Why do they allow 50 year olds to work with computers?

[Disneyscks]

I swear if at work that woman asks another common sense question ....all I can say is I hear a certain Prodigy song playin right now.

[Aniko]

I swear if at work that woman asks another common sense question ....all I can say is I hear a certain Prodigy song playin right now.

Compassion and patience aren't your strong points are they?

How old are you anyway?

[Fugitive]

I swear if at work that woman asks another common sense question ....all I can say is I hear a certain Prodigy song playin right now.

..and one day that 50 year old will be you. How will YOU reply to that?

[Hondo333]

...all I can say is I hear a certain Prodigy song playin right now.

OMG... NOOOOOO.. He's going to breath on her

[Caitlyn]

OMG... NOOOOOO.. He's going to breath on her


:eek:... Poor lady... :laugh:

Anyway, I was wondering if the Prodigy lover attended public school... and if so, what percentage of his 50 year old co-worker's taxes went toward educating him in the basic computer classes she probably never had the opportunity to take…

[Disneyscks]

Lets see im 26, im a heavy smoker and black so im not too worried about 50 cancer or the local police will get me before that. As for taxes none mom and the butthole of a dad sent me to private school. Im guessin all of you are old.

[Fugitive]

As a matter of fact, I think none of us who replied to your post have hit 50 yet.
I also don't get your last post...

[Disneyscks]

As a matter of fact, I think none of us who replied to your post have hit 50 yet.
I also don't get your last post...
Umm I was replying to all of your posts against me

[Fugitive]

I didn't say I was replying 'against' you. It just seems more like you have a different concept for 'old'. I also don't understand the connection with your ethnicity and state of health...
...but we all have different perceptions... so, continue...

[Disneyscks]

One of you was wondering my age, and another how i would feel when I was 50, and someone else tried to make me feel guilty cause at somepoint I was spending tax money

[LordSlaytan]

You seem like an unsympathetic jerk, so I feel more for the poor woman who has to sit next to you. BTW, if I have to read another post written by someone who doesn't know how to place a comma in a sentence, all I can say is, "I here a Carpenter's song coming up."

[Hondo333]

Congatulations Django, you are now not my least Favorite member!!!

[nebbit]

We all have our own strengths, hers isn't computers, maybe there are things she can do better than you, I think that might be, acceptance, understanding and compassion, you little s**t your mother must nearly be 50 herself. :yup:

[Mark]

BTW, if I have to read another post written by someone who doesn't know how to place a comma in a sentence, ...

...or an endmark. Lack of punctuation is why Fox didn't understand the post, and this is why someone else questioned the age. A 26 year old who went through private schooling should know how important punctuation is to written expression. I agree with LordSlayton: when readers see grammar mistakes (not typos), we make judgements about the intelligence (or maturity) of the author. When the authors dismiss it as "no big deal," they miss the point that their written words are not always understood and impressions are made.

Also, what was the point of starting this thread? To vent some frustration and rally some support for bashing people over a certain age? The "common sense" questions the co-worker is asking may only be common sense to disneyscks because at some point disneyscks learned those skills. The 50 year old may be telling her peers, "If that 26 year old at work could just learn to puncuate a simple sentence..."

[blibblobblib]

Congatulations Django, you are now not my least Favorite member!!!

I think i may have to agree...his avatar is suggesting that DISNEY SUCKS!!! :furious: :mad: :nope:

[Piddzilla]

Why do I get the feeling that if a regular would have written that first post everybody would have been laughing and :rotfl: right now... ? What is the big deal? My parents are both over 60 and have to operate the pc together to get something done. My mom doesn't even know how the mouse works. I guess Disnescks only expressed some frustration... Jeez, the hostility on this board these days.. Is Django the reason?

[Golgot]

Why do I get the feeling that if a regular would have written that first post everybody would have been laughing and :rotfl: right now... ? What is the big deal? My parents are both over 60 and have to operate the pc together to get something done. My mom doesn't even know how the mouse works. I guess Disnescks only expressed some frustration... Jeez, the hostility on this board these days.. Is Django the reason?

Heheheh, one part age sensitivity, one part grammar-gremlins, and one part disney-defensiveness methinks. That's a concoction for confrontation alright.

