People Share How They Witnessed Someone Being Completely Clueless At Something So Simple

[@patwiggins6969]

I just want to take a moment to thank my parents. I'm not the greatest handyman/housekeeper but I could be worse! Love you mom and dad!!

[@Brievel]

I even know how to change a tire - although physically speaking I'm not capable of it.

[@rairai3517]

I to would like to thank my mom and dad for the help I got , they got me to discover how to do things myself , they would watch if it was a difficult thing but would not take over , I got better fast , it gave me the desire to learn to do all kinds of things , I'm probably the most well rounded person I know , very good cook , mechanic , carpenter , and too many things to put down here .......

[@angelajohnson4245]

I agree with the others on this! Thanks to my parents, and others, for teaching us! Helicopter parents need to learn to TEACH not do!

[@randalllaue4042]

That nice of you... but it’s also their job. They are supposed to teach you how to survive.

[@christins.1481]

Thanks to my folks, I can fix a leaky pipe, install a new door knob, fix a drawer, patch the roof, then can make a fresh sweet potato casserole as well as many other dishes from scratch. Come to find out I do better with the oven than the stove.

[@tardislover7807]

I had friends tell me i was wrong for teaching my kids how to make spaghetti, do the dishes, and how to use the laundry washer and dryer. She called me a bad mom. I told her i would be ok being a bad mom if my kids knew how to cook for themselves or keep themselves clean.

[@br6480]

Did that with both my girls at a young age. Now my grandson has been cooking, baking, cleaning along with knitting, sewing( he’s been sewing with me since he was 15mos ). He’s 8yrs old. He gets mad at me if I forget to let him do the laundry.

[@Brievel]

I've had similar said to me. Considering I'm _still_ teaching myself how to cook, I ignore them.

[@roserocks1979]

Let me guess her kids are 45 still living at home,and mommy ties their shoes.

[@mels3958]

You’re a great mum! I’m teaching my girl the same things, plus lots of other stuff too as she gets older. I’ve even asked her dad to teach her handy skills, as I’m not very handy, but he is.

[@lesliemccormick6527]

It's always the bad parents who call other parents bad...😀

[@stillhuntre55]

I feel bad for these people, because they weren''t taught these things. You should be helping make dinner, do dishes, laundry, etc when your 5! I was making dinner for the family when i was nine. Kids aren't stupid, they are learning machines - but someone needs to teach them!

[@sobeit1166]

I agree. I learned some cooking/baking skills and household things at an early age. Some I learned out of being curious, others because I was given a chore. In the process one also learns responsibility. It was the greatest feeling when my son thanked me at 19 years of age for teaching him the basics.

[@Roadent1241]

As an underdeveloped dwarfish child who couldn't reach anything regardless of using a stool or not, they kind of to had to wait until I hit my tiny peak height where I could at least see INTO a sink WITH a stool until I could be taught how to do things. Not like kids' playsets can be converted into real functioning things or we would have done that. (well maybe something that small exists NOW, but not like 20 years ago XD)

[@Kelso_Belso]

ummm...im 14 and i cant cook well nor do i do the laundry

[@Roadent1241]

@@Kelso_Belso Practice makes perfect, you'll be OK. Learn at your own pace. ^_^

[@spiritus1512]

While I understand the importance of instructing kids how to care for themselves, I’d argue you should teach them how to do things but not make them be totally self sustainable at a young age. You have your whole life ahead of you to be doing your dishes and laundry, but on a handful of years to be a kid when the big worries aren’t really there.

[@merryhunt9153]

A lot of these problems could be avoided if people simply looked at the package and read the directions. There's even a modern proverb about it "When all else fails, read the directions."

[@Ogrematic]

When I was in grade school, we were given a Management Skills Test. The instructions were very simple. Me and one other kid were the only ones who passed, everyone else failed. Because they didn't read the instructions. I took engineering class later, and machining, and drafting and design. Lemme tell ya, you damn well better read the instructions Before you do anything else.

[@sherylhoward4831]

@@Ogrematic Had a teacher who was like that. "Read all of the instructions". I remember one test had like 70 questions. I and 2 others turned it in after about 5 minutes. End of class, she collected the rest of the tests. We 3 were the only ones who got an A. The others threw a fit. She told them again to read the instructions. It said to only answer questions 10 and 20. Any others answered will result in points taken off. I have never seen so many people looking sheepish in my life since.

[@Ogrematic]

@@sherylhoward4831 Right, yes, exactly. We had a similair test. Some of the things were to shout loudly, "I have." Others were write an equation on the board, write symbols and numbers on the paper. The instructions were do number 22 and 23. 22- write your name in the upper right corner. 23- fold your arms and wait. Me and one guy passed. Interesting side note - me and this kid had classes together all through school. Senior year, he was editor of the school paper. He put me in the yearbook as, "Most Likely to be shot for something he said." I took great pride in that.

[@patwiggins6969]

I thought it was "when all else fails, dig the instructions out of the trash.". We all think we can do this, that it isn't that hard. But sometimes we actually have to listen to those that know. It takes a strong person to know that they failed and to go back to seek help

[@Ogrematic]

@@patwiggins6969 It takes an iota of intelligence to read the instructions, FIRST.

[@saber3315]

These are the people who would starve to death in 3 days if locked inside a grocery store.

[@sobeit1166]

Thank you for the chuckle. 😁

[@Roadent1241]

Shame, they could survive at least 20 years XD

[@blademaster2390]

@@Roadent1241 even more of a shame, cause you can survive 3 weeks without eating.

[@Roadent1241]

@@blademaster2390 What keeps you alive then?

[@blademaster2390]

@@Roadent1241 you actually use your own body as sustenance. After 3 weeks, your body has used up so much of yourself you can't survive. If you don't believe me, look it up. Its what I learned when I was taking the Wilderness Survival Merit Badge in Boy Scouts (i'm an Eagle Scout btw, the highest rank). You can survive 3 weeks without food, and 3 days without water.

[@melindapurvis6510]

Thank God breathing is automatic. These humans wouldn't grasp the instructions

[@marenm515]

First time after donating blood, I fell unconscious. I woke up soon, but the doctor kept screaming at me. That was when I realized, I wasn't breathing. One active breath (of pure pain) later and everything back to normal. Yep, I'm one of those 😂😂😂

[@CatOnACell]

@Maren M it's not uncommon to feel dizzy or lightheaded during blood draws. After all your losing a lot of blood. I typically have a large meal few hours before and some water right before. Followed by red meat for dinner afterwards. Keeps the fainting to a minimum and helps replenish blood faster. However yours sounded very serious.

[@jabberwocky1707]

@@CatOnACell Don't they give you, free, something to eat after donating blood? - I Intend to donate, sometime(!), and I occasionally walk past a plasma(?) donation place. - They have all sorts of edible goodies for donors. This is in Oztralia, BTW.

[@Loonaverse1]

@@jabberwocky1707 Australia*

[@SophieMia806]

@@CatOnACell The Red Cross recommends that you eat a large meal before donating blood, and to drink plenty of water or fluids. If you eat a good-sized meal soon before, then there should not be any fainting at all. Unless maybe someone has some type of medical condition that causes it no matter what, maybe. Before covid I donated regularly to the Red Cross, and never had any issue with feeling even slightly lightheaded. Except for one when I forgot to eat before, and did almost pass out about half an hour or so after I left. But I managed to fight it and stayed awake, and got some food into me, and then I was ok. I was NOT going to pass out on the floor in line at Arby's. No telling how dirty that floor might have been. Lol

[@alonenotlonely1179]

Some of these stories actually caused me physical pain.

