" The amount of people I bang who survive on Mac and cheese , sandwiches , takeout , and microwave meals . Wild . "
Recently,u/Calm_Ostrich_8876askedr/AskReddit, “What’s a basic skill you’re shocked some adults still don’t know?” and we thought we’d share some of the most popular responses.
1.“Cleaning out the lint trap on the dryer.”
– incorrect - Landscape-2508
2.“How to look something up. There’s a massive amount of full grown adults who just don’t look things up – despite having easy access to the internet – and go around begging for help with the most basic of tasks.”
– EffableFornent
3.“Spatial awareness. The number of people who will just stand still in the middle of a busy street taking all the space… ugh.”
– kawag
4.“How to admit when they’re wrong.”
– YunYunSimp
5.“Ctrl + C for copy. Ctrl + V for paste. How can a college graduate not know that?!”
– npdady
6.“Typing. Like actual keyboarding. Half my staff didn’t know what a shift key is for.”
– Prttybyrd
7.“Washing hands after using the toilet.”
– Legal_Delay_7264
8.“Replacing batteries in a clearly audible smoke detector.”
– soundLikeATiger
9.“Sewing on a button or mending a hole/tear. I once heard someone say they were going to throw away a pair of gloves that had a tiny hole on the seam.”
– Imcookiedough
10.“Reading something before you sign it.”
– blahbabooey
11.“Covering their mouth when they cough or sneeze.”
– randomredditor0042
12.“How to eat silently with mouth closed.”
– NotaBlokeNamedTrevor
13.“Cooking. The amount of people I know who survive on Mac and cheese, sandwiches, takeout, and microwave meals. Wild.”
– imsadandthatsrad
14.“Cooking rice without turning it into soup or gravel.”
– gigantsroar
15.“How to handle being told no.”
– ProfessorSur
16.“Using your damn blinkers!”
– SketchyFella _
17.“How to use jumper cables. I always have them in my car, and when someone asks for a jump, or even offers to help me, they just sit back completely dumbfounded as I hook everything up.”
– m1stak3
18.“Reading an analogue clock.”
– holdholdhold
19.“Using their ‘inside voice’.”
– markkaschak
20.“How to correctly use the words there, their, and they’re.”
– NakedSnakeEyes
21.“Is swimming a basic skill? It still blows my mind a lot of people just straight up sink. I don’t understand it.”
– ramblin_11
22.“Tightening the bolts on the toilet seat when it starts to get wiggly.”
– Popular_Ride2951
23.“To use headphones when listening to music or on the phone in public.”
– Familiar - Memory-943
24.“Laundry. I used to work in an apartment complex and the number of 20-30 year olds who would come down and ask for help with their washer/dryers was uncanny. And they didn’t need work on them or anything, they literally had no idea how to turn them on or what detergent to use or anything.”
– drsciencegeek1
H/T tou/Calm_Ostrich_8876andr/AskRedditfor having the discussion!
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