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Jan 13, 2019 5:45 PM
ZacharyIsBadAtLife
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#memes #wow #awesome #funny #wtf.
Nikolai5
That source has absolutely no credibility whatsoever.
BreakingRad
People who shame other for trying to learn and better themselves are the scum of the earth
iamdanman
The Daily Caller is a joke
PissedoffParamedic
It’s a Daily Caller article so of course it’s a pile of garbage. They’re just a hair better than Breitbart.
MuadDib57
I'm a millennial. We learned to sew buttons in 8th grade. Public school. Also, Google can tell me where the nearest tailor is.
ihateeggs
Cranbananarama
Darn millennials and their... *checks note*...desire to know more.
Rips4w
Y'all are giving the cunt who wrote that headline waaaay too much power.
ptenopus
casual reminder that "the Daily Caller" is a right-wing extremist rag.
obviouslyrob
That’s a funny way of spelling “fascistic propaganda.”
ptenopus
oh sorry, that was autocorrected to "nazi sympathizers"
ZepTheNooBVersionTwo
They thought us those back in elementary school where I come from. Home economics. How to do home stuff. Except taxes of course.
ManicYEEtPressive
Not like school taught us any of that useful shit. But hey, I can tell you the trajectory of a trees shadow by it's height. Neat!
OGCurious
Ok, but can you tell me the height of a tree based on the trajectory of its shadow?
ManicYEEtPressive
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GodEmperor0fMankind
My grandmother taught my cousins and me how to sew from a young age. My dad taught me how to cook and clean. My mom taught me how to
NotTinyPancakes
Mum taught me most stuff except tying my shoe laces, the drawer handles on my drawers taught that for everything else there is google
NotTinyPancakes
Well more like encyclopedias when I was a kid but still
GodEmperor0fMankind
properly use jumper cables. Still don't know how to do taxes though.
CrazyCatLad
I just buy TurboTax and input what it asks and hope I don't screw it up
TehBox0rz
Yeh!
LieselSkywalker
Everyone complaining about the younger generation should ask themself who raised that generation.
designmajor
Wisdom.
slinkydust
Those are other people's shitty kids.
Neonbaron
More like "school didn't teach us the important stuff like filing taxes and our parents sure as hell didn't either
WhichIsIt
The paper ones come with instructions but with software, it’s pretty mindless. There’s more useful stuff to learn these days.
451Rockhead
It’s almost like we were not told these things in school or something...... oh wait
onemanagainstheodds
Daily Caller.. has a history of pushing outrage and bs junk stories. Got called out by Snopes so many times a writer threw a bitchfit 1/2...
onemanagainstheodds
Article targeting one of their writers. In turn, Snopes fucking destroyed him with tact and gave a lesson in journalistic integrity
onemanagainstheodds
https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/06/19/failed-daily-caller-writer-throws-temper-tantrum-about-being-debunked-by-snopes-com/ a good read
ZacharyIsBadAtLife
Oh my god, they’re so useless that they’re actively trying to improve themselves, how dare they?
cousteau
Accept it; journalism is dead. I blame the millenials.
CorneliusCornwall
Yeah how fuckin dare them/ us.
G0MeatCube
Why wasn't there a class in high school for taxes
RJBass95
There was, maybe you just never took it.
TehBox0rz
Usually there’s an accounting section in grade ten math... in Canada anyway
Thatsnothowanyofthisworks
I think a lot of people take these for something to do and to connect with other people.
TheOnlyPtylerdactyl
Daily Caller continues to be trash, more at 11
fashionableghostcloaks
It's almost as if our classes that taught us this shit like home-ec were replaced by standardized testing
spittleteets
Millennial here...um...I learned to sew from my grandmother and mother, then later the boyscouts.
nonepizzawithIeftbeef
Quite right but wtf is the Daily Caller? One might suspect you’re in search of outrage in order to garner fake inet points.
mikeatike
It's a rag like Daily Mail.
Soufriere
Daily Caller is FAR worse than Daily Mail. Same political bent, but DC is more extreme
Effehezepe
So they're the Breitbart to Daily Mail's Fox News?
Soufriere
Pretty much.
jp29
Pretty sure our generation would appreciate you asking how to sew a button. They ask you those questions to spend time and relate to you!
jp29
“Bombard?” Asking you simple questions to relate to your generation and to spend time with you?! How dare they!!
ProbablyHolly
Don't double dip OP.
dagnabitdonya
Exactly my thoughts...
IRecordYourComments
Too late
OGCurious
+1 for username
DonkeyGoat
I took home ec in middle school, but it wasn't a requirement. They taught us how to address a letter, write a check, bake, and sew. That
CrazyCatLad
Same, it was required in Middle School.... but I didn't need to know any of that at that age. Should be high school or college class!
FacemanPeck
Home ec was cut from my school before I was old enough to take it.
legendarycazaclaw
Same here. Actually made me sad cause I was looking forward to it. Cut from my highschool my freshman year...
kifasaurusrex
Same. Except our home ec teacher quit so the hall monitor taught it. Thanks to Mr. Logan I sewed a pillow and applied for a fake bank loan.
DonkeyGoat
Was the only time I was shown any of that during my education, and it was an elective class.
