22 Times The Greatest Generation Tried Their Hardest But Failed Spectacularly

Are you here to get some cheap laughs at the expense of “The Greatest Generation?” Well then you’re in luck! Are you a baby boomer? Congratulations! You were able to power on your computer, log onto the world wide web, and find this article. You should be very proud of yourself.

 

What baby boomers lack in technological knowledge, they make up for in confidence. Here are 22 times they used that confidence to navigate the internet, and took a big old swing and a miss.

 

1. Are you sure, Sheila?

 

u/Morthy / Via reddit.com

 

2. It’s the thought that counts, right?

 

u/courthays / Via reddit.com

 

3. OMW to Anytown, CA to get my identity theft on.

 

u/bgroins / Via reddit.com

 

4. I mean, he’s already writing code.

 

u/SouvlakiPlaystation / Via reddit.com

 

5. So close.

 

u/JackWhisky / Via reddit.com

 

6. Sage advice. 

 

u/notthevaledictorian / Via reddit.com

 

7. “forwArding this to amazing” is also my band name.

 

u/Mac_n_deez_nuts / Via reddit.com

 

8. Honest mistake, and a great assist. 

 

u/ShunningResumed / Via reddit.com

 

9. Yeah, Advil. What are you hiding?

 

u/Notatmost / Via reddit.com

 

10. Well now I want to know too.

 

u/James121601 / Via reddit.com

 

11. Sass was called for.

 

u/thenewyorkgod / Via reddit.com

 

12. Channel 9 isn’t asking the right questions. 

 

u/CluelessShoe / Via reddit.com

 

13. In her defense twitter doesn’t really make any sense. 

 

u/TMIBH / Via reddit.com

 

14. Not since the incident… *looks forlornly into the distance*

 

u/BucherundKaffee / Via reddit.com

 

15. Not having a printer is very 2018.

 

u/Slinger17 / Via reddit.com

 

16. Eat sh*t, Green Giant.

 

u/istva / Via reddit.com

 

17. I must know what the rest of his day was like. 

 

u/YoUsEfIsSqUeAkY / Via reddit.com

 

18. 14 results???

 

u/katyrose_ / Via reddit.com

 

19. Why didn’t anyone else think of that?

 

u/Swagnasty15 / Via reddit.com

 

20. The more you know.

 

u/pleasuretohaveinclas / Via reddit.com

 

21. Mama is up on the current breevs. 

 

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22. It is indeed a scary thought. Scary that you shared it.

 

u/crazydan1101 / Via reddit.com

 

via buzzfeed

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