“Being Able To Fix Things Yourself”: 30 Things Young People Find Odd That Used To Be Normal

Hell, I'll take a well constructed argument nowadays.

Before cell phones, if someone didn't answer the phone we'd just say, "Oh, they're not home," and that was normal. Nowadays, I wish it was just as normal to say, "Oh, they're not answering their phone," and just leave it at that.

You've reached my voicemail, hang up, and text me like a normal person.

There are a few people that are baffled that I'm not sitting next to the phone, ready to jump and answer their call when in actuality, once I get home after diligently checking it for 10 hours, I leave it on a counter and go into Do Not Disturb mode to zen myself back out.

That's how I weed out dating partners. If they freak out because I didn't answer for a a few hours, I immediately block them. Had one send me a cute message and then two hours later insults because apparently I had to be glued to my phone for their convenience.

Ugh I rarely have my phone in the same room as me, why does it upset everyone?

yeah, unless it's an emergency, please just text. I hate feeling like I'm obligated to answer the phone. I have always felt super awkward talking on the phone, anyway, except for calls that are strictly business.

Phones - cell or otherwise - are for the person who owns them. It is for my convenience, not the person calling me.

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A doctor once told me that a text is a request, not a requirement. It changed my whole outlook about communication.

People don't need to have their phone on all the time. They also don't need to be constantly afraid to answer.

Before cell phones, we each had a sense to be able to meet each other in seemingly random times, naturally, it just worked.. Now everyone's lost without a phone, sad

I don't answer my mobile in my car and rarely at home and NEVER whennout with friends.

One the worst jobs I had was the one in wich they gave me a cell phone. Never more!

Literally someone from work called me yesterday (Friday), 2 hours after I finished for the day. "I'm not receiving any emails", I'm like "AND ? ! , I'll sort it on Monday"

Umm...maybe it's just the fact that I have common sense, but I don't think ppl should be screwing around with a phone or laptop while operating a several thousand pound piece of metal...

I don't quite see, that it is cool putting yourself and other people at risk to check your emails while driving. I hope it is illegal.

Weather permitting, I spend most of my spare time riding a motorcycle in places with little or no signal, and the few people who would want to contact me know it's a crapshoot

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If I don't recognize the phone number, I don't answer it. If you choose not to leave a message, I will never answer your call. And I often go several days without checking my email.

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Yeah, I've had to explain to more than one person that MY cell phone is for MY convenience, not so you can reach me at any time of the day or night. I actually started shutting it off at bedtime because my younger sister could just not grasp that I didn't want to get her random drunk texts at 2:00am (my husband has to get up @4:30 for work and she woke him up more than a few times).

Heck yeah. Not everyone has the capacity to be available 24/7.

I am not at everyone's beck and call. I decide how I spend my time and guard my schedule jealously. If you do not, people will not respect you often without realizing it. They respect your time as much as you show respect for it.

All my friends and relatives know I never answer a call. But I'll gladly answer whatsapp and telegram messages. And if I don't recognize the number calling, it'll never be answered.

There are times when I purposely don't answer the phone. I can tell, by time of day, whether it's an urgent work call or if it's a "just a heads up call." My kids receive a text back that says, "is this urgent?" at certain times of day. (I always respond to my kids) And there are times when I don't want to answer the phone bc I'm not in the mood. It is what it is.

People e-mail on weekend. My auto reply specifies I don't do weekends. Don't phone me 09.01 Monday to chase.

US: standardized test scores are tied to funding, so no time for skill development (either manual or critical thinking). Kids learn that life is only about obedience to ham-fisted metrics analysis.

Obviously not old enough to remember 'ghetto blasters' (yup, REALLY called that) These were extremely large radio cassettes with big speakers played at full volume everywhere from the 70s onwards until personal stereos became a thing. Before that it was 'portable wireless radios' These go back to the early 60s. Again, people have ALWAYS been a******s..

We NEED to bring back home economics and wood shop as required classes in high school or middle school for ALL students. This would help so many young adults get their first steps in basic life skills.

Same with concerts. I don't understand how people can't just watch a concert and enjoy it. Does anyone ever go back and watch their phone footage anyway?

Wall Street investors have been buying up housing all over the country just to make money on excessive rents and the tight housing market, which they contributed to making.

Being stood up or ditched on a date are as old as dating itself, but the RSVP was a contract that could only be violated at the peril of never receiving any future invitations

It's still very normal where I am.

Too damned many companies jumping on the product as a service bandwagon and it needs to stop. For instance, you pay (typically dearly) for a option on your new car, but you then need to pay a fee/subscription to use it? Not in this world, that's absurd.

I just respect people who don't have it. I wish I could quit it

And stop the piles of clothes going to landfill. Throwaway culture needs to cease.

I find the introvert memes tendency horrifying and relatable at the same time. Being an introvert myself I understand the struggle, but it seems to me it's getting worse and worse, triggering anxiety if you just let it be your lifestyle.

Agree knowing how to cook is a learnable skill you don’t need to be a chef.

Some people just don't want to be bothered when they're trying to go about their day.

A house used to be a home not an investment for profit. It annoys me when real estate agents talk about selling a home, it is the house not the home being sold.

All that has happened is the companies have shifted the risk from them to you. If you can get such good returns, they can too. Of course in most plans you do not contribute. Just more evidence of poor money management on their part, and how criminal underfunding is.

If anything this was worse years ago. Social media is doing us all a service by letting people know this is not acceptable. Imagine a world where no one told these a******s they were out of order. I grew up in it..

I only use loudspeaker at home when nobody is around

Do other people not do this?

Again, it's not an abnormal thing to go and not record. Going to the gym without recording is normalised.

Again depends on country and background. Low income areas in my country have good social networks and high income areas have neighbours who barely interact and mostly hate each other.

Outside of large cities where does one find a tailor?

This is only true of individualist (ie western) culture. In Africa our community is the most important thing.

Yet again - NO! This generation are far more accepting of people's struggles with mental health, sexuality, bullying and so on..

What kills me is "punctuation is aggressive" and "ok means you're mad." WTF kids?!?