You need to learn some patience DS. But, you're right about one thing, Disney does suck (soz Blib, but they're a bunch of merchandising, hypocritically-moralising, plaguerising kiddie-hypnotisers, IMO ;) - and that's before you even get to their history, which is downright despicable. I don't mind their films - i just hate their business practices)

[7thson]

Lets see im 26, im a heavy smoker and black so im not too worried about 50 cancer or the local police will get me before that. As for taxes none mom and the butthole of a dad sent me to private school. Im guessin all of you are old.


There once was this very old man who tried and tried to get the youth of his beloved village to listen to him, to love him, to accept him. They laughed and scoffed at him and tried to make him feel worthless and a fool. He kept smiling and trying to talk to them, to tell them that the world does not owe them anything. He asked questions about the new things of the world, about the things that passed him by while he tended his farm and took care of his handicapped wife. They made a mockery of him and told him his questions were stupid and to shut up. Never once did he feel any anomosity towards them, they were young after all. They would learn. One day the old man left for the market to get some onions for his stew. On his way he passed a forest and decided to try a short cut his wife had once told him about. He was never one for short cuts, but this day he feet ached badly. He entered the forest and became lost. Panic started to take over as he became more and more disoriented. Then he heard a sound. Kids laughing and playing. He never once thought of all the mean and cruel things they did to him, he just felt happy. Happy because they were laughing and happy because they would help him find his way out of the forest. When he approached them they stopped their laughter and looked at him in shock. "What are you doing in our secret hideout old man!" One of the eldest boys yelled. "I am lost" he replied. "Can you tell me the way to the village please?" They did not help him, they just laughed and told him to leave. He begged them to tell him which way to go, but none did. They began playing again as if he were not there and then they all ran off in different directions to confuse him. He pleaded with the eldest boy to show him the way. The boy stopped and looked him straight in the eye. He almost looked as if he really wanted to help the old man, but then the look was gone. The boy said while pointing, "If you climb to the top of that tree there, you can see the village. Then he ran off. The old man looked at the tree and started to climb. It was difficult for him and he cut his hands and face on sharp branches and limbs. He knew he had to find his way out of here soon because when night fell he would surely freeze to death. After a long struggle to reach the top he saw that the boy was right. The village was not far off at all and as soon as he made it down he could be there in minutes. He smiled then, the boy helped him. He did not care that the help was a joke, that the boy thought he would never climb the tree. He did not care anything other than he would find his way to the village and that finally one of the children had helped him.. Then the branch holding the old man broke and he tumbled to the ground, hitting his head hard as he landed. Blackness overcame him. His whole life passed through his thoughts. He remembered his Dad and Mother, he remembered his dog Charlie that he loved dearly when he was a teenager, he remembered his wife telling him how much she loved him as she died in his arms. He remembered every detail of his life as he lay there in blackness. Night was approaching when the old mans eyes finally opened. As he stood he looked around him, then he smiled. He knew the way to the village, he knew the way home; his mind was as crystal clear as it was when he was a young man. Blood ran down his face from his head, but he did not notice; he just walked ,with a smile on his face , towards his home. Then he heard sceaming, someone yelling for help. He walked towards the screams and found the boy who had told him to climb a tree. The boy was shoulder deep in quicksand and was yelling at the man to grab a branch to help him out. the old man looked around and found a stick long enough to reach the boy. "Thank you Thank you" the boy gasped as the old man approached with the branch. Then the old man stopped and looked at the boy. He stood there watching the boy flailing and screaming and begging, then he smiled and touched his forehead where he had hit it on the ground. He looked at the boy once more and said, "Thank you for your help", then he fell to the ground and died, just as the boys eyes sunk into the cold darkness.

[Golgot]

Hmm, interesting fable. Where did it come from 7?

Somethings never change (the past will always be better as we get older, and we'll always know everything when we're younger) - but it's interesting that the rapid growth of certain technologies seem to accentuate this generation-divide. There's already a thousand and one "magical" objects around us that most of us don't even have the vaguest inkling of how they work. But now the skills necessary to design, maintain and operate these tools are becoming more advanced and more necessary. Odds on that kids respect-for-elder-knowledge is going to drop off even more in these areas. However, i think the life-knowledge and human skills we can't help but learn as we stand alone in the world will always be a currency younger generations will come to recognise (why am i talking like this? - i'm 27 ;) :rolleyes: )

[LordSlaytan]

Why do I get the feeling that if a regular would have written that first post everybody would have been laughing and :rotfl: right now... ? What is the big deal? My parents are both over 60 and have to operate the pc together to get something done. My mom doesn't even know how the mouse works. I guess Disnescks only expressed some frustration... Jeez, the hostility on this board these days.. Is Django the reason?

