Zoomers try to use a typewriter

[@paytonwartenberg2726]

Next lets see how well the average boomer is at using a telegraph

[@The_Potato_Boi]

What about the naval enigma?

[@BlueScreenCorp]

The average boomer has never used a type writer, technology didn't go from everyone using a typewriter to everyone using a computer. Only very select people ever touched a typewriter, unless you were a woman in an office or someone with a writing career you never even looked at a typewriter...

[@panzervpl9406]

nah let's go straight to a quadrant navigation

[@mrfancygoat]

​@BlueScreenCorp that's not true at all. Schools had typewriter classes until the late 80s.

[@BlueScreenCorp]

@@mrfancygoat yeah who do you think took those typewriter classes, hint it wasn't people who could pee standing up

[@nickstein3129]

Now let's make boomers extract a a zip file.

[@C4DeadCharge]

Then have them recompress the unzipped folder

[@izoraiza7169]

I have done that. I'm not a boomer though. I taught myself how to do it for video game files and mods in the past.

[@hosamefe]

​@@izoraiza7169no one cares

[@voidbee-tp4hn]

​@@izoraiza7169 ok...? Is that meant to be impressive

[@voidbee-tp4hn]

They definitely can't do that, my dad yelled at me for expanding a Facebook post cause he thought it would hack him

[@user-dp5pg4dl5k]

Let's see the average boomer use an old school 1700s printing press next

[@somerando9475]

Fairly certain most people with a fully functioning brain could figure that one out. A printing press is literally just a giant stamp with movable letters...infact here i looked it up for you. there's a slidey bit, a twisty bit, and a stampy bit, doesnt get much simpler. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5bMnKStZdCsp6ssi=h1Kmh_wVGos10Loy&t=37

[@chaoticdetectivepeach]

​@@somerando9475Well then this'll be interesting, cuz because of all the lead paint and asbestos boomers don't have full brain function.

[@fiveplussixequals]

@@somerando9475 congratulations you missed the point! we stop teaching people how to use outdated technology because.. it’s outdated and we don’t use it

[@Bismarck9771]

@@somerando9475lol no it isn’t

[@somerando9475]

@@Bismarck9771 kzbin.info/www/bejne/emiyfGZ8hLJonbcsi=xAV1j44-66y3h8wz ..........Yes it is

[@Sebastian_Almric]

“This normal person doesn’t understand tech from a century before this person was born, this is crazy” Dog try using a rock and stone to make a dead sabertooth

[@Crazyjack456]

Bro put down the phone, you're clearly mad for no reason.

[@kuobah]

What the fuck did you even just say 😂😂😂

[@ahegpbtrftcotu]

Did someone say rock and stone

[@snooke1618]

ROCK AND STONE!

[@feature.of.jarjar24]

FOR KARL!

[@AaronLyNxAI]

I've used a typewriter before, it's really not that hard to figure out, but being put on the spot definitely makes it harder to think about it

[@RipePineapples]

And also the fact that typewriters break if you have too high of a wpm, and since gen z is more used to typing than people were when they first made a qwerty typewriter, probably lead to a malfunction

[@maayanofir5160]

​@@RipePineapples don't the keys just get stuck together if you press too quickly? thats what happens to our typewriter

[@thomasfrye6335]

@@maayanofir5160yeah, but it can be difficult to fix and can even break a typewriter if you aren’t careful

[@jgcoverkknot5701]

Let's see the silent generation use a laptop

[@fiveplussixequals]

boomer and the silent generation: haha these idiots don’t know how to use something that we don’t teach them how to use because it’s outdated and pointless those same people: so you’re telling me the computer mouse ISNT a real rodent ?!?

[@KaityKat117]

he'll just complain about how the Irish are ruining the country. (high five if you know the reference)

[@disendromeder4347]

​@@KaityKat117and the eye-talians

[@KaityKat117]

@@disendromeder4347 lol precisely

[@ScrimblowblimboBlimboScrim]

I remember typing on one of these brings me back to the 1800's 😢

[@MopTopMase]

Dr?

[@This_guy_is_so_gool]

Anybody else nostalgic of the medieval era

[@RustyX2010]

The good ole days!

[@c00KieDuderoo]

"we gave a monkey a gun and he used it like a hammer, lol"

[@rimorin9116]

As a gen z, we have a typewriter at home that my dad taught me to use. So I think it all depends on the willingness of the past generation to teach the new one these stuff.

[@fiveplussixequals]

it’s almost like we *they* stop teaching *us* because it’s outdated technology that we won’t need to use in the future

[@RustyX2010]

It’s funny that my daughter is GenZ and she wants to learn how to use a rotary phone that plugs into the wall.

