Technology has not always been the friend to older adults. Technology keeps changing every year and it is supposed to be for convenience, but for some it can be a pain instead. This has never been more true than when older people create social media accounts!
The explosion of everyone creating a Facebook account has only grown every year. There is no hiding the mistakes on Facebook because it is there for every one to see until its deleted. For individuals that do not know how to use it usually do not know how to delete what they have done. Here are 75 examples when older people failed on social media or were accidentally hilarious!
1. Movie Review
What a movie! Wait, what movie? This individual wanted to let the internet know what a great movie they had seen but had not figured out the right way to share it, but hey two people liked it anyways!
2. Photoshop Skills
While Sydney has figured out Facebook, it seems she has not figured out what photoshop is just yet! This picture definitely had Sydney worried about this “saucy dog”.
5. #1 Fan of Cheesecake
This woman did not want to miss any activity from The Cheesecake Factory! She made sure that The Cheesecake Factory knew too, well at least the employee that runs their Facebook account.
4. Simple Question
Ryan had a very simple question for Red Lobster’s Facebook page, but it had nothing to do about their restaurant or food. Maybe Ryan forgot which page he was on.
5. It is a Great Point
This Grandma was only telling her granddaughter the truth! This granddaughter might think twice about posting a negative feeling ever again. Friendly reminders from grandma’s are always the greatest!
6. No Comment
Maxine thought that a no comment status update was better than no status update at all! We do see that Benjamin, John and Connie might be her favorites because everyone else is just “the rest.”
7. No Computer Needed
This woman did not need her smart phone to stay updated on Facebook. Instead she brings Facebook with her! Wonder what kind of drama was occurring on her Facebook to make her print it!
8. Lasagna Baby
Is it a boy? Is it a girl? Nope. It’s lasagna!! This person must have never seen a 4d ultrasound before and the commentary was amazing!
9. Checking In
Phyllis was hoping the Walmart Facebook page would give her an update on her grandson, but it was to no avail. The best part is her comment to friend Angela, that grandson catching those “poke bugs.”
10. Counterfeit Minions
This clever picture about aging did not make this grandma happy! It was not because of the joke it was because …
“Grandma is NOT having these counterfeit minions”
11. Google It
One of the best examples of older people not understanding Facebook is the comment section in google! It is like a shrine to what everyone wants to search on google instead. Look below at the hilarious comments Google’s Facebook gets.
12. Becky with the Good Facebook
This individual had a lot to tell Becky! What started as sweet messages takes a weird turn to the Meg Ryan classic You’ve Got Mail.
13. Phones are Tricky
The great aunt of this Facebook user just wanted to share a picture of her family! Instead of going into her photos, she made her life a bit harder by uploading a screenshot of her phone. It must be her favorite photo to be her phone background and profile picture!
14. Off Topic
When this user gave an update about what an amazing night they had with their family, Susie had a lot to say about it! Susie did not like their choice of restaurant and does not care what anyone has to say!
15. Dream Job
Harold is working the dream job and he just started it! Where can we all apply?
16. Wrong Emoji Susan
When Susan realized she posted a funny emoji to a sad post she tried her best to delete it, but could not figure it out. At least she let Paula know she was sorry about it, that is more than others do!
17. All About Grandma!
What started out about the grandchild turned into an exchange of I love you’s that the grandma needed! Hopefully it made the grandchild’s night as well because nothing is better than I love you from your grandma!
18.Daughter’s Help
This daughter was over being embarrassed by her mom on Facebook. So, she took the matter into her own hands and let her mom know what she was doing wrong! Let’s just hope her mom listens.
19. May The Force Be With You
This grandma was never a fan of Star Wars or maybe she is a mega fan.
“Grandma’s Love For The Empire Has No Limit”
20. Grandpa’s Opinion
There is a reason this family keeps their grandpa off Facebook, he tends to be too honest! That doesn’t stop grandma from letting everyone know what he is thinking though. Someone has to let grandma know they keep him off for a reason!
21.Hi Chad!
Chad’s grandma is a very proud grandma! She is able to bring Chad up in any conversation, even in a Twitter conversation with CNN. The love of this grandma has no bounds!
22. Copy and Paste
This mom was just trying to create some peace on her Facebook timeline, but gave more than she bargained for! In the middle of her post, she accidentally hit the copy and paste button and let everyone in on the recipe she was planning on using!
23. English Only
Dan is not having any other language on his feed, even if it still is english! Seth didn’t mind if Dan blocked him, he was going to post whatever he wanted!
24. Infrared Fireplaces
Dottie does not care how those crossword puzzles are created! She needs to figure out how her new fireplace works! Someone please help Dottie with her fireplace.
