Digital Clutter & Common Skills

It's time for spring cleaning and Dangerous Dave talks about digital clutter that needs our attention. Plus, common skills that older people are surprised that Gen Z cannot do.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Please steeper in the dent with dangerous day. Well, if
you're finally making a dent doing some spring cleaning, I
got bad news for you. People are trying to add more.
A new report is trying to make digital spring cleaning
a thing just as horribles as it sounds, deleting old emails,
clearing old unused files, taking up space, slowing things down,

(00:20):
dealing with data build up. In a survey, ninety five
percent of people said they're trying to delete unnecessary files
that keeps their devices from functioning right. Ten percent said
they feel confident doing it, thirty three percent overwhelmed, anxious,
and stressed by it. Cleaning up your devices is less
popular than chores around the house, according to some here's
some stats. Fifty nine percent of people would rather wash

(00:42):
dishes and clean up digital files, Twenty three percent would
rather get their annual physical, twenty one percent would rather
go to the dentist, seventeen percent would rather eat liver
and onions. Average Americans says they delete unneeded stored photos
about as often as a clean out their junk drawer,
which is maybe one or maybe even twice a year.
Clean out your drunk drawer I've never done that. Of course,

(01:05):
there's two big forces working against us. Fear of deleting
something we want later and procrastination. Two biggest motivators for
getting rid of digital junk might be forcing us to
buy more storage space in a cloud or something draining
your battery life. So clean out that digital clutter. But
what if I need that email I never read from
four years ago? Deeper in the two you know, generational

(01:28):
squabbling is fun. Older folks love complaining about how kids
wouldn't be able to function in nineteen seventy one, and
younger generations wine that boomers can't even function now. A
website has put out yet another common skills that people
are shocked that gen z's don't know. Some of them
include reading a map and figuring out directions without GPS.

(01:49):
I like GPS, but I tell you what, I like
maps because with a map I can figure out the
lay of the land. I get kind of an idea
where things are in one big scale, and then I
can start you using and breaking it down makes it easier.
How about how to address a piece of mail, or
how to unclog a toilet with a plunger? How to
tell time on a clock with hands, or how to
count correct change, how to type on an actual keyboard,

(02:11):
or how to mend, close, or sew a button, how
to cook, how to do basic handyman skills, how to
write a check, how to use a manual can opener,
how to write in cursive, how to drive a stick shift,
how to read roma numerals, and how to use non
mobile technology. One person said, I'm not kidding young people.
The only use phones haven't the slightest idea where a
file went when they downloaded it on a PDF. One

(02:33):
guy said, and my last job, one task was to
help college interns with work on computers. They didn't know
what control C or control V even was. By the way,
that's copy and paste. Now what your thinking? Get your
mind out of the gutter too. They can for another
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