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from the would-you-like-fries-with-that? dept.
the Good Housekeeping Institute's recent publication of a dishwashing guide for all those young people (2 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds in the UK) who have never learned the ancient art of washing up. In a nutshell, use hot water and rubber gloves, pre-scrape and soak dirty pans, change your water halfway through, and wash in the following order: glasses, mugs, cups, saucers, side plates, dinner plates, cutlery, serving dishes, pans, roasting tins.
While not knowing how to wash dishes is kind of a big deal, it's the whole idea of not being to handle oneself as a versatile, independent adult that is most concerning. Young people lack a wide range of practical skills these days, as revealed in a recent study by YouGov. More than half of young people (18-24) do not know how to set up utility bills upon moving to a new place; 54 percent cannot replace a fuse in a plug; 34 percent can't reset the fuse box after a switch has tripped; 37 percent do not know how to defrost a freezer; and 11 percent is clueless when it comes to changing lightbulbs. (You can see the entire sad list here.)
So what? There's an app for that.
(Score: 2) by Osamabobama on Friday October 06 2017, @07:33PM (2 children)
This seems like a good place to point out the value of diversity. The improvements described accrue because the additional youths are assumed to have independent odds of being in the 89% enlightened light-bulb-capable group. If they all come from the same (clueless) family, the assumptions supporting the math don't hold true.
Yay, diversity!
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(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday October 07 2017, @12:44AM (1 child)
The only thing diverse youths know what to do with a light-bulb is remove the threaded base, and the filament along with it, and use it as a crackpipe.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 07 2017, @04:40AM
I know you're a "diverse" person so this gives me some further insight into your personal issues. Please, please please stop doing crack. Or if you really must, at least buy a proper pipe so you don't have to rummage through the trash for old bulbs or rip a spark plug out of my motorcycle (thanks crackie!)