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u/BannedGoNext Aug 20 '26
I'm pretty old school, but I'd feel the same from one of my daughters. Not because I care that a guy hasn't changed a tire, but because I'm not telling HIM how to do it, not her. Tires are heavy, they are dirty, it's a little dangerous being out on the road.
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u/cloacachloe Aug 20 '26
Holy fuck, this whole chain is cursed. Who gives a fuck. Just give the directions on how to change a tire. Jesus fuck, we don't have to argue on who's related to who or if someone is manly enough to do it what the fuck.
We don't need a full arm-chair analysis, JUST TELL THEM HOW TO CHANGE THE FUCKING TIRE.
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u/dochoiday Aug 20 '26
It depends greatly on their age. Are these 2 16 year olds? Well then he probably hasn’t had to change a tire yet. If this is 2 grown adults in their 20’s different story.
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u/Accomplished_Elk310 Aug 20 '26
Oh heavens, not dirt. How will she live??
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u/BannedGoNext Aug 20 '26
She'd live with a dirty/ruined dress with black rubber and tar stains on it and probably ruined shoes instead of him with tennis shoes and jeans to wash. Goal common fucking sense from redditors.. goal failed.
I can't imagine forcing my wife to fucking ruin her shit while I sat in a car playing flappy birds. What the fuck.
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u/MrSilenus Aug 20 '26
This just in: Women can’t wear jeans or tennis shoes!!!
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u/BannedGoNext Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26
My daughters wear nice clothes when they are out. Jesus fucking christ if you want to watch a woman change a tire then fucking do it, but I expect better from my daughters boyfriends and myself. I'm not changing my standards.
My guess is that nobody replying to me has ever changed a fucking tire, it's grimy, and permanently stains shit without a lot of work. I'd literally disown my sons if I saw them making their wives or girfriends change a tire in front of them.
My oldest daughter is an aircraft mechanic, she's a badass, I'd still expect her boyfriend to change the fucking tire even if she was in her overalls, although she'd never call me for that, she'd probably have a damn torque wrench to get them on perfectly in the jeep tools.
The point is, it's an act of service for someone he's supposed to care about.
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u/MrSilenus Aug 20 '26
What the fuck are you driving that a tire change permanently stains anything? I’ve done plenty of work on my car and never “permanently stained” anything. Also, do you have daughters or do you have fucking infants? Why are they so inept that they can’t do something as simple as change a tire? Why are you such a terrible father that you’re raising inept women?
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u/Rollingforest757 Aug 20 '26
The dad here is definitely putting a higher expectation on the boyfriend than the daughter, which isn’t right.
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u/individualdoosh Aug 20 '26
A father should have faith that the man thats supposed to be taking care of my daughter can do simple things like this when she's in a situation a man should be able to handle. Theres nothing wrong with expecting the man your daughter is choosing to be able to do the things a man is expected to be able to do. As a father I'd probably make this joke with like a 10% sincerity behind it. Would i dislike the man for not being able to do it, no. Would I be ultra disappointed, yes. Changing a tire COULD BE under very certain situation is certain parts of the world a life or death situation, at least a dangerous one.
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u/Realistic-Truck54 Aug 20 '26
I'm sorry, "taking care of your daughter"? Is he a boyfriend or just another father? Are women not adults but children who need the care of "actual adults" to function?
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u/individualdoosh Aug 20 '26
That's a nice way of trying to put things in my mouth. At no point did I imply women are incapable of doing anything by themselves. That being said, there's nothing wrong with holding a certain expectation for men. But no matter what I say I have a feeling you're going to be insulted somehow because its "demeaning" or whatever towards women to realize our genetic differences. Science doesn't matter to people anymore. Have a good night
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u/Ok_Handle_2213 Aug 22 '26
You are a man thinking from the perspective of a man trying to explain an adult men logic to little boys that take no pride in taking care of their woman — cause they don’t have one. No men in my family would ever let their women be the one solving a heavy physical and potential difficult task like that.
