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Re:11% of Americans don’t use the internet by neverartful on Monday July 23, 2018 @05:43PM (#17596275)
Probably depends on the person. My 79-year-old father has early stages of Alzheimer's/dementia and can't remember the names of his grandkids. I would say that he can't use the internet just fine - even if he wants to.
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Re:11% of Americans don’t use the internet by shredprez on Monday July 23, 2018 @05:51PM (#17596332)
Sorry to hear about your father, neverartful; that has to be incredibly difficult. Wishing you peace, for whatever it's worth.
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Re:11% of Americans don’t use the internet by asadlionpk on Monday July 23, 2018 @06:42PM (#17596626)
Sorry to hear that. Stay strong!

I had taught my grandma how to use a feature-phone and she was pretty happy with it. Later she was diagnosed with dementia, that phone's battery is dead for some years now. Somewhere down the line, she forgot how to use her phone (and pretty much anything else). It's sad watching her unlearn things.

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Re:11% of Americans don’t use the internet by trumped on Monday July 23, 2018 @06:35PM (#17596586)
at that point, he probably should be considered internet-disabled (among other things)... as an analogy, would you expect a paraplegic to swim with it's own body? sorry, but that's reality...
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Re:11% of Americans don’t use the internet by holygrail111 on Monday July 23, 2018 @06:50PM (#17596676)
African paraplegic or Mexican? Pink Floyd wants to know (they bankrolled monty python and the holy grail.)
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