Millennials, Is This You?
brianlux
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Please say it ain't so!
http://www.naturalnews.com/054708_millennials_survival_skills_real_world.html
40 shockingly simple skills that today's pathetic Millennials have no idea how to do
#1) Plant a seed in dirt and grow an edible plant.
#2) Change a bicycle tire.
#3) Sharpen a pencil.
#4) Identify the name of any tree or bird in the real world.
#5) Check the oil level in any engine.
#6) Name a single star in the night sky.
#7) Change a blown fuse in anything (or even reset a circuit breaker).
#8) Drive a stick shift. (Many don't even know what "stick shift" means.)
#9) Navigate using a printed map without using GPS.
#10) Strike a punching bag without injuring their frail, fragile wrists.
#11) Repair a broken garden hose without throwing it away and buying a new hose.
#12) Stop bleeding with a tourniquet.
#13) Cut a piece of wood in a straight line using a hand saw.
#14) Carry a 50 lb. bag of animal feed on their shoulder for 50 meters.
#15) Cook a real meal that isn't "instant" or microwaveable.
#16) Start a camp fire, even with a lighter.
#17) Sharpen a knife, even using a knife sharpener.
#18) Build a shelter in the forest by using only forest materials.
#19) Use a car jack without ripping the bumper off the vehicle.
#20) Chop wood for a wood stove.
#21) Locate and reset the ground fault tolerant button on an electrical outlet to restore power to the outlets.
#22) Dry clothes on a clothesline.
#23) Strip a copper wire.
#24) Securely tie a rope to anything at all.
#25) Calculate a 15% waiter tip in their heads.
#26) Make a broken bone splint out of anything at all.
And for advanced skills, Millennials have absolutely no idea how to do any of the following:
#27) Catch a fish.
#28) Clean a pistol.
#29) Swap out the hydraulic hose on a piece of farm equipment.
#30) Intelligently read any food label.
#31) Purify water using a plastic bottle and sunlight.
#32) Make a water filter out of charcoal and sand.
#33) Fold a paper airplane.
#34) Make an emergency funnel out of aluminum foil.
#35) Chop down a dead tree with an axe.
#36) Read a compass.
#37) Cut a stuck seatbelt to escape a burning vehicle.
#38) Paddle a canoe in any intended direction at all.
#39) Open any can of food without using electricity.
#40) Siphon fuel from the gas tank of an abandoned car.
http://www.naturalnews.com/054708_millennials_survival_skills_real_world.html
40 shockingly simple skills that today's pathetic Millennials have no idea how to do
#1) Plant a seed in dirt and grow an edible plant.
#2) Change a bicycle tire.
#3) Sharpen a pencil.
#4) Identify the name of any tree or bird in the real world.
#5) Check the oil level in any engine.
#6) Name a single star in the night sky.
#7) Change a blown fuse in anything (or even reset a circuit breaker).
#8) Drive a stick shift. (Many don't even know what "stick shift" means.)
#9) Navigate using a printed map without using GPS.
#10) Strike a punching bag without injuring their frail, fragile wrists.
#11) Repair a broken garden hose without throwing it away and buying a new hose.
#12) Stop bleeding with a tourniquet.
#13) Cut a piece of wood in a straight line using a hand saw.
#14) Carry a 50 lb. bag of animal feed on their shoulder for 50 meters.
#15) Cook a real meal that isn't "instant" or microwaveable.
#16) Start a camp fire, even with a lighter.
#17) Sharpen a knife, even using a knife sharpener.
#18) Build a shelter in the forest by using only forest materials.
#19) Use a car jack without ripping the bumper off the vehicle.
#20) Chop wood for a wood stove.
#21) Locate and reset the ground fault tolerant button on an electrical outlet to restore power to the outlets.
#22) Dry clothes on a clothesline.
#23) Strip a copper wire.
#24) Securely tie a rope to anything at all.
#25) Calculate a 15% waiter tip in their heads.
#26) Make a broken bone splint out of anything at all.
And for advanced skills, Millennials have absolutely no idea how to do any of the following:
#27) Catch a fish.
#28) Clean a pistol.
#29) Swap out the hydraulic hose on a piece of farm equipment.
#30) Intelligently read any food label.
#31) Purify water using a plastic bottle and sunlight.
#32) Make a water filter out of charcoal and sand.
#33) Fold a paper airplane.
#34) Make an emergency funnel out of aluminum foil.
#35) Chop down a dead tree with an axe.
#36) Read a compass.
#37) Cut a stuck seatbelt to escape a burning vehicle.
#38) Paddle a canoe in any intended direction at all.
#39) Open any can of food without using electricity.
#40) Siphon fuel from the gas tank of an abandoned car.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.
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I haven't had to #11 because we bought a really good one.
I wouldn't trust my skills with #19, but I know that you put that on the indentation in the frame and not on the bumper.
I have never held a #28 and do not own one, so skills with that will never be.
I don't live on a farm and never will, so #29 wouldn't happen either.
Because I've always enjoyed the potable variety, I have never had to do #30 or #31, but I certainly wouldn't be against learning how to.
And . . . I've never #40'd. Eww. That one is one where I will pass.
2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
(folding a paper airplane or using a bloody can opener is considered advanced?!)
The ones I can't do/don't know how to do:
#8) Drive a stick shift.
#32) Make a water filter out of charcoal and sand.
I just did #16 this past weekend! 1 match, only materials found outside (ie. no lighter fluid/no paper)
#25 is not necessary, I always tip >20%, which is easier math
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#31. Didn't know that one but apparently just put water in bottle and leave in sun for several hours. Not sure that would kill giardia but perhaps.
#40. Never done it. The one time I watched someone siphon gas he swallowed some of it. Not getting in your mouth would be the trick. Would only do this under extreme need to get away from somewhere.
But even those are doable. Most of these are very simple. I'm a bit dubious about the claim that most millennials can't do them (thus my, "say it ain't so!").
Another one to add to the list: parallel parking. California required the ability to parallel park in order to gain one's driver's license. No longer. I work downtown on Main St. and everyday watch people torque their front ends running up and back down the sharp curb to park because they don't know how to parallel park.
Are we becoming an inept, unskilled nation?
Say it ain't so!
More and more often, I find myself quoting Grievance - progress laced with ramifications!
And my precious Beatles - think for yourself.
Happy cruising, Hedo!
2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
"She's got a competition clutch
And a four-on-the-floor"
Other than that I can do all on the list.
And if you don't want to learn, in any case, check out at least a minute or two of the video. Pretty cool stuff,
I am saying that I can drive a stickshift and know exactly what it means.
The people I say it to nowadays don't.
I can't - my coordination is severely lacking (which is why I dance like Elaine Benes).
even if I look and act really crazy.
2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
I lean more to X when it comes to pop culture. Fuck the Disneyfication of media by the millennials.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
Number, 28, 29, 31 and 34, no idea about them, and a millennial was a tricky word I had no idea about
Some other examples:
Taking #15 a little further: Cooking without a recipe.
Writing in cursive.
Chasing wood or metal. Not only a lost skill, but a term that most have not heard of. I used to know a highly skilled chaser. I can't do that!
Navigating by stars, sun, landscape feature or animal movement.
Identifying wild edible plants.
Doing basic math mentally.
Counting back change without looking at a register read out.
Counting change/mental math. Just tonight, I handed a young checkout girl $10.25. My total was $7.25. It took the longest time to get my change back. She even got out a pad and pencil to do the math. Um, isn't the answer right there on the screen? The kicker is, after I gave her a $10 bill, she asked if I had a quarter to make the math easier.