The future is doomed

[GypsmJim]

My kids can start a fire without a match, know how to use a paper map and a compass. Both can drive a stick-shift, cook on gas, electric and on a campfire.


They can shoot straight....and know when not to shoot at all.


Perfect?
No, but they are each a single gender that know that the world doesn't owe them a thing and that if they want it bad enough it's worth working for.


I'm PROUD of my kids. 27 year old daughter and a 30 year old son.


They even know righty-tighty, lefty-loosey.

My kids are 42 and 44, and they can do all those things as well. They are both professionals and are well educated and well taught. But it was because WE helped make them that way.

You know, after pondering this thread for awhile, and reading the comment about blacksmithing, I think maybe we were too harsh on the kiddies.

I can remember back when I was 6 and mom taught me how to use a can opener. The first time I didn't know how. If someone today had seen one for the first time, maybe they would have to work on it for awhile.

Same with a rotary phone. I'm guessing that they were made obsolete back in the 70's. So, if you were a teenager now and had never seen one, maybe it would be a foreign object as well.

Anyway, I surely hope that the young generation isn't really stupid - just uneducated.

 

[6string]

If there's ever a war needing the reinstatement of conscription, these kids are nothing but cannon fodder.

I've been teaching in colleges and universities for over 30 years. There were always boneheads in "higher education" (and not just students!).
But, today, it is unbelievable. Sadly, the real blame falls with those running the education system, and a fair amount of bad parenting.

The video reminds me of a joke I often tell: Imagine a desert island with a group of college administrators and a lifetime supply of canned food. They'd starve to death in a week because they wouldn't be able to decide who should chair the committee tasked with writing the policy on the use of the can opener.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Used to often go down to Eglin.
We rented cars from the authorized GSA contractor.
They had ****** cars!
We learned they had a few Manual Tranny cars.
When we asked for one,
They would be amazed we could drive one.

 

[sigp220.45]

We’re doomed all right. A bunch of folks have made it to retirement age without being able to recognize a fake video.

 

[Rustyt1953]

We’re doomed all right. A bunch of folks have made it to retirement age without being able to recognize a fake video.

It's short notice but I had JR make this for you.

 

[Beemerguy53]

...While many young people are idealistic and know little about history, a majority are not that stupid. Some of them are, but the same can be said about many past generations.

Even a cursory glance at news stories over the past several years will clearly indicate that the "younger generation" doesn't have a monopoly on being gullible and dumb...

 

[chief38]

Last night we had a small party at my house (8 people) and at 11:00 pm I turned the TV on to watch the Dick Clark Times Square event. After watching it for 30 minutes I KNEW we are doomed! UGhhh!

 

[Onomea]

This is an example of why after the impending EMP destroys the fragile power grid, urban kids like those will starve out in short order while country folks will survive.

Better tell Hank, Jr!

I live back in the woods you see
My woman and the kids and the dogs and me
I got a can opener, a rifle and a four-wheel drive
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive...

 

[lihpster]

I'm all set.

 

[BigBoy99]

Something scary I saw on the Sunday morning news today. Right now, the Earth has twice as many births as deaths every day.

More people desire things and production rises to meet demand. I wonder why population increase is NEVER mentioned as the cause of climate change?

 

[chief38]

I realize our parents thought we were far out of the loop and their parents probably thought that way of them as well. But NOW...... all I can say is WOW! What we've witnessed over the last few years is just over the top!

 

[GypsmJim]

More people desire things and production rises to meet demand. I wonder why population increase is NEVER mentioned as the cause of climate change?

That concept was mentioned, but only in passing, in "An Inconvenient Truth". After reading the book I wondered why it was not strongly emphasized. Of course, Al has 4 kids, so it would have been self-incriminating.

I was educated in the early days of the environmental movement. WE certainly recognized it. In fact, the theme back then was ZPG (zero population growth). Many of us took the pledge to have no more than 2 kids.

 

[SnidelyWhiplash]

More people desire things and production rises to meet demand. I wonder why population increase is NEVER mentioned as the cause of climate change?

Only that population that believes Climate Change is a natural phenomenon of Mother Nature and only peripherally…if at all…affected by man…is considered a cause.

 

[GypsmJim]

We’re doomed all right. A bunch of folks have made it to retirement age without being able to recognize a fake video.

Now that you mention it, I didn't think of that at the time.

My wife is a substitute high school teacher. You would not believe the stories she comes home with day after day. To me, this video simply looked like another day in her life at school.

 

[JJEH]

Well, you'd figure with the internet and all the instant access to anything would make people more intelligent. I think that backfired bigly!

 

[Nevada Ed]

That was a guy !!

With the long hair, I thought it was a young lady.

Now I really know that we are in really bad shape and that a man's job
might be needed to be handed over to the other side, that might have a clue on, what's up?

Down hill, for sure.

 

[Jon651]

If anyone thinks this video of Millennials opening up a tin can is bad, you should watch the one of them trying to use a dial telephone...!!!

 

[The Last Standing Knight]

This is an example of why after the impending EMP destroys the fragile power grid, urban kids like those will starve out in short order while country folks will survive.

BINGO!
I'd give them three days before they are eating their own limbs off.
I deal with these humanoids daily and they are getting wrose expedientially.

 

[ditrina]

Thank you all for your opinions on todays' youth.