The Dumbest Fears Your Parents Have About Tech

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Technology is a scary thing for parents to contend with. The Internet has taken the world past their doorstep and into their bedroom. Books, movies, and CDs are being taken out of their hands and replaced with digital files. So many constants in their lives are changing with the tap of keyboard keys and the click of a mouse. As a result, tech fears spread among parents like wildfire. Parents believe crazy things about the technology in their lives. They have fears about the way their phone works, how data is stored, and what privacy means in the modern world. Some of their fears will sound so ridiculous to you, their tech-savvy offspring, that you may not have known these misgivings existed. It's time you paid back a little bit of the debt for the whole raising you thing and helped the 'rents rid themselves of their ridiculous Internet fears. Here are The Dumbest Fears Your Parents Have About Tech.

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If I don't buy my e-books from Kindle, they won't work.

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If I don't buy the warranty I'm screwed.

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If I don't buy the best cables, I'm not getting the best results.

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A magnet can erase your hard drive.

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If I don't have a physical copy, it's not real.

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If I don't have Microsoft Office I won't be able to do my work.

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Leaving your computer plugged in will kill the battery.

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The Cloud is not secure.

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Services like Facebook will start charging.

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Your cell phone will crash the plane.

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If I don't buy the best computer I will regret it.

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Shopping online is unsafe.

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There is no privacy on Facebook.

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If I put it on the Internet everyone will see it.

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