84th birthday photo goes wrong (or how technology creates a generational divide)

By: Will Goodman
Topics: FAIL!

(CBS) - There's no denying that the Internet age and massive increase in our use of technologies can create something of a gap between generations. This video definitely exemplifies that as a cute, elderly couple attempt to take a birthday photo on their computer. Watch and see how they do.

"Did you hear a click?" Adorable!

The YouTube video was posted by "espo633" who writes about the hilarious couple:

"Rita and Frank try to take a still photo to email to friends for Frank's 84th Birthday on their new Mac"

Well, a happy belated 84th birthday to you, Frank! You and your wife may not have been successful in taking that photo, but are on your way to becoming viral video stars with this adorable clip.

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by espo633 July 4, 2011 6:43 PM EDT: Since you all loved them the first time around, here's a link to another video they made the same day. My YouTube page has plenty more.

http://youtu.be/IbGYhE_BTbU; Reply to this comment


by mecury69 June 14, 2011 9:07 AM EDT: No!; Reply to this comment


by Adnovitam June 13, 2011 2:30 PM EDT: Rita and Frank keep trying - and that's how we all learn. Good on them!; Reply to this comment


by TheKnowerseeker June 13, 2011 1:43 PM EDT: These folks remind me of my own parents, whom I have taught basic computing skills to but whom are definitely *not* power users today, lol.; Reply to this comment


by bobnjersey June 13, 2011 12:10 PM EDT: [Rita and Frank try to take a still photo to email to friends for Frank's 84th Birthday on their new Mac]
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happy birthday frank.; Reply to this comment


by skitbit June 13, 2011 1:49 AM EDT: Rita and Frank are ADORABLE!!! What a lovely couple.; Reply to this comment


by Valhalla0907 June 12, 2011 10:29 PM EDT: They are very sweet, the clip is sure to be a family heirloom! We just got my elderly father to carry a cell phone, he still rides his motorcycle and dances three nights a week!; Reply to this comment

by Hosheen June 12, 2011 3:46 PM EDT

I just love how ignorant people love to make fun of anyone that doesn't know something that they do. Especially if they are older people unfamiliar with a new device.

Were you born knowing everything or did you have to learn something as you grew older, but not more mature?

If you live to be in your 80's I hope some young punk laughs at you because you don't know how to use something new.

What this video shows id that some people are total ********.

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by Samuel-HiLL June 12, 2011 11:10 PM EDT: Geez, try getting a little more roughage in your diet.


by TheKnowerseeker June 13, 2011 1:36 PM EDT: I won't need to worry about that since I love computer technology, help create it for pay (I'm a software developer) and keep up to date with it just for fun. And I'm sure I will continue to love it throughout my senior citizen years until I go blind or die. When I'm 80, I'll be spending half my retirement days on-line, possibly as a cyborg ninja/necromancer in an MMORPG, chilin' alongside Generation Z (or whatever it is by then) kids.


by enlightenu June 13, 2011 5:51 PM EDT: Who said anything negative, other than you???


by Bojax39 June 14, 2011 1:34 PM EDT: Hosheen: "I just love how ignorant people love to make fun of anyone that doesn't know something that they do."

Who's making fun? What this video shows a couple who are not afraid to try things new to them. It also shows the loving familiarity of two people who have spent a lifetime growing old together.

So what's your beef?

You know, there are lots of decaf brands that are just as tasty as the real thing. Try one. Relax.

by espo633 June 10, 2011 11:02 PM EDT

Amazing how my cousin Rita and Frank became an Internet sensation lol

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by barbaram99 June 14, 2011 12:36 PM EDT: I loved it. Hope the gent had a nice birthday. I have never uaed a webcam. I perfer not to. I am a legally blind person. I loved the vusual and thank ye for sharing it. I can understand that they are use to the old things.I am in my 50s and I was so sarced of of the computer thatI would not go near it and I was 51. I got over it. It true that alot of us older people now use computers. They are trying to figure it out. We have all been there and the young need to realise that they had to be shown how to use the devices.