“My computer is broken, it won’t turn on!”
“Are you sure it’s plugged in?”
“You think I’m stupid? Of course it’s plugged in! It’s broken!”
“Sometimes the plug isn’t in all the way and then it won’t work.”
“I know how to plug in a plug, it just won’t turn on because it is b-r-o-k-e-n!”
“Are you sure the plug is all the way in?”
“It’s all the way in. My computer is broken!”
“Im coming down there and if the plug isnt all the way in, I’ll be pissed and mock you.”
“IT’S BROKEN!”
Goes down there and plugs the plug all the way in
Computer starts
scytale@lemm.ee 9 months ago
“The computer forgot my password” is new to me. lol good one.
NielsBohron@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’m not IT, just a college instructor, but you’d be amazed at how many Gen Z students have told me that they can’t log into their email because they don’t know their own password. Not even forgot; they don’t even know it in the first place because every device remembers everything for them.
virku@lemmy.world 9 months ago
To be fair that is basically what we are trying to get people to do though. Use a good password vault with a single strong password and two factor authentication. All other passwords should be a uniquely generated password for that application.
explodicle@local106.com 9 months ago
Caring about that has been beaten out of them by increasingly absurd password requirements over dozens of systems. They won’t memorize it, won’t write it down physically, and use the web browser to save it.
“But my system is different, I…”
Nobody cares. The password is just a speed bump in doing the thing they actually want to do.
Z3k3@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’ll be honest as an IT professional of 25 plus years I don’t know .y passwords either but that’s because I let a password manager deal with it for me.
I have had people older than me complain the comp forgot the pass in my desktop days.
There was also it’s cousin. I am definitely meeting the complexity requirements why isn’t it saving
NotATurtle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
If they use a password manager and randomly generated passwords, then it’s acceptable.
papalonian@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Like others have said they’re probably using Google as a password manager. When you’re making an account for anything while in the Chrome browser it recommends strong passwords for you such as UjafUif&i$ureT6hj9gzq5hvc$tcgo0be3. Would you memorize it?
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
My girlfriend (millenial) is like that as well and it is infuriating. I tell her time and time again, just use a password manager that isn’t the browser’s password manager and you are golden. You just need to remember one “complicated” password, i.e. something with more than 8 characters and that’s it.
The many times she doesn’t know her password to important account is mind boggling.
SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
I’m GenX and I don’t know my email password…
Though I’m 99% sure it’s in keepass somewhere.
Caesium@lemmy.world 9 months ago
ironically I think tech literacy is going down with future gens thanks to so many functions getting automated. Kids aren’t learning how their computers work because it does all of work for them
winky88@startrek.website 9 months ago
My kid sister is the same way. Bought her a quest 3 for her bday. Took 3 days to get up and running because a) she had no idea what her meta account passwords were… had always just logged in on her phone… and b) none of the forgot password functions worked because she never cleared her Gmail mailbox so it had filled up and bounced previous facebook emails landing her on their internal do not send list.
I was livid.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 9 months ago
I’ve had the same issue with gen z to gen x. It hurts my soul each time
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I know people who don’t use a password manager so every time they have to type in a pw they have to go through the reset process.
spicytuna62@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Gonna have to actually use this one next time I lock myself out of my computer.
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 9 months ago
“My computer hates me” I’ve heard that one