I think it is possible that boomers going on about "never believing anything you read on the internet" has actually made them more gullible. The phrase was always meant as a condescending message to younger people with the implied understanding that the boomer saying it was above falling for this sort of misinformation. As any con artist will tell you, fooling people who think they can't be fooled because they are smarter than everyone else is extremely easy.
Never believe anything you read on the internet, but if the nice man on the color TV set says it, it must be true. Also, you are important, so if someone from the IRS calls you and says you need to pay them with iTunes gift cards, it's automatically legit.
I think it is possible that boomers going on about "never believing anything you read on the internet" has actually made them more gullible. The phrase was always meant as a condescending message to younger people with the implied understanding that the boomer saying it was above falling for this sort of misinformation. As any con artist will tell you, fooling people who think they can't be fooled because they are smarter than everyone else is extremely easy.
Never believe anything you read on the internet, but if the nice man on the color TV set says it, it must be true. Also, you are important, so if someone from the IRS calls you and says you need to pay them with iTunes gift cards, it's automatically legit.