It hurts my heart. This is the society that has been built and those skills you have from necessity were completely forgotten and ignored as generations were raised.

Now it is just too much we don't know that yes, I could learn how to sharpen knives but teaching myself isn't cheap. It costs the money to buy the tools, time to research, money for any mistakes, and a mental load vs "ok well I guess I can spend $20 and get a new chef knife" It sounds so simple when it is one thing but you have probably come across dozens of people lacking a skill one would assume to be basic knowledge.

Anyway that person was just an ignoramus