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Do you think millennials who grew up with the early Internet and home computers will be as bad with future technology as boomers are with current technology? (dmv.pub)

submitted 1 year ago by jcrabapple@dmv.pub to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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My wife and I started talking about this after she had to help an old lady at the DMV figure out how to use her iPhone to scan a QR code. We're in our early 40s.

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[-] UnfortunateDoorHinge@aussie.zone 30 points 1 year ago

I'm a primary school teacher, not related to computers, but every year kids are getting measurably worse with coins and money. I can give quite a few 9 year olds a few coins, and they would have a seriously hard time quantifying the amount. It's funny the parents come to me saying their kid needs to be extended, but I'm just here saying "bro, your kid can't even buy himself an ice-cream."

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I've tried very hard to teach my child about money and she does have an allowance and kind of gets it, but she's got a lot of difficulty with change and with sales tax. I wish I was a better teacher, but I do my best.

[-] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 7 points 1 year ago

Sales tax being added after-the-fact fucks with literally everyone. It's stupid.

[-] wheels@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Well... not everyone. Mostly just people in the US.

[-] Kerred@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ha, I thought Monopoly would help with money. But then realized how freaking long is takes doing transactions that I st did all the banking to save 2 hours 😄. I should probably teach my kid Acquire instead about money and change.

[-] hamsammy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Acquire...like Dabo?

[-] Kerred@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Ha, Dabo is the roulette game. The other game I can't remember the name of the ferengi play.

I was thinking this acquire https://youtube.com/watch?v=CuOpK5-XC34&feature=share8

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