Post AYtxN1Rh5ra1qQuG4e by addicted@strangeminds.social
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 (DIR) Post #AYtthHMrCpr1CW31Bg by stux@mstdn.social
       2023-08-19T21:07:12Z
       
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       Ugh.. I never learn.. :nkoFacepalm2:  Sometimes I tell my parents (dad and his gf) about my work and the things we do online and create etc but always I get a reply like: "Cool." or "Ok."I know they are having trouble believing me since they never could 'understand it' and I told myself not to bring anything up again but sometimes I do and get disappointed big timeI rarely speak to them via text and often it's about their website.. super fun time🙄
       
 (DIR) Post #AYtvtMPkT6HiEhHxXk by SummerDay@masto.nu
       2023-08-19T21:31:52Z
       
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       @stux I’m in the same category with your parents.  Honestly, I don’t understand computers and they can be irritating.  Fortunately, like your parents, I too have kids who work with computers to call for help before I start looking for a hammer to (ahem) “modify” the computer.   🙂
       
 (DIR) Post #AYtw3gbaFo1pkjkRqS by PricklyHeart@mstdn.social
       2023-08-19T21:33:46Z
       
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       @stux I feel like tech has become a chasm between me and family who are left, my parents died early so I don't have to help them with anything online, they were gone before iPhones came along and one before AOL.But with those remaining, I am only interesting when there is a problem, then I am remembered.And once I am not the available helper, I no longer exist.This is a period of change and some got on and some didn't even know it was departing.You created a family here.
       
 (DIR) Post #AYtxN1Rh5ra1qQuG4e by addicted@strangeminds.social
       2023-08-19T21:48:21Z
       
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       @stux Put it into a perspective they understand. Growing up with Balkan parents teaches you that. Also where is your mother?
       
 (DIR) Post #AYtxuG1jtwQeclc8G0 by osfast@mstdn.social
       2023-08-19T21:54:26Z
       
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       @stux ah. Very relatable. @trinsec can probably confirm. But the Dutch sign for father is whipping your finger down your cheek (from eye straight to chin). I try to remember this as a tear of disappointment. Because ether dad's are disappointed or disappointing.
       
 (DIR) Post #AYtyKOPVM40y9bBzDE by FallsMom@mastodon.coffee
       2023-08-19T21:59:06Z
       
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       @stux  Families can be complicated!  They don't understand what you're achieving & working on, but they have their own website?  :blob_aww:
       
 (DIR) Post #AYu2oMXBIKIQq5KSrA by bonkers@nerdculture.de
       2023-08-19T22:49:25Z
       
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       @stux just tell them you're building a new Twitter and will become rich soon ;)
       
 (DIR) Post #AYuA2eedQ6y0lsZsFU by ottaross@mastodon.social
       2023-08-20T00:10:26Z
       
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       @stux a familiar feeling. It does degrade career satisfaction a bit to not be able to explain it to one's mom.When I worked in semicondor physics and later chip design I would try to explain what I was doing in high-level terms to family, but got vague smiles. When family related what I did to other people it was just generally 'he works in computers.' Occasionally "in IT" or "internet & websites."  Some of my chips did indeed go into a backbone router, so…
       
 (DIR) Post #AYuKKnMul6cgYHZt7w by Forbestonow@mstdn.social
       2023-08-20T02:05:48Z
       
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       @stux A psychologist once told me that without what our parents do to us she would lose at least 50% of her work.