[@ericlebrun2416]

me too

[@gudemeneely]

Glad I am not the only one. One forehead slap after another.

[@uthpalachandrarathna4408]

Me too, i didn't even finish video 😂

[@lillianfortuin2983]

Yup me too.. Unbelievable right

[@RoseWolf_Of_The_BDH]

@Guinavere Meneely I kept on facepalming too. I mean, some of this stuff is clearly in the manual if they read it. Like reading a clock was taught in 1st or 2ed grade for me. I can claim to be the best at reading clocks with out the dots between the numbers, but at least I can still read them.

[@sockmonkey4484]

I thought the “How do I know when to stop” question was kind of endearing. Also, being the first time with a girl at age 20, a possibly legitimate question given his level of excitement.

[@abigailphoenixthepaperaddi2501]

I had a good giggle, and hope he was told, "if she says, "no" or "stop", then its over right then" , and "after she has enjoyed herself - hopefully you will have, too. You'll know the moment you've had your fun, just make sure she did as well."

[@matiassu5604]

Maybe they were into some fetish

[@Mj173100]

I'm willing to bet that the time to stop for a virgin might be followed by an eight months of gestation...

[@hawkfeather6802]

I kinda wondered about that toi. I just figured when you both get tired you stop.

[@haroldwilkes6608]

It may come as a surprise but...a man's got to know his limitations.

[@ananyagupta3917]

9:49 I found out two years ago that my 56 year old dad doesnt know how laundry is done. Found out last year that my 22 year old brother also doesnt know how to do laundry. I blame my mom and my grandmother for making laundry a gendered thing.

[@ananyagupta3917]

@@leithx7595 thanks troll

[@suonatar1]

Don't blame women for that. My mom was the same, but my brothers made the effort by themselves, to learn how to take care of the house.

[@ananyagupta3917]

@@suonatar1 I blame them for keeping it going. My brother is a lot better cause I didnt go with this and made him help out with the housework. Can't really change my dad now but I do put up resistance with him too. Baby steps.

[@kattriella1331]

My grandfather is turning 77 this year, and he JUST figured out how to start the washing machine, so I feel you.

[@missg.5940]

Good, in a sad way, that widows outnumber widowers. My dad would have never survived if my mum went first. However, l did have to pay my mother’s bills, change the furnace filter, mow the lawn. Etc. Because those were “ your dad’s job”.😷🇨🇦

[@annehorrigan570]

Some of these should be PARENTING fails...🙄😂🤣✌

[@mred8002]

All of them.

[@annehorrigan570]

@@mred8002 I agree, I just didn't want to come across like a "karen" 🤣✌

[@mred8002]

@@annehorrigan570 Not a ‘Karen’ to identify such failures in management. I am old, and worked for years on projects to prevent and ameliorate homelessness. A large finding was that many children were no longer being taught basic homemaking skills, such as money management, cleaning, and cooking. Providing basic foodstuffs that required cooking was essentially wasted, as it was not prepared. But, would schools resume ‘home-ec’ ? Nope. Nobody would step up, as they were only teaching the minimum to qualify for their state and federal money. Parents were often absent, or equally unqualified. So, there are many thousands who exit high school abysmally ignorant of life skills. So sad.

[@annehorrigan570]

@@mred8002 I took home-ec myself, but like you, I'm older, so to see this type of thing time & time again is disheartening to me. I always say..."wtf, where are your parents?" Then I realize their parents may be just like them.

[@mangot589]

All of them are, except for the couple of political statements that make me not watch this channel anymore. STFU Karen.

[@mariarose6194]

Common sense. Is not so common with these people. Also, WTF were the parents teaching these kids, or better yet , why didnt they teach.

[@monkeygraborange]

Mom was out being her very best her, and dad was of course nonexistent !

[@Brievel]

"That's what schools are for."

[@angelajohnson4245]

Helicopter parents!!! I can do that FOR you... different generations... smh...

[@caroleberreur9585]

yes, my boss (for a year, couldn’t take it any longer than that) didn’t know how to format and print an excel sheet (so, he would print 10 sheets when the margins could be reduced and the whole thing could fit on one page). He would send me multiple emails a day so I could print for him (I was his PA, but still, this did not weirdly make me feel great about my job).

[@Yoon_gibiased]

@@angelajohnson4245 I have helicopter parents it really sucks seeing my friend do things that I don’t know how to do.

[@YsabetJustYsabet]

You know, I've been having a rough week at work, and I'm not perfect-- I make mistakes sometimes, and I do my best to correct them. Right now, though, I feel like a fucking GENIUS.

[@roserocks1979]

me2

[@lordofthedice7432]

same

[@Sanquinity]

Imagine how smart the average human is. Now realize half of them are dumber than that...

[@sabrinaedde4024]

That baby will drown in the tub thing is an old wives tale from a time when women didn't even know how their bodies worked. My great grandmother believed it til her dying day

[@Ogrematic]

Uh, dude, that's true. Infants are not strong enough to do a push-up.

[@XGhoulMAustralianMirp]

@@Ogrematic what she is implying is that the unborn fetus in one of the storys would drown in a bath. Nit an actually baby. Though, if you look it up babys are actually more floatable than and adult, which is why when ppl take their babies to "swim class" they get tossed right in, instead of slowly being brought in, because they float like a beach ball

[@sharibigay4712]

In1980 I had a nurses aid at work tell me that if I sat cross-leg I would choke the baby with the umbilical cord. Also had a 7-8 yo, ask how the baby can breathe inside of me. Thought that was cute, and told my then husband about it. After stating that the baby is surrounded by fluid, I said yes. He then asked how does it breathe, after laughing, then realising he was serious explained to him. Sad part is we went to nursing school together.

[@zrp8y23]

@@sharibigay4712 Oh my God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@28105wsking]

That's a new one!

[@m.r.browning2065]

Gosh, I'm so very sorry for those years of complaining to my parents for forcing me to learn to cook, clean, fix a flat tire, change bedsheets/make a bed, and every other thing that makes one self-sufficient. So grateful they didn't raise an educated fool!

[@hhmediaent]

Apparently, many people in college did not deserve to graduate the fifth grade.

[@Ogrematic]

Yeah, but they can code...

[@roserocks1979]

I think you mean 1st grade

[@peggyseabrun4829]

These people and many more like them are going to procreate....

[@lesliemccormick6527]

I had a roommate years ago who, at 20 yrs old, did not know how to turn on the shower. She'd never taken a shower. Her MUM had always run her a BATH... She was not an only child, either, nor the youngest. She could not make tea or coffee, fry an egg, make soup or a grilled cheese, looked at me helplessly when I told her to take the garbage out. Etc. Etc. Etc. She still had her Mum on her bank account- and did not know how to use it. It was ridiculous. I took her into my own tentacles and 6 mo. later she was almost a full adult. Her Mum, well, no hope for her.

