elderly

It would be admittedly hard to learn a totally new user interface after the age of 50. But that doesn't stop old people from wrangling with social media, posting their passwords, printing out poorly cropped Instagram posts and responding to cake recipes as if they were a neighbor. Can we really blame a group of people who already had adult children before they ever heard of AOL? From the wholesome to the absurd, here are old people on social media doing their best.

Well, in case you really loved the gender swap filter that hit the internet a while ago, you can use Face App to get a peek into the future. Some celebrities on twitter did the thing, and other people on twitter shared their fears that all of our faces are just going into some database that's designed to steal our privacy.

They grew up before the internet so we'll forgive them. Still pretty funny to watch them be awkward as hell online though.

As technology surrounds us in its cold, lifeless iron grip, more and more old people are having to come to terms with social media as a part of daily life. They have, by no means mastered it. The people over at r/oldpeoplefacebook are committed to documenting this process, as well as the foibles that come with it.

Old people are adapting to technology. Slowly. And while you can't really blame them for trying, we're witness to a mountain of social hiccups out there in the internets.

Social media mistakes wouldn't be as big a deal if they didn't happen on such a public forum. Either way they're trying very hard so they deserve some credit.

Grandmas not getting references and grandpas tweeting at Applebees. No shame, no gain.