Many years back when tablets were a new toy, a friend came over for coffee bringing her three year old son. We put some cartoons on the TV to entertain him. At one point he walked up to the TV, did the finger spread thing, and announced: “Mummy the TV’s broken.”
This actually happened to me. I was reading a book, the kind with paper. When it was time to turn the page, I touched the page on the bottom right. When nothing happened, I did it again.
A few months ago my manager showed me the printout of some new equipment we were getting to replace a broken one. We talked about using the old batteries in the new one and I caught myself trying to zoom in on the print out using the finger spread.
A recent car had a fob that would unlock the car automatically. I spent a lot of embarrassing time in front of my house door waiting for it to unlock by itself. RIP, Titanium. Tee-boned by an idiot in a HumVee.
Not only have I done that, but as my hearing deteriorates, I’ve also attempted to turn up the volume or start up closed captioning when friends are talking.
BasilBruce about 1 month ago
If you’re a champion of literacy, you might want to check out the video of Weird Al Yankovic’s “Word Crimes” on YouTube.
orinoco womble about 1 month ago
Many years back when tablets were a new toy, a friend came over for coffee bringing her three year old son. We put some cartoons on the TV to entertain him. At one point he walked up to the TV, did the finger spread thing, and announced: “Mummy the TV’s broken.”
The dude from FL Premium Member about 1 month ago
That’s so cool of rat, it is nice to expand books to read and better to see the porn
Say What Now‽ Premium Member about 1 month ago
Rat needs reading glasses.
Sanspareil about 1 month ago
Nuns moving on to other clothes can be a very hard habit to break!
blunebottle about 1 month ago
I kind of laugh when I hand my flip phone to someone to see a photo on it and they try the expand thing.
Uncle Kenny about 1 month ago
This actually happened to me. I was reading a book, the kind with paper. When it was time to turn the page, I touched the page on the bottom right. When nothing happened, I did it again.
montymiff about 1 month ago
Lots of clips on the internet machine of toddlers trying to open sections of pages in magazines by expanding or tapping headlines.
RCKJD about 1 month ago
A few months ago my manager showed me the printout of some new equipment we were getting to replace a broken one. We talked about using the old batteries in the new one and I caught myself trying to zoom in on the print out using the finger spread.
Imagine about 1 month ago
I get paper cuts from swiping…
dlkrueger33 about 1 month ago
Reading GO COMICS is a hard habit to break.
irishwolfhound about 1 month ago
And pressing on a word the text of a paper book to get the definition…done that
gokarDun about 1 month ago
Priests get into the habit all the time
up2trixx about 1 month ago
I do that too, with my old eyes. I’ve since discovered a trick: Take a pic of tiny text with your phone, then expand it on the phone!
SheMc about 1 month ago
I have seen people do that with a photograph!!!
ComicKing456 Premium Member about 1 month ago
It would be cool if you could.
[Traveler] Premium Member about 1 month ago
I’ve done it
TrudyQ Premium Member about 1 month ago
Been there.
wirepunchr about 1 month ago
I had Cataract surgery a few days ago and I still find myself reaching up to bring my glasses down to see clearly. (Eyes still healing/adjusting.)
davidlwashburn about 1 month ago
Chicago called, something about copyright infringement…hee hee
CountOlaf2.0 Premium Member about 1 month ago
Did it work?
Ellis97 about 1 month ago
Nothing like a good book to keep you occupied. Much better than the ones you have buy from iBooks.
Goat from PBS about 1 month ago
Maybe he’s getting old. If he needs to see an image better, he’s trying to zoom in.
CitizenOfTheValley about 1 month ago
I tap the side of the page and expect the paper to flip to the next page like my Kindle does.
KrisJustKris Premium Member about 1 month ago
I haven’t read a paper book in years. The fear of paper cuts is real.
DanielRyanMulligan1 about 1 month ago
Muscle memory sucks, dude. Dan aka…ps ugh…
tvstevie about 1 month ago
Old habits are like Bruce Willis movies: They Die Hard.
Dapperdan61 Premium Member 30 days ago
And most of us are reading this on an iPad
albzort 30 days ago
I occasionally tap a dead-tree book to turn the page. Strangely enough, it never works.
zeexenon 30 days ago
It’s the Playboy centerfold.
grange Premium Member 30 days ago
I do that with maps.
unfair.de 30 days ago
LOL that happened to me, too!
well-i-never 30 days ago
May be an old Reader’s Digest Condensed Book if it has pictures.
marilynnbyerly 30 days ago
A recent car had a fob that would unlock the car automatically. I spent a lot of embarrassing time in front of my house door waiting for it to unlock by itself. RIP, Titanium. Tee-boned by an idiot in a HumVee.
mindjob 30 days ago
I’ve actually done that to people who are talking to me so I can see them more clearly. Darn Cataracts
The Brooklyn Accent Premium Member 30 days ago
Not only have I done that, but as my hearing deteriorates, I’ve also attempted to turn up the volume or start up closed captioning when friends are talking.
John Jorgensen 30 days ago
I’ve done that. I also sometimes feel the urge to highlight by pushing down on the sentence, and tapping an unfamiliar word to pull up the definition.
Boomer with a view 30 days ago
I tap on my latest book I’m reading to get it to open up.
amaryllis2 Premium Member 30 days ago
Embiggen. The technical term for making a screen picture bigger with your hand is to embiggen it.
KEA 30 days ago
been there done that – fortunately no one was looking
Cameron1988 Premium Member 30 days ago
I wonder what Rat is reading
KeithRoman 30 days ago
I was painting a real painting one time and made a goof. I instinctively reached for the CTRL Z buttons, but they weren’t there in real life.
willie_mctell 30 days ago
I’ve tried to put my finger between the pages on my tablet quite a few times.
bunrabbit99 30 days ago
i find myself trying to use touch screens that aren’t touch screens!
eddi-TBH 30 days ago
“Paper or plastic?” covers more than shopping bags these days.
chriscc63 28 days ago
I try to do that with every screen I see too
alantain 25 days ago
I have a habit of tapping on a word in a book to get a definition. Then I remember that it’s not an ebook. Duh.