[@sophiajohnson-pujara2810]

*m y o w n t e n t a c l e s*

[@SqueakyBarbarian]

Am I the only one who watched this and fears for the human race?

[@VulpisFoxfire]

...Knowing that peanut butter may be required to have the warning label 'May contain peanuts' doesn't already do that?

[@ksw4951]

@@VulpisFoxfire Here’s a thought,what would they use if there weren’t?

[@loqutisborg5416]

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

[@ceeshnia]

About 2 or 3 months into a job I was asked to clean the toilets. No biggie, mostly it was staff that used them and there were only 10 of us and all women. I found the toilet cleaner, and was reading the instructions and ingredients because I had just used bleach to clean the floors and sink and wanted to make sure there wasn't any ammonia in it. At that time of day there was the store manager, the assistant manager and myself. The assistant manager walked in and asked me what I was doing, and I told her. She asked me why, and hadn't I cleaned a toilet before. I said yes, of course, but I've never used this kind before and wanted to make sure I followed the instructions on how (some want you to flush first, how long to let it sit, etc.) and to make sure I wouldn't be mixing ammonia with the bleach. Initially they both laughed about it, and said it's no big deal and neither of them ever read the instructions or ingredients. Neither of them, BOTH of them old enough to be my mother, knew that mixing bleach and ammonia causes a deadly gas. I was in complete shock that these two had both raised families and didn't know this very basic thing about these two common chemicals that could have killed them and family members.

[@gailschulte8397]

This is why we need Life Skills classes to be a requirement in high school or even before.

[@lylaabogoda8166]

Yet there would be kids not following instructions/ complaining abt "why do we need this"

[@christinevanzyl3106]

I live in a country where we actually have such a class, called life orientation. It is under appreciated but I learned some very good facts in that class now that I think back on it. For example: Making dried fruit is harder than it looks, brownies made with beans are surprisingly good, driving test offices are corrupt so make sure to go through a driving school and that it cost less in the long run, what are std’s and what a healthy diet looks like. Also, that bullying is illegal and that our teachers will call the cops to take you to jail if you hurt other kids (was a surprisingly effective deterrent). Though telling students facts is useless. Expecting them to use said facts is a better way to teach them. For example, my parents expected me to make my own meals in high school for lunch after school. Sometimes for breakfast as well. Nothing makes a kid learn faster than being expected to do something for themselves.

[@lylaabogoda8166]

@@christinevanzyl3106 what's the country?

[@christinevanzyl3106]

@@lylaabogoda8166 South Africa

[@gailschulte8397]

@@lylaabogoda8166 What's you point Lyla? There are kids who ask the same question about Math or English, or Geography.

[@avengerscap]

The offense about having handled raw chicken and then not washing your hands is still less disgusting than the fact that most men think nothing of handling their nada while they pee, and don't wash their hands after.

[@silencehollow4545]

I told my friend we could meet up at 12:00 noon. My exact words. She texted back, "Wait, midnight noon or day noon?"

[@patriciatomilonus7384]

😂😂

[@Roadent1241]

Did she ever twig onto After-Noon not being Mid-Night?

[@silencehollow4545]

@@Roadent1241 Eventually. Took a *lot* of explaining and around 15 minutes.

[@Roadent1241]

NyaGachaFan2 Fair enough. Apparently I'm smarter than I thought then, I assume these are what people would call Neurotypical XD

[@lilspiderlily]

This is the first time I heard of 'midnight noon' 🤣🤣🤣

[@karenhollon627]

My twin sister and I were adopted at age 8. Our mom made a great effort to teach us how to cook, clean, do laundry, grocery plan/shop and even beginning budgeting. She made it fun, educational and bonding experiences for everyone. She died suddenly and unexpectedly when I was 12 years old. Because of her, I was able to care for my widowed father and helped keep a “normalcy“ that was much needed. I’ve always been grateful to my mom for my life skills. I returned the favor by teaching both of my children and my grandson.

[@TheSarahskaninchen]

Oh wow you shouldnt have had to do that at age 12. You were still a child and as an adult your father should have stepped up. But i am glad you were able to share this wisdom with your own kids :)

[@gennyreese420]

Is anyone else completely stressed out after watching this!? I'm glad to know there are still things in this crazy world that actually shock me LOL these all made me feel really good about any of the dumb s*** I ever did😂

[@nucleonegro9762]

I feel i became dumber just by reading the stupid sh!t these simpletons have done

[@BuddhaFang]

Parents need to teach more, and stop voting for politicians who cut funding for education.

[@leithx7595]

Can't teach if you are constantly working, and if you do not work you have; no shelter, no food, no clothing, no cleaning supplies. Perhaps the labour laws need to change, and not the teachers.

[@swmovan]

Funding education isn't the problem, it is the quality of the education.

[@havanax8096]

@@leithx7595 especially when shit like 50-50 arises where the woman also has to work in order to contribute to the earnings , so the more you work lesser attention to the kids

[@annwallace9537]

People raised by helicopter parents who did everything for them. So sad.

[@mushypeasplease8872]

I was a "helicopter parent". My kids knew how to do everything they needed to do, they were independent from an early age, self assured, kind, conscientious and very happy and still are. My grandchildren likewise.

[@Jonascord]

@@mushypeasplease8872 "Helicopter parent" doesn't mean what you think it does. Participation awards, doing their laundry for them, brushing their teeth, they are never responsible for anything, hovering over them so are they never "stressed", they've never washed a dish, or loaded the dishwasher... All the children you are reading about, here, have been hovered over their whole lives. Then, they vote Democrat.

[@chardtomp]

The scary thing is that this is happening in a time when there's a KZbin video on how to do virtually anything! That's always the first thing I check when I have to do something I've never done before. No matter how obscure the task is there's always twenty videos of someone showing how to do it.

[@Katebrown112]

Most of these are really sad. No one taught them the basics. Shame on these parents.

[@cathys949]

I had to show a woman with a PhD how to twist the blue plastic ice tray to get the ice cubes out.

[@HellYeahImIrish]

LOL you don't twist them, cold plastic will break. Just run water on it.

[@suzettekath9860]

@@HellYeahImIrish You can twist those trays slightly.

[@zrp8y23]

@@suzettekath9860 You certainly can. i have plastic trays i have used for 15 years, empty twice a day sometimes and have never had one crack, They are the older thicker ones though and not the cheap plastic ones.

[@Sanquinity]

I can forgive this one. If you've never been told/shown, if your parents had an ice machine in the fridge for instance, "twisting the thing like you're trying to break it" isn't that obvious.

[@wizardsuth]

@@HellYeahImIrish Some plastic ice cube trays are designed to be twisted.

[@eeveeofalltrades4780]

The fact that most of these things are things you can either learn by seeing others do it or just by sheer logic is what pains me the most.

[@TheSarahskaninchen]

Yes exactly. How can someone have never Seen anyone cooking Spaghetti in water is beyond me.

[@xaenon]

That thing about not being able to read an analog clock ain't no joke. I worked with a guy who couldn't. And he would actually denigrate those who could. "What's the matter? You don't know how to read a digital clock?" No, I'm *NOT* kidding.