25. No chill
This Facebook user was more excited for everyone to meet their new dog than they were sad about their neighbor’s death. Not sure how any friends or family would reply to this status update!
26. Terry’s Resume
Terry wanted all his followers to understand his work history in one single post! Very concise and we hope that his asthma is getting better now that he had to quit.
27.Unknown Funny
This daughter will never know what funny picture her mother wanted to show her for her birthday. Hey, it is the thought that counts at least!
28. Read the Room Helen
Megan wanted her followers to know the near miss her mother recently had. Megan’s Aunt Helen was more concerned for her friend Barbara’s dog concerns. It is unclear if Megan responded to her Aunt Helen during her hard time.
29. Family Drama
There is always drama on Facebook in some aspect. This grandma let the world know how upset she was with her son!
“My Grandma’s public outrage at her son not driving six hours to see her for Thanksgiving.”
30. Rihanna’s Biggest Fan?
When Tara gave a status update about her feelings with Rihanna, Geraldine was not having it! Geraldine wants Tara to be the bigger person, not sure if that will work.
31. Hot Dogs Not Included
Thomas must want to show off the stove because he is definitely not showing off the hot dogs! The biggest question Thomas left us with is, was the stove or the hot dogs “not bad”?
32. Someone Tell Esther
Mildred only wants Esther to be her friend. Hopefully someone helped her out and told Esther! Facebook is all about keeping friendships together after all.
33. Grandma Has a Better Story
When Arnie shared his grief over David Bowie’s death his grandma had some words to say about it, but it had nothing to do with David Bowie. She wanted to one up her grandson with a worse story.
34. Self Esteem
The older family and friends in your life can be some of the best people to give you a self esteem talk! This man should print this Facebook comment and keep it whenever he needs a little uplift!
35. Savage Grandma
Kelsea’s Grandma Joyce does not hold back! Just as Grandma Joyce says “I’m not silly, I’m truthful,” but we don’t think Kelsea felt the same way.
36. Write a Comment
Chris only wanted to tell her that he was glad she had a good time but he thought his phone wasn’t listening. Oh it was, Chris told her four times how glad he was!
37. Log In Issues
All this grandpa wanted to do was log in to Facebook. Who should tell him that his log in was a success? Hopefully someone did.
38. TMI Betty
This grandchild received a bit too much information from his Grandma! All they wanted to do was post about a great tip from a golfer, but Grandma Betty had different thoughts on her mind.
39. Amen to Wolverine
The joke in this post went right over some followers heads, but they were still there to show their support to this “hero.” Hugh Jackman is a hero after all, even if it is only in movies, so we guess it still works! Amen to Hugh Jackman.
40. 5 Cats and 1 Dog
Joseph was happy for Emily, but more importantly he needed her to know about his animals! Those five cats and one dog must be the apples of Joseph’s eyes.
41. Gayle’s Memories
Once Gayle starts remembering the past, she remembers all of it! Gayle gave a bit too much information in her comment about the Challenger explosion.
42. Profile Picture
When choosing your profile picture, you always want a picture that makes you look great! When this grandson saw his Grandma’s new profile picture, he just loved it!
“A great pic of my 95 year old grandma”
43. Wrong Account?
Maybe Hendra forgot which Facebook page she was looking at because she asked Olive Garden for a big ask.
“Did it work? If so, I’m going to ask my Domino’s Pizza down the street to get on the Syrian refugee crisis.”
44. Sandwich Love
This grandma could not contain her excitement when her grandchild posted about they sandwich they had. I don’t think this grandchild thought any response would be that detailed over a sandwich!
45. Not a Harry Fan
Gramma was concerned over Cedric Diggory when her grandchild posted this meme! Thankfully the grandkid let her know it is only fiction!
46. Youngest Child?
M was not interested in reading this article, she wanted someone to explain it for her! Instead all that was commented was another angry user who wanted to let M know that their nephew was two!
47. Spilling the Beans?
When this niece gave a status update, her aunt wanted to know if it was meant for her or her future child. This aunt might be spilling some tea without even knowing it for her young niece!
48. Unimpressed
This Facebook user was very unimpressed with Kmart’s post! When Kmart tried to explain the user still let them know their feelings. This user wants all posts to be as straightforward as possible.
49. No Time Barbara
Barbara does not have time for Facebook games! She won’t even delete her Facebook account, she will “eliminate” it. Should everyone be scared of Barbara? Not really sure yet.
50. Grandmaster Flash
Grandma’s street name is Grandmaster Flash, she just doesn’t want her family to know about her second life! Or this Grandma accidentally tagged the wrong person for her name, which probably gave everyone a great laugh!