WhitePhoenix
Same here - I was assigned it because I didn't have a class to fit the schedule and although the teacher was a bit of a dick, it helped.
r4dical0verride
Same. But talking with friend who are between 5-10 years younger than me those classes weren’t offered anymore.
tweedyone
My home ec class, which was not in America, only taught cooking. Still useful, but not everything
thevortexmaster
It was mandatory for me in grade 7
Canadianbeaver
No one taught us anything either we just figured it out. Cause necessity. Thread + needle + need + logic. Really applies to anything.
SherMattLockSmith
Shouldn't that be "Millenial's parents failed so badly they never taught their children basic life skills, like how to sew a button."?
tweedyone
Home ec used to teach this shit, but that’s been cut
BeckyLookAtHerButt
Here, let me Google that for you.
Valtrith
Good point, why try to learn when you can not learn and be a useless, white-haired grumbly old cunt? Everybody loves asshole oldies.
Vamp13
Babyboomers are such terrible parents that millenials have to take a class to learn how to sew a button. Thats what i read.
WhyIsMyDingDongHard18127
Millenials are such snobby little brats that they're too good to help grandma with technology. Thats what i read.
KirchoffsVoltageLaw
*clicks on ads on Facebook and enters social security number*
CyclopticColleague
I don't know many millennials whose parents are boomers. Grandparents, maybe.
OaksParcel
Millennials were born in the 80s, boomers were born in the 50s. The majority of millennials have boomer parents.
ShaunDreclin
I'm millenial and my parents are boomers
GeekusPrimus
I'm a millennial (borderline Gen Y) and my parents are classified as boomers. I have three older siblings, though.
GeekusPrimus
Correction: Gen Z.
ThatSoundPeopleMakeWhenTheyStandUp
I'm 30. Parents born in '54.
lupinypupper
It’s more common than you realize. Parents had me in their 30s. I’m in my 30s...
NotTinyPancakes
My mum had my sister at 50 (naturally as an accident) and most of my friends parents were in their 60s during their high school years.
CyclopticColleague
Color me schooled. Most of the millennials I know are apparently "late Gen Y", with parents my age. Thanks all for the perspective.
lupinypupper
No problem!
Windedwalrus
Public schools are a joke... they teach you how to take tests and that's it. they should prepare you before you for life before you graduate
previoustopcomment
Public school's job isn't to teach life skills, that's the parents job. School is to teach you how to learn and prepare for further learning
CuttleFishOfCthulu
They used to before "no child left behind".
Ghost0fDawn
Can't be any children left behind if no child makes it through. Good thinking.
Theamazingpop
Oooh, every child makes it through.
SeriousPotato1
I mean, if you can't work out how to sew a bottom yourself, you sound pretty helpless.
WhichIsIt
Wouldn’t it be cool if kids realized they were taught how to figure things out for themselves rather than specifically learning everything.
ShaunDreclin
Sure you can figure it out yourself, that doesn't mean you'll figure out the right/best way to do it. Why not learn something properly?
TheRealSatanshandyman
So helpless, where were their parents? WTF
ImJustFuckingHere
Where was school to teach us practical skills?
squishcat
Their parents want them dependent on them and not to grow
ThePickliestRick
My mother wants to be dependent on me. She wants me to make lots of money and buy a big house so she can move in. Didn't help me much though
OGCurious
I wish I could buy a house. Let alone one for my mom. She deserves it.
TunaCone
Getting drunk and regretting having them. That’s what mine were doing.
AnimatedASMR
Pretty much. And if anything went wrong they would just pay for a repair. I have no idea how to change a flat tire.
thevortexmaster
There's no timeline for that
SpecialContainmentProcedures
They military taught me to sew, pay bills, save for retirement, and go outside. Dad taught me to yell at my car.
TunaCone
My dad taught me psychological warfare, and my mom taught me how to land a solid blow to the kidneys.
SpecialContainmentProcedures
Your parents sound like what people would expect my parents to be.
TunaCone
If anything it taught me to be empathetic and to never raise my hands in anger. So I have that going for me, which is nice.
SusieMacEsq
Then wouldn’t you have learned how to adult yourself if your parents weren’t around? That was a big part of my upbringing.
TunaCone
That’s the point of going to some of these classes, right? To learn how to adult.
SusieMacEsq
I used to be left alone for days as a child, when my dad did come home he’d beat me. So I had to teach myself how to take care of myself.1/2
SusieMacEsq
2/2 This way home life looked “normal”, if someone found out I could have been beaten to death, or at least that was my thought process.
CuttleFishOfCthulu
Part of the stigma is that they tend to blame literally everyone but themselves for their problems. Not all of them of course. Just >
aGeographicalOddity
That's why the article was written. No boomer will read it. Millennials will click and then comment and retweet and cry about it.
CuttleFishOfCthulu
< the vocal minority that gets triggered with any post or "article" they see.
gajillion
A thousand upvotes for you!
ultrarunningawayfromyou
Mom crying to her friends asking, "where did I go wrong" when my brothers and I are financially supporting my our dad, her ex.
Wolvenlight
Question: "are financially supporting our dad," or " are financially supported by our dad,"?
fyzker
I think they meant my/our
ultrarunningawayfromyou
Whoops. ** my brothers and I are supporting our dad.