[@romycos8050]

i know someone don't know how to read an analog clock neither, i tried to teach her... she said was complicated, and now exist the celphones and digitals clock, soo... she ended up telling me: "why bother?" i almost facepalm, i didn't, i only sighed and looked at her disappointed (she now have 27yos)

[@xaenon]

@@romycos8050 I have little tolerance for 'why bother to learn' attitudes. Especially when it comes to things as simple as reading an analog clock. It's willful ignorance, in my book, and if someone is going to use that 'it's too hard/why bother' excuse for something so simple, they'll use it the rest of their lives for more significant things.

[@TheFeldhamster]

@@romycos8050 OTOH, analog clocks are quickly falling out of use. We don't learn how to write with a feathered quill and ink pot anymore either. Life is short and when things stop being widely used, it's probably not the best thing to waste a lot of your precious lifetime to learn them. Or do you still know how to hitch a team of oxen to a plow? I'm Gen X, so of course I learned to read analog clocks as a kid and analog clocks aren't quite gone yet but is it still a top priority for kids to learn that today? Those clocks will only be used as ornamental pieces in a few years or by enthusiasts. I don't see many people needing the ability to read analog clocks by 2030.

[@anonygent]

@@TheFeldhamster I disagree. Almost all wall clocks are analog because you can't run a digital clock very long on a battery. And I don't see wall clocks disappearing any time soon.

[@heidinolen873]

The scariest part is that these people drive, vote, and breed. YAY for the human race.

[@jenniferhudson-gensler1147]

My thoughts exactly

[@barbiani]

@@jenniferhudson-gensler1147 breedind is definitely the worst.

[@Ogrematic]

We need more predators. Thin the herd.

[@annak804]

Yup it's why the collective intelligence and common sense levels keep dropping. Survival of the fittest only works if we don't support the ones who refuse to learn if you teach them and they still can't do it their self well they probably should not have children unsupervised around them or animals. And people survival of the fittest is not just about muscles it applies to ability to solve problems and make things better. The biggest example I can give is domestication of plants and animals.

[@lenkacfk7155]

I once had a classmate try to find the number 12 on her pocket calculator 😂

[@leaaugusta9924]

😫

[@NotMykl]

Which is why when you tell someone to call 911 you say the individual numbers, to many people say nine eleven and people fail to call because they can't find the eleven button on their phone.

[@Leah-ho1yo]

Knew a chick who was 24, had three kids, and didn't understand why her dryer took so long to dry clothes. #1 it was packed ridiculously full #2 I pulled out the lint trap and an enormous wad of lint came out. She didn't know you could overfill a washer/dryer and she'd never changed a lint trap in her life.

[@meowmocha12]

How did she not have a dryer fire.

[@NightOwlUpNorth]

Oh my goodness! They say, if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all! Well, in that case, I'm speechless!🙄

[@m.r.browning2065]

6:39 "Why would I know that? I'm from Texas." Bless his heart!

[@johnwilliams7922]

I'm from Texas and I know what "bless his heart" really means. LOL

[@jolpenrose]

We need home economics in middle school. I knew how to cook, clean and put oil in my car by the time I was 18.

[@suzettekath9860]

My parents only had me taking the home courses. My dad believed that working on a car was only for males to do. Same with defense. I was to expect some 'knight in shining armour' to save me if and when I got attacked.

[@Roadent1241]

Do middle schools not have cooking and sewing classes at least still?

[@suzettekath9860]

@@Roadent1241 Depends on the school. My daughter's middle school in the Twin Cities only had cooking. No sewing classes. Even then, they were not allowed to cook anything that needed to be served hot.

[@Roadent1241]

@@suzettekath9860 So I assume they haven't learned how to handle and use knives and peelers? Because I got such a telling off for not handling them after my parents hadn't let me because they weren't safe for me at my dwarfish size. I couldn't hold anything properly but the teachers insisted. Several lessons where I'd repeatedly peeled my fingers later and they were still yelling at me for not being able to do it the same way as people with big strong hands. So if they're only really doing beans and spaghetti in the microwave I can't blame them XD

[@Flipper86]

You learned to change oil in middle school? My dad did not teach me how to change the oil or even a tire. He did teach to have the car serviced regularly and bought me a AAA membership.

[@rjb6327]

And all these people vote. Did you notice how well some of the college kids put a sentence together?

[@darknight3613]

6:24 i don't understand the whole picture here... Like, he would get out of bath with shampoo still on his hair, making food, chilling on the couch watching tv with his gf, then going to sleep still with the shampoo on his head, and nobody ever said anything?! If thats the case i think his family is to blame here not him...

[@LunaFurReal]

yea

[@segoi11]

If he didn't wet his hair (lather up), it wouldn't be noticeable. HIs hair would just look like it had a lot of product in it or was greasy.

[@darknight3613]

@@segoi11 i mean... When you are a kid and you see how its done, you know it should be washed off... But even if you dont pour water directly on your head after the shampoo has been applied, your hair is already wet from before, that should make enough reaction... And even if not, does he not ever use a towel?! Touch his hair? Brush his hair? Wear a shirt? Whether this is fake as hell or he is the dirtiest man alive!

[@segoi11]

@@darknight3613 I was trying to absolve his family and the people around him from not figuring out his greasy hair problem, not him.

[@darknight3613]

@@segoi11 well, sometimes it still makes a mess that anyone can see, Like the stains on the sofa or the dry shampoo stuck to the comb and so on... Thats my point

[@joiathegreat]

I'm so glad I was raised having responsibilities at home.

[@rafezetter8003]

I've lived in shared accomodation almost my entire life since 9 yrs old (I'm now 51) and it's scary how many people over the age of 18 are allowed to vote and have children, yet cannot perform some of the most basic tasks required for everyday living.

[@mysticalmark69]

When I was younger i was trying to make toast, and it was too hot for me to grab it out of the toaster so I tried to use two *forks* to take it out. My mum caught me just before I put it in-

[@ilovepancakes2545]

Almost same..afterwards my mom bought me a wooden barbecue tongs (I'm not from an English speaking country so I hope Google translate is right 😅). I'm still using it for toasts 😂

[@Roadent1241]

i love pancakes Perfect idea! We had to see a kid's TV show called Cats Eyes to learn about electricity and not sticking a knife into a toaster.

[@ilovepancakes2545]

@@Roadent1241 😅 I don't know this show what was it about?

[@Roadent1241]

i love pancakes It's fine, I think it was late 80's,early 90's. it was just an educational show, I don't have much memory of it myself. The electricity episode stayed with me though.

[@ilovepancakes2545]

@@Roadent1241 ah ok 😅😃

[@Hunter225]

Scary how many people are so uneducated.

[@ravens6286]

I'm sorry but most of these situations I blame on the parents. I mean what in the world were they doing for the 18 years they "raised" the child??? What, if anything, did they teach their children??? Some things, yes, it's the grown kids who are totally @ fault, but the rest, their parents failed them in very simply areas. Who doesn't teach their kid how to tie their own shoes?!?!

[@zahierabaloch8118]

My kids could tie their own shoes before they went to school. My eldest took the longest to learn. She was 5 when she got it right.

[@ravens6286]

@@zahierabaloch8118 but see that's the point..YOU taught them! You had children & took the time to teach them what they needed to know in life. These parents did not do that. Like the 19 y/o whose mom came over to the uni to cut his toe nails!! I mean all of these clips are examples of parents failing their #1 job! Even if your daughter didn't learn to tie her ahoes til she was 5, you still took the time to teach her, even if it took some time to get the results you needed. I would tell parents who do this to give themselves a pat on the back but honestly that's what they should be doing. I watched it again & got sad & frustrated all over again.