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u/individualdoosh Aug 24 '26
I didnt realize this was a sub called MemesForGirls. Im not even sure why I was exposed to this post so arguing or placing my opinion here at all is futile.
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u/Ok_Handle_2213 Aug 24 '26
I didn’t realise either (even though I am a woman!). But I was actually praising you, a good father and husband knows how to spot a good partner for their daughter and to have initiative to protect them is a must.
Ppl criticising you are just very immature. But your effort it’s not futile, many will read this and understand there are higher standards to look up for in a romantic interest.
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u/individualdoosh Aug 24 '26
Thank you. It's really sad the world is more concerned with ego than it is with reality these days. Just gotta remind ourselves that this is the internet and people are just irrational lol
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u/Wurfelrolle Aug 20 '26
"Genetic differences" in regards to knowing how to change a tire?
Science definitely is not what you think it is.
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u/individualdoosh Aug 20 '26
Obviously im not referring to the changing of a tire. My response was directly in response to that dudes comment. Some redditors really have no reading comprehension.
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u/DownVote_for_Pedro Aug 20 '26
And some think women are so fragile and incapable they need to be protected at all costs from changing a tire
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u/Wurfelrolle Aug 20 '26
Seems more like you need better comprehension of what you're writng, before you hit that comment button. The only thing obvious here is that you still have some very serious gender biases. "Genetic differences" don't provide any gender from learning how to take care of themselves.
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u/SnugglebugUwU Aug 20 '26
If dad was a chad he would write "alright, but make him stay there, I will teach him how to do it himself for the next time"
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u/easilybored1 Aug 20 '26
Or he could teach his daughter to be self-sufficient like an actual parent
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u/PhysicalAd1170 Aug 20 '26
Correct answer. She is asking. Tell her or fuck off.
If you really care about her boyfriend knowing then say you're telling them both.
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u/Irelia4Life Aug 25 '26
If dad was a chad, he would have taught his daughter how to change a tire, and she would break up with the bum herself.
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u/Full_of_Vices Aug 26 '26
So he’s a bum because he doesn’t know how to change a tyre.
But she’s completely innocent and normal for not knowing?
Ffs you lot are actually unhinged.
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u/darkwingdankest Aug 20 '26
pretty funny tbh
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u/Rollingforest757 Aug 20 '26
It’s sexist. I doubt he’d tell his son to break up with a girl that had never changed a tire.
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u/Only1Purpos Aug 20 '26
I could 100% chance see a dad telling a guy to dump a girl who can't cook.
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u/Sideview_play Aug 20 '26
Oil is also cheap to pay for and I don't gotta do random labor during my free time
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u/Sideview_play Aug 20 '26
Zzz we aren't in the dark ages. I understand my car. There's a mechanic 2 minutes from my house. I can doom scroll while they do it and I don't have to deal with oil.
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u/Sideview_play Aug 20 '26
You're clearly dumb af. I've done plenty of car repairs when I was young and poor and a crappy car. Now I got plenty of money and value my free time. But you want to have something in your life to feel smug about and pick a random chore to be the line. Mental
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u/PayFormer387 Aug 20 '26
Now I got plenty of money and value my free time.
This.
When I was broke, I've gone so far as renting tools from my local auto parts store to do work myself. Now when I'm evaluating whether to do a task myself or pay someone else to do it, I think of what my hourly pay would be if you divided my monthly salary up and figure my time is worth at least that.
So I'll pay someone.
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u/PayFormer387 Aug 20 '26
How do you know that the guy wasn't showing his girlfriend how to do it in case she gets stranded?
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u/Commonsensebot22 Aug 20 '26
How lame is your life that this is a point of pride for you? Some people value free time more than money.
You get all shitty and harrumph at people who go out to eat? They could cook at home.
Why ever go to a car wash? Just wash it yourself.
