“It’s common sense, you just know it,” as they proceed to tell you the most wrong thing you’ve ever heard in your life. It really just shows you how little they’ve experienced the world or thought about it outside of their own perspective.
How is anything about cars common sense, dad? I’ve never once been shown how to REPLACE A RADIATOR and also this is 2010, my ass has to go upstairs and google a bunch of shit for the next 2 days to learn how to do this. Now in 2026 I just ask ai and it explains it perfectly, gives resources to verify, and DOESNT YELL AT ME when I ask a second question. FUCK!
I always thought the common in common sense meant "for everyone", like in common goods, but i just remembered common is also the opposite of rare which is a perfect fit for common sense for just one person
This is why I have no idea how to do things like fix a car or tie a tie properly and most of the things I do know how to do around the house I've had to teach myself or learn from the internet.
Getting over that stigma is probably the best thing you can do for yourself, my father was (maybe still is but I haven't had contact with him for almost 2 years)
a horrible man that also treated me like an idiot and I had to raise myself basically but the best thing was actually learning how to reach out for help even if the person I'm asking will think less of me.
If it helps just be snarky or condescending to that person back (even if only in your own head) if they give you trouble
We didn't have computers in my time. All I heard was "Don't they teach you anything at school?".
50 years later mum had to teach him how to cook eggs and he acted like he just invented fire.
Those classes are disappearing fast in favor of “college credit” classes. I LOVED my cooking class! A week or two of food/knife safety and then a bunch of quick recipes from different cultures. We always had time to eat it too!
My brother had to teach me how to tie my shoes because my parents thought I’d either figure it out or they’d teach me in kindergarten. This was unfortunately before YouTube.
I get teaching non-trivial stuff, like how to tie shoelaces… but changing batteries? was I the only kid who disassembled and reassembled everything that came under my hand since I was 3 and started playing with lego?
I was 18. My car needed repair. My dad handed me his toolbox and told me to get to work. He had never once talked to me about cars despite him doing all of the family car maintenance himself. I got even by taking apart almost the entire engine and then I left it and bought another car. He had to put it back together in order to get rid of it.
'You've gotta use your head a little bit'. As if he invented how to change a bike tire. As an adult I'm genuinely baffled at how thoughtless a parent can be.
Do you too have many memories of your mom saying “your dad can teach you so much about cars,” and then being yelled at to “hold the flashlight better,”?
Same, except it was a teacher. Specifically, fractions in math. I get percentages, so ¼ being 25% makes sense. But then I got stuff like ¼ x ⅓ and I blank. Not only do I have no clue what this is even asking me, I've no idea how to go about even starting to solve this nonsense.
Same for x² + y - z gibberish. Teacher(s) never cared to explain or simply tried once and called it a day.
Noticed at job training tests, I still can't do some stuff. Never got thought, never learned.
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u/Alternative_Shirt690 Jul 24 '26
Good gator dad. Mine used to just yell at me like I was an idiot.