Counterpoint: The internet makes us smart because we can learn how to do anything we need to do when we need to do it. We still need experts for a lot of things, but simple home repairs? Plant care? How to properly separate a wash? et cetera. In fact I’d argue the things that we do regularly we do remember because we do them regularly. Just like we used to memorize phone numbers because calling them was something we did regularly we have different things we can do regularly now and get adept at instead of remembering numbers. The access to information has cut out the middle-man so to speak. I spent half my life not knowing how to properly separate laundry, or how to cook certain meals, because I didn’t have anyone available to teach me. I was able to self-teach through the internet. Why is looking it up so bad if you grew up with dipshit parents who didn’t know how to do anything or teach you anything before the internet was around? Hell, the internet has even taught me what the right tools are for the job I’m trying to do which is a huge aspect of any type of DIY.
I think you mean hand written chart. Nothing stopping us from printing out such charts. I have a chart for how long certain foods keep in the fridge before spoiling pinned to the fridge with a white board fridge food calendar.
Counterpoint: The internet makes us smart because we can learn how to do anything we need to do when we need to do it. We still need experts for a lot of things, but simple home repairs? Plant care? How to properly separate a wash? et cetera. In fact I’d argue the things that we do regularly we do remember because we do them regularly. Just like we used to memorize phone numbers because calling them was something we did regularly we have different things we can do regularly now and get adept at instead of remembering numbers. The access to information has cut out the middle-man so to speak. I spent half my life not knowing how to properly separate laundry, or how to cook certain meals, because I didn’t have anyone available to teach me. I was able to self-teach through the internet. Why is looking it up so bad if you grew up with dipshit parents who didn’t know how to do anything or teach you anything before the internet was around? Hell, the internet has even taught me what the right tools are for the job I’m trying to do which is a huge aspect of any type of DIY.
I constantly google food weight + oven temp = what cook time?
Pretty sure our grandmas just had a printed out chart for that kind of thing.
I think you mean hand written chart. Nothing stopping us from printing out such charts. I have a chart for how long certain foods keep in the fridge before spoiling pinned to the fridge with a white board fridge food calendar.