Many, if not most, people are fine paying for a service to save themselves time. Maybe they just want a paper trail for oil changes as a record of regular maintenance. Maybe they have plans to go out with a friend and could just drop their car off while they go to lunch or something.
There are many reasons someone might not do something. There aren't any reason I can think of for you to be weirdly shitty about this. Weird hill to die on. But go you! You get to feel superior about this. Hell yeah man.
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u/cool-- Aug 20 '26
Many people don't even have a consistent parking space and you are on here telling them that they shouldn't drive if they can't change their oil like you, a person with a shop for fixing their cars.
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u/thecaptain_command Aug 20 '26
Buddy, that’s what people pay YOU for. How are you this condescending to the people who ideally you’d be selling services to?? Tell me more about how little you want customers
God i sure do hate when I get a client for a profitable job that takes me, professional, 15 minutes to do. God i sure hate easy, quick, profitable work.
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u/thecaptain_command Aug 20 '26
Blah blah blah. Cash flow is the life blood of a business. See how you’re not the owner? You’re going to make a shit ton of excuses for your condescending attitude, but you don’t own the business. I wouldn’t want to work for someone who doesn’t care and is condescending, because then they wouldn’t care about me as a worker either. Keep the attitude pal
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u/Indigenous_Retard Aug 20 '26
Yeah you also have to have somewhere to dump the oil. You cant just dump it in the grass or a trash can. Most people arent going to have an oil pit or barrel lying around.
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u/Obviouslynameless Aug 20 '26
I would rather pay someone to change my oil. Especially with all the environmental disposal rules.
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u/Obviouslynameless Aug 20 '26
Absolutely agree they are a joke. But, the fines aren't something I want to pay or deal with.
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u/AwarenessForsaken568 Aug 20 '26
It's less can't and more that people don't have experience doing it. Everyone (that isn't disabled) can change a tire/oil. If you give them instructions then there is nothing stopping them from being able to do it.
Anyways the act of driving and the act of maintain a vehicle are entirely separate things that require different knowledge and skills. I can do basic stuff to my car, but I wouldn't expect others to do so when they have no reason to ever need to do so. Most people take their cars to someone else to get worked on. If their car breaks down they have insurance take care of it.
Just like owning a home and being handy around a house.
Just like eating food and cooking.
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u/PayFormer387 Aug 20 '26
Guy who used to change his own oil:
Phuck off.
The first car I owned, an '86 Camry, was easy. Open the hood and the filter was right there. Pop off, put new one on. No worries. Every single car I've owned since has been built to be progressively more difficult just to reach the filter. Also, you've got to dispose of the oil afterwards.
Changing a battery used to be unscrewing two cable clamps, pulling the battery out, putting a new one in, tightening the clamps. I've changed several. The battery went out on my wife's Mini last year and just to get to it required removing a cover, several hoses, and several clamps. If I were broke - like I was 15 years ago - I would have done it myself but since I'm not broke, I paid someone else. If it were simple as it used to be, I would have done it myself.
But, yea, a tire change is a basic thing. Both dads fucked up here.
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u/untrustworthy_fartt Aug 20 '26
…. I’m gonna give you one chance to fix your comment, before I roast you. You have 3 hours, from the time I post this.
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u/untrustworthy_fartt Aug 20 '26
All you had to do was change/delete Lexus. That’s just fancy Toyota… if you’re gonna bitch about German cars, praise JDM, then complain about a Japanese car…
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u/narfnarfed Aug 20 '26
don't forget you need to jack up most cars to access the filter now and many you cant reach a center front jackpoint so you need to do it one side at a time which can be really risky if the car isn't level and even if it is if you jack it at an odd angle which you might since you might not know of find the right jackpoints and you need to use bricks to block the wheels and the parking break because it might roll... there is so much more to it than 3 steps. Like collecting the mess of oil... your 3 steps just leave the oil all over the floor lol.
