I am often amused when folks from the Boomer generation (which of course includes me) post images of older technologies that they are certain would befuddle young people today.

Invariably, the cassette tape, the cathode-tube TV and the rotary-dial telephone are dragged out as the kind of objects that would inspire panic and perplexity in these unfortunate young men and women. They may, of course, be joking, but a moments observation and even 10 seconds on Youtube would resolve any difficulties encountered, if any existed in the first place.

The same kind of meme comes back the other way, perhaps as a kind of revenge by Gen. X and Z partisans. These often portray very old people completely misunderstanding what modern technologies can and can't do with hilarious or absurd consequences.

It's just another manifestation of the so-called battle of the generations, which is not really a battle, merely a matter of opinion, cultural change and the vicissitudes of memory. I confess that I have very little interest in social media, except for my rarely-used FB presence. I really have better things to do.