50 Old People Who Should Be Supervised Online

Listen, technology can be confusing, help your elders from embarrassing themselves

Kylin

• Published in Funny
• July 5, 2022

Social media has changed the world and how we connect with one another. No longer are we forced to communicate by mailing a letter or passing notes around.

If you want to connect with a friend, you can just tweet, DM, snap, or text them. Unlike before where you had to call a friend on a landline not knowing whether or not they’re even home, or worse, answer phone calls with no caller ID and hope it’s someone you like and want to talk to.

For many millennials, we couldn’t imagine lives without social media, as we came of age alongside technology, and GenZ grew up in a technologically advanced world. But there are folks who are having a difficult time with the ever-evolving technology, especially social media.

Think of your aging parents, or grandma and grandpa opening a web browser and typing “google.com” into the address bar, spending what feels like HOURS, navigating to the top hyperlink to take them to Google. Only to then type the URL of the website they want into the got dang Google search bar.

It’s maddening, but they’re trying! And there’s something so funny and oddly charming about elderly people using social media that there’s a subreddit dedicated to their antics, called r/oldpeoplefacebook, with a whopping 1 million members and growing.

We collected some of the best posts shared there and elsewhere around the Internet, so keep scrolling to see more.

1. Senior Discount

2. I wonder if she ever answered?

3. Happy Hanukkah!

4. Helpful comment!

5. Don't talk back to John

6. Worst food at the worst prices!!!!

7. There will be no binge drinking on Nanny’s watch

8. Boy do I miss those almonds

9. SIGN UP FOR LASAGNA

10. This guy on my community Facebook page

11. Happy Mother's Day

12. Found one!

13. Kenny

14. I THOUGHT IT WAS A COBRA

15. Jim is a wise man

16. Do not recliners

17. Coward

18. Janice would like to help but cannot

19. My grandma is not amused

20. Yea, im not their grandson

21. FOR OVER 40 YEARS

22. Sandra does NOT care for these feathered fools

23. Chad :)

24. NO RETUNTS

25. Beth is DONE with the Today Show. And carrots

26. She's obviously not her grandma's favorite...

27. DON’T WASTE MY TIME

28. Disappointed

29. HORNET

30. He went to prison

31. No ma'am

32. Wrong person

33. Hire somebody to Walmart

34. My Grandma’s savage comment

35. I HATE YELLOW

36. is a great day!

37. My aunt's response to a photo of my husband and me where I jokingly said we are "ready to take on the apocolypse"

38. Ruth is done with Tasty’s shit

39. Found this on facebook marketplace and cant stop thinking about it

40. My Great Aunt has the best sense of humor

41. Maurice just wanted to know

42. Not a care in the world

43. Sent this to my dad a couple of years ago. Still makes me laugh

44. Jack hates the Mazda Miata

45. Grilled cheese isn’t the only thing getting burnt

46. No comment sorry

47. I WILL SUE THIS COMPANY

48. Potato salad

49. A threat from Grandpa?

50. Granny messaged to wish me luck on my test

Remember to help supervise your elders when they use the computer

Are you Facebook friends with your parents or other older family members? Have they shared any embarrassing moments of their own?

We definitely want to hear about it, so please drop your stories in the comments section below. And if you thought to grab a screenshot, you can always submit it to r/oldpeoplefacebook to share with others who you know will enjoy it.

Kylin