ImACraftyHooker
We're 1 of the first generations where both parents HAD to work to make ends meat. Daycares and babysitters teach squat.
mickison
No. That would be Gen X also known as latchkey kids.
Peynus
Speak for yourself. I grew up useless even with a mother around!
Vyrro
Username checks out
MattDickinson
A button fell off my new pants, so I did something I had never done, I sewed it back on. I was born in 96 to a single mom who didnt have the
MattDickinson
time to teach me to do that. However, it still only took 10 seconds to figure it out. You forget the leap technology took in such a short
MattDickinson
time, but come one, it's a button.
MattDickinson
Still though I get what you're saying. My point is, both sides should just shut up about it.
willboopthesnoot
Preach!
Tomadzo
My parent both worked. My wife’s parents both worked. They taught us everything from basic car main to cooking to sewing. Stop the excuses
Sseatris
But they didn't have time for basic reading comprehension, spelling, grammar or just how to not be an asshole? They sound like shit parents.
Grizy
I'm so happy for you, but honestly fuck off.
SafeWords
Adult education classes have been around forever.
LeaveMeToDoMyDarkBiddingOnTheInternet
Yeah, it's called Home Ec
hummakavula2020
It’s also frustrating that someone signing up for a class to learn a new skill would be called helpless. Seems like taking initiative to me.
OGCurious
ItsSedimentaryWatson
I saw a class at Best Buy on how to navigate a Windows operating system. All the students were elderly and taking notes.
ItsSedimentaryWatson
They can’t give millennials shit if they can’t figure something out that’s been around for 24 years.
SafeWords
I'm only 30 and I still have a hard time with iOS as an Android user.
ElTitoMojito
Clickbait hasn't though
SafeWords
Hah, I like you.
koops
pauliexclusions
Cooking classes. 'Nuff said.
Arsikere
and are disappearing
Rosfmmmhzdrozzley
You mean like home-Ed in high school? Cuz yeah those have always been around
SafeWords
I'm thinking more like community education classes for anyone.
RavenVG
I instantly thought "wouldn't they learn that in home ec?" And wasn't that around in earlier generations too?
KelseyTheodore
A lot of places don't have home ec anymore. Florida, for instance... or at least my area.
HiddenSanity
Home Ec and Music, Art, Etc gets cut from a lot of school systems.
Peynus
Remember; many Victorians-era people didn't know they could have sex facing eachother. Don't teach, and people won't learn
CyranoDeBurlapSack
Now this is something I can really get behind.
0202inferno
Okay I wanna know the source to that. Sounds like an interesting read.
AntiProtonBoy
tortillaboy
Lol...wtf. is this true?
AliBarber
No.
AliBarber
Pretty sure that's a myth like orthodox Jews having sex through a sheet.
KartFnocker
they were all doing doggy? I figured missionary was the standard
MofongoBalls
Missionary through the zipper hole. Or you're not allowed into Heaven
AliBarber
Also a myth
PyroAvok
Victorians being all uptight. They were WILD in bed.
CodeBit
Heaven or Missionary?
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jazzfactory
Yep, I read in some places they observed islanders jokingly mimicking “white people sex” around a fire and howling with laughter
Wolokos
Why would a missionary care how people were doing it?
chrismofer
missionaries were largely teenage men. teenage men generally have sex drives and generally act on them.
KartFnocker
Lol when do religious missionaries NOT care about how people fucking
pookieeatworld
Cuz somebody came up with the idea that it's a sin to enjoy sex.
PlatonicSex
YouTube is probably the worlds greatest adult education resource
codnuggets
I feel like your comment is the solution to this entire comments section. ANY GENERATION can now Google/ YouTube anything they want to learn
Lun4ticH1gh
Only if you're okay with being instructed in a fashion that doesn't enable you to get feedback from the instructor in the moment.
PlatonicSex
It’s better than nothing
aromaticfable
2/2 Ten seconds of hands on instruction from the senior intern at my internship, I had it mastered.
aromaticfable
1/2 I spent ages trying to learn how to tie a tie from YouTube, and couldn’t figure out why it always came out deformed and messed up.
RumbleNtheJungle
Millennials destroying the clothing industry by repairing their clothes instead of buying new clothes
GameOfLiesAndDeath
Actually, they're the ones paying top dollar for already destroyed jeans.
GLUTINUSMAXIMUS
More stitches less riches
bella16885
Because we literally cannot afford new clothes.
dumbinsults
Don't worry, the industries are starting to make clothes so shitty they're un-repairable. I've had a couple pairs of pants rip bad 1st use.
RumbleNtheJungle
Those Apple bottom jeans. Made cheap and unrepairable but they look good.
johnrocks
I bought a jacket that was the coolest thing I've ever owned, got tons of compliments, ripped on day 2 and continued to rip every day since
LearnSomething
Millennials are actually starting to kill fast fashion now thanks to the growing popularity of second-hand shopping with places like Thredup
grahmcrackersbook
Thought from fashion industry: fast fashion killed fast fashion.
ChiLLeCheeze
I tried checking it out. Didn't see a men's section.
