Tag Archives: technology

Because He’s Obviously An Idiot

June 26, 2017Kids, Kids/Teachingaging, children, facebook, kids, photography, social media, teaching, technology, tutoringEmily

“But why didn’t he just make a Facebook album?”

— Kid, age 7

This Can’t Be Good For Education

March 15, 2017Kids/Teachingalexa, children, education, kids, math, teaching, technology, tutoringEmily

That moment during a tutoring session when you ask the kid a math question, and Alexa answers for him.

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Meme

January 15, 2017Familyfamily, growing pains, internet, technologyEmily

Andrew, 100% serious: “Guys– is it pronounced ‘meh-meh’ or ‘may-may’?”

When Eric Tries to Teach Me Technology

December 13, 2016Relationshipsmen, men vs women, relationships, technology, television, womenEmily

Me: “The Roku isn’t working.”
Eric: “What’s wrong with it?”
Me: “I don’t know, but when I press the ‘TV Input’ button, it doesn’t even go to the Roku channel.”
Eric: “Ok, so…if it’s skipping over that Input channel, what would logic tell you?”
Me: <blank stare>
Eric (speaking slowly): “What might that say about the INPUT WIRE for the Roku…?”
Me: <blanker stare>
Eric: “I’ll fix it.”
Me: “Thanks babe!”

Maybe next time we skip the lesson.

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December 4, 2016Relationshipsiphone, relationships, technologyEmily

“You did it! You did a really good job. I’m very proud of you.”

— Eric, after I survived a night out in NYC having accidentally forgotten my phone at home.

Modern Sacrifice

October 12, 2016Friendsfacebook, friends, instagram, jews, judaism, mental health, mental illness, modern judaism, religion, social media, technology, yom kippurEmily

Discussing fasting on Yom Kippur with a Jewish friend…

I Require a Different Department

July 1, 2016Being Awkward/Dumb Stuff I Doapple, computers, mac, tech support, technologyEmily

I had an issue with my computer so I called tech support.

Tech Support (after asking a series of basic questions): “And do you use your iCloud?”

Me: “I think so?”

Tech Support: “You’re not sure?”

Me: “Well…it’s just. What is the cloud? Like, really?”

Tech Support: “Ok I’m going to transfer you to a another department. You have an entirely different problem than the one you reported.”

Me: “Is it that I’m an idiot? Is that the entirely different problem?”

(long pause)

Teach Support: “No comment, ma’am. Please hold.”

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How To Feel Young

May 14, 2016Familyaging, family, family dynamics, large families, technology, tvEmily

Get some slightly older siblings who don’t understand technology.

Andrew (only 5 months older than me, aka MY AGE, by the way) repeatedly insists, “I don’t do apps. Everything an app does I can do on the internet.”

No.

He also claims “I don’t know how to use a flash drive because they didn’t exist when I was in college,” but that’s just him lying, which is a topic for another post.

Unfortunately, this attitude has married my sister, who at least understands that she doesn’t understand anything, but isn’t exactly determined to learn.

The result is this.