Is it just a meme or does gen Z and alpha lack basic people and every day skills that were taken for granted in the past?
>>543693987the fuck is that thing?
>>543693987>lack basic people and every day skills that were taken for granted in the past?They simply haven't been taught.t. had to teach two of my zoomer apprentices how to drive and unironically one of them how to use a can opener.Useless fuckwit parents, useless social media.
>>543694071A can of beans.
>>543693987>boomers>never do a single thing to assist or teach the next generations>confused why they don't know how things workI can't hate a group of people more.
why don't older generations ever teach their children anything or actually tell them what's going on in realityboomers intentionally kneecap their heirs then gloat about it
>>543694113thinking about thos beans
>>543694080society exploits normalfags too much and they don't have free time or attention to raise their baby wageslaves properly that's why the current generation of normalfags is retarded and incompetent. Bad for GDP. When normalfags come home they just doomscroll and order jeetslop but their kids can't afford jeetslop in their late teens, 20s and have to eat canned food and have no idea how to open a can because they never saw their parents do it.
>>543693987I had to ask my 10 yr old daughter how to copy paste with my finger on a phone.
Its such a perfect microcosm of the ok boomer idea. that boy's parents failed him, just like how boomers failed the rest of society. "Fuck you i got mine" is their mentality. that poor idiot never had a chance in this world, taught nothing useful, exposed to everything evil, gen z never had a chance. then boomers wonder why their kids are dopamine seeking morons with no will to accomplish anything.
>>543694080>They simply haven't been taught.I'm not sure they can be. My experience is they lack the ability to sit, concentrate and focus on a task for a significant period of time. They just don't seem to have the mental discipline for it, let alone get skilled at a long term skill that needs to be cultivated like a musical instrument.It was bad before AI, now AI is making it a 100% worse, as they have just off-loaded their thinking off to a prompt.
>>543694080>Useless fuckwit parentsThere are some bad parents out there, but the real issue is that young people have the attention span of hummingbirds. I'm not so cynical to sit here and say IQ has cratered. But I've tried to teach and mentor young people and they've been conditioned to live every moment of their lives on high alert waiting for push notifications. It makes it impossible for them to focus, think, and learn properly even when you try earnestly.
no ye zoomers don't know how to open cans saw it first hand with every new fng that joined my unit when i was still in the military i enacted a tradition that i found out recently still goes on when i came back for reserve duty that the earliest fngs are forced to open cans for everyone else so they'll be forced to learn how to so when they're stuck in the field or in a war zone they know how to fucking retards
>>543694080>>543694157Zoomers grew up with unprecedented access to information. They could literally watch people on YouTube clearly demonstrating and explaining anything imaginable. Their continued ignorance and claims that "no one taught me!" just smacks of laziness.
>>543693987>the spoiled boomer never taught him how to use it>LMFAO LOOK AT THIS RETARD WHO DOESNT KNOW HOW TO USE IT
>>543693987>Invent a can opener for retarded people>Become so retarded they cant use it anymoreMerricans sure are funny people.
>>543695055If you need someone to teach you how to use a can opened then you've got problems that go way beyond boomers and their bullshit.
>>543693987...I want to say no but practical experience says otherwise.
this can opener is an overengineered piece of shit, buy a real one
>>543695162Try asking a child who never tried or has been taught to tie their shoe and watch what happens, the results may shock you
>>543693987i heard that little kids are swiping left on people or saying "next" if they get bored with what you're saying
>>543694530>the boom boom unironically thinks YouTube is like The Matrix where you can just download comptencies with no first-hand experience of your own
>>543694080Yep. Decent learning probably stopped about age 5, they had to intuit the rest. God help the infants today getting less than that, raised by an iphone.>>543694400>>543694474>>543694530It can only be genetics or parental raising. I believe dysgenic breeding is a factor in civilisation declining but genetic change in a single generation seems insufficient explanation. Parenting is abhorrent due to liberalism.
