/tech/ - Technology★

>shit that never happened: the thread

>muh bummers

>>>/cuckchan/

The only way to deal with these penn people is agree to do as they say, do it your own way, and then invent excuses if they notice something's not quite right, which is not often. Now check these

I think it's because they don't respect it. Not really; if they did, they would learn the medium. They don't really think it's a real job field, probably a holdover of over a decade of chastising kids about how they should spend less time on the computer as it will rot their brain..

I develop software and get constantly hassled after a workday.

>anon you haven't done anything, you can't be tired, I worked all day and you've just been sitting all day, go do X for me

My supplementary theory is maybe they just don't respect people.

>>1026341

>nothing ever happens hurrdurr

Of all the things to doubt, you're really going to say my boomer relative being rude and bad with tech is fake?

>>1026342

I'm too honest, maybe due to assburgers or something. But yeah, maybe telling her I did her invalid request will be good.

>>1026343

Definitely. I know people who act like they're "too good" for tech. I don't get it. Technology is cool, how are you "too good" for something cool?

>>1026345

There is no such thing as "boomers" and the fact that you can't even provide a single detail about your generic generational D&C story makes it blatantly obvious that you're LARPing and making shit up. Leave this board, you underage collectivist faggot.

>I cannot assert myself

>Better whine to /tech/

Some phrases for you to apply in these situations

<Lose the attitude (this makes them even angrier, giving you an excuse to leave "you have to be professional")

<Are you the expert now?

<You seem to know what you want, why are you wasting my time?

<I'm not going to repeat myself.

You have to be prepared to treat rude people with your utmost disrespect. They already do not respect you, so what do you have to lose?

>>1026347

She wanted me to install an app on her Amazon Firestick. The app she mentioned is not available for a Firestick. I said she should get a Roku instead. She got mad and told me to install the app on her Firestick.

>>1026354

Put a third party OS on it?

>>1026360

Why put so much effort into a shitty idea when there's a super simple alternative instead?

>>1026361

To save money?

>>1026371

Boomers are loaded and waste money on remodeling kitchens and buying expensive iPhones and shit. Rokus cost next to nothing.

>>1026373

>all people in x arbitrarily defined collective are exactly the same as decreed by me

>>1026383

>#notallniggers

>>>/facebook/

>>1026384

>hate everyone older than 30 and not a communist or you're a nigger, goy

>>1026387

>and not a communist

oqh I see how it is

>>1026332 (OP)

>She implies that I'm stupid and that it would start a fire (it won't, I use it for my own network)

Maybe she detected how retarded your argument is and that you literally didn't even bother to do research to see if it's safe.

>he uses assdroid

jej

>>1026383

I know for a fact that she is wealthy

>>1026332 (OP)

>Boomer family member asks me to do something literally impossible

>Doesn't offer to pay, expects me to do tech support for free

>Why are old people such huge pieces of shit, especially when it comes to technology?

Boomer and early Boomer know exactly how you feel. They had to serve as free tech support for ignorant "friends" and family for decades.

Boomer had it worse, not only decades of ungrateful parasites but now they encounter known it all "digital natives" that think they are the master of digital universe, while their sole competence is installing "apps" on some looked and dumbed down digital device.

>>1026342

>The only way to deal with these penn people is agree to do as they say,

The only way is to ignore them.

In doubt, say you feel not competent enough for this task. Wait and watch their system disintegrate and becoming unworkable, hide your glee. This is particular satisfying if you had build them a working kit and they ignored all your advice and warning.

>>1026343

>I think it's because they don't respect it.

It's not that they don't respect tech, they just don't respect you. Based on the post here >>1026354 she either thinks he will lie to shill his own favored technology, or he will lie to avoid having to do a task. Either way there is lack of trust and respect. She is also simply ordering him to do things, instead of asking politely, another sign of disrespect. Getting mad and chastising him for refusing, instead of respecting his choice and trying to politely convince him otherwise. You get the idea, she's asking a favor but acting like you're obligated, this is only done when one feels like they are in a socially superior position. That's the the problem.

Sometimes it's not possible to have a good relationship with a family member, but you should at least assert yourself instead of getting trapped in this position of explaining yourself with autistic technical excuses. >>1026348 has the right idea, I especially like no 1 and 3. Although I personally prefer

<Who the fuck are you to order me around? Grow up and come back, maybe then we can talk.