[@hoshitoshi]

i laugh at these until i realize my parents didn't teach me jack shit about ANYTHING, i have my own story about myself i didn't know how to use a key to unlock a lock, aka MY DORM DOOR at college, and had to learn how to do it entirely by myself. this was less than a year ago, had no roommate because of covid, and i'm terrified of social interactions so i also couldn't just go and ask some random stranger or i'd freak out for no good reason lmfao i'm 19, how have i gone my whole life without ever unlocking a door is beyond me, but i managed to do it ....

[@eldupont3095]

Well done!

[@w.reidripley1968]

Next trick, Master combination padlocks, with the dial in front that you turn with your fingers! No keys to keep track of... remember the combo of course. 😉 (not entirely serious -- but I always preferred combo locks for bike chains)

[@deaniej2766]

It's not that people are actually thoughtless, it just never crossed their minds that they might not be grasping the right end of the stick. On second thought, that is literally without a thought - i.e. thoughtless.

[@mariejoy8598]

Where were the parents of these people? Were these people taught nothing?

[@leithx7595]

Working. How else can you afford to live?

[@pageturner2958]

@Leith X Bruh... I get people work, but there should be time for you to teach your kid the basics.

[@pageturner2958]

@Leith X Bruh the guy at 7:30 literally couldn't put on a shirt well and you are giving the parents an excuse?

[@jpbaley2016]

In college, I was using a toaster oven to make toasted cheese on toast, the cheese ran more than I expected and some dripped onto the heater element and caught fire. Before I realized it, my roommate filled a glass of water. She tossed it into the toaster oven but luckily only after I was quick enough to pull the plug as I shouted “No!”.

[@supergoober1021]

Check out a Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler movie The House. There’s a hysterical scene near the end where they’re trying to put out a guy on fire and throwing all the wrong stuff at it while one guy is trying to get everyone to stop. The guy on fire never had a chance.

[@Ogrematic]

I was in a doctors office when the fire alarm went off. Someone had put fish in the toaster oven in the break room. No pan, no tray, right on the rack. It fell apart, and started a fire. Smoke filled the whole building. You ever smelled burning smelt?

[@meowmocha12]

@@Ogrematic It couldn't have smelt good.

[@wizardsuth]

I've seen videos in which a French fryer in a fast food place caught fire and employees tried to put it out by pouring water on it. The result is a huge fireball as the water instantly boils and throws oil droplets everywhere. Everyone working with hot oil needs to know how to put out a grease fire safely.

[@w.reidripley1968]

@@wizardsuth Had to knock down a small grease fire once throwing baking soda on it. Worked as quick as a freon portable extinguisher -- flame was out like that! A box of Arm & Hammer to hand is good if your stove top is getting messy.

[@LionsLamb79]

I am proud to say that common sense has saved me from every one of these! i really fear for the world these days, it's really like we are regressing as a species.

[@roserocks1979]

Does anyone else feel like a genius now?

[@Just-Nikki]

I knew a 19 year old guy that thought he didn’t like oranges but it turned out he didn’t know you peeled them before eating them.

[@Ruthavecflute]

Facepalm

[@cliftonstephens4234]

My Dad, who has pass away now, was in the war in 1944. He was AWOL and had KP duty. They gave him 2 weeks duty as punishment but turned out the whole platoon ate better and enjoyed their meals with him in the Kitchen, they moved him permanently, everyone was happy!They got a bunch of grapefruits and he had to teach them how to eat them. So many funny story stories. This one is on me! When I got my first pair of glasses, the doctor said this would correct my vision. I asked how long will I wear these? He said about a year! I wore them the whole year they didn't correct my vision! He meant I could see correctly and the glasses last about a year! I understood after a year of wearing the glasses my vision would be correct!

[@w.reidripley1968]

Nikki, just wait 'til that guy discovers how to make marmalade!

[@misplacedhillbilly7594]

Person at 11:45 making fun of someone who doesn't know you can run hot and cold simultaneously, while not knowing what KNOBS are called themselves 🤦‍♂️

[@Brievel]

Faucets.

[@ravens6286]

Spigot is another word. 😊

[@misplacedhillbilly7594]

They mentioned the tap/spigot but specifically said something like "the things on either side for hot and cold" those are the knobs on the faucet. Lol

[@plucas9324]

@@Brievel A faucet is the the entire ensemble. The place where the water comes out is variously called the spigot or the spout or a few other things that I cannot think up right at the moment. The part(s) which controls the water flow is called the handle(s) (or perhaps the knob(s) by some people).

[@supergoober1021]

Had a friend heating up his 7-11 hot dog in the microwave still in the foil pouch it was in. It started sparking, snapping, popping and making all kinds of horrible sounds. I told him you’re not supposed to put foil in a microwave. His response was “Oh, it’s okay. It always does that!”

[@Ogrematic]

Wtf.

[@maryavatar]

We’ve been working from home for a year now. Yesterday one of my colleagues was grumbling in the group chat about the Outlook search bar being stuck behind the Remote Desktop ribbon. I pointed out that if you click the pin icon to de-select it, the ribbon slides up out of the way. A chorus of ooooooh!s came through from the rest of the department. A year of working with this big annoying bar at the top of the screen, and I was the only person who clicked on the pin?

[@IloveyouLenaKatina]

8:55 That's actually legit. The assumption is that he doesn't know he can stop after he is finished. But what about learning or caring about his partner's needs?

[@rhondaflesher8313]

At one of my previous jobs the security guard went to heat up his lunch (which was still in a foil lined heat retaining bag it had been delivered in - first mistake). He started up the microwave and walked away from the break room for a couple of moments - second mistake. During that time the housekeeper walks past the microwave, pushing her cleaning cart (containing a mop bucket). She glances over and noted that the guards lunch in the microwave was on now on fire due to the foil bag it was in. She panics, flings open the microwave, and puts out the fire by tossing his lunch into her mop bucket of dirty mop water. Fire was now out, building and occupants safe, microwave itself actually saved - but the guard was not happy with how she saved the day - he was now without lunch.

[@Roadent1241]

Well boo hoo him, he'll just have to pop over to Greggs and grab a sausage roll? XD They're pre cooked at least.

[@mimiprays8288]

Once took a doctor's microwave dinner out of the microwave as it was popping and sparking. He left the foil on it. After removing and putting back into the oven he said "oh I didn't know you had to do that." A surgeon mind you... smh

[@RKMDCats]

My first year at college I had to teach several girls in the dorm how to do laundry.

[@suzettekath9860]

My man during a parenting class trip to a farmer's market had to teach the ladies in it on what foods can be made with certain ingredients. Also, when they came to a table with various peppers. On how the seller had them arranged from mild to spicy on the table. But then, my man learned to cook while in the military to escape military food almost thirty years before that lil trip.

[@taylorbritt499]

I had to teach one of the guys in my building how to do laundry freshman year. Poor guy was so confused. I was switching my stuff from washer to dryer and he asked "hey uh... Do you know how to work this thing?" and so I told him what buttons to push and he still seemed generally confused so I had to give him the full explanation of how washers and dryers work. I felt bad for him, that's something parents should definitely teach their kids.

