'Politicians can use it to send nude images!' Senior citizens take a crash course in messaging app Snapchat and are horrified to learn it is used to send suggestive selfies

• The new video is a part of the Elders React series on TheFineBros YouTube channel
• Snapchat was most commonly used as a means of sending suggestive selfies and messages initially, however is now used more generally

By Erica Tempesta For Dailymail.com

Published: 18:48 EST, 24 April 2015 | Updated: 18:50 EST, 24 April 2015

A group of technologically-challenged senior citizens are left completely and utterly befuddled by popular messaging app Snapchat after attempting to use it for the first time, in order to send the perfect selfie.

In the latest video from the Elders React series on TheFineBros YouTube channel, the clueless men and women are given their first introduction to Snapchat with hilarious - and mixed – results, all of which are caught on camera. And while many of them say they understand the appeal of the social media app, which allows users to share photos that will disappear within 10 seconds, they still can't really wrap their heads around the point of it.

'I'm not into all this,' a woman named Darlene says of that app. 'This is yet another play on this "tweet" thing that's happening.' 

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Not a fan: Don (pictured) struggles to take a selfie in the latest Elders React video, in which he and other senior citizens learn about the photo messaging app Snapchat 

Before being given some quick instruction about what to do with the app, many of the elders admit that they have no idea what Snapchat is - never mind how to use it.

'I just found out about Yelp,' Darlene says with exacerbation. Meanwhile, another confused woman named Vera calls the app 'Snapchess'.

But before the group can start sending pictures, they are given cell phones so they can learn how to snap their own selfies - which proves to be an almost-insurmountable task in itself.

'I don't know how to use an iPhone,' Catherine says with a laugh before they get started.

When Vera realizes that the app involves photos, she is disappointed.

'Oh, it's pictures,' she says. 'I hate pictures.'

After they take turns learning how to flip the phone's camera around, they start snapping away, but most of them are quick to voice their displeasure with their photos. 

Feeling nostalgic: Liz can't wrap her head around the idea that the photos on Snapchat disappear. 'Wouldn't you want to save it?' she asks

Elders react to snapchat perfecting their selfie smile

'Oh god that is a gross selfie,' Yehuda, father of the Fine brothers, the creators of the channel, exclaims, while Catherine asks: 'Can I have a better picture? That is an awful picture.'

They soon move on to captioning their own photos, which presents its own set of issues, as the seniors struggle with typing their messages.

'I just want to say: "It's Me,"' Don explains with frustration. 'It looks like it says: "Light Me."'

But almost all of them enjoy the feature that allows them to color on their photos.

'I always wanted to know what I looked like with a mustache on,' Liz says with delight as she adds purple facial hair to her selfie.

After they upload their photos to the app, Alex asks: 'Who would care?' 

Perfect users: Rhoda notes that politicians should get on the app because of all of their 'sexting' and 'nude pictures' 

What fun: Rhoda can be seeing drawing a purple bow on her selfie. Most of the elders enjoy using this Snapchat feature 

Meanwhile, Johnny has no idea that Snapchat is reportedly worth $19 billion.

'This is definitely going to catch on with kids,' he says of the technology.

The revelation that Snapchat is considered disposable social media because their photos will soon disappear soon leaves the group divided.

'Why would you do that?' Liz asks. 'Wouldn't you want to save it for the memory?'

'Oh, that is so stupid,' Darlene adds, however Catherine notes that the feature is 'pretty neat'.

And Rhoda quickly thinks of a group of people who would benefit from this app.

'All that sexting and texting and nude pictures and all that, politicians should get onto this thing,' she notes. 

No thank you: Darline (pictured) is completely unimpressed with Snapchat, calling it 'stupid' 

Parental supervision: Alex (pictured) says she would never let her daughter have a cell phone during sleepovers at her house because of this app 

Although Don is not convinced that the pictures will completely disappear, explaining: 'Nothing is gone forever - not on this stuff.' 

Darlene remains unimpressed after she learns that there are ways for users to save the pictures against the sender's wishes. 

'Well, then what the heck are we talking about,' she says with frustration.

The elders then go on to discuss the controversy surrounding teens who are using the app to send inappropriate pictures. 

'Don't send the picture in the first place if it's anything that is going to [include] your little naked a**,' Rhoda advises.

And Alex says she would refuse to allow her daughter to have cell phones during sleepovers at her house.

'No pictures of girls in their underwear are going to leave this house,' she says. 

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