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EPISODE · Nov 3, 2025 · 11 MIN

SHORTS: Senior Citizen’s IT Support Desk

from The I Digress Podcast · host The I Digress Podcast

If you've ever tried to explain how to use “the cloud” to your mum, this one’s for you. This episode dives into the chaos of tech support for the elderly - rogue Smarties analogies and desktop folder disasters. With a healthy nod to the realities of ageing, generational shifts, and parental patience, we also get a joke so inappropriate it gets shouted across a café. Throw in mouse-pranking IT mates and a lesson in remote-control sabotage, and you’ve got one hell of a support ticket.Featuring• Anecdotal and relatable: The episode mines the comedy gold of intergenerational tech gaps.• Observational: The hosts reflect on ageing, change, and the slow decline of digital patience.• Warm-hearted: Despite the mockery, there’s genuine affection in the storytelling.• Humorous and tangential: The stories meander in typical I Digress fashion, making pit stops at family dysfunction, inappropriate humour, and inevitable future self-awareness.Spotify Tags: tech support fails, elderly parents, digital disasters, Zoom chaos, intergenerational humour, computer problems, family tech support, hilarious phone calls, remote desktop drama, funny family podcast, ageing and technology, parent jokes

If you've ever tried to explain how to use “the cloud” to your mum, this one’s for you. This episode dives into the chaos of tech support for the elderly - rogue Smarties analogies and desktop folder disasters. With a healthy nod to the realities of ageing, generational shifts, and parental patience, we also get a joke so inappropriate it gets shouted across a café. Throw in mouse-pranking IT mates and a lesson in remote-control sabotage, and you’ve got one hell of a support ticket.Featuring• Anecdotal and relatable: The episode mines the comedy gold of intergenerational tech gaps.• Observational: The hosts reflect on ageing, change, and the slow decline of digital patience.• Warm-hearted: Despite the mockery, there’s genuine affection in the storytelling.• Humorous and tangential: The stories meander in typical I Digress fashion, making pit stops at family dysfunction, inappropriate humour, and inevitable future self-awareness.Spotify Tags: tech support fails, elderly parents, digital disasters, Zoom chaos, intergenerational humour, computer problems, family tech support, hilarious phone calls, remote desktop drama, funny family podcast, ageing and technology, parent jokes

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