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

@@taylorbritt499 Atleast that guy asked somebody for help.

[@taylorbritt499]

@@MyRegardsToTheDodo Oh yeah definitely, I'm sure there are some people who are too afraid to ask for help and have to send laundry home or just be stinky

[@malindaallen718]

Parents and schools are failing our youth.

[@Steph-yz4tn]

Majority of these have nothing to do with academics. It's their parents who failed them.

[@f.t.cnation9999]

Thats the problem to many people think its up to schools to tech their kids everything. Your basic life skills they need to be taught by your parents.

[@missg.5940]

I feel we did fail them when home economics for both boys and girls was eliminated from the curriculum. Tech is great, but basic sewing, cooking and life skills are being lost.

[@f.t.cnation9999]

@@missg.5940 Tech is well technical and not all parents have these skills to teach children. Basic adulting like cooking cleaning washing putting fule in your car checking the water and oil. Is basic stuff all adults know particularly parents. Teaches have limited time with students and need to spend that time wisely. Home economics needs to be taught at home so there is actual time for economics. Yes these skills are being lost because parents are not doing their damed job and teaching their children how to be adults and look after themselves.

[@missg.5940]

@@f.t.cnation9999 l checked, there are multiple vids right here on KZbin on basic life skills...sewing on a button, mending a hole in pants. Parents should make them part of home schooling during pandemic. Now l admit my mother, l am 62 btw, never taught me much cooking, but l love to cook, self taught😄😷🇨🇦

[@robertschwartz4810]

These demonstrate one of my biggest pet peeves. Parents send their kids to school, sports, camp, etc., but never tell them NO. They don't teach them basic life skills, how to share or co-exist in a civilized society. At 21 they're like babies, unable to take care of themselves.

[@BenRajan]

I get that common sense isn't really that common, but I'm still really glad I don't have roommates. Both so I don't witness their "clueless" moments and they don't witness mine.

[@timhartherz5652]

I never preheat the oven for pizza/baguette or defrost it beforhand. I just add another ~5 Minutes to the baking time. This saves energy, preheating is only a thing for more sensitive goods.

[@scourge34]

Same. Also, you absolutely can cook a frozen pizza directly on the rack. I've been doing it for decades. Sure a little piece falls off once in a while, but it's pretty easy to clean up.

[@BonaparteBardithion]

If there aren't sensitive goods (ie raw meat) you can use the oven without preheating, but you run the risk of leaving cold spots or unevenly cooking. Fine for frozen burritos, but not cake and cookies.

[@GiGiDollHaus]

It doesn’t really save energy because you’re extending the cooking time by five min instead of preheating for 5 min but yeah, usually preheating isn’t necessary with modern ovens

[@timhartherz5652]

@@GiGiDollHaus it takes more than 5 minutes for my oven to get up to 200○ though, also you need to open the oven after preheating it to get the food in, loosing a lot of energy in the process. I'm still convinced it safes some energy. I also use the water cooker/electric kettle to preheat water before putting it in the pot (for noodles) since it is more energy and time efficient then heating it up in the pot straigt away.

[@GiGiDollHaus]

@@timhartherz5652 that makes sense-older cookers definitely take a long time to heat up, and gas vs. electric makes a big difference too

[@suet.r.4815]

These are all 'common sense' to someone who has been taught (or to someone who knows how to learn new things), unfortunately these skills (even the skill of learning new things) are not taught to everyone anymore. (One of the complaints of conscientious educators is that in teaching "to the test" -that is, teaching the students to know the answers to specific questions, rather than teaching children how to learn and how to study, and how to solve problems through thought [how to learn], is making us a nation of helpless drones.) When you come across a person who doesn't know something basic, please don't mock them or just shake your head and keep going... It doesn't take long to teach them a little something and it might encourage them to seek out the answers to other things that they don't know. When our society fails, it is on us, as members of that society, to try to make it better.

[@leithx7595]

Hear, hear!!! Bravo Sue!!!

[@gudemeneely]

Very well said. 👏 I really wish schools would stop testing. Go back to how schools used to be taught. I feel schools also need to amp up sex education. And home economics should be required subject. To many young adults do not know how to cook, laundry, balance their banking. All of these are required skills when you adult.

[@Hermititis]

Or point them to other resources. There are times when you can't be the one to teach them, and that's ok too. e.g. 9:36 the cashier in this video, who couldn't leave her job to teach a customer how to do laundry.

[@suet.r.4815]

@@Hermititis Of course! I only meant "don't just criticize or laugh" at people.

[@Jlundeen]

While I don't disagree with the sentiment, there are basic things schools should not have to teach. Parents have a responsibility. Edit: I do agree very much that we should help each other out when there are gaps in our education. :)

[@miriambucholtz9315]

When I was an apartment building super, I got called to this one apartment for a complaint about insufficient heat. The tenant's girlfriend was sitting on the couch, wrapped in blankets, and the place was so freezing cold, I thought the radiators weren't working and nearly burned my hand touching one. I looked around at the windows to see if maybe a couple had been opened, and that's when I discovered that he had never put his storm windows down. I showed him what to do, then asked him where he was from. When he said, "Chicago", I wanted to know how he had lived to be that old without knowing about storm windows in the winter. He told me that his house didn't have them. Guess this was his first apartment in a vintage building.

[@GradKat]

I live in the U.K. and never heard of storm windows ...

[@miriambucholtz9315]

@@GradKat They aren't in use with the newer windows, but I grew up with them (born in 1940s). Someone used to have to go up onto a ladder and hang them onto the outside of each window to give an extra layer of insulation to the windows. In the summer, they were exchanged for screens. Later, they started producing units where you could just slide up the screen and slide down the glass.

[@diannelavoie5385]

@@miriambucholtz9315 And with the windows available now as either new construction or replacements, the "R-values" are so good that storms are no longer necessary.

[@miriambucholtz9315]

@@diannelavoie5385 Exactly.

[@kjellringstrom6217]

We need a license requirement to become a parent. Some sort of test that shows you have all horses in the stable and the knowledge/will to be a parent.

[@shadowscall7758]

The problem with that is who would decide if you "have all the horses in the stable"? It would be a quick way to only allowing people who think like you to have kids.

[@kjellringstrom6217]

@@shadowscall7758 How about the same kind of people that decide if you shall be allowed to adopt a child or not?

[@shadowscall7758]

@@kjellringstrom6217 and some of those people restrict it based on personal belief, so the problem is there.

[@richardmead5969]

if all these memes are true, our schools are putting out some absurdly stupid people. or they are just copy`s of their parents.

[@elizabethsohler6516]

A lot of these are things you should learn at home. Education is not always up to a school,

[@sobeit1166]

School system isn't there to teach what is considered basic life skills. Parents are.

[@plucas9324]

One copy, several copies.

[@violahamilton782]

Schools here don't teach most of the necessary life skills, it's pathetic.

[@squiresam]

@@violahamilton782 necessary life skills are the PARENT'S responsibility, not the schools'. If someone doesn't want to bother teaching their kid common sense, then don't have kids.

[@williamainsworth2256]

Petition for the return of home economics, with the addition of a life skills class, to our schools!

