D&D General NPR Does D&D

[Willie the Duck]

Do you not have YouTube ads constantly pushing food delivery services at you? You might even have three or more apps on your phone that enable it.

I.. what? What does that have to do with my comment or request? I just want the source of these numbers so I can read the primary study or journal article to understand the experimental design. That to see how much I feel the individual study is compelling. I'm actually not that skeptical of the results (despite, yes, mildly tending to believe that most things attributed to 'kids these days..' really reflects how everyone is trending), I just want to see if it's an exhaustive, well-made consumer trends research study with a large sample size and rigorous bias controls, a self-selecting Readers Digest poll, or anywhere in between.

To answer your question, my YouTube ads consist of one Liberty Mutual ad interrupting another Liberty Mutual ad, then joining forces to try to conquer the upcoming Progressive Insurance ad (when Flo picks up that emu and wields it as a weapon, that dumb male model doesn't stand a chance). However, it seems that half of my YouTube videos are indeed sponsored by HelloFresh, the other half* by a mattress that gets delivered in a cardboard tube or something. *And then Matt Easton/Scholagladatoria, who is sponsored by mobile games he clearly doesn't play.

I don't know about the original mentioned news segment but food theory did a thing on it a few days back that does indeed mention some relevant statistics and includes a bit from his wife with her relevant professional (but forgotten) input

Thank you. When I get home I will check it out and see if it leads back to a primary source.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

It’s not bad.

I agree that it is easy to create your own content but many folks would rather buy than build.

Heck, I was just watching a news story on Gen Z not cooking and not developing the skill for it because delivery is instant gratification.

It is very, very, very, very easy for older generations to presume that younger generations are simply incompetent.

I have yet to see this actually bear out. Like, at all.

Maybe we should be a smidge more cautious about impugning the character of literally millions of people. Most of whom are adults now, since the youngest Gen Z folks are now older teenagers. In another four years or so, every person that would reasonably be called "Gen Z" will in fact actually be an adult. The vast majority of them are adults and have been for years, some even pushing a decade (someone born in 1997 would be Gen Z, and they turn 30 next year.)

Just remember: No one can think anymore, because all of us know how to READ and WRITE. It's the death of thought! All of us will simply regurgitate what we've already read! Socrates said so, so it MUST be true!

We've been disparaging the abilities of the younger generations for at least as long as there's been recorded philosophy. Probably for as long as there's been younger generations to disparage. Doesn't mean we should get complacent. Just means maybe, just maybe, we should look for the plank in our own eyes before looking for the speck in theirs.

 

[Belen]

It is very, very, very, very easy for older generations to presume that younger generations are simply incompetent.

I have yet to see this actually bear out. Like, at all.

Maybe we should be a smidge more cautious about impugning the character of literally millions of people. Most of whom are adults now, since the youngest Gen Z folks are now older teenagers. In another four years or so, every person that would reasonably be called "Gen Z" will in fact actually be an adult. The vast majority of them are adults and have been for years, some even pushing a decade (someone born in 1997 would be Gen Z, and they turn 30 next year.)

Just remember: No one can think anymore, because all of us know how to READ and WRITE. It's the death of thought! All of us will simply regurgitate what we've already read! Socrates said so, so it MUST be true!

We've been disparaging the abilities of the younger generations for at least as long as there's been recorded philosophy. Probably for as long as there's been younger generations to disparage. Doesn't mean we should get complacent. Just means maybe, just maybe, we should look for the plank in our own eyes before looking for the speck in theirs.

I was not disparaging anyone. I mentioned a news article that I had read.

You are making assumptions.

 

[billd91]

I agree that there are issues that young people have. I am simply wary of what I call the 'kids these days are always on their phones, says article I just read on my phone' phenomenon. In my most recent trip through grad school, I was doing economic survey research. We uncovered a high prevalence of 'suboptimal decision-making' (health, lifestyle and economic) trends often attributed to younger generations to (at least to our findings) be more prevalent today in everybody. So yes, kids these days spend a lot of time on social media -- but so do their parents (and grandparents, been on Facebook lately?). Same with certain poor eating habits. Same with several poor spending habits. It's out of date and patterns in things like meal delivery services have changed rapidly in the past few years, so I'll be interested in seeing how that's changed.

There are some systematic pressures leading into these decisions that are affecting kids today (for the last few decades). How many of them grew up in homes where both parents worked compared to previous generations? How many of them were over-scheduled with things to do? As a parent in a dual income home, particularly the one who does the cooking, the number of days I'd come home feeling completely harried and had to throw some kind of dinner together is fairly high. Meanwhile, the kids were exhausted or frazzled from their own days (and my kids were relatively light on after school extracurriculars). And on top of that, the economic system we live in prioritized (attractive if not that healthy) quick prep foods for food corporation profitability. So yeah, not that surprising that the kids have trouble cooking their own food.
And it's not like it's a new thing. How many of us GenXers learned to cook mainly because we had our own multi-parent work issues and had to break out the condensed soup can or box of Kraft mac and cheese?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

And it's not like it's a new thing. How many of us GenXers learned to cook mainly because we had our own multi-parent work issues and had to break out the condensed soup can or box of Kraft mac and cheese?

Yeah, my kids were scandalized when I told them how many meals my brother and I had to make as kids, just because we had two working parents and had to eat before bedtime (and make breakfast and school lunch for ourselves the next day).

 

[payn]

Yeah, my kids were scandalized when I told them how many meals my brother and I had to make as kids, just because we had two working parents and had to eat before bedtime (and make breakfast and school lunch for ourselves the next day).

I've no idea how us latchkey kids survived.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I've no idea how us latchkey kids survived.

A shocking amount of sandwiches and Top Ramen.

 

[bedir than]

I've no idea how us latchkey kids survived.

rust water and crab apples

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

rust water and crab apples

Do crab apples still exist? I haven't heard of them in decades.

They're like edible (sort of) quicksand that way.

 

[jasper]

I've no idea how us latchkey kids survived.

Cockpots, lean how to cut up vegetables with steak knifes, mom's cook book, But I know boomers who can't or will not cook for themselves.