[@jc7579]

Meanwhile their boss who makes 4 times they do cant rotate a freaking pdf

[@StereotypicalJesus]

Okay I think that’s just the people you picked. I’m gen z and I could do it😂

[@Honobii]

When’s the last time you said “man I really wish I had a typewriter right now”

[@krismine99]

With how often we see them in movies, im surprised nobody did the twist part

[@yuyascho_yuaeyo1155]

Im 15 and i know you're supposed to roll it Edit: I dodnt mean to come off as rude like at all, I just wanted to say that om young and I know, it was like a "hey I can do that" sorry for comming off as rude

[@horse7406]

Wow you're a nerd and you googled it that's insane dude

[@furioustester4056]

​@@horse7406yeah no, he could've, but doesn't mean he did, I've known how one works for ages because I watch KZbin, you can learn a bunch of stuff on here..

[@yuyascho_yuaeyo1155]

@horse7406 I didn't tho- when I was younger I loved playing with my mom's typewriter, then it broke

[@yuyascho_yuaeyo1155]

@@horse7406 she taught me herself

[@adambrown8923]

then don't act like it's a common thing to know these days 💀

[@moore7897]

hi, im 23 and i used a typewriter when i was like 16. literally all of them almost had it they just needed one instruction.

[@coolworms7297]

Same!!! I'm 20, I had one when I was about 14. They did pretty well for people who haven't used them before to be fair.

[@moore7897]

@@coolworms7297 frr those first steps are pretty intuitive the only real instruction is the final setup

[@kingofcats964]

I'm 18 and I knew how to use one at 14.

[@dirtyfrog5524]

Oh no how shall I send a message to my first commander of the incoming Calvary

[@ih8myfriends]

I learned how to use a type writer from loony toons.

[@toastready3961]

Jomboy being the boomer coworker is hilarious lmao 😭.

[@aclusterofgoats6909]

Pfft I bet he doesn't even know morse code.

[@fiveplussixequals]

let see those boomers carve primitive stone tools since they think they’re so smart ..or better yet a computer 🙄

[@skylerpatrick23]

Wow, how interesting that the person who grew up with the technology actually knew how to use it 😮😮🤯🤯🤯

[@kopijaws]

almost like time progresses and technology changes. why are the kids not chiseling into stone anymore??

[@GamingEpic9812]

What happened to storing our liquid in vases? Sigh

[@cyr0_gd]

This was just a little experiment to prove the thing you said also Chiseling into stones was a thing 3000 years ago while typewriters were common untill the 1980s.

[@InsanePigeon]

@@cyr0_gd yeah, exactly, and people that were living in the 1980s are nearly 50 now. I guess a better comparison would be morse code keyer

[@fiveplussixequals]

@@cyr0_gd people *born* in 1980 are 40 years old now and even they were likely not using a typewriter as they would’ve not even been teenagers by the time typewriters were widely replaced

[@ExxonYT]

Cute premise, but ive had to teach my boss how to unhighlight cells in excel before... theres a picture of a highlighter on the button...

[@JackIsGiant]

now lets do elders attempt to attach a pdf to an email

[@Greenteabook]

The pointer finger typing, classic 😂 My dad taught me how to use a typewriter after he bought one to practice typing on. So he didn't do the pointer typing at work anymore 😂

[@DarkGamerSnek]

Jimmy did that so well. Its like he used one before

[@JP_Tonic]

I'm Gen z. We have a type writer. I used to play with it all the time as a kid and learned even how to change out the ribbon. We even have an antique, foot powered, sewing machine. 😅

[@nickpaben5809]

Boomer, knows how to use typewriter but types with only 2 pointer fingers, is he really that much better

[@SixDasher]

yes

[@ElZamo92]

If you type any faster (like the zoomers did) it gets jammed so you have to type REALLY slowly to actually type faster.

[@squarewheel1587]

They all typed with their index fingers

[@tomp6470]

Have you ever used a typewriter? The keys have lots of resistance making it hard to type with multiple fingers aswell as the fact that the stamps get stuck on each other if you press keys at the same time

[@queenredfromthequeencity]

​@tomp6470 that is not true at all. People could type 100 words per minute.

[@shonmatthew]

Zoomers actually tried to type, boomer very strong pointer technique but at least understood how to use the obsolete device.

[@thedeathwatchcouncil1616]

I'm gen z and I love typewriters. This is freaking hilarious😂

[@ThomasFarquhar2]

You can't really say they got it wrong considering a typewriter looks like a keyboard and a printer mashed together (because it essentially is) so logically you'd operate the printer half like a printer and the keyboard half is self explanatory You'd need actual previous firsthand experience with a typewriter to know that it actually feeds the way the boomer showed which no younger person will have since it's been obsolete tech since the 80s

[@Thomass-yc7wm]

I agree with everything except you last comment. I mean common sense dictates you wouldn’t start typing at the bottom of a page so why would you feed it into the top?