>>543694530>raise my kid? just watch youtube this is the precise problem, you blithering retard
>>543694530Dude have a heart they're kids for Christ sake. They WANT to learn shit and be little floating eyeball sponges and spend time with you. Your post reeks of bootstrap wanna be cowboy boomer nonsense
>>543695547Seriously
there is a slightly concerning lack of curiosity in people below a certain age.When I was a kid I would just pick shit up and try to figure out how it worked.I have to assume the availability of entertainment on demand is interfering with this process of exploration and discovery.I've seen kids try to play video games now. They don't try to figure out anything. They run head first into it, and if it isn't immediately giving them a dopamine boost, they turn it off, and go back to Roblox.The idea of a child picking up a book and trying to read it now is kind of laughable.
>>543695513Type "how do I use a can opener" in, and see what comes up.
Can openers are for retards. Buy the pop-top cans, simple as.
>>543695409>I CAN'T DO SOMETHING BASIC AND INTUITIVE!>THAT'S SOMEONE ELSE'S FAULT!I wouldn't be shocked. Millennials, zoomers, they all project their own failures and shortcomings on to others.
>>543693987I've always wondered why can openers are designed in that way, they seem needlessly cluttered.
>>543695778The first time I got handed a P-38 can opened when I was in the Army I had no idea what it was for. But after not having it explained to me and not being shown how to use it, I just sat down and took 30 seconds to figure it out.
>>543693987To be fair he’s using some kind of retard can opener, you know, the ones with giant handles and tons of extra safety features for boomers with weak hands or arthritis.
>>543694080>>543694157>They simply haven't been taught.>never do a single thing to assist or teach the next generationsWhat kind of retard level ''intelligence'' do you need if you can't figure out how to use a fucking can opener?No one taught me because all you need is to look at the fucking tool, mess with it for 30 seconds and not being brain damaged idiot.A fucking monkey would figure it out in 2 minutes flat.
>>543694071When you absolutely, positively, have to open that can of woop ass
>>543695726>this retard will either starve to death or try to shoot cans that don't have the shitty lever thing
>>543693987Zoomers are ignorant. Millennials are stupid. Zoomers can learn. Millennials never will.
>>543696039quantify that.
>>543695854you have the reading comprehension of a zogbot
>>543696039Cope.
>>543694080This.That can opener is one of the type where it's not immediately obvious what you're actually supposed to do with it since it has so much shit going on.If nobody tells you or shows you that you need to put the edge of the can between the two wheels, which is an impractical posture to begin with, you're not likely to figure it out quickly.
>>543695854you being in the army has nothing to do with this anecdote, but since it’s only time in life you felt like you were actually doing something with yourself, you feel undeservedly proud of it; hence you make it a point to mention it every chance you get. >zoomers can’t use can openers >THAT REMINDS ME OF MY TIME IN THE ARMY. DO-OR-DIE. EITHER FIGURE OUT THE CAN OPENER, OR RISK THE LIVES OF GOOD MEN. LUCKILY, I’M A RUGGED SOLDIER WHO CAN ADAPT, SO WE WERE EATING BAKED BEANS THAT NIGHT. EARNED ME A PURPLE HEART
>>543695602I was mostly speaking of adult Zoomers, not ones still in K-12. Turn off the retarded e-celeb streamer and turn on a video about how to change your car's oil.
Go butter your avocado toast sweetheart
>boomers and gen Xers failed to pass on knowledge>this is the fault of millennials and zoomers
>>543693987Everyday* my dude.
>>543694400They're too used to multitasking all the time.App open here, notification there, gotta do the school work in this window, gotta have the twitch stream on that monitor, phone's bussin and phone's buzzing all fucking day, all fucking night.Some of them know this is bad and keep their phones muted, disabled most notifications and try to meditate.Most are simply raised this way. Raised by neglect from parents who themselves are way too busy to notice how busy this is.And then they bitch that the kids can't pay attention.It's not that they can't pay attention.It's that all their attention has already been paid to 20 different masters.
