This makes me sad because many of these kids will never know how delicious and simple some home made soup can be.

Pumpkin, potato, onion, curry powder, garlic, ginger, stock and seasoning, simmered for 20 minutes and stab blended smooth with some coconut milk will make a meal more delicious than anything they can buy from a restaurant and take less than five minutes of effort. Serve it with an oven warmed bread roll and a glass of wine: perfection.

Cauliflower, potato, onion, carrot, celery, mustard seeds, cumin, vegetable stock, seasoning, coconut milk: takes 5 minutes to prepare, 20 minutes to simmer and it's mind blowing. Throw some croutons on top, a swirl of coconut milk and fresh coriander and you've got yourself the world's most delicious soup with less effort than it takes to drive to McDonalds at about 1/5th the cost.

Sweet cream of carrot and ginger, cream of mushroom or corn chowder is even easier and less effort.

Mind-blowing Indian meals like shahi paneer or matar paneer can be made with a few more spices and in half the time.

Chili con carne, mushroom stroganoff, creamy mustard mornay, Chinese tofu and broccoli, black bean stir fry and hokkein noodles can all be prepared in less than ten minutes, a little longer if you add meat. Boil some pasta or gnocchi, throw some broccolini in the salted water right at the end and combine it with a home made arrabbiata (takes 2 minutes) and some grated cheese and you'll have perfection with less than a few minutes of effort.

It makes me sad how many people at the supermarkets have shopping carts full of orange junk food and fizzy drink, rather than real food.

It makes me sad how few young people know even the most trivial life skills.

I had the same exact thing happen to me, right down to the radish LMAO. That's hilarious.

LOL - I had the same thing happen with some fresh ginger root in the checkout line. The child at the register had no idea what it was.

As a Purdue alumni, this is embarrassing. My husband and I have floated the "learn a trade" balloon w/each of our kids (vs college). As homeowners remodeling/renovating a 70+ year old home, we know the value of masonry professionals, trustworthy general contractors, and craftsmen in various areas. They could name their price, work the schedule they want, and avoid much of today's cancel culture/politics.

Can contest. My 15 yr old stepdaughter has trouble reading our big analog clock in our kitchen. She didn’t even know how to spell her middle name. She didn’t know how to address and put postage on an envelope at 13, or have her address memorized. I’m fairly certain I knew all that when I was 7. I didn’t know if she’s just like a special person or if this is her generation. She’s smart otherwise, like loves Trump!

One of our EEs told me a story about a newly graduated EE at a client site who was confused as to how fuses work.

I have a college degree and work for a homebuilder. I do purchasing/cost accounting/finance/etc (small company). Anyway, 50% of my job is dealing with our subcontractors. I'd say at least half of the subs we have are under 40 (at least half of those are under 30) and make a killing running their own businesses as flatworkers/framers/landscapers etc. One kid does nothing but exterior concrete. he's 33 and runs his own business. We hit it off because he's also a subaru freak. Anyway, he has 300k in CARS in his 10 car garage including imported WRX and R32 Skyline. It's insane. Here i am, 10 years older, jealous as fuck about it.

I still have the center punch that I made metal works in late 90s.

We were supposed to make metal handled screwdrivers using the lathes, but the teacher quickly changed his mind when he realized how deadly metal handled screwdrivers could be when working on electronics. :-)