No. It’s because attitudes like this poster are becoming a matter of routine around here. They join up to say something stupid and completely irrelevant to movies, then they cop an attitude. I’m sick of going through the new posts everyday just to find that 99% of them are inane and pointless. At least Django shows wit and personality and a level of intelligence. ***** like this is frustrating to me, and to a lot of regulars that used to have a ot of fun with all the various threads. Now and days, most of the new threads are only worth ignoring.

[Golgot]

Now and days, most of the new threads are only worth ignoring.

I think you'll find that's "nowadays" :p ;) [sigh, all us newbies have lowered the tone :rolleyes: Mind you, i've got lots of things i'd like to debate, but i thought i'd hold back for now, seeing as i haven't posted much movie stuff for a while. Thought i'd settle for some iraq-resurgance disturbance in the meantime. And investing in some rubber-bands to prevent me from writing too much ;) - not to worry tho, in the mean time my glasses are off to the repair-shop for a week or two from tomorrow - so i'll just have to write really big for now :)]

[LordSlaytan]

I think you'll find that's "nowadays" :p ;) [sigh, all us newbies have lowered the tone :rolleyes: Mind you, i've got lots of things i'd like to debate, but i thought i'd hold back for now, seeing as i haven't posted much movie stuff for a while. Thought i'd settle for some iraq-resurgance disturbance in the meantime. And investing in some rubber-bands to prevent me from writing too much ;) - not to worry tho, in the mean time my glasses are off to the repair-shop for a week or two from tomorrow - so i'll just have to write really big for now :)]

I never meant you, oh lord of great wit, I was talking more about the 35 matrix rulez threads and the 100 or so of the bestest movie of all times threads.

[Golgot]

I never meant you, oh lord of great wit, I was talking more about the 35 matrix rulez threads and the 100 or so of the bestest movie of all times threads.

We need to install some sort literacy test and FAQ-force-feeding beast on the front door (interested? ;) Oh wait, Toose is unemployed at the mo isn't he :) He'd harangue them into helpfully less-hapless state. Or flame them to ashes, whichever works best ;))

(wow, i'm a Lord now too :) Damn, that means i'll have to start chasing Ladies. They're so much more work ;))

:stiff-upper-lip-smiley:

[Piddzilla]

No. It’s because attitudes like this poster are becoming a matter of routine around here. They join up to say something stupid and completely irrelevant to movies, then they cop an attitude. I’m sick of going through the new posts everyday just to find that 99% of them are inane and pointless. At least Django shows wit and personality and a level of intelligence. ***** like this is frustrating to me, and to a lot of regulars that used to have a ot of fun with all the various threads. Now and days, most of the new threads are only worth ignoring.

Yeah, I agree. Most new threads are about not only pretty pointless things but also about the same things. (How many Matrix threads is it possible to have on one single site?). The fact that I don't bother to even look at a thread if the subject doesn't appeal to me (I opened this one cause someone else told me to ;) ) leaves me kind of unknowing about some new members and their past posts. This thread is pretty pointless, but I was just so surprised about the way that everybody reacted to it. It seems to have upset people enormously. "my least favourite member"... ? Yikes.. :eek:

[Sexy Celebrity]

I swear if at MoFo that Disneyscks posts another completely stupid thread ....all I can say is I hear a certain Kathie Lee Gifford song playin right now.

http://bigbelch.com/celebs/klee2.gif

[MyRobotSuit]

Did anyone else think hs name was disneysticks?
I just thought he liked disney orientated sticks.

It never crossed my mind that it was 'disneysucks'.

[7thson]

Hmm, interesting fable. Where did it come from 7?

Somethings never change (the past will always be better as we get older, and we'll always know everything when we're younger) - but it's interesting that the rapid growth of certain technologies seem to accentuate this generation-divide. There's already a thousand and one "magical" objects around us that most of us don't even have the vaguest inkling of how they work. But now the skills necessary to design, maintain and operate these tools are becoming more advanced and more necessary. Odds on that kids respect-for-elder-knowledge is going to drop off even more in these areas. However, i think the life-knowledge and human skills we can't help but learn as we stand alone in the world will always be a currency younger generations will come to recognise (why am i talking like this? - i'm 27 ;) :rolleyes: )
Just wrote it today in response to this thread, it needs alot of editing to read smoother, but I was in a hurry.

[LordSlaytan]

Just wrote it today in response to this thread, it needs alot of editing to read smoother, but I was in a hurry.