Teach him once and he'll actually remember how to use it unlike boomer retards who have to be taught how to use a phone every single week.
>>543693987>lack basic people skillsI’m a millennial from the 80s and I lack basic people skills. I get anxiety just thinking about having to talk to someone, and when I do, it’s awkward
>>543696227and who raised those zoomers, dummy? who failed to offer them guidance? they didn’t fail themselves, YOU failed them. >t. angry grandad
>>543696732How many people on this site do you think have kids who are zoomers?
>>543696827the prevailing dismissive attitude towards the younger generation has contributed to their failure. I don’t give a fuck if they’re your kids or not. stop being an irresponsible faggot
>>543693987>look at this stupid young man not knowing how to use thing>never shows him how to use thing even once in the first placedo those idiots not realize that they are putting the blame on themselves for the next generation being stupid?
>>543693987There is a very practical thing called culture and education. Adults set an example for younger people. And younger people learn too. Ultimately, young people don't have to reinvent everything every time. Very practical.
They were "raised" To be homosexuals
>>543693987that contraption is a bit overworked and can be replaced by>>543694071but its a very good IQ test, if you can't figure out how it works under 1 minute you are pretty dumb or lefthanded.
>>543697428Why the fuck do you need to be instructed as to how to put sharp metal disc to can lid?
>>543693987That's honestly not that kid's fault if his parents didn't show him how to use basic household utilities. They were probably too busy scrolling on their phones. Zoomers will get angry about this some day and think of their millennial parents as worse than we think of boomers now.
>>543695520>genetic change in a single generation seems insufficient explanationWhat do you expect when you import genetics from the third world?
>>543696322This.Add in the simplistic gaming and constant swiping / scrolling, and that just contributes to their inability to focus and recall information.I teach Algebra to 9th graders and we see this shit all the time. It's bad enough with most of them being so fucking lazy. Their inability to focus and recall basic skills makes it significantly worse. On top of that, most cannot do simple adding and multiplying in their head.>work with a 14-year-old one-on-one>show a basic procedure several times>he gets it and I watch him complete a problem>walk away to check on other students>return a few minutes later>student asks me why the software says his answer is wrong>his graphed equation is nowhere close to what I showed him>asked him how he created it>"I just clicked randomly on the screen.">wants to know why it's wrong
>>543694071it's a tuotesivu ToLKINAVAAJA obviously
>>543698008because you never did it before and need to be shown how to use a thing onceno one is born a technician, but the zoomer in op can become one if taught, you on the other hand were born a nigger pajeet that shits in the street and you can't change that
>>543694071that must be a jewish can opener
>>543697946>or lefthandeddont bully :(
>>543697428anon a normal person can figure out how to use that abomination in 15 secondsi know because i have to re-learn it every few years when i encounter a can like that and can't find my swiss army knife
>>543697043>dude, teach me how to use a can openerLook, I'm sorry your parents were useless, but why do you think this is my job?Do you think people five to ten years older than me ever taught me anything? No. They called me a gay baby for liking Pokemon. It's the natural cycle of things.
>>543698009zoomers have Gen X parents.
>>543696039no, zoomers are genuinely stupid millennials are indoctrinated you can break the indoctrination with a lot of work but you can't fix stupid
>>543694071The problem with those P-51's and P-38's is that they wear the fuck out way the hell too fast. A good high-carbon hunting knife will last a thousand times longer than those ever will.
