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And looking for reasons to buy new versions of things: phones, laptops, gaming devices, etc. Bonus points if they're on the edge of not being able to afford it at all.

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[-] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago

The old people in my life sometimes feel they need to have more up to date technology. I explain to them that actually if they're just using the computer for the internet they're basically fine with what they have

far more often in my experience old people are tech averse

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