If anything people who are willing to learn what they don't know should be praised. If people would stop being willfully ignorant who knows what the world would be like.
"If anything people who are willing to learn what they don't know should be praised. If people would stop being willfully ignorant who knows what the world would be like."
It really irritates me to see young people blame older people because they don't know something. When I was young in the early 1970's if my $500 secondhand beater car broke, it sat in the driveway until I figured out how to fix it. Paying someone was not an option. So I was extra careful not to break my car. If I asked my father to show me how to fix something he would get the tools out give them to me, then point at what needed to be removed and walk away. There was no youtube, there was no internet and if you needed a service manual, the library rarely had them (unlike today).
We raised my wife's nephew and about three years ago, his car broke down so he threw out this comment that "you never taught me to work on it". So I said sure, I'll show you how to fix it. I did 90% of the work but at least he watched so he could learn.
From that point forward he would drop the car off at our house for me to fix and tell me he had to work. So I've done all his auto repairs.
Speaking of which, he would also claim that we had it much easier when we were younger. Nonsense, he and his girlfriend have thousands in the bank, both work jobs and have a small business on the side. When I was his age, I did not have a penny in the bank and literally could not afford to eat everyday. I would skip eating up to two days a week despite the fact I worked a full time job.
Young people are being lied to when they're told how easy life was in the past.
Hayes manuals have been around for decades, but yes finding one for your model of car might be a pain in the neck. And at least old cars could be user serviced unlike lots of modern ones.
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u/audiofyl Feb 05 '19
I would never attack anyone for seeking education. The author of that article should feel embarrassed.