[@Zappr]

The fact that you couldn’t even set it up so the typebars weren’t already stuck together says a lot lmao

[@subnauticaispog7580]

Jimmy might have been able to work the typewriter, but none of them can type period

[@hudsonqr]

JACK! Do we have ice???

[@QuantumFantasy]

Love a good typwriter. Fun fact typewriter is written entirely on one row using a QWERTY keyboard

[@cksoup]

now let’s see boomers distinguish a spam call.

[@marshall3861]

Dam I’m 18 can I could do it but only because I got 2 typewriters (one from the 1920’s and an electric smith corona )

[@Mokatashi]

As a zoomer that collects typewriters, this makes me sad.

[@macncheeks5372]

Because young people don’t know how to use a piece of tech that’s been outdated for the last 2 and a half decades?

[@wyattsullivan499]

ok

[@horse7406]

They literally ALL did it right minus pulling the paper through why do people think this is a test of litness?

[@odin_way]

Because they aren't interested in your specific hobby?

[@lutt6796]

as a zoomer who has never seen a typewriter irl, and has never had a reason to see one, this makes me happy

[@Boymoder420]

The typewriter is still busted though

[@sleepy1697]

I bet everyone one of them puts, "Excellent problem solving skills" on their resume.

[@museyoutubes9138]

Me, a gen Z person who owns a functional typewriter: “…….. cool!”

[@somekindofchris_]

Did Jim just hint at the results of the captains league? 😮

[@UnoriginalZach]

The game play in captain league is hard evidence, no one needs for hints

[@roseabellmoviestar]

This is like asking a Victorian era man if they can ride a horse vs your average college student today

[@H45556]

was obsessed with these as a kid in 2010 and researched them all i could, begged my parents to buy me one from the thrift store but they refused. I could operate a typewriter like a pro at this point with how much studying i did

[@trash-3058]

I would play with the type writer at my moms work all the time 💀 It’s pretty easy once you think and look at it

[@whoever8932]

Who else was hoping he would type "all work and no play makes jack a dull boy"

[@TTKnaack]

Me, a Gen Z who saw a typewriter while watching word girl on pbs in 2009 and who got one later in life: *large booming voice* "Pathetic..."

[@Ray565.]

Let’s not pretend like anyone in that office has ever needed to use one of those

[@TacticalLeo]

The first and last time I've used a typewriter was in the 90's lol. Little me had a ball with it

[@EyesOnlyFreedomVid]

Goodfellas catching strays in the shorts

[@Wreckedftfoxy]

now lets see yall use morse code (because if i have a sheet of morse in front of me of translations i can do it

[@esakohaki4308]

What? People who have better technology dont know how to use something that has long since lost its worth bacause of said technology? I dont blame them and we shouldnt care. This is like getting mad at someone for not knowing how to make paper and use a quill and ink.

[@somerando9475]

Maybe I missed it. Where was the mad part? Where was the shame part? I think you're projecting. It was just a silly little thing, it's not that deep.

[@esakohaki4308]

@somerando9475 Yeah it does seem like that huh? I just can't take the insufferable amount of people that can't seem to fathom someone of my age not understanding how to use relics of the past.

[@neiretzlik4337]

Someone tell this dude the definition of "learning" please

[@pikachufantastic]

Ah yes trying to shame people who for not knowing antiquated tech

[@ladymoon1638]

As a 26 year old who was told to learn how to use a typewriter before I was even allowed near a computer... I'm grateful to my grandmother... I kept screaming at the screen for then to flip the bar so they can touch the keys to the paper x.x

[@goldtrojanman781]

I remember playing with my grandpas. He showed me exactly how to use it. This was around 25 years ago.

[@jacobmccabe6596]

To be fair you should at least give them a typewriter that works

[@pez_6445]

Lmao the boomer finger pecking the typewriter

[@justdrey9779]

The only time ive ever seen one of these was in tarzan💀💀💀💀

[@Lowmandavis]

Everyone keeps saying they've never used one as if that makes it difficult to think "hmm, when press button hammer moves. Maybe put paper under hammer"

[@hystericalgd9497]

i still know how to use typewriter... didnt think that was an accomplishment... i even know how to re-belt them

[@Nathan15038]

As a gen Z in high school I’m pretty sure they taught us how to use one in elementary😂

[@badassbassist9643]

nah those genz must be the new ones. born after 03. anyone before that knows how to use a typewriter

[@scottcampbell9515]

I thought Jimmy was more of a late Millennial.

