• @[email protected]
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    931 month ago

    Never hand a boomer your phone. Especially an elderly boomer, and especially if that boomer is your mother. They will always start swiping. It’s like their brain just deflates. Their eyes glaze over. They get this wide, tranquil smile, as if to say, “Hot dawwg! This boundless collection of photos I’ve been handed is going to be a real treat!”, and they just start swiping. They just start fucking swiping.

    • Dwemthy (he/him)
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      371 month ago

      My boomer mother swiped too far on her own phone when she was showing me something

    • @[email protected]
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      191 month ago

      I love that my gallery app has a “guest view”. I can select some photos, tap “guest view” and hand someone my phone. They can then only swipe across these photos, and if they try to leave the app the lock screen comes up.

    • @LovableSidekick
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      181 month ago

      As a boomer fully versed in modern phone usage I resent this unwarranted collective slur.

      • @[email protected]
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        1 month ago

        I apologize for any offense I may have caused, but I believe your presence here is no coincidence. You have to be the messenger. Please pass it along to the others via email chain letter, or perhaps more effectively, state that Mark Zuckerberg has changed the rules of Facebook and requires all users to automatically swipe when handed people’s phones. That should be effective in getting Aunt Joyce to do the exact opposite.

        • @LovableSidekick
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          41 month ago

          Pass it on yourself, I haven’t used FB in at least 10 years. I’m guessing you don’t eat avocado toast either. Stereotypes are stupid aren’t they.

          • @[email protected]
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            51 month ago

            Stereotypes are stupid, but also I believe that the user you’re replying to is being facetious and already making fun of the stereotypes.

          • @[email protected]
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            21 month ago

            The other guy is right, I’m just goofing on the stereotype. You accessing Lemmy is plenty of proof that the stereotype is a bad generalization. Sorry for pissing you off!

      • @SkunkWorkz
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        21 month ago

        Then they zoom out and start swiping. Just turn on Guided Access mode on iOS or Screen Pinning or App Pinning on Android. In those modes you can disable touch.

    • Dragon Rider (drag)
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      141 month ago

      Just make every second image in your phone this GIF:

      Get some Operant Conditioning in them.