LearnSomething
They dont have one yet! I wish they did. But I buy a bunch of stuff off of swap for my boyfriend.
bigbootybigfoot
The last couple times I've been on thredup the prices have been outrageous $30 for a tank top from old Navy... Might as well buy new.
RogueMachinae
LearnSomething
I've never seen pricing like that. I can easily find J. Crew or Ralph Lauren sweaters for less than that.
silentwolf1999
Ive never had to repair clothes. Always outgrew them or shrank from them.
RumbleNtheJungle
I’ve had to sew a few buttons on my shirts that have came loose.
thesmelge
I'm fairly active, so when my clothes get damaged, there ain't no repairing that shit.
MadTimmy
I’ve been seeing the crotches on my jeans up lately. Getting better every time. But also noticing that jeans fall apart way too fast.
theprincethatshallcome
Isn't this more a commentary on their parents than on them? Certain knowledge has to be imparted from the parents. Teachers can't do it all.
Individualsocksinthewashingmachine
I was taught how to be an alcoholic at least.
docchloroplast
Remember, nothing is ever Boomers' fault. They were born full-cloth with all common sense knowledge, like Athena.
8hourgamer
my dad was a carpenter, refused to teach me and my brothers, wanted us to get office jobs, now none of us have such useful skills
mialynneb
Exactly. People bitch about millenials, but wtf raised them? Same people that post "When I was an '80s kid, blah blah blah."
bobziIIa
Yeah. Like how giving children participation trophies is somehow the child’s fault.
WalterJKovacs
It’s as if we shouldn’t have abdicated the responsibility of raising children to the state?!
Delathi
Yep, and I never met a kid who gave himself a participation trophy either.
Rogahar
Yes but you can tell from the headline that the intent was to shame the milennial generation, not their parents'.
spiderqueendemon
I was very lucky and had parents who taught me to cook, sew, do taxes, repair appliances, look up how to fix stuff, etc. You know, poor.
spiderqueendemon
But it has paid off. Now I am a teacher and students bring their lunches up and I do little 'life skills' workshops over a protein bar.
spiderqueendemon
They can all hem pants, do a 1040, cook a nice dinner, make a budget and price out a simple appliance repair now. I don't teach Home Ec.
spiderqueendemon
Plus, what with breakfast and lunch being a protein bar every day and joining the JROTC for workouts, I am meeting my weight loss goals.
spiderqueendemon
They are upgrading me every bit as much as I am upgrading them, and our community grows stronger.
QueenSmiles
As a teacher, there is only so much I can teach a child in a 45 minute class, once a week. It’s quite the battle.
LeakyPants
The kids are doing well enough to take auxiliary classes. Its not like they are eating garbage. The parents did fine.
ILikePugandFrenchiePictures
Commentary on public school. Home ec used to be required
Nakeela
Well my mom certainly would have, but guess which generation absolutely wrecked the job market and economy
imakeurglassesfoggy
Didn’t they used to have home ec? That was when my mom and mother-in-law learned to use a sewing machine. They stopped those classes. 1/2
imakeurglassesfoggy
Probably some capitalist scheme to make planned obsolescence mandatory. 2/2
TheNuclearRabbit
My pedagogy professor says they removed it because it's "not rigorous enough."
tweedyone
Used to be in home ec. That usually gets cut right before music and arts
SusieMacEsq
I was a latch key / make my own KD kid by the time I was 6, my parents was a throw them to the wolves type of parenting. Taught me a lot.
Zreen
Make your own kill/death ratio?
Pr0blemWrecker
Haha it's Canadian slang for Mac and cheese
SusieMacEsq
Definitely, it’s the most important part of adulting.
hitshappens
Not to mention the utter stripping of the education system down to a STEM monster instead of critical thinking and practical life skills
kudzoo
In my district they started talking about "bringing it up a level" and doing STEAM. STEAM is school. It's just school.
Taxicat
Read an article recently that discussed that, how the Millennial generation was raised to be "optimized for the workforce" 1/
Taxicat
and to win the "rat race" and how badly that robbed not only our whole generation but the world as a whole. 2/
Taxicat
STEM is great, but we need MORE than that in order to really succeed. 3/
hitshappens
Absolutely. We took away the advantages we had over other nations just to imitate nations that weren't doing as well. Ridiculous.
GeekusPrimus
When STEM is taught right, it emphasizes critical thinking and problem solving. The problem is that in the rush to make everyone do STEM (1)
GeekusPrimus
, they screwed the STEM curriculum in addition to getting rid of things like shop, home ec, and things designed for practicality.
kudzoo
This happened where I work. It has just been a bunch of dog-and-pony show garbage to get the certificate, killing our SC and MA teaching.
FenrirsDaughter
Big time! I have college aged friends who were all only children from the suburbs, their parents did everything for them and taught them 1/?
hotsauce88
I’m that only child friend from the suburbs. But there’s a magical place I found called YouTube that can pretty much teach me whatever 1/2
hotsauce88
mundane task my parents didn’t teach me. I’m not super handy, but I’m not useless ♀️ It’s not hard to use the internet to learn stuff
FenrirsDaughter
Fuck all. They come to my apt., see me cook, and they're in awe. It's absurd how much something I take for granted impresses them. 2/2
DirkNurple
It astounds me that a whole generation is just like, “what are tools? What’s cooking? You can landscape, sew, and know how to use Netflix?”
