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It's the connection between not-computer-savvy and female and elderly.

• ryanlol 11y ago
  He specifically said "my mum" how does that imply anything about females and the elderly in general.
  • vacri 11y ago
    It's a trope when talking about tech naifs to mention grandmothers as the stereotypical tech-clueless people.
    • madez 11y ago
      The problem here goes deeper. The initial complaint about someone else mentioning observations has grown out of the attitude "it can not be what must no be". It’s dangerous when people deny reality in favour of ideology.
    • ryanlol 11y ago
      He specifically didn't mention grandmothers though. And anyway, do you believe that "grandmothers" isn't a good example of a demographic that's largely not tech savvy? That's not a stereotype, it's a fact. And no, I don't think that "grandmothers" is a better example than for example "grandfathers". In any case, I'd be willing to bet that nobody would be spewing these absolutely absurd accusations of sexism if cm2187 had used "my grandfather" instead of "my mum".
      • vacri 11y ago
        No, he didn't, but it was still in the same vein as the trope (older woman). > do you believe that "grandmothers" isn't a good example of a demographic that's largely not tech savvy I think that there is less aggregate tech knowledge in that demographic than in others, but I still think it's a trope that should be avoided, in exactly the same way we don't use 'black' as a shorthand for 'criminal' even though that demographic is overrepresented in prisons. It's associating a negative attribute with a demographic as a lazy shorthand term.