it too!

*palm 2 da face*

radiocrashkit

I remember one of my friend's parents saying "Windows Vista is too different for me, so my next computer is going to be a Mac" :P

I just remembered a decent one, but not from anybody related to me. This girl wanted to sell a thousand dollar Dell computer to me because I said I wanted a desktop. I asked her what the specs were, and she just looked at me and repeated, "It's a Dell."

-my mom can't text, she can't even put minutes on her pre-paid phone. she also says ".....dot con" instead of ".com"

-my dad clicks on things like he's defusing a bomb on an 80s show..............*click*- - - - - - -*cllllllllick*

-he tries to click on greyed out icons,

- mom: "pull up the recipe for baked beans with pineapple on the internet"

me: ".....what?....anyone can post a recipe on the internet its not gonna be the same one."

mom: "just do it"

me: *prints off the first recipe on google*

mom: "was this the only one?"

- she couldn't even turn on a computer....seriously.

-

me: *prints off the first recipe on google*

mom: "was this the only one?"

bebop013

You should have replied with, there are 4.2 billion others, do you want to read them?

My mom refers to all video game consoles as "nintendo." "You playing the Nintendo hunny?" :lol:

My mom refers to all video game consoles as "nintendo." "You playing the Nintendo hunny?" :lol:

jorler333

[QUOTE="bebop013"]

me: *prints off the first recipe on google*

mom: "was this the only one?"

Amith12

You should have replied with, there are 4.2 billion others, do you want to read them?

i told her "there are infinite amounts of recipes online i just printed off the first one" she sighed like i didn't even try or something.

[QUOTE="Amith12"]

[QUOTE="bebop013"]

me: *prints off the first recipe on google*

mom: "was this the only one?"

bebop013

You should have replied with, there are 4.2 billion others, do you want to read them?

i told her "there are infinite amounts of recipes online i just printed off the first one" she sighed like i didn't even try or something.

[QUOTE="bebop013"]

[QUOTE="Amith12"]

You should have replied with, there are 4.2 billion others, do you want to read them?

Amith12

i told her "there are infinite amounts of recipes online i just printed off the first one" she sighed like i didn't even try or something.

[QUOTE="jorler333"]

My mom refers to all video game consoles as "nintendo." "You playing the Nintendo hunny?" :lol:

Serraph105

I once had to guide my mom over the phone on how to remove a video card from a PC. She asked various questions like "where is the motherboard" and "where are the screws that hold it in?".PS2_ROCKS

My mom refers to all video game consoles as "nintendo." "You playing the Nintendo hunny?" :lol:

jorler333

Haha that still happens to me after all these years, even though I still do use Nintendo products :P