[@melaniecurtin6402]

And the sad thing is these are adults with the capability of pro creating ☹️😒

[@makelikeatree1696]

But not amateur creating?

[@FortunaZKat]

In shop class, my brother told another student he needed to use a "left handed screwdriver". He spent the rest of the class trying to find one.

[@williamhanna4823]

They are kept right near the metric crescent wrenches.

[@mattsmith9348]

@@williamhanna4823 not being nit-picky, just passing some knowledge on to a very common occurrence. "Crescent" is a brand name, like Stanley, Dewalt, Mikata etc. They are called adjustable wrenches

[@williamhanna4823]

Or spanners.

[@mattsmith9348]

@@williamhanna4823 👍

[@FortunaZKat]

@@mattsmith9348 Crescent is synonymous with the product like "Jacuzzi" or "Jet Ski". Kudos to Crescent for their successful branding.

[@stinesfloy]

I can relate. This week at work I am teaching a man at age 25 how to wash a floor. Cause he has never done that before and apparently cant even make a guess on how to do It. Because I let him do It on His own first. ( a Cork of floorwash is not a cup and dish rags are not for the floor)Its not even the first coworker I had to teach that to. Its my third. Like..... who raised you.....

[@Asa...S]

9:11 I remember the am and pm was hard to learn when I was a kid, and it often takes me an extra second to make sure I get it right, when I say something in English. In my language and country we use 24 hour time instead. So for instead of saying for instance 2pm we say 14, and 9pm is 21. Much easier.

[@wizardsuth]

It's easier to remember if you know that a.m. stands for ante meridiem (before noon) and p.m. stands for post meridiem (after noon).

[@TheSarahskaninchen]

@@wizardsuth yes but 12 am is midnight right? Because for that it will always confuse me. It would be more intuitive to go from 1am to 12 am and then start with 1pm again..

[@w.reidripley1968]

@@TheSarahskaninchen I'm having a hard time following your thinking 😕... darn... P.m. is the part of the day after the Sun crosses your local meridian, your longitude line. (It would be local solar noon -- you can use this to calculate precisely how far east or west you really are on this earth, and that's how they do it at sea.)

[@TheSarahskaninchen]

@@w.reidripley1968 i meant that it confuses me that it goes 12 am, 1 am, 2 am and so on and then 11 am, 12 pm, ... instead of going from 1 to 12. I do understand the ante and post but Not the counting Part :D

[@ThorneyRose]

My kids growled at me “we’re not your slaves” when I was teaching them various household chores and basic cooking skills. I told them they were, as I was my mums slave, and their kids would be their slaves etc etc. This is because, I told them, they could learn to be responsible individual adults and leave home at 18 and look after themselves!!!! They learnt pretty fast. 4 out 6 living independent lives. I’m so proud of them.

[@xyzsame4081]

How about the parents not being the servants of the kids !

[@jollyrogerhobbies2386]

I don't blame these people who either had no knowledge of what they were doing or were misinformed. The blame relies SOLELY on bad parenting!

[@susangill45]

My second son is truly a genius , not from me or my husband just a twist of our DNA, but he lacks common sense. As a child I would have to tell him to come in out of the rain, one day he built a miniature campfire under my neighbors car directly under the area of the gas cap which was missing from her car, it took us years to teach him how to tie his shoes and I could go on. A wonderful young man but I worry about him in the real world.

[@philyra2]

Same here. My youngest is profoundly gifted but was a bit short-changed in the common sense department. He once dropped his toast on the floor and tried to wash it off under the tap.

[@susangill45]

Amy we need to compare stories, although as I told you a genius, can fix anything computer wise, can write code etc, types faster than any person I have ever seen, he also lacks drive. Everything always came so easy for him when it came to school that he wizzed through it. He picked up the French horn in 7th grade when required to take band and said “I will take the curly horn”, to which his teacher laughed but in one semester he had learned all he could from him and was taking private lessons, from a teacher that said he could be the best he had ever seen if he would just practice a little, but he had done what was required so by 9th grade he quit! Straight A’s in school but when he found out the top 2 had to give speech’s he purposely finished %3rd, the laugh was on him he had to give the speech at the dinner and lead the prayer(small school in the Bible Belt). He later told me he would have finished 4th if he had known. Straight A’s in college, but could not cope in the navy, left 3 days before his year was up, so lost all his benefits. I could go on and on but you are probably already shaking your head yes!

[@patriksamu5869]

I was once asked to make coffee for my family. We had a pretty good coffee machine, a bit old but it made delicious coffee. One day my mother asked me to make coffee, while she went to the bathroom and to take a bath. She told me how to make coffee: put water in the machine, and two spoonful of coffee. While the coffee was brewing, I was watching the tv in the living room. When my mother got out of the bathroom, she heard a strange noise coming from the kitchen. When she got to the kitchen, she screamed and immediately shut down the coffee machine. As it turns out my idea of putting the water in the brew pot was not the best. When she asked why I put the water there, my answer was so ridicoulos, nowadays I laugh on myself a lot. I thought when the water starts boiling, the steam MELTS the coffee powder and it will become liquid which will get mixed with the water. I was 16. (Sorry for my bad English. I'm from Central Europe)

[@patriksamu5869]

@St4 if you want one, just call me

[@Hana-ku9dh]

When one doesn’t know how to preheat an oven, the other preheats their microwave.

[@leaaugusta9924]

Never mind the parents! Shame on these people for going through life with their eyes CLOSED! There are enough clues all around us if we just PAY ATTENTION!

[@irenec7665]

I taught my friend how to read a clock when she was 17. They never taught her in school, because in their classroom the clocks were digital, or they just used a computer. She taught me the smallest lines on a ruler were 32s. We all have our ‘stupid’ It seems if there is ever a need for a spy network, we could write in cursive and use a standard clock. Gen Y and Gen Z would never understand it.

[@johnwilliams7922]

My wife, while she was teaching (recently retired) would send a child to the principal with the note written in cursive. The kid would have no idea what was on the note.

[@w.reidripley1968]

Be tough to fit markings finer than 1/32 inch on a school ruler anyway. Legibly, that is. By 1/64 you're getting into calipers territory... and the machinists' realm of the decimal inch. SI does have its advantage that way; you don't have to shift mental gears, just keep dividing by ten...

[@Silver_wind_1987_]

I'm not the greatest at reading a normal clock .-. But I do have aspergers and I do my best.

[@jazmin3496]

I'm only worried about the defensive, not wanting to learn or change ones, cuz those should not ever be responsible for anything, not even themselves.

[@bidhanchowdhury4319]

You know, I always feel bad about myself. How I’m not able to certain thing that everyone around me can, and just stuff in general. I feel better now

[@sobeit1166]

Just keep observing and learning, you'll be fine.

[@anthonythorp7291]

1:37 a lot of cities will now your lawn if you don't. They then bill you via your property tax.

