It is amazing how boomers get to just keep making these derogatory and un-true statements about young people. Guess it is just their minds that are finally going..... so sad.
If you’re so worried about facts you might start with finding out if I’m a Boomer, LOL. Bzzzzt. Wrong. Thanks for playing! Haha.
The statement is a simple observation. I’ve helped a lot of people fix things, especially electronics. Finding someone with the proper tools is exceedingly rare.
Be careful which person you are addressing though, note I said young people, and someone ELSE said “Millennials”.
Millennials aren’t young anymore.
Nice tool kits are almost always enjoyed as wedding and housewarming gifts.
Never seen anyone take those back.
Recently gave away a tile saw, a chop saw, a small compressor, and a few other things to a young man we knew with a new home who wanted to start renovating a bathroom. I had multiple. He said he’d been wanting them for years.
It’s just normal. People starting out typically don’t have tools beyond a few screwdrivers and such. I’ve given many young people their first socket sets as gifts.
Most grew up in households that don’t work on their own vehicles.
Pilots heavily lean toward the self selecting “mechanically inclined” group. The genpop doesn’t typically buy tools unless they have a hobby that needs them or a project they don’t want to pay for.
Some just were never shown how easy some jobs are.
I can name two co-workers with engineering degrees that don’t have a toolbox in the garages. They get excited about buying the junk from iFixit to open a MacBook.
They’re literally the huge mass of people who don’t care about Right to Repair because they’ll never do it.
Also again, carefully note my words. I said “most”. 51% is “most”. With population distributions being what they are with urbanization, the statement is easily accurate. I’ve worked and lived as a working member of the staff at a homeless shelter.
Ain’t nobody in the inner city dragging around their SnapOn collection. LOL.
