SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
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 captain normal on Saturday October 07 2017, @12:31AM (1 child)
Yep..true on everything you mention. Only thing I wonder is how often do you wash your clothes and linens? Do you just keep sleeping in dirty sheets and wearing dirty clothes, or like Charlie Harper just go out and buy new stuff?
Anyway, taking care of themselves is not the only thing Millennials can't do. They are also really lousy at driving. Probably the reason they are into Uber and self driving cars.
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts"- --Daniel Patrick Moynihan--
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Monday October 09 2017, @09:50PM
Approximately weekly. Like a normal person, y'know.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.