‘Not even a computer from the 2000s has this many viruses’: People despair at how Boomers use technology

It’s got to have been difficult being an older person when computers and cell phones went mainstream. You spend your whole life doing things analog and then all of a sudden you have to catch up with a world that sends text messages and watches TikToks. My grandma always used to boast that she knew …
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20+ Cringey Facebook Memes That Might Make Your Boomer Relatives Chuckle After Christmas Dinner

It’s no secret that older people can have some problems with adapting to technology. Many seem to love nothing more than uploading cryptic Facebook statuses and leaving out-of-pocket comments on strangers’ photos.  Perhaps their most beloved social media pastime of all, though, is interacting with tragically dated and unfunny memes. There is a whole subsection …
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Bitter Old Haters Criticize Hot Grandma For Her Fashion, Youngsters Rush to Her Defense

Women are told what to wear and how to look at every age. You’d think by the time you were a senior citizen, your peers would cut you some slack about your appearance, but that is unfortunately not the case. Older people can be the most judgemental critics of others’ appearances. If I hear one …
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Wildest Posts From the Depths of Facebook (August 20, 2023)

In recent times, Mark Zuckerberg has become almost respectable-looking purely because Elon Musk has chosen him as an enemy. The dude who couldn’t get away from the lizard jokes or the congress hearings has gained some grudging respect from the sh*tposters because he could 100% floor another rich tech guy who is a lot more …
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Young Whippersnappers Discuss The Weirdest Things Old People Like To Do

I love old people. They get to chill all day long, living their lives freely, and don’t give a hoot about anything. Old people will spend all day watching What Would You Do with John Quiñones and feel no shame. I don’t know if my silly young self could do the same.  There are a …
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Funny Times Old People Tried and Occasionally Failed to Use the Internet

People are often surprised when I tell them that my 92-year-old grandmother is capable of sending me emails. They’re surprised that my Grandfather posts to my Facebook, and still calls me to describe his dreams. While they’ve both got a pretty good handle on using the world wide web, there’s plenty of people their age …
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Wildest Posts From the Depths of Facebook (April 30, 2023)

Ah, Facebook. Never has the rich human tapestry been described in such infamous detail in one place on the internet. Sure, you could make an argument for Twitter functioning similarly, but that tends to attract a particular breed of overly online weirdos. Facebook, on the other hand, is all over the place. It has attracted …
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Geriatric Memes For Middle-Aged Posters

Memes are widely regarded as a young person thing. This makes a lot of sense, as people under 40 are the largest consumers and producers of memes by a long shot. Memes have been with us since we were teenagers, and we aren’t letting go of them anytime soon. But what about all the people …
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Wholesome Old People Facebook Posts That Prove Not All Boomers are Bad

We criticize baby boomers a lot here at Memebase, and deservedly so! They’ve been acting foolish since they were teenagers, and even though it pains us, today, we’re here to show boomers some love. If there’s one thing baby boomers love to do, it’s being active on Facebook. Most boomers do not get social media, …
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Clueless Old People Having a Great Time on the Internet

The older generations have got a bit of a bad reputation over the years for being backwards, and unwilling to keep an open mind. While in some cases this may sadly be true, many have also tried their hardest to keep up with the times in certain ways. The internet is a lifeline for people …
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