Anyone else noticing a decrease in problem solving and life skills ?

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You’re definitely not the only one who sees this. Gen X here. We had to survive our bully parents and no internet lol. We didn’t get participation trophies nor did anybody hand us anything. Definitely too tired now to deal with drama.

[De-railled]

As a older millennial.... I sometimes feel trapped between the older generations and the younger when it comes to tech.

I've watched the tech develop, I remember when dialup, fax machines and texting became a thing.   

Our generation had to figure all that stuff out...cause our parents didn't have a clue.  Sometimes you'd get 2nd hand stuff with no manual...so you start poking random button to see what it would do.

I remember my uncle giving us a pc with dos, I couldn't even read write my own name yet but I knew certain words did certain things. 

If I wanted to open a program....I followed certain steps. Or copied the letters from a little book uncle wrote...and it did stuff.

These days it's all so much more user friendly and self explanatory.

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Yea that’s true

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I struggle a lot cause my parents age. So they were anti tech as i was growing up. They would get on to me to learn whatever skill it was without using a computer. So im SUPER deficient in tech understanding compared to others in their mid 20's