>Grug smarter than modern man because modern man cannot make fire with rock
>>543699028They have Pluto in Leo, Virgo and Libra parents.Leo 1954-1968Virgo 1968-1981Libra 1981-1993The differences do show.My dad's from '63 so he's a late boomer, my mother's from '70 so she's early gen X.He's a holier-than-thou know it all who thinks his charities are worth diamonds, she's a complacent yesman who won't say no and demands that complacency from everyone else.The millennial parents I know all have the same mindset: family is the group, the group is superior, everyone follows the herd, mommy knows best.I'm from 1994, which makes me a zoomer in accordance with sidereal Pluto placements.1993-2008 was the duration of its stay in Scorpio.That makes gen alpha the people born between 2008-2021, Pluto in Sagittarius.That makes for quite the interesting timeline as the 2008 births are now 18 years old.In 10 years we'll see them come to Zoomers for esoteric guidance (lmao) and challenge all established leaders.By which I mean kill all established leaders and take charge.This routine is why empires fall every 246 years or so.
>>543699623Yeah, actually. Can you do that?
>>543699623There is truth to your statement, though. When the shit hits the fan, fucking zoom-zooms won't have a higher survival rate than a chicken. Fact: Every single person needs food, water, shelter and clothing. Those are an essential fact that cannot change as long as they live on Earth and are human. If they do not have the wherewithal to procure all 4 of those, they have no survival chances in a systemic grid-service collapse. It doesn't matter if they can get 1, they must get all 4 to survive.
>>543694400>>543694080my 10-year-old nephew has no enforced sleep routine, no sense of nutritional needs in his diet, and only gets brief restrictions on his electronic usage every 6 months or so when he's caught watching porn on his tablet. His xillenial parents are both upper middle class wagies with all the resources in the world to set him up for success but they simply. do. not. care. it's been one of the biggest blackpills of my life to realize the vast majority of parents really just don't have it in them to mold a worthwhile person. The only stance they took on parenting was "I will never hit my child" and that seems to have been enough in their minds to check off the "I'm a good parent" box. Their kid meanwhile is disturbingly violent for a child, loves to tell people he wants to kill them, was kicked out of several daycares and has been suspended from school multiple times for violent acts, but I guess all of that's the rest of society's problem, not his parents.
Zoomer hereMy mom wiped my ass until I was about 8. Not because I was a mouth breathing retard (quite the opposite, when I went to school I was one of the few people who read very fast and do basic math) but because.. she just did? And never thought that there was anything wrong with it? This is in response to >>543694530Kids will not just go "ohhh I need to learn X, let's google it". When your age is in single digits, you either learn from older people or you don't learn at all. It's also hard to tell when you're supposed to know/do something but can't, because, well, you're very young. And if you don't learn at all at that age, you will not care about learning when you're older. More stupid shit that happened>Grade 5, tell my mom my teacher tied my shoelaces (we were skiing and had to change into special shoes with laces)>Mom is pissed, huffs and puffs while trying to teach me how to tie them myselfI memorized the process instantly, but never managed to tie shoelaces properly even once in my life. Partly because I've never worn shoes with laces that need to be tied, partly because I don't care at all. Later in grade 10 I had to be part of a stupid event where we needed to tie two people's legs together so they could run like that, I was asked to do it but instead had to ask the girl who was there to do it because I messed up the knot immediately.>About 14, dad asks me how long it takes to boil and egg, no idea why>err about an hour>dad and his wife smile while looking horrifiedAnd yet they didn't tell me. Only found out how long it takes in my early 20s, after specifically asking my mom, now I cook a lot of eggs.>Didn't cook my own breakfast until 16>Only started doing it myself because my mom got a bf and I was embarrased to have her do it in the morning for meEtc. etc.. Can't think of anything else right now so I'll leave it there.
>>543693987talking to zoomies is like talking to a wall. They pretend to be listening and interested in what youre saying, but they just thinking on what they want to say next. Its like they ignore 99% of what you say to them and just jump to the topic they had in mind (they like to talk a lot about their shit), and then jump from topic to topic really fast. Its really bizarre
>>543701692Smothering, making sure you'll depend on her for longer which makes her feel needed and loved for longer.Your father's supposed to put a stop to that.
>>543694160Maybe boomer were made as by tv sorcery.
>>543694080>They simply haven't been taught.They have no intellectual curiosity and don't know how to learn new things or find information in the most information rich, mass communications environment in history. They are Pod People
