"kids these days don't know how to fix anything"

Kids these days have never in their lives encountered anything that was meant to be fixed rather than thrown away.

@artemis YUP.

And also, school started beating curiosity out of them around the same time they went all-in on standardized testing / "No Child Left Behind."

@valthonis @artemis
They started beating the curiosity out of kids long before that if you ask me. They value rote repetition over critical thinking and have for many years.

@TheGreatLlama @valthonis @artemis

The purpose of a system is what it does.