Parents Just Don't Understand

10/14

by Susanna Wolff October 14, 2008

Do your parents not understand technology?Do they ask you stupid questions? Do they send you absurd textmessages? Do they use words like "MyFace," "SpaceBook," or "The WorldWide Web?"

If you've got an example of your Parents Just Don't Understanding, submit it here!
And thank God we'll never be as dumb as they are!

Your parents' Sim City.

My mom thought she had bronchitis, but she wanted to know more about it to be sure. I told her to look it up on the internet. She called me later to tell me there wasn't any information on the internet about bronchitis because she checked "www.bronchitis.com" and it was in German.

joanna m

My mom thought that an iPod worked like a cassette player. When I heard her complain that she had to listen to songs she really didn't like on her playlist to get to the ones she wanted to hear, I suggested she just take those songs off her playlist. She replied with, "Well then I'll just have to listen to 3 minutes of silence until the next song comes on."
brandon davis

My Dad keeps a digital alarm clock right next to his computer screen so he can tell the time.
Sean Davila

Whenever my dad talks about the Nintendo Wii, he insists on spelling out "W-i-i."
Jeremy W, University of Oregon

My dad doesn't know how to send me e-mails. Instead, he just uses the customization feature on stuff like e-cards. I recently got an e-card of a cute kitten with the message "I transferred $100 into your account".
Sebastian C, Yale

Every videogame system ever made is a Nintendo, according to my dad. When Xbox 360 came out, my little brother asked for one for Christmas, my dad asked me "What in god's name does he want two Nintendos for? He already has one." We have never owned any Nintendo. We had a Dreamcast.
Noah Rubin, Colorado College

Our printer ran out of ink, so my Mom bought a new printer.
Steve Lukiewski, Towson University

This week we have a very special Parent Just Doesn't Understand That His Kid's a Dick:

My dad knows next to nothing about computers, so I will regularly connect remotely to his computer and put viruses on it, and then tell him that it's his fault when it gets slow and breaks, and that he needs to upgrade a certain part to fix it. Then, when he orders that part, I will take it and use it in my computer, and take the used part from my computer and put it into his computer. That way, I get free upgrades whenever I want, without having to pay anything for it, and at the same time, he thinks he's an idiot for breaking his computer all the time.
noob boy

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