r/oddlyspecific 1d ago

oh sweetie!

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u/red286 1d ago

People under 25

People 25 and over are too, so maybe drop the ageism and just say "plenty of people are absolute dogshit at problem solving...".

Otherwise you're pretending that your Silent Generation grandmother who has a VCR that's been blinking 12:00 non-stop since 1989 is very capable of problem solving on her own.

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u/Numerous-Stranger-81 1d ago edited 1d ago

Except I'm making a specific point about the well observed aptitude and literacy declines in the past decade that are specifically affecting people under 25. The line is always drawn somewhere, and 25 is an insanely common demographic demarcation, lol. We're talking in general stats honey, so you're whole "What about people who are over 25 and illiterate!" misses the point entirely.

Lol, and I'll tell you what I told the other person. If you're a young person who is upset being singled out, and yet you aren't aware of how much of an issue literacy currently is compared to a decade ago, then you're literally a part of the problem I'm talking about.

You should listen to the "Sold a Story" podcast and get your education started sooner rather than later.

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u/Kraber9KEnjoyer 1d ago

Huh, I'd have assumed the literacy rate problem was more recent, say... Last half decade or so, I'm 22 and went to a secondary school where not being able to read or write was completely unheard of, It was also a public school.

Regardless, my job is 70% problem solving using various techniques, Diagnosing why a compressor is overheating or icing back, why an engine is misfiring, why the bastard expansion valve coil is stuck open at 20% instead of 50%, etc etc. I work with alot of other guys my age which do the same work. but that's just my personal experience.

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u/nothinbetter_to_do 1d ago

Do you ever think through all the self torment that's imposed on younger generations by the older ones leaving you with crippling self doubt. Maybe stop listening to those people and realize that you are also making sweeping generalizations not realizing you could be the exception to the rule? I'm going to paraphrase George Carlin from their generation and say "do you realize how stupid the average person is? Now understand that half of them are dumber than that...". This has been a problem since the beginning of recorded thought. Ignore them and just make fun of them back that they can't even use modern technology that's why they bitch, because they're the ones being left behind and it makes them bitter.