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soulhot t1_j5k34z7 wrote

Reply to comment by rafdotcom in Nearly 220 million people in Pakistan without power after countrywide outage | CNN Business by calbert1735

I genuinely am sorry for the South African people because they had such high hopes when Mandela was freed and its so sad to see what’s happening.

I just realised it sounds like I don’t think it’s terrible in other countries.. I didn’t mean it that way.. it’s tragic for all people’s in this day and age. Basic human rights, safety and expectations should be every governments first concern.

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soulhot t1_iuja3p5 wrote

Reply to comment by jodido47 in Left in isolation: how the online revolution failed our elderly people | As day-to-day services increasingly move to the internet, older and vulnerable people are cut off by SetMau92

Firstly and contextually, my comment was engaging with a previous poster saying it was an opportunity for training the elderly and I was pointing out the elderly sometimes do not want change regardless of opportunity or benefits. Your comment on the other hand added nothing to the discussion other than your judgemental preconceptions. If you were genuinely interested you would engage and consider more details, but you rush to judge when you know nothing about our family circumstances.

FYI our frustrations are as a very loving family trying to help our relative with difficult issues. The fact she says she is often lonely and depressed, because many of her friends have passed or are not well and they are unable to meet is a major concern for us. We take her out to meet them regularly but it’s not the same as being able to chat and meet when you want. Some of her friends have embraced technology or live in houses with access to it so her being online would provide opportunities to engage with her friends who are not mobile. Indeed many schemes to help the elderly run locally and they use online facilities engage and provide information and advice, which again would be a boon to her. She also often feels bored but bemoans the lack of interesting things to watch on tv which would be less of an issue if she could stream. There are many other benefits but it is pointless discussing these here now.

A very wise person once said that when you point your finger at someone, take a moment to look at your hand and see just how many fingers are pointing back... perhaps you should try it some time

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soulhot t1_iui905p wrote

Reply to comment by bror313 in Left in isolation: how the online revolution failed our elderly people | As day-to-day services increasingly move to the internet, older and vulnerable people are cut off by SetMau92

Whilst that may be true to a certain extent, there is considerable reluctance to join the revolution among some of the older generation. My mother in law who sadly lives alone now, is well educated and still very capable both physically and mentally, for an 82 year old.

My wife and myself both have IT degrees and worked in the industry all our lives so she is very aware of technology developments over the years, but we have never managed to persuade her to even get WiFi at home. We have bought her tablets and and mobile phones and offered to get her WiFi but she still doesn’t want or consider using them. She visits our house every week and she regularly sees us FaceTiming with our two children who she is very close to, but still no change.

She has a landline and that’s ‘all she needs’ but we find it very frustrating. Ultimately I think her generation are quite prepared to put up with inconvenience rather than have something that changes how they want to do things, or are a ‘waste of money’

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