51. BYE!
Sharon was reading a tragic post from a police page account and accidentally left an inappropriate comment. It’s ok though, Sharon let everyone know she is still learning!
52. Uh-Oh
This mother found more than she bargained for when trying to punish her daughter. The only problem is, is that she did not understand what she found! Is anyone going to let her know? We sure hope not, let her keep believing it is a “stylish necklace.”
53. Siri on Crack
All this dad wanted to say was “Love ya” but he believed Siri was having a mind of her own! Thankfully his child shared the text exchange for all to see and get a bit of a laugh from this frustrated dad.
54. Picture Perfect Post
This mother loved a Facebook post so much that she printed it out and framed it! Only problem is that no one taught her how to crop a picture, so the photograph incles the likes and all!
55. Just Smile
The honesty that older people will post can be brutal! When this grandma saw a recently posted picture by her granddaughter, she did not like it. She also had no problem letting her granddaughter know!
56. Grandma’s Got Game
Age is nothing but a number! This 86 year old grandma heard someone was interested and she made sure to jump right onto Facebook and find out who! We hope that she was able to flirt with him.
57. Mix-Up
This aunt was hoping the Applebee’s Facebook account would help her locate her nephew. Applebee’s did try to help but the aunt’s reply shows why they couldn’t!
58. Bobby’s New Grandson
Sometimes social media can bring strangers together in new ways! When Grandpa Bobby posted on the wrong account, this Ethan wanted to stay included! Gratefully, Grandpa Bobby wanted that too!
59. Still Friends?
Ashley’s friend probably never wants to meet Judy! Judy’s opinion was out there for all of the world to see! Hopefully Ashley was able to smooth it all over.
60. Double Selfie
Was this a fail or did she just teach everyone how to do a double mirror selfie? Whatever the answer is, this 67 year old looks fabulous in her first mirror selfie!
61. Bad Timing
It would have probably been better for Jean to call the animal hospital with her question, instead of posting it on their picture. It does not seem like Jean will be posting a photo of her cat below.
62. RIP Aunt Doris
Nathan is still unsure at the moment about his Grandmother Erma’s true feelings.
“Either my grandma doesn’t know how to use Facebook or she’s really salty about Aunt Doris”
63. Reaction Shot
Not only did Bob express his feelings through words, he also wanted to show his reaction shot!
“Just posted by my grandpa, nothing significant has happened in his life, this is just some out of the blue”
64. Subway Review
When Barbara left her review of Subway on their Facebook page she was very short and sweet. While Barbara was quick to the point in her review, Subway was still happy!
65. Cats vs. Dogs
The fight between cats and dogs has been ongoing struggle with all pet owners since the beginning of time. Janice stood her ground on team dog even if she believes cats can be beautiful!
66. Corn is Needed
Joel really needed to order corn from Old Country Buffet, but technology was just not being his friend that day! Joel, and many others, miss the good ole’ days when you could speak to an actual person.
67. Nana and Blaze
When Nana wanted to wish her grandson Thomas a happy birthday, she wanted to include her dog, Blaze, as well. Nana hilariously tagged a rapper in place of her dog! We bet this gave Thomas a great birthday laugh.
68. Bradley’s Army
All Bradley wanted was an answer from Cracker Barrel on why they fired his wife. When their Facebook account would not answer back, strangers had his back!
69. Oh no!
This grandson was trying to show off for all the ladies! It is going to be hard to do so once they read his grandma’s reply! Too much sexy!
70. Good Conversation in the Outback
“My 73-Year-Old Aunt Commenting On This Outback Post From Almost 3 Years Ago”
We are so glad she did! We hope that Outback Steakhouse has a wonderful night too!
71. Whup Tee Doo!!
There is nothing that Green Giant can say to Jo Ann that will change her opinion! She hates their celery so much that there is no recovery for them. Jo Ann’s comeback to their response is amazing!
72. Kmart’s Grief Group
On March 21st, Kmart was not expecting to hear from Charles that Carol’s cat had died. Kmart was kind to respond anyways, but once Vincent jumped in the conversation it became an animal loss support group on their Facebook page!
73. Gene has Spoken
Gene is man of few words, but when he does speak, he only speaks to Sbarro’s Facebook page. Even then, Gene will not give many details and end the conversation quickly.
74.Help Yourself
It seems that Robb does not need Walmart’s help after all. Maybe, all the help he needed was for Walmart to acknowledge him! We will never know.
75. Awkward
Ruth definitely knows how to make a situation awkward! All Jennifer wanted to do was share a cute picture of her cats, but Ruth was not having that today!
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