Watch tech-savvy kids try to figure out a typewriter

It's a truism that you reach a certain age and kids start to pick up technology faster than you do.

But before you go complaining to your friends on Facebook that you can't figure out Snapchat, here's a video to make you feel a little better.

NBC's "Dateline" put a typewriter in front of some kids who thought it was maybe one of those "telephone" things that we used to use.

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.