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All These Grandmas Are Accidentally Tagging Themselves Grandmaster Flash On Facebook

at Highline Ballroom on June 2, 2014 in New York City.

|<> at Highline Ballroom on June 2, 2014 in New York City.

Grandparents: Gotta love 'em! Especially when they engage in technological foibles. As Buzzfeed points out, quite a few grandmothers have attempted to tag themselves as "Grandma" on Facebook -- an inherent misunderstanding of the tag function on multiple levels -- and instead ended up tagging "Grandmaster Flash," the legendary and influential hip-hop DJ (pictured). Apparently it's one of the names that comes up when you type "@Grandma," which is hilarious. There's an entire Tumblr called Love, Grandpa And Grandmaster Flash dedicated to this phenomenon. Here are a few particularly funny examples:

Check out the full gallery here.

[Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images.]

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