[@bwiese5387]

Wow thank you I feel smarter now

[@SusieAnnaC999]

Had a explain what a wank was to a 92 year old, never been married spinster, and therefore had never been with a man before. She kept hearing it said on TV and asked, "What on earth is a wank? I hear the word every now and again, but I have no idea what it means". 😳😳 My words, actions and descriptions were done extremely carefully 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@LemmePSLmyFootUpURazz]

YEARS AGO, i overheard someone saying their family did not like their thanksgiving dinner because it tasted too "vinegary and weird", and they got offended because they tried to defend themselves saying at least they washed their turkey unlike some people. What did they wash their turkey in? Not just water. They gave their turkey a vinegar essential oil bath. They said something so stupid, that not only their friend but the nearby tables turned to look.

[@zencomeseasy602]

I had to convince a woman at work that Jeffrey Dahmer was a real person and not a fictional character. She was in her 40's.

[@janedoe805]

I taught my Sons how to cook, clean properly, sew on buttons and fix a hem. By the time they were 12Yo, l had taught them how to balance a checkbook and read a bank statement! This video made my eyes roll so far back, l got a headache! 😳🙄🤦🏻‍♀️ I’m sorry but some of these just have to be BS because, people seriously can’t possibly be that stupid. At least I’m praying they’re BS. 🙏🏼

[@dennisgoans701]

Jane doe.....they aren't

[@pumpenheimer4570]

Critical thinking is critically sinking.

[@jonduggan7433]

Just because you are "Smart" ............. Doesn't mean you are functional.

[@jabberwocky1707]

7:45 You CAN put aluminium foil containers in a microwave to cook/reheat, IF you KNOW what you're doing, or the container is intended for that AND you follow usage directions. • Must NOT touch the sides or door of microwave, that will cause arcing and damage, poss. fire. - Apparently, it also depends on the design of the microwave. I used to buy frozen rice meals in an ALUMINIUM tray. Straight from the freezer into the microwave. (Superseded by rice in a plastic pouch now) - If you have enough food in a thin walled 'ali' tray, then it will absorb the microwaves, which could otherwise heat and melt the container. - I microwave chicken legs, putting 'ali' all around the bone ends stops them burning. Haven't had any issues. (non-crispy skin aside) • EVERYTHING is 'obvious' once it's pointed out. *Postscript:* (~21 Days Later) - Events like this, are probably *why* stores here no longer sell "frozen rice meals in an ALUMINIUM tray" in favour of "rice in a plastic pouch"

[@nancyhuffman8149]

My sister who was 12 years older didn't know the difference between dish soap and dishwasher soap. I came downstairs to discover suds flowing all the way down to the basement. The basement was also covered in suds.

[@elizabethgillespie1031]

My dad did the same thing as a grown (almost thirty years old) adult. It was the first house he had ever lived in that had a dishwasher.

[@wizardsuth]

@@paulatan420 Dish soap is made to produce more bubbles because people like to see bubbles when they're washing the dishes. If the soap's in a dishwasher where no one can see it, there's no need for all those bubbles, and the soap can be made more effective for washing the dishes without leaving a residue.

[@jtidema]

I think I learned that from I Love Lucy or one of those shows... Maybe it was Leave it to Beaver.. ;-)

[@w.reidripley1968]

That's the mistake you make once. It is kind of handy for cleaning the kitchen floor, afterwards at any rate, especially if you catch the problem early.

[@slatibaadfast]

What is sad is that we know these are all american.

[@jillmortlock8439]

😂😂😂😂😂 unfortunately not all.

[@carolynmurtaza1180]

what is sad is that we might know someone like these.

[@annak804]

I wish it was just in America but no its in most developed countries and many come from middle class families or wealthier

[@marilynroberts6644]

This is very sad and very embarrassing. Were these people raised by responsible adults ? I sure don't think so.

[@whoami1824]

I blame parents. If you love your kids teach them to do for themselves don't baby them or they will never grow up. People laugh but some of the mistakes made in this video alone could have lead to injury or death. Children are not stupid but if you treat them and raise them like they are then they will become so.

[@rogerbarton497]

I fancied cooking some fried rice .... (I think you're ahead of me) Yup I fried it straight out of the bag, it was like trying to eat red hot shotgun pellets.

[@andreabryant3610]

Ok if you don't learn anything long before you grow up and move away from home then you will never survive the real world There are somethings that I don't know how to do well but I still try my best at them

[@laurad3497]

Wow. Just wow. My 10yo & 7yo know more about basic life skills than these people.

[@patmaurer8541]

When I was a young mom, a lady at church (mother of 6) said, "It's a lazy mother who does all the chores herself."

[@tlyoung1420]

I knew someone in their 40s who I had to teach AM and PM. This person could not use ATMs by themselves for five years. I had to either go with them or talk them through it over the phone.

[@ravens6286]

I have used what is called military/medical time since I was 12. I find it more precise. But for someone who for some reason did not learn how to tell time when they were in school, my way might be too difficult for them. You had a lot of patience for that friend of yours 😊.

[@TheFeldhamster]

Lol, as a European I always struggle to remember if 12:00 moon is AM or PM. Because I grew up using what you call military time. And we don't use the words AM and PM in my language, so 12:00 noon is 12:00 noon and 12:00 midnight is 12:00 midnight.

[@ravens6286]

@@TheFeldhamster here 12 midnight is 0000 hr (0 hundred).

[@tlyoung1420]

@@TheFeldhamster American military time has 12:00 noon which is PM as 12:00 hours and midnight 12:00 which is AM as 24:00 hours.

[@w.reidripley1968]

@@tlyoung1420 Army, anyway. The Navy Department (this was a while back, when there was a Navy Department) just to be different, dropped the "hours" part and just said the number itself. Which is how you hear it from the Navy and Marines. And I think the Coast Guard.

[@rhondaflesher8313]

Had someone helping me fix dinner and they were trying to mash potatoes with just a fork and I suggested that they use the potato masher instead - that it would go a lot faster. I then had to walk out of the kitchen for a few moments. When I returned they started complaining to me that the masher did not make it any easier - rather it was more difficult instead. As they were saying this I glanced over in the sink and noted what they had used. They had mistaken my quite flexible spring type whisk for a masher.

[@Ruthavecflute]

Wow. That is amazingly bad.

[@TheSarahskaninchen]

I was a Teenager when i learned about potato mashers. My parents somehow always used a Hand blender :D

[@w.reidripley1968]

Hand potato mashers of either type are even better than a pair of forks for making guacamole. I also use the bent-wire type to beat potatoes up some, for bubble-and-squeak. Don't have to wait for the tater chunks to cool enough to handle. Lends a gently chunky texture to the dish.

[@RRanun]

In most cases, regardless of how clueless someone is, INSTRUCTIONS ARE ON THE FREAKIN PACKAGING, OR INSIDE.

[@dianaklien1560]

I still want to know why that man was afraid of closing his eyes in the shower. Was his family mean and attack him without warning? Did he have a balance problem when his eyes are closed? Did someone tell him prison shower stories and not realize you don’t need to worry in your own home shower?

[@Rawratchu616]

I think he thought she was suggesting he take the entire shower with his eyes closed. It didn't occur to him to just close his eyes when he rinsed out the shampoo.

[@katjasar]

No tears shampoo!!

[@Brievel]

Most of these sound like epic parenting fails. I always carry my sensitive documents in my wallet. They're safer with me than left unattended at our apartment. Also makes it easier to grab them if there's ever a fire - which considering the wiring in here, and the amount of times I've heard the neighbors' smoke alarms go off, seems almost likely.