Tokipudi
Using stereotypes to talk about an entire generation will only make you sound like an ass, dude.
DirkNurple
That was the point. It was a bad attempt at comedy. “ALL MILLENNIALS”. It made more sense in my head lol
silentwolf1999
Seriously. I get so many astounded lookss when cooking or baking. I mean its just a Pillsbury cake mix.....
RonaldDarko
There was a guy on my floor sophomore year of college whose mother would come to the dorm on the weekends to do his laundry.
sometimespeopleeatpoop
I am one of those only child suburban kids, but was also a latchkey kid so I had to learn to cook. Mom & food Network taught me!
LadyClio
Me too. The college kids who didn't know how to do anything were the ones who had stay at home moms.
ImACraftyHooker
I had to teach my ex to do laundry when we moved in together.
Lionskull
when i moved out of my mom's house, i hadn't cooked, cleaned, or done laundry. Luckily youtube exists.
DirkNurple
You’re a crafty hooker. ;)
QuitLookinAtMineAim
"They can't even sew" exclaimed the generation that neglected to teach their children how to sew
habisteez
But who cares this is actually a profession.. Why can't you build your own house and repair your car...
TunaCone
Seraphaye
Umm YouTube is my parents, teaches me everything
aromaticfable
The internet can only help so much if you can’t figure out where you’re going wrong or it’s hard to see the exact process (I.E. tying a tie)
Dalael
My gf complains about this. Her mom ofyen says, "How do you not know that?" "Cuz you didnt teach me, mom"
InfinitusEquitas
Somehow I can't help picturing the mom with the short hair I want to see the manager haircut.
AnimeFanAddict
I aksed my mom to teach me to sew so I can make better cosplay. She straight up told me no. I have a lady I just met offer to teach me.
Draketeeth
AnimeFanAddict
Yeah it is... I can hand sew, but it takes forever. I just want her to show me how to use a sewing machine and read a pattern...
Ralvuimego
It's not helped by the disposable society we live in where easily fixable problems are solved with "Buy a new one"
thatguyisreallydeep
Well, maybe buy a new society if you don't like it.
Ralvuimego
I think I will! And It will have Blackjack! And Hookers!
INJECTHEROININTODICKANDDIE
"They grew up with participation medals" cried the generation that invented them.
SpruceCaboose
Right? A few grades prior to mine had Home Ec and the such, but they cut all that shit by the time I was there.
NotAmused1001
Fuck, I'm pre millennial and if I have to reattach a button it looks like a monkey with a needle did it.
CrispyTatorTot
But does the button stay attached? If so, success!
yapyapblahblahdribbledribbledribble
Look at these young dumb kids these days, doesn't even know how to crank start a Model T.
ThailandExpress
dengarsdingus
As someone over 40 I agree with this post.
Kaysmira
I got third place in a music competition and my mom is still really proud of that trophy. There were 4 participants in the competition.
NeurionVerus87
You win imgur today
ImJustFuckingHere
The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell
concaveUsurper
The one time I asked my mom about taxes she said to just take it to H&R Block. She complained recently that I never ask her about stuff.
Ajax14
But home ec was sexist screeched the harpies.
youbetchamom
Wait a sec. As a parent, you can only hear "I know" so many times before you have say "fine, figure it all out yourself".
Knifeywifey
Thank you for voicing my exact thought.
Yourmuffinfuckingsucks
Like kids would've sat down and said "Fuck yea, sewing". Blaming the parents for that one is retarded
snnoww
I am so glad this is too comment. My favorite is when you implement what they taught and conveniently it's, that's not what we taught you.
snnoww
Like fuck that. I did the listening, I followed the steps exactly as you taught me. Why the hell is it my fault it's wrong?
TheOneOnionRing
I only know how to sew cause my dad taught me so I can assist in the family business... But I still don't know how to file taxes properly
ThomasThundersword
If only we didnt get rid of Home economics. where they tough people this.
TheBigMightyMarzi
How many older people did you actually ask to teach you how to sew, that told you to fuck off?
justvenomcake
You never wanted nor asked to begin with. Did you?
QuitLookinAtMineAim
Well, I can sew, at least enough for what I need, it ain't hard
antman2988
It's funny cuz most of the Gen Xers I know can't even sew. It started dying off once their generation got older.
LateNightBunnyParty
Gen Xer here, been sewing since I was 7, taught my daughter at the same age.
ukalliq
I'm GenX. I can sew a button but I don't remember being taught. It seems pretty obvious, doesn't it? I could not sew a whole garment.
codnuggets
Same boat all around. Needle + thread. Not too difficult to figure out how to attach a button with those tools...
Individualsocksinthewashingmachine
I can sew, just really badly because I taught myself how to sew.
antman2988
My mom knows how to sew, but none of her friends know how to sew.
justajiggygiraffe
In my parents defense I don’t think they know how to sew either
ensensu
I leaned how to sew from playing video games.
Eranju
I learned to see in school. Never had to use it, and had to relearn how to do it in the army. Never done any sewing in civilian life.
ISaidSarcastically
You reap what you sew
ashackatak
Wudude
Nice
MarkySpaceMagnet
Golf clap
TheNobodyKing
munchmunchmunch
Yes.