Quite imaginitive son. Kudo's.

[Sir Toose]

My mentor in the computer game is 54 and he's a genius such that the world has never seen the like (and I'm NOT kidding).

The pioneers of this realm are all pushing their 50's now... the ones who know the answers to 'why'.

Better get your decades straight.

[LordSlaytan]

My mentor in the computer game is 54 and he's a genius such that the world has never seen the like (and I'm NOT kidding).

The pioneers of this realm are all pushing their 50's now... the ones who know the answers to 'why'.

Better get your decades straight.


I used to manage a computer store and was the lead tech as well. I never would have if it weren't for my Father getting me into computers back in 8086 days. He's been over 50 for quite some time. Who cares? I do, that's who. Damnit.

Welcome back Sir Toose. :yup:

[DrenaiWarrior]

While I don't agree with Disney on this I have to say that it doesn't make me overly mad either

Don't get me wrong, I am not a callous or heartless person... I am going to school to be a police officer because i truely believe that it is a good thing to help hold the moral fabric of America together... In my spare time i teach religion.

But does anybody else think that too many people these days use biting sarcasm and ignorance to mask how they really feel about something...or to try and skirt the real issue that is on there mind. I guess I am just used to hearing people say ignorant things like this so it kinda rolls of me like ran but still...

SHAME ON YOU DISNEYSCKS :#

[LordSlaytan]

His viewpoint isn't what pissed me off, it's the fact that he started a thread about it. A shout would've worked...but a thread???

[Sexy Celebrity]

His viewpoint isn't what pissed me off, it's the fact that he started a thread about it. A shout would've worked...but a thread???

http://www.bartercard.com.au/bulletin/sep_1998/assets/images/Ice_cream.jpg

Ice Cream.

[DrenaiWarrior]

You really never give up on the ice cream...one of these days I'm gonna find out how this all started... and by the way

Tin Roof Sundae

or

Moose tracks/Bear Tracks (can't remember which)

[LordSlaytan]

Since this thread is unimportant, I'll just say that my favorite ice cream is Ben & Jerry's Double Fudge Brownie.

[nebbit]

But does anybody else think that too many people these days use biting sarcasm and ignorance to mask how they really feel about something...or to try and skirt the real issue that is on there mind. I guess I am just used to hearing people say ignorant things like this so it kinda rolls of me like ran but still... :#

I don't think that he was masking his feelings, I wasn't angry at him, when i was young I worked in an isolated area with a woman who was over 50, she taught me a lot, I was grateful for her for intelligence, caring, guidance and humour, she taught me a lot of things that I couldn't learn from study.
OH by the way her name was TRINITY, who would have thought that the heroine in Matrix would be named after her ;D

Make my cone chocolate, chocolate, chocolate. :D

[Sir Toose]

Welcome back Sir Toose. :yup:

How you been amigo?

I didn't know you were geek oriented. Why don't you ever visit my geek speak thread? We need to propagate the geek'ness'.

[LordSlaytan]

How you been amigo?

I didn't know you were geek oriented. Why don't you ever visit my geek speak thread? We need to propagate the geek'ness'.

I never got into graphic design, web design, or programming, that's why. I was a hardware and Windows man up until the Pentium IIs, then I went into straight management. I've been out of the game since then. I wouldn't know half of what you guys converse about.

What was your first computer? Mine was the Vic 20 until I graduated to the Commodore 64, that is. :D

[Sir Toose]

I never got into graphic design, web design, or programming, that's why. I was a hardware and Windows man up until the Pentium IIs, then I went into straight management. I've been out of the game since then. I wouldn't know half of what you guys converse about.

What was your first computer? Mine was the Vic 20 until I graduated to the Commodore 64, that is. :D


If you what a windows 3.1 directory tree is, then you qualify. If you've loaded an operating system from a floppy, then you qualify. You qualify.

Lessee... I had a TRS80 (Trash80) first. Then I got a texas instruments (can't remember the model). After that it was a c64, then an amiga. I never owned a 286, but did get a 386. I still have that box.

[susan]

okay, i haven't posted here for a while but i saw this and i had to..

here's another 50 year old woman who DOES know how to use a computer and knows where to put a comma in a sentence

sometimes tho, i find certain people of the younger generation to be lacking in respect for anyone but themselves

and there are plenty of people who are much older than i who are now using computers for the first time..give credit where credit is due instead of tearing people down..

[DrenaiWarrior]

amen to that ;D