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[–] 81 points 22 hours ago (38 children)

Idk why the downvotes, is the source bad? The claim is real. Ask any career teachers. Most agree children learning on screens is translating to bad outcomes for young adults. Others suggest the pandemic has created a cohort that is developmentally behind.

Ignoring the problem won't make it go away.

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  • [–] 24 points 21 hours ago (30 children)

    People get offended by strange things. I have found that virtually anytime I mention that I prefer driving stick will cause me to get downvotes. So will suggesting that front-load washers are more gentle on your clothes. I think what happens is people go "wait, they said something different and I feel attacked."

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    Found the millennial, providing actual proof to back up their statement hahaha

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  • [–] 1 point 10 hours ago

    You're right, manual transmissions should be considered at risk of extinction and manfs should be required to build a certain number of each model in manual, until the population has stabilized back at a healthy number.

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  • [–] 7 points 18 hours ago (1 child)

    Gen z (like all generations behind them) have disdain for the generation before them lol. Millennials are cringe as fuck. I should know, I am one. I'd be pretty upset at that headline if I were gen z.

    All the Millennials with kids causing the iPad baby trend is fucked too, so probably a big contributor to this study. I can't even go to the local pub for lunch without someone's toddler screaming it's head off begging for mums phone because she left the iPad at home, and it doesn't stop no matter what she does until she gives it to him to watch miss Rachel at full volume on YouTube. That can't be healthy.

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  • [–] 7 points 21 hours ago (20 children)

    The fuck? Manual is far superior in every way. Who in the world argues over that lol. Automatics suck. And yes I hate the new ones too.

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  • [–] 9 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

    Genuinely I have been heavily downvoted for saying that, but that might have been more of a Reddit thing.

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  • [–] 2 points 19 hours ago (1 child)

    Thats odd to me. I would figure maybe you just got downvoted for liking cars in general

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  • [–] 4 points 18 hours ago*

    This indeed happened at least five times during my life on Reddit, usually when a thread you commented on later made it to /all. I think that some people took it as if I was saying that my way was better. Also I don't even own a car and haven't in 20 years, but if I had one, I'd want a manual.

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  • [–] 5 points 19 hours ago (7 children)

    I'm too stupid to drive stick. I wish I could blame it on being Gen Z but I'm too old for that!

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  • [–] 4 points 18 hours ago (6 children)

    16 year old girls in europe all drive stick just fine. It takes maybe a half day to learn.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 hours ago (2 children)

    Where in Europe can you drive a car at 16?

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  • [–] 2 points 9 hours ago

    I’m assuming there are other country’s but you get those Fiat 500s in Germany with the weird wheel set up that allow 16 year old to drive, in the U.K. you can drive a Robin Reliant at 16 as there’s no reverse gear.

    It’s not common though.

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  • [–] 6 points 18 hours ago (6 children)

    Manual is far superior in every way.

    Except fuel efficiency, longevity, use of use...

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  • [–] -3 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

    I won't even start 😘 not worth

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  • [–] 3 points 18 hours ago* (3 children)

    I forgot to mention automatics are cheaper, more available, require less maintenance...

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  • [–] 3 points 16 hours ago (1 child)

    Manual is better for control and way more fun, nothing you have said changes that. Automatics are ass

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  • [–] 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

    The claim was that "manual is far superior in every way". Which is false. They are superior in exactly one way, which is that they are more fun.

    But none of this matters because 1. No one should be driving a car with a transmission in it anyways; and 2. We need to have way fewer cars being driven in general.

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  • [–] 2 points 15 hours ago

    Manual is a chore, barely saves fuel these days, and requires you to use both hands, leaving you unable to solo drive and shoot in the impending apocalypse. And who has the time to make friends these days?

    /s I think

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  • [–] 1 point 17 hours ago

    I prefer driving stick

    I just told my mom this weekend that I will die of old age or within a reasonable amount of time of touching a stick shift.

    I have owned one automatic in my life, and it had its transmission for three months before I started the swap.

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  • [–] 7 points 22 hours ago

    A lot of people have the misconception that intelligence is an innate trait, instead of a snap shot statistic; and then, because humans are really stupid, tie their pride to that innate trait they believe exists. If you say someone is less intelligent because of another innate trait, like race, or age, then it becomes doubly problematic for those that incorrectly believe intelligence as some innate thing.

    The truth is, of course, epigentics are effectively the sole indicator of any kind of intelligence that can be measured; and epigentics are controlled primarily by the society you're in. This is especially devastating news to individualists.

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  • [–] 0 points 17 hours ago

    I downvoted it because the title of the post differs from the title of the article in a way that makes it seem that the older generations are smarter, despite the article stating the opposite.

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  • [–] -3 points 21 hours ago (1 child)

    Every new generation has been characterized as incapable and unintelligent. The boomers got the same take from their teachers, as did the Gen X-ers, as did the millennials, and now the Gen Z-ers. People have always been shaking fists at "kids these days" and always will. Teachers are not a reliable source on this.

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