Enigmastick
You eat what you chew.
ISaidSarcastically
I swallow
mikeatike
Sew what?
Nicodemusthefirst
If you actually don't know it's a word play on how sew and sow sound the same and how modern kids aren't really taught to sew
hajimedj
Good one
reineseele
Barb wire sewing is hard.
DialUpSyndrome
Well played
zapsdiputs
You sew what you rip
DaveElfstaine
So you reap what? You?
FarenDin
nothing. were not farmers were tailors. duh.
FarenDin
nothing. were not farmers were tailors. duh.e
FunnyUsernameMan
Sow* this saying is a farmers saying. Meaning you harvest (reap with a scythe) what you plant (sow). But you might be making a pun so +1
Hemispheres
Oh my sweet summer child...
4x4xFar
AliBarber
Holy shit you are sew retarded.
definitelynotawolf
Sew it seems you must not be from around here
RationalDiscourse
I would have laughed at your response WITHOUT the explanation at the end. Because everyone knew the pun. But... not so much now
nuanceuponatime
ISaidSarcastically
Might be making a pun? You must be new here.. please look at the thread
healover
I see what you did there
ISaidSarcastically
It’s rare for people to get those. A little like finding a needle in a haystack. I’m sorry
berd0
Whoosh
CrypticalEnvelopement
The pun was sew-sew
healover
Thatsthejoke.jpg
FedExForExplosives
Mrw my mom asks how I didnt see a movie that came out before I was born
PlasmaNeko
Well if it's a well known movie that everyone calls good then it's understandable. Unless you just don't really care about movies.
whiskeybill1976
Shame on there parents not the Millennial.
Turdsandwich10
I down voted this blaming comment because anyone who wants to sew can learn how. It's not as needed a skill since our time is more...
Turdsandwich10
Valuable and clothes are super cheap. Blame someone for not teaching you something you didn't ask/want to learn? Psssh
QuitLookinAtMineAim
You can distribute arrows however you like, and for the record...I can sew. Cheers
Mirisido
My dad taught me to sew. And cook. And fix random stuff. Basically he said I needed to be a functioning adult and gtfo of his house
Turdsandwich10
My mom tried to teach me how to be handy, I didn't care then, but man when you own a house
Mirisido
Oh man, I bought a house too. I fix things with a hammer. Remember, violence is always the answer.
lurkinlady
My mom thought if she never let us learn, we could never leave. Now I’m an incompetent adult AND I get guilt tripped for not living at home.
tentacularfleshscape
That's good daddin'
myrs
This is exactly what I'm doing with mine. They can cook, sew, housekeep and shop on a budget among other things. It's kind of our job
Saelael
Remember all these comments when it's time to vote for tax increases for schools...
AntaNce
there's probably a youtube for that, it's like rule 34 only more practical
bella16885
My sister is learning on her own. My mom has been sewing our whole lives. Mom is livid when sister has smallest questions.
deafmute
We had to take sewing for a quarter of the year in 8th grade. Had to sew a button a few months ago. Didn't remember jack.
deafmute
But in the age of the internet it took 5 minutes to learn.
AFelineMassofEyes
Sewing was my mother's raison d'etre, so it kind of rubbed off on me. It had to, because asking her for any sort of instruction was like 1/2
AFelineMassofEyes
2/2 ...like trying to drink from a broken-off fire hydrant.
LadyLongToes
I love my mom but she didn’t teach me shit! She was too busy having a social life. I had to learn everything on my own, kind of shitty. :/
murphyslaw101
Dont forget cook
Ubermenschisch
Fucking thank you.
Jbolt13
I wish I could upvote this a million times
possiblyafakeaccount
Omg yes
afmgreentea
I'm an art teacher and I make sure my 7th graders can thread a needle and sew at least a whip stitch.
mialynneb
Coworker bitches at pitch-ins that younger people don't cook. She has her two daughters/grandkids living with her and is working 2 jobs /1
mialynneb
to support them because their fathers are MIA. Pump your fucking breaks, Angie and take care of of your own home.
Ghost0fDawn
Seriously. I feel cheated by my parents. I don't know how to do shit. Any time I wanted to learn anything I got the shoulder.
ImJustFuckingHere
Thank god for YouTube
steam1218
ask parents for help on a subject "You should know this already!" stops asking for help.
Tralinlu
Millennial dude here. Taught my friend's 11 y/o daughter how to put her hair into a pony tail because mom wouldn't let her try by herself.
dreadpiratekhan
.......?!?!?!???!?!?!?
FedExForExplosives
I was told "Get out of the way, I'll do it myself"
forgetthisnoise
Same. My mom's excuse to not teach me how to cook when I was young was "you weren't interested" doesn't really matter that's a needed skill
52pickup
Same. Sounds charmed, just makes life harder when you have less time to learn this shit.
valen00
Go learn, YouTube, the internet etc are pretty good for any of that kind of thing. You will fuck up but over time as you learn things you/
valen00
Will fuck up even new things less and less. Don't be afraid to fail worst case you will have more to fix. (But do get someone to show you/
valen00
How to change a tyre)
Junktrunkjunkie
Man I feel lucky. My parents didn't have a lot of money but they gave me an allowance and taught me to be responsible and budget →
Junktrunkjunkie
→ by telling me I needed to save some of that allowance for school clothes and supplies. That alone has been one of my most useful skills.
