July 1, 2008
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A Conversation with An Old Dude
old dude on train: what do you do?
natalia: i work for a dotcom.
OD: what?
nat: i work for a website where people can make online journals
od: what?
nat: computers
od: OHH COMPUTERSp.s. i should mention that he was complaining about people talking on cell phones all the time – “the uglier they are, the longer they talk” – and did not understand why anyone would want an “eyephone, earphone or nosephone”. i wanted to pat him on the head.
Comments (34)
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Sounds like some old people I’ve met myself.
That is so funny!
LOL. Old people don’t understand these things.
hahahahahahha.
that poor, confused, old guy… THAT WAS PRETTY FUNNY!
My three year old niece calls every website “Doc com”.
I let them go on PBS and A few others and I have to figure out which “Doc com” she means every time!
Ha, that used to be me, only as a young person. I didn’t have access to computers for a long time, because my parents were strict and felt that computers would spoil me.
They were of course correct.
And the light dawns.
Did his eyes glaze over? That’s what usually happens to me. I’m just glad there are people like you who understand this stuff so people like me can play with it in blissful ignorance.
HAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!
BAHAHAHAHAH. I love old people!
I lol’d.
at least he knew what a computer is.
Nice.
hahahaha! that’s awesome. i get a similar response when the old dudes at work ask what i do for fun and i tell them i blog.
wait, this is your job?
lol..
It should have been..
nat: I work for Xanga.
od: *gives you his account name*
…. wait……… OHHH, now i get it! Good one! (me old people)
Oh Lord…old people.
LOL.
I want to work where you do. Do they hire old people? lolol
Haha, I don’t work for a dotcom but I do something with computers and it’s just easier to say that than actually explain what I do too!
lol. funny
There was this guy, probably only in his 40s or 50s, sitting next to me on the subway FREAKING OUT because we were delayed due to signal trouble and he kept complaining really loudly and being like “who knows what it really is! they never tell you the truth!” Then some woman said something to him (which I missed unfortunately) and he flipped out at her. He was all “f*** you! You don’t know what’s going on in my life! You don’t know where I have to be!” He FLIPPED OUT. It was creepy. Then he called whoever he was supposed to meet and very angrily told them not to ask why he was late because he was stuck on the train and slammed his phone down on his leg. I hope it wasn’t his wife. I would hate to think someone married that asshole.
Not that my story really has much to do with yours, except that it was a stranger on a train story.
Oh, and PS. I wanted to comment on your pokemon entry, but comments are disabled, so I will leave the comment here:
I saw that ad on facebook and that fat ugly man makes me not want to do anything that ad says. Even if it means making thousands of dollars because clearly he sits on his lazy butt all day filling out surveys and that’s why he’s so fat. What were those ad people thinking?
@nuanniel - i don’t understand why people get so riled up about signal trouble. i have been stuck on the subway at inconvenient times before – i think everyone has – and it’s sort of a given that you will probably need to leave early to get to your destination on time! bring a book and if you get there early, hang out. or if it’s that important that you be there on time, call a car service! 40 or 50 year olds should know this by now.
also, if you are even feeling slightly emotionally unstable, the train is not an ideal place for you to be.
AGH PEOPLE
lol, this made me giggle.
The sad thing is, that’s us one day, when we can no longer deal with all the new technology flying out. Also, I want a nosephone now.
love that. it sounds like a conversation with my eighty year old aunt! ha ha
I hope I am a cute old person someday.
Us old dudes can be cool like that sometimes,and we do so love to be patted on the head.
Exactly how “old” was this “old guy”?
@lacemagicke - he told me he was 72.
@Natalia - LOL!
My 83 yo Mother has her own laptop and has been online for the last 5 years!
Nelson Laugh HA Haaa!
You’re gonna get old too.
Aww scheizer.