Annnnd our parents and grandparents never taught us basic life skills because the baby boomer generation loved outsourcing easy work, like hemming pants and baking cakes. The generations before us glommed onto the fast, easy fix, and important skills have been lost in the process.
(And of course the generation who raised us loves to act fake shocked like āmy grandkids donāt know how to boil waterā like yeah, Janice, thatās because you took your kids out to eat 6 nights a week and baked Stouffers lasagna one night)
And now we are broke. And canāt afford to pay $60 to have every pair of pants we own hemmed (shoutout to shorties!). We are making yogurt because we canāt afford to pay $2.50 for one yogurt.
Iāve learned to knit to make myself wool hats and scarves. Iāve learned to sew so I can make items that would otherwise cost me 4x the cost to make it. Iāve learned to make yogurt because I would prefer to spend $2 for a gallon of milk and get 24 yogurts out of it rather than just one.
Iāve planted fruit trees in my yard so I can reduce the carbon footprint of the fruit I eat, and because produce is expensive.
I raise egg-laying chickens so I donāt contribute to factory farming.
My husband hunts deer so that we can eat lean, virtually fat free meat, and also not contribute to factory farming. The deer live happy lives and are not allowed to suffer. (Hey PS also, hunting up here plays an important role in ecology, as otherwise the deer population would explode, and deer would starve in the winter. Thanks for coming to my TEDtaā¦)
My generation is going on YouTube to learn to change tires, bake bread and do their taxes because yāall sure as shit didnāt teach us.
THIS
Lets not forget the phasing out of the HomeEc class.Ā Or the Shop Class.
Alleviating oneās ignorance of a subject should NEVER, EVER be looked down on! Learning and growing are never anything to be shamed of, or for!
reblogging for the additions.Ā Ā
really if you take a moment to think about the headline it basically just saysĀ āmillennials are so helpless theyāre taking time to learn how to do things they donāt know how to doā
oh noā¦how awfulā¦
Damn kids and their *spins roulette wheel* commitment to continued education in practical skillsā¦
