--- title: Video: Kids React to a Typewriter description: The latest in the "Kids React" series by the Fine Bros on YouTube canonical: https://time.com/3079661/kids-react-to-a-typewriter-video/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-04T17:09:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:10.241Z og:title: Watch Kids' Hilarious, Confused Reactions to a Typewriter og:description: "Why is it... oh my God! What does that mean I move this stuff?" og:url: https://time.com/3079661/kids-react-to-a-typewriter-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Kids' Hilarious, Confused Reactions to a Typewriter twitter:description: "Why is it... oh my God! What does that mean I move this stuff?" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Kids React in Utter Bewilderment When Trying to Use a Typewriter by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 4, 2014 5:09 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 4, 2014 5:09 PM UTC What happens when you sit a bunch of kids in front of a typewriter? A whole lot of utter confusion, apparently. In the latest installment of their “Kids React” series,[ the Fine Bros.](https://www.youtube.com/user/TheFineBros/featured) gathered a group of youngsters, ages 6-13, to see if they know what the heck a typewriter is and how it works. Turns out that most of these kids do know what typewriters are — mostly from watching movies and TV — but as for knowing how they work? No chance. Their reactions to this outdated, clunky technology is priceless — and they just can’t seem to grasp the idea that people really and truly used these things. When asked how he felt for those people, one kid replied, “I feel very sad for them. They can’t FaceTime…” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3079661/kids-react-to-a-typewriter-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3079661/kids-react-to-a-typewriter-video/"},"headline":"Watch Kids React in Utter Bewilderment When Trying to Use a Typewriter","datePublished":"2014-08-04T17:09:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:10.241Z","description":"\"Why is it... oh my God! What does that mean I move this stuff?\"","url":"https://time.com/3079661/kids-react-to-a-typewriter-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Technology","viral","kids"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3079661/kids-react-to-a-typewriter-video/","name":"Watch Kids React in Utter Bewilderment When Trying to Use a Typewriter"}}]}] ```