[@LoneHermit]

I remember when I was 7 or 8, our house had this really old typewriter, still had ink in it. I did my best trying to figure how it worked, and eventually I got the paper in but still had trouble forming paragraphs. Vintage items like these really fascinate me, I may just be the world's youngest boomer. At age 19, started from age 7 already old af. edit: after I graduate from a college of literature I'm definitely gonna write my manuscripts off of a vintage typewriter. If I find one and ink for it.

[@mossychaossystem920]

As a gen z, I was taught how to use a typewriter by my grandfather! Old technology is so interesting to me, and I'm happy to have a skill such as this one! One day, I want my own typewriter so I can hone this completely useless but very fun skill

[@SquirrelRyder]

Wasnt expecting to find we got ice here

[@CinderedSilver]

Oh my god, turns out that as technology advances, old technology becomes obsolete and therefore people don't need to learn how they function, who would've guessed?

[@Joshinken]

Never in my life used a typewriter, but i too could figure out that sticking the paper on it in a way that makes the stamp not hit it doesnt work and that a way to make it work might include the two spinny wheels on the sides

[@mustthrow]

bruh im 14 and I love using typewriters lmao

[@GalaxyNewsRadio_]

Let’s see if our machinists can you a coal forge 😂😂

[@TheVojvoda]

Now lets see boomers use a printing press.

[@1FootInTheGrave]

I’m only 20 years old I know how to use a typewriter. Grew up using my grandma’s typewriter.

[@MASTERBEEF117-g8o]

They ain't ever watched no movies💀

[@Loxu69]

Honestly Jimmy may have gotten it right but typing with one finger one each hand is atrocious

[@crazyrobots6565]

I'm 24 and my grandma taught me as a child how to use a typewriter. Whether I could do it now I'm not sure.

[@lord_alex12]

I have never touched a typewriter in my life and even I have the basic common sense to put the paper in the slot

[@TheGoldenSplatRoller]

We are so doomed 😭

[@Noxic72]

we're doomed because we don't know how to use technology that isn't used in our modern society? shut the fuck up

[@master_ace]

I dont think ive ever seen a typewriter irl

[@alison90827]

Next up : lets see if boomers can take a selfie

[@TheTrueStrangeBee]

That like asking a boomer to read a Chinese character there may someone who know because they wanted to learn a little about china or they might get a lucky guess but show them a few and they’ll probably get it

[@szupertntakos5000]

As a guy from 2009 I can't decide if I'm too smart or are others too dumb. I feel like it could be figured out with common sense.

[@bvd7517]

Jimmy is two generations removed from a Boomer.

[@zomg-rofl]

i literally have a typewriter (that was an heirloom) that i use for writing people birthday and holiday cards. but okay.

[@That_50s_Guy]

That aint a boomer, thats gen x at most. Guy was probably born in the 70s-80s. Boomers are the generation born from the late 40s to early 60s

[@ChaddL]

Did none of the Gen Z watch Misery?

[@MommaMolly]

i never used it but i knew it wasnt right

[@stephensellers2453]

That's what I learned to type on

[@Carbon-D]

How the hell i am 16 but still know how to use a typewritter

[@alyouresocool]

Need to double check the dates on the baby boomer generation.

[@airborngaming2250]

Let's ask people without an IQ versus people with an IQ.

[@cboehm24]

That dude looked more like a Millenial than a Boomer.

[@speedKGDM]

Bro I’ve never seen a type writer in my life never used it b4 never even seen a real descriptive photo of it. But simply seeing the type writers letter tabs not hitting the paper would’ve told me “maybe spin the dial on the side” faster than anything else

[@poolbwoy6585]

legitimately 90% of milennials as well as boomers wouldnt know either lmao

[@Virtual_Canadian]

Let’s see the boomers try not to get scammed by a telemarketer

[@RetroOnSpeedDial]

I'm 20 and was taught to type on a typewriter and learnt morse code n all that. I can confidently say they are skills that have never been relevant to me or any professional work. I just like knowing I have them.

[@julianVelazquez-xz7wy]

Bruh, yall giving us a bad rep, do better!

[@christophertinker4484]

As someone who is also in their 30s, jimmy is a millennial thank you very much.

[@cameronthompson51]

I'm 27 I used to play with my grandmother's type writer when I was a kid I could set it up no issue

[@apodis4900]

Surely the last guy is Gen X!

[@squarewheel1587]

Jimmy is a millennial

[@SniperOnSunday]

Now let's see a boomer try to navigate the ocean using only the stars and a sextant