Throughout the rich world, the young are falling out of love with cars

Re:Throughout the rich world, the young are falling out of l... by frosted-flakes on Friday February 17, 2023 @02:29PM (#34839187)

> drive or cook a meal or rewire an electrical outlet or shoot a gun or splint a broken limb

None of those except cooking are in any way "basic life skills". Least of all shooting a gun.

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Re:Throughout the rich world, the young are falling out of l... by nradov on Friday February 17, 2023 @05:00PM (#34841176)

It's sad if you really believe that. Too many people in the tech industry have led such sheltered lives that they lack perspective on what happens in the real world. At a bare minimum every adult should know how to unload and render safe a firearm.

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Re:Throughout the rich world, the young are falling out of l... by vidarh on Friday February 17, 2023 @07:33PM (#34842587)

I wouldn't want to live in the kind of uncivilized, unsafe society where people are so scared that they consider that a necessary skill. Thankfully I don't.

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Re:Throughout the rich world, the young are falling out of l... by oblio on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @06:05AM (#34879575)

99.999% of people on this planet have lived fulfilling lives and died at peace in their bed without doing any of that.

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