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Posted on 7/9/17 at 10:53 pm to ILikeLSUToo
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Grammar
Adding to this, proofreading.
I often get official correspondence for work that looks like it was written by a 10 year old. Take a moment to review what you've written before you send it to me.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 10:56 pm to PrimeTime Money
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Math not done on a calculator.
They can't even get it right with a calculator.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 10:56 pm to OweO
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Are There Any Skills That Less & Less People Are Learning?
No... none at all
Jk
One skill that OweO obviously never learned is how to start a thread that isn't completely stupid and utterly shitty.
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It seems like kids today are less likely to try to figure out something. Instead they quickly call on their parents or someone who knows how to do it.
Yeah... That's bullshite. You've been reading too many Facebook statuses and OT threads by old curmudgeonly fricks with imagined complaints about millenials.
It's actually the complete opposite. Kids these days are more to get and figure stuff our on their own. Because they know all they have to do is pull out their phone and there's a "How To" video on YouTube for literally anything you could ever possibly need to do or think. And because of that they're more likely to try to do stuff even if they aren't nearly qualified or skilled enough to do.
And most people aged 20-30 would rather avoid speaking to their parents whenever possible.
To most people I would say that you're full of shite, but you're OweO so I know that you actually are just dumb enough to think that.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 11:03 pm to OweO
What a "K" means in baseball.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 11:15 pm to OweO
This one is pretty basic but I feel like I've come across younger people not being able to read a clock or a watch. It baffles me that someone cannot read time that way,
Posted on 7/9/17 at 11:24 pm to SamuelClemens
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Cursive writing
And for that matter ANY writing. The moronic, webcronym bullshite that parents my age type to their kids to not be the "uncool" old frick is more pathetic than just being a not cool old frick.
This post was edited on 7/9/17 at 11:25 pm
Posted on 7/9/17 at 11:28 pm to OweO
Tying a tie.
On a more serious note, a trend I've been seeing is that kids don't want to go for a blue collar job these days. There is going to be a major shortage for electricians, plumbers, HVAC, etc. in the future. They think their BS liberal arts degree is going to pay more than a nice union job with full benefits.
On a more serious note, a trend I've been seeing is that kids don't want to go for a blue collar job these days. There is going to be a major shortage for electricians, plumbers, HVAC, etc. in the future. They think their BS liberal arts degree is going to pay more than a nice union job with full benefits.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 11:32 pm to Backinthe615
"I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words... When I was young, we were taught to be discreet and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise
[disrespectful] and impatient of restraint"
(Hesiod, 8th century BC).
Every generation thinks the next generation is going to be the one that ends man kind
[disrespectful] and impatient of restraint"
(Hesiod, 8th century BC).
Every generation thinks the next generation is going to be the one that ends man kind
Posted on 7/9/17 at 11:53 pm to OweO
How to skin a buck or run a trotline.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 11:54 pm to OweO
Slide rule
Posted on 7/9/17 at 11:58 pm to OweO
quote:
Are There Any Skills That Less & Less People Are Learning?
knowing when to use "fewer" instead of "less."
Posted on 7/10/17 at 12:31 am to OweO
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This is true, they don't learn to never bite the hand that feeds you.
Have a family member who does not understand this concept. Worked for a family-owned business. Had a talk with the owner about the owners' younger brother. Said he was slacking and not carrying his weight. Said he needed to tighten his brother up, plus he could do a better job. Maybe so, but his name wasn't on the building. He was shocked when he was promoted to customer and shown the sidewalk.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 12:40 am to SamuelClemens
PROGRAMMING
NOWADAYS people don't program shite they install WordPress modules.
An actual programmer who can build shite from the ground up can pretty much write his own check.
NOWADAYS people don't program shite they install WordPress modules.
An actual programmer who can build shite from the ground up can pretty much write his own check.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 1:23 am to OweO
quote:I dunno about that, I see lots of kids translating for their parents at my work.
It seems like kids today are less likely to try to figure out something. Instead they quickly call on their parents
I do notice that kids (not mine) are getting more smart-elic and disrespectful, which is probably an indication of me getting old and grouchy.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 1:39 am to rintintin
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They're more likely to Google it than anything.
Admittedly google is awesome but is a huge crutch.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 6:04 am to OweO
My mom and the other females in the family put up vegetables every year. We killed a bunch of hogs in the fall, a lot of things that people just don't do anymore. Going out in the woods for muscadines. We had a huge smokehouse.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 6:11 am to rintintin
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They're more likely to Google it than anything.
This is more of a "should be" than an "is".
I'm 50 and i still hate not knowing something i want to know. Youtube is GREAT for solving this problem. From Calculus to Plumbing, you can learn it in YouTube.
But you know who seems completely unaware of this reality? Young people.
For at least 10 years now, I've been truly befuddled at how often a young person at work tells me they don't know how to do something that 5 minutes on YouTube would solve.
The person that figures stuff out in today's world is a fricking treasured find in today's job market.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 6:11 am to dgnx6
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They can't even get it right with a calculator
Which always makes for comedy
Posted on 7/10/17 at 6:22 am to OweO
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For example, are less people today not taught how to change a tire? It seems like kids today are less likely to try to figure out something. Instead they quickly call on their parents or someone who knows how to do it.
Which is stupid because kids can easily pull up 10 videos on YouTube about how to do it in 5 seconds.
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