# What is your reaction when someone says they "don't do computers?" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 14, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-reaction-when-someone-says-they-dont-do-computers/725111 "2015-07-14T02:48:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-reaction-when-someone-says-they-dont-do-computers/725111/101 "2015-09-08T20:15:22Z")
> [@Arrendajo](#): > > Do you encounter this attitude often? Nope. My mother ( ~73 ) is the only one I can think of. She has used them, haltingly, in the past. But degenerative disc disease inhibits her typing much at one sitting, cheapness/thriftiness prevents her paying for online access and a disinclination to re-learn something she was never good at keeps her where she is. **What are the reasons someone would not use computers, aside from a disability or just plain old stupidity?** As above. As noted simple age is usually the dominate factor. My father ( ~75 ) is perfectly fluent with them to the point of being a Linux advocate. But he loves technology and gadgets. My step-mother ( ~68 ) splits the difference between my father and mother - uses them, but not with great facility. **Would you be irritated if a person who did not use computers was constantly asking you to do computer related tasks for them, things that they could easily do themselves except that they “don’t do computers?”** At times, see mother above. I usually try to steer her to libraries to kind of force her to be more independent and engaged ( sorry librarians ), but I will help if pestered enough. **And what’s a good snappy comeback when someone tells you they don’t do computers?** Eh, live is too short to be that concerned about it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-reaction-when-someone-says-they-dont-do-computers/725111.md?page=5)