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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-02-21 06:09 pm

[ SECRET POST #2242 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2242 ⌋

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[personal profile] ariakas 2013-02-22 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
Eh.... it'd take a while. Not just my grandparents, but my parents have a hell of a time using new technology and they're hardly "old" - they just haven't used it before.

Moreover, have you ever tried to teach a youngin' DOS prompts? It's not as if they have "aging brains", yet sometimes it's pulling teeth. Why? They're just not used to it. Whereas us olds have been for years. You'd be surprised at the amount of time you've spent learning the basics of the technology you use, and more importantly, how dependent that knowledge is on knowledge of the version that came just before it. He wouldn't have had that.

...Of course I'm not in the Avengers fandom, but it wouldn't annoy me so long as it wasn't overplayed. I think the people in this thread who are all "oh he'd use a cell phone right after waking up! you just push a button!" would be the ones in for a shock. My dad's only 50, he's had a cell phone for years, and he still can't use the goddamn thing for more than making and answering a call. Why? Never used computers. Captain America never would have either.
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[personal profile] nyxelestia 2013-02-22 12:03 pm (UTC)(link)
THIS

While I don't think Steve would take forever to learn new technology - mostly on the basis of what he was interacting with during WWII and his friendship with Howard, who massively influence modern technology - I do think some people on this thread are underestimating how much background knowledge it's needed to use phones. I mean, yeah, you push a button and it does something, but we use a LOT of built-up computer knowledge in order to know which button to push. ("What does that little blue-square thing with a gray circle and square inside it do?" "Oh, that saves things." "...saves? As opposed to what?")

(Anonymous) 2013-02-23 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
Avengers fandom has a running joke that Steve and Thor can't even use toasters and ovens without breaking them. Basically, if it requires more know-how than "knock two heads together", they're useless.