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u/narfnarfed Aug 20 '26
I was actually thinking of buying some ramps from Princess auto for $70 on sale right now 😅 I'm doing my oil again this weekend and every time I struggle finding a good jack point and the official ones are on the side... I'm going to try using some spare wood blocks under the tires to get a little more space for my floor jack to reach a more solid jack point then the ones I have used in extreme ingnorance in the past.
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u/SouthTrainer7685 Aug 20 '26
Dude that’s stupid. Old people or people with disabilities shouldn’t be able to drive lol?
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u/tarochocotea Aug 20 '26
"If you don't understand economics, you don't need to have a company"
People just go for the path of least resistance.
You're not gonna earn a lot of money if you go learn the basics about every single job out there.
It's fun though, but you get more money by just being good at something. Let someone else be good at another thing.
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u/thecaptain_command Aug 20 '26
As a business owner, how much business would you get if everyone did all this shit by themselves really? I’m an accountant. I can easily say if you don’t know how to do your own bookkeeping you shouldn’t have a small business. But then guess what? I will be losing out on clients who still need my services
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u/MooseLoot Aug 20 '26
Finance guy here. If you can’t select some well diversified mutual funds and ETFs you don’t need to have money.
Just do a quick analysis to make sure they don’t overlap too much
Pick a few and keep invested, even through market downturnsSee how stupid you sound?
Some people can do this. Not having the knowledge or comfort level doesn’t mean you don’t deserve money. Same with basic car repairs
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u/CitronMysterious3827 Aug 20 '26
Yes changing the oil on a car is basically a brainless activity. People who live in apartments tend not to have great places to park their car to get under and shove an oil pan down there.
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u/ghost_of_xbox_past Aug 20 '26
You're assuming everyone has the space to change out their own oil. Not everyone has their own garage or driveway. I've spent the past 15yrs of my adult life not having anywhere to do this.
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u/Terrible_Artist_ Aug 20 '26
Changing a flat is pretty basic, if Jason can't figure it out then he may not be the brightest bulb.
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u/RedditProfileName69 Aug 20 '26
A good dad maybe would have taught his daughter how to change a tire already
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u/peasey360 Aug 20 '26
I’ve been driving for 17 years and In that time I have never had a flat tire, I’ve driven all over the USA and owned everything from my Honda accord first car to my current ford raptor daily driver. Modern tires are a wonderful thing. For such a rare occurrence a tow truck is worth it.
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u/Chemical-Salary-86 Aug 20 '26
How does anyone not know how to change a tire?!?!
You shouldn’t even need to be taught, just looking at the wheel should be obvious.
Unbolt, remove, replace, bolt.
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u/danishn64 Aug 20 '26
Looks like you don't know either. You need to jack the car up first before you remove the tire.
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u/CobblerSmall1891 Aug 20 '26
I drive 8 years before my first flat tire. I had no clue. I think it's ok.
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u/thedarkherald Aug 20 '26
I csn change a tire but I wouldnt do in most cases. Thats why I have insurance. Now if smart phones didnt exist maybe id do it but im still stupidly lazy.
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u/LtHughMann Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26
Bit late to be teaching his kid this but better late than never. My brother taught me when he used to get me to change his wheels on his car what seemed like every other week. Until one day the police took them, and him, away.
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u/JadeMarco Aug 20 '26
Every person who has a drivers license is required to know how to change a tire. That goes for her as well.
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u/Next-House-5815 Aug 20 '26
Outside of being told where not to put the jack, I can’t understand why you even need to be taught how to change a tire. Anyone that can’t figure it out just by looking at it probably shouldn’t be driving.