But of course she's letting OP live in her spare bedroom for no or below market rent, that's who the fuck she is. So there's you go. First stand on your own two legs. Then people will start asking instead of ordering, because you're not handing them enormous leverage against yourself.

>Be boomer

>Ask nephew to run cat6 into garage

>Flatter him, say I don't know anything about technology

>Offer his favorite meal, home cooked chicken tenders, in exchange

>Lazy fuck says everything is impossible

>Beta faggot keeps mumbling within earshot about boomers

>Starts evangelizing about ethernet over power

>Tell him the wiring in there is fucked up

>Still doesn't want to run the cable

>Complains that I am taking advantage of him and asks for $100 consulting fee

>Tell him he's as retarded as his father if he thinks he's getting that for his opinion

>Give up on the cable, try to make conversation with him about a new app on my iPhone

>Exclaims he don't use iOS and doesn't know anything about it

>>1026332 (OP) Boomers built the internet anon, built the space shuttle, built a LOT of the tech the militarys of the world are still using to this day. You should have seen the parties they threw.

Problem is, all the smart ones are dead already. Agent orange, cancer, diabeetus etc killed them all off. The few smart ones still on the planet have had their brains weakened by years of lead solder, flouride, etc... They are basically zombies at this point, proof that even the best of us can be turned into morons.

BRB, gotta go reboot Grandmas router...

>>1026408

>Maybe she detected how retarded your argument is and that you literally didn't even bother to do research to see if it's safe.

You are the dumbest of niggers if you think a powerline adapter will start a fire.

Next you're going to tell us that you need to run a "disk defrag" in order to fix some software configuration issue.

just say that you dont know. its not worth wasting time on people that dont even want to learn.

>>1026569

damn that sucks, nice blog

>>1026383

Who said "all people"? He merely referred to boomers, which refers to a demographic that is statistically rich. The fact one poor boomer exists does not change what defines a boomer.

Please go away and learn to think critically before posting. Thanks.

>anchored

Not this shit again. How is this "off-topic"?

Install a wireless router. It is easier than wired one.

And she must pay it. You don't work for her. You can say her that "Hire a professional one!"

>>1026354

>She got mad and told me to install the app on her Firestick.

Bet her $1000 that she can't find anyone to install the app for her, because it's impossible

She will probably stiff you when she loses, so then you just repo some of her shit

:^)

>>1026332 (OP)

>Later, tells me she wants a wired connection in a remote part of her house

>Tell her about powerline ethernet

Just run some damn ethernet, make her buy it though. And fuck routing it nicely, just run it under a door or through a window or whatever. Or knock a hole in her drywall and feed the cable through, and leave before she asks you you patch up the hole

>>1026911

Running ethernet through multiple floors and walls? Yeah, what a great idea. Instead of using powerline ethernet, which is super cheap and simple.

>that twenty something boomer who wasn't tech savy enough to help an actual boomer

Don't be so mad, OP I'm that kind of boomer too.

>>1026914

>Running ethernet through multiple floors and walls? Yeah, what a great idea.

Like I said, just run it through her fucking window. Fuck her. Actually, fuck you because you're being a real cuck about this. Grow a spine, faggot.

>>1026332 (OP) You must be really fucking retarded moron! You should be raped by her husband because you like her! If not, you wouldn't help her free!

>>1026919

He could just tuck it under the baseboards until he got along the wall of the room where she wants it, cut the wall for the port wall plate, and drill a single hole behind/under the baseboard to fish the cable through to the wall plate. Easier than feeding it through wall cavities and not as ghetto retard as just stringing it along the floor. Charge her out the ass though.

>helping people that arent going to give you head or money for your tech support

techcuck

>>1027239 Install secret cameras and record her naked or putting on only panties.

>>1026332 (OP)

>She implies that I'm stupid and that it would start a fire (it won't, I use it for my own network)

>it would start a fire

That's bullshit (even tho it happened in canada), I don't recommend powerline Ethernet tho it's a future datamining scan for people who has iots all over the house.

>>1026581

Sadly this.

>>1027239

>use powertools, tuck the cable neatly, buy a switch plate, convince old bitch to pay you

>this is easier than banging a hole in the drywall, stuffing a cable through said hole, and flipping the bird as you go home

I know you're wrong, because any teenage boy with zero skill or training is able to punch a hole through drywall.

