25 Funny Photos Of Older People Trying To Get The Hang Of Texting

Learning new technology can be somewhat daunting. Mostly because change is never easy, and the familiar is comfortable. This is likely why some people reject innovation or take longer to adapt to it. Age, too, plays a factor in staying up to date with modern devices because of declining motor skills and cognitive reflexes. But it doesn’t stop older folks from giving it a shot, leading to some funny results. Scroll to check out this humourous collection of blunders and mishaps resulting from the elderly attempting to deal with new tech.

#1 Dammit Facebook!

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#3 Grandma

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#4 Sent This To My Dad A Couple Of Years Ago. Still Makes Me Laugh

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#5 Thanks Ma

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#6 I Found An Old Screenshot From The First Time My Grandma Messaged Me. I Love Her

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#7 No

#8 A Friend Posted This

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#9 I Don't Know Grandma

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#10 Can The iPad If He Uses This iPhone?

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#11 Thanks Dad

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#12 Woke Up This Morning With A Text From Grandma

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#13

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#15 Congrats

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#16

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#17

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#18 Coward

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#19 My Grandma Learns To Text

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#20

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#21 Text To Speech Problems

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#22

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#23 Man's Mother Likes To Use The Microphone Function Rather Than Typing To Text While Driving

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#24 Grandma Said She Was In The Middle Of The Atlantic Late Last Night With No Extra Explanation

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#25 Excellent Work

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