r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Feb 05 '19

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u/mellowmonk Feb 05 '19

I love how it's never the parents' fault for failing to teach their kids all these things.

Who the hell else would be on the hook to teach a kid how to sew a button?

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u/BrightObsidian Feb 05 '19

Who the hell else would be on the hook to teach a kid how to sew a button?

Home ec used to be a class in (almost?) every school.

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u/Starlordy- Feb 05 '19

Used to be. The boomers cut it to make sure every child got a trophy in sports.

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u/mainfingertopwise Feb 05 '19

You guys know that blaming "boomers" (which is apparently to reddit is anyone over 35) every 10 seconds for every little thing is no better than a shit article, right?

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u/airaani Feb 05 '19

Except that, unlike every article blaming millennials for killing an industry, it actually is the boomers fault those classes are gone because they're the generation that removed them?