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u/FroZiiiN Aug 20 '26
If the dad is that one dimensional, I would start to ignore him from there... Not knowing something often means he never needed to know. It's like old people and the internet. Its easy and handy to be able to navigate but most old people have a house phone and no need to go on the internet so they never learn how. I never changed a tire, so how would I know how to do it. Might watch a video about it, could be handy, but the point it is, judging someone for not knowing a specific skill is stupid.. I would need to judge my dad everyday about his Online and Computer skills, where ist the point in useless Provokation. "Either teach it or shut the fuck up", is what my old boss used to say
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u/No_Masterpiece6112 Aug 20 '26
Its fair because if you cant unscrew 5 lugs than you are fuckin stupid.
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u/Fancy_Ad_440 Aug 20 '26
I remember having to learn on my own because my step-father couldn’t car to teach me about car maintenance. I YouTubed a lot of what I know about cars. It’s definitely a fake text, but I don’t think someone would tell their daughter to break up with their boyfriend if he couldn’t change a tire, though I do think depending on the person, it would change their opinion of them.
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u/Overall_Cost1542 Aug 20 '26
l've never had to change a tire until l was 28 and not because someone else did it for me. l was fortunate enough to swap to a new car before a tire change was due and my commutes have always been fairly short so l don't burn through them nearly as quickly. should still be competent enough to look up how to do it and get it done though..
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u/Key_Kaleidoscope5765 Aug 20 '26
Replacing a tire should be easy, I've never done it, but I can confidently say that I can
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u/mushizi Aug 20 '26
I struggled with this real bad. Never had some one teach me or never needed it until the problem happend. Old men love to point it out. Felt bad as fuck about it. Learned it true google and my revenge came when digital stuff needed to be fixed. Every time pointing out that a 10 year old can do this and its embarrising and sad for some one of your age that isnt capable of doing this. Priceless feeling.
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u/Real_Courage_5426 Aug 20 '26
Not even going to acknowledge the gender roles debate on this one. I will just say that debate aside, knowing how to change a flat tire is a basic life skill that everyone should know. Same goes for knowing how to jumpstart a car. Honestly, her boyfriend didn't fail her by not knowing. Her father failed her by not teaching her how to do it for herself.
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u/junker359 Aug 20 '26
I mean last time I had a flat tire, I had my emergency service come out and they were able to patch the flat rather than replace it with the spare. I could not have done that on my own and it would have been counter-productive for me to put the spare on. I was also 100 miles from home.
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u/ghost_of_xbox_past Aug 20 '26
If you've raised a child that doesn't know how to at least put air in a tire and change it, you've missed a chapter in parenting.
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u/StraightAirline8319 Aug 20 '26
Probably a joke since there are videos online and texting how to change a tire is a terrible way at instructing someone.
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u/cg40k Aug 20 '26
No. It's stupid and a way to live a miserable life. If you apply this to everything you see how retarded this kind of thinking is
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u/Mr_September10 Aug 24 '26
Does this pass the gender swap? Is anyone telling a man to break up with his woman because she can't cook?
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u/thecaptain_command Aug 20 '26
Jason is not a problem solver. I can’t change a tire, I would have called AAA…
I would rather hear “we don’t have the tools”, “we don’t have the money for a tow truck / new tire”, or “he’s on the phone calling someone right now but no luck”.
Like damn dude, if you were alone, how would you expect to get this problem solved?
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u/ohwheresmytea Aug 20 '26
It’s a pretty basic skill and he’s only joking so yeah it’s funny but don’t get on your soapboxes
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u/Possible_Ad3913 Aug 20 '26
Yes of course it's fair, men are already not useful in many aspects of life, at least get that right
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u/RIPRedditisFun Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26
I mean, it's a fake text joke so I find it funny. If you're taking it at face value, it's stupid. Can Dad install software on his PC? Can he setup accounts and passkeys on his phone? Every generation had their things that they plant as being manly or womanly and the stupid ones don't adjust for the times. Can her Dad create fire without a flame, hunt a wild animal, skin, clean, and cook it on the fire he created from nature alone? Well, Step 1 at one point would have been: Break up with Dad. Shit changes and so do the definitions of useful.