Ghost0fDawn
But there's no shortage of complaints about how I don't know how to do anything. Sigh.
AwkwaBen
I know that feel. "I dont know how to fold laundry." "Well, learn." My mother. Teach me, man.
JayEnfield
Ghost0fDawn
"Ugh, it's not hard, just go do it. I don't have time for this."
Billionsandbillionsofregularhumans
I got the old "you can't do it right ( not taught ) so I'll just do it." My mom can sew, plant, butcher, cook, can and do home repairs...
Billionsandbillionsofregularhumans
I wasn't allowed to do or help because I didn't already know how without being taught. My dad knows electrical work and car repair...
zipykido
The first thing you need to learn is where to go to learn things
Ghost0fDawn
The first place that is supposed to be in life is your parents...
imptastick
It sounds outdated but libraries still offer great resources including free classes both online and in person.
Nicodemusthefirst
YouTube Wikipedia and wikihow are great resources
failedtodelete
A lot of skills, though, have been killed by technology, and sewing is one of those that kind of has.
failedtodelete
If you can just buy a new pair of trousers for a tiny amount, then you'll not be forced to learn or to bother with sewing
failedtodelete
obviously, though, it will serve you well if you know how to do this (I have a rucksack that survived from the end of high school to the end
failedtodelete
of my university years despite being rendered unusable multiple times because my mum can sew).
failedtodelete
Likewise, cooking. If you can just turn on a microwave, you're a busy person, you're working too much, you can just buy shite and eat it
failedtodelete
Some of the technological replacements that have happened have also done terrible things for training people
failedtodelete
Like with plasterers. It used to be the case that a plasterer would have a lad mixing plaster for him. Now he's got a tool that does it for
failedtodelete
him. He'd be stupid to pay a lad for that, because that's not a service he now requires. But that was the traditional way that you would
failedtodelete
train that lad up, so that eventually he would become a plasterer.
yubisaki
No joke, I had to teach my 30 y/o bf how to sew a button back on. His parents sent them out with little to no practical knowledge.
Badprenup
Well I mean, not everyone is going to commonly be in a situation where they NEED to learn that, especially if they don't often wear 1/?
tellingyouhowitreallyis
The ability to sew on buttons and mend small tears in clothes is considered a basic life skill, and is taught as such in the military...
DongSayaDae
As a military there may (or will) come situations where that knowledge is necesary. In terms of day to day life however - sewing isnt
DongSayaDae
it is for sure useful though - but doesnt matter if something is deemed as basic or not if said skill is rarely needed for most people
Badprenup
Clothes with buttons. Hell I've maybe had to sew a single button back on in my whole life and I wear tons of clothes with buttons 2/w
ItsATriceratops
I had to teach my ex how to mop a floor.
yubisaki
:(
codnuggets
Sounds like unwillingness? Even if they never actually did that specific task, surely they understand soap and water cleans? And mop = tool?
ItsATriceratops
A mixture of that and his mom and sisters cleaning for him
MuchTooPerilous
Umm ... also needs to be interest from the new gen. Been trying to teach my daughter to change a tire: “nah, l’ll just find a boy to do it”
Ghost0fDawn
That's when you tell her no and make her do it with you.. Seriously.
MuchTooPerilous
Yup. Agreed. Will do.
codnuggets
I'm the middle of 3, a girl, between a boy and girl. I'm the only one who can change a tire, so, yeah, interest counts...
codnuggets
But, I should include, even though I have changed a lot of tires by now, I did cry the last time I had to do it because I was cold and tired
ILoveDaftPunk
LOL BOYS DONT KNOW HOW TO DO IT EITHER GURL
chromofoam
That’s what my daughter says. Guess what she’s getting when she gets a car. A Haynes manual and an AA/RAC leaflet membership offer.
Badprenup
If you have a spare, take her on a drive to an abandoned dirt road, park, get out, and let the air out. Then make her do it with your help
Badprenup
If she complains say "Oh look, there aren't any boys to help you! Looks like you'll have to take care of yourself sometimes, time to learn!"
MuchTooPerilous
But... dad ... you’re a boy! :)
Kaysmira
My aunt is 50, and that's still her response.
710FPS
WIth children who refused to learn when we tried to teach them different skills?
ifatreefallsintheforest
Only if the teachers aren’t worth looking up to and learning from. Children read quality authority and discipline well.
Prayinmantis41
My parents wouldn’t have let me refuse to learn basic skills.. also make learning fun and everyone is interested.
Dalael
My parents refused to let me do the wash or teach me. "You're not responsible enough." A friend taught me once i moved out.
Nicalanius
Sounds like you were a shitty teacher
failedtodelete
But YOU are or rather ought to be very responsible for whipping the little shits into adult shape.
failedtodelete
one of the great complaints from teachers is that the kids who fuck about are generally not being dealt with by parents.
Theamazingpop
Children are sponges. When they are little, you decide what they soak up. Maybe they deserved better parents.