>>1027239

>not as ghetto retard as just stringing it along the floor.

Did you miss the part where she was a cunt? Fuck her, "ghetto retard" is better than she deserves. I'd give her the bare minimum that met what she asked for.

>>1027299

If she's not paying you and you don't want to do it don't do anything at all.

>>1027298

If you're going to do it, do it right or just give her the bird and tell her to fucking hire someone.

>>1027301

I assumed this is OP's grandma. If so then ghosting her would probably be harder than just doing a shit job. She probably knows where he lives, and probably talks to his mom and can basically make his life an asspain.

Just do a shit job and she won't ask you for help anymore

<Rape that woman as paying for your hard work!

>>1027449 It's not important whether she's your mom or not!

>>1027293

What the hell is wrong with you?

>>1027452

Lots of pajeets seem to have discovered /tech/ lately. I suspect one of them googled their name, and thought it was welcoming sign.

>>1026354

You can side load most Android apps into the fire stick.

>>1027504

My situation is similar, I live in sub-rural PA on a farm but still very close to urban areas, verizon has a monopoly here and refuses to upgrade anything, so im stuck with adsl2. for a long time it would always go out when it rained. the 1950's telephone lines are all corroded to fuck. It's not as bad now but I have had horrid speed issues in the past. 500 ping to everything, no matter what tracert showed it was verizon's fault took 5 calls to get it fixed. recently i was capped to 2mpbs because of "bad signal" for over 7 months. they said it was our end ofc. we still have POTS so that's good I guess. Dsl is nice since its always dynamic IP but that is the only good thing about it. I live on a dead end street that connects to a main road. If my address was on that main road I could get comcast cable internet like 24mbps, but even less stable and worse customer support. My home is less than 1500 feet from the main road but comcast refuses to cover me, even though they charge all customers a monthly fee for the purpose of paying for the last mile. The real story is comcast and verizon just simply have an agreement to not overlap eachother's coverage. That way you don't have a choice. The worst part is verizon got like 3 billion$ of taxpayer money in 1994, the deal was they would provide every home and business in the state with MINIMAL 45mbps symmetric fiber by 2015. verizon never kept their part of the deal, but claims it did because every house can get internet via copper line and verizon simply refers to their lowest internet tier as "broadband" to get around it. these people are scum. google verizon pennsylvania scam 1994

>>1026347

t. seething boomer

>>1026941

Boomers are a fuck, deal with it old man.

>>1026332 (OP)

neuroplasticity.

if you ever have a grandson you'll get the same treatment when their neuroplasticity lets them learn complicated shit your dying boomer brain can no longer comprehend even with brain meds.

>>1027504

Nice story.

Though you'd have suffered less if you used 3G modem and yagi

>>1027550

Just keep on bugging them when this happens. Don't mention anything gaming or they'll just ignore you from what I heard so try to be bit formal and either mention skype and biz shit.

They maybe switched your line over some shitty line. Most technicians would even swap out their shitty connection over your premium one or just ran out of slots and put you on their test line.

>>1027653

>Don't mention anything gaming or they'll just ignore you from what I heard so try to be bit formal and either mention skype and biz shit.

Anon, they're all retired.

>They maybe switched your line over some shitty line. Most technicians would even swap out their shitty connection over your premium one or just ran out of slots and put you on their test line.

I reckon they just chained my signal to another DSLAM farther away, the original one was an unstable clusterfuck anyway.

If it really is some special line/slot reserved for rare edge cases like mine it could explain the low ping.

I also tried getting cable Internet but the ISP technician performed some tests on the socket, went down to check the cellar wiring and then left in a hurry never to be seen again.

>>1026535

case in point

>>1026569

>replace one lady's printer with a better one

>she spergs out and wants the old one back

so is that like when facebook or youtube changes their GUI and you complain?

>>1026332 (OP)

A lot of important details are missing from your story and we can see only one side of the coin.

Now, if you are good at something, never ever do shit for free. No one will appreciate it.

What you should do in this situation is just tell her, this is not going to work because of these reasons.

Your alternatives are:1,2,3

Put a price on each and explain in plain English.

She doesn't want it? Fine, say how much will she pay someone else.

Be polite about it, it's not working out and she knows better?

All good, have a nice day ma'am.