BigTex1
Brutal
OGCurious
Notme68
Learning to sew is boooooring to a kid. As soon as TV happened we slowed on learning those skills as children. Internet seems to have 1
Notme68
simultaneously near killing learning it in kids while resuscitating it in adults.
Notme68
And no, I don't want to rewrite that.
Theamazingpop
Once again, it is the parents’ job to give access to things that are good for the child. With a little imagination, parents can make 1/2
Theamazingpop
life skills fun to learn. Lazy adults raise helpless children who become helpless adults. 2/2
joejubee
... and cancelled/defunded home-economics classes in high school.
Lynkfox
Home ec in the 90 was decent for me. That a where I learned to out a button on and make a crepe.
cnphilli
and WHO GAVE US THE TROPHIES!!!!!
DakotaWolf
Or any other classes that teach life skills. Like, you know accounting...
snnoww
Parents
kebbitevoke
How else can"how to be an adult" classes be able to make money if there isnt a market to begin with?
Wooie
We made southwestern omelettes in home economics class and we all got food poisoning...the pretzels were good though
anonnona887
Yep I only had it once in middle school. They got rid of culinary and home ec 5 years before I even entered
thisworldisweird
It was never offered at any school I went to.
snnoww
Man you missed out. I planned Home Ec in the afternoon so I could have a snack. It was great. And I was the only boy in class.
roscuro
I took all the extra classes I could to learn all the different skills I could in high school. I can sew, weld, and cook among other things.
VodkaReindeer
I swear we didn't learn how to sew and I had home ec.
WhoSaidYouCouldEatTheLastCookie
I had home eccy at school, we had sewing in our 1st year and cooking for the rest of high school
Thisusernameisalreadyinyouse
To be fair, a lot of discrimination and sexism was associated with the original purpose of home-ec and secretarial studies.
cannonesshannah
Is that a thing? My stepsister has kids in school here in Canada and they took Home Ec.
umbrellamaker
It's almost like skills need to be taught
snnoww
By parents.
Odyssey9
AND recess.
SirenBrick
That came back to bite them, schools with MORE grade and middle school recess have better grades, less fights, less tardiness, etc.
IMarriedAGinger
For me it was middle school. And you chose either band, choir, or home-ec.
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cpnbeeb
Honestly, both should be required.
johnrocks
I took a home ec class in high school in the early 00's and I learned how to make oversized underwear and cookies.
IhopeyougetstageIIIcoloncancer
As a career engineer, home-ec was far more useful to me than math. I have a 500 page book of look-up tables for bridges, none for sewing.
Mergul
you can also look up how to sew on youtube in minutes. it takes some practice but all the info exists out there.
710FPS
Blame sports for that one. It was happening back in the 90's.
HisDudness
"Sorry, it's just not in the budget since we had to get the football team new jerseys. What? We can't have them in ones that are a year old!
YourNeighborhoodLesbian
By the time they were stopping them, the classes became a joke themselves. They needed to stress the importance of them but didn't.
THEClockworkBanana
Our home ec class watched popular films like Forest Gump to learn about product placement :|
MerkinSuit
How useless, that's not a skill one needs as an adult, just common knowledge for those that choose notice.
Brucecori2
I remember baking monkey bread and learning the Primary/secondary colors or something. Maybe learning to write a check?
SociallyAwkwardCanadianMoose
Monkey bread? What's that
McMasterx
Dough and a fuckload of Cinnamon & Sugar. Either served in a small loaf, or baked in a small Bundt pan.
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kjatar
I went to middle school in the late 90s in a pretty urban area, and either shop or home ec was required there, too. Great classes.
lucentbeam
Honestly so thankful to have had th same experience.
YourNeighborhoodLesbian
Went to middle school in rural area, you had to pass both shop and home ec
BC2k2
Same here. Mid 90's in Missouri
JefftheIntern
Me too, early 90s in NH. As a guy, I really liked home ec!
Tairu8
So true. A lot of the domestic type of stuff that my parents learned they learned in school and those classes weren’t offered when I went
jenw
I had to choose it as an elective but I wanted to sew. That year I also learned woodworking and drafting.
AlcoholicsAnonymousBYO
Can't have consumers at home, wasting time fixing shit, gtfo there again and but more stuff!
WhitePhoenix
Who or what movement was behind home economics classes being removed from school?
SirenBrick
Testing and Standardization. Courses like this were all cut down as they are tough to grade (Budget incentive), and cost lots (materials).
Cheesecakecrush
My dad has always been confused that I didn't know "basic" car repair stuff from school
Tairu8
Hell, when my parents were in school, the school had driver’s ed. My parents had to pay out of pocket for that for me
duz3
I took driver ed class in school. i was on a year wait list though. I am glad I was able to be certified that way as it was cheaper.
IAmRelevantToThis
I had to work for a year part time to pay for mine in the UK. Over £2000 10 years ago
SeriouslyAwkward
What. I had no idea drivers Ed wasn't a thing anymore. Dayum. Am I that old D:
heyimgurian
Lucky I had to work after school to save up the seven hundred dollars they made us pay.
TheRealAethrys
Fucking what? I think mine was $50?
greatpotatoe04
Lucky, I had to work full time to save up the 3200$ I had to pay
Ryebread91
What?! I only had to pay $100