April 23, 2025 • 5 mins
Boomers aren't happy that Gen Z'ers don't know these things.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
One out of point three. Wn, I see what Jay Towers,
Allison and Chelsea. Welcome to the show, Alison feeling a
little better. We'll be back tomorrow. We think Allan Longstreet
hanging with us for a little bit. Good to see Alan.
But one thing before we do this. I had a
guy named Kevin email me yesterday and said, why don't
we play the Battle of the Sexes songs anymore? And
(00:20):
I said, I've been here since twenty ten and I've
never played a Battle of the Sexes song? And then
I went and looked and there were Battle of the
Sexes songs?
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Are there?
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Really?
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Yeah? And I was blown over. I said, I don't
know if I'm going to play that.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
And then and then he said to me, Kevin said
to me that.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
When the men won, there was a men's song, and
when the women won men men. That's what I thought. No,
but it's wait listen, here comes back. The guys win
the battle.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
That was the victory. Sound.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:05):
I'm sorry, Kevin. We don't want to sound like we're
from the fifties. We can't play that.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
The women win the battle. No, Like I think it
sounds great. I have a lot of questions about Kevin,
though I know where's he Ben?
Speaker 1 (01:19):
What's he doing? I think he's a radio enthusiasm No,
that's wonderful back in the day. So here's here's the question.
I want to see where you fall here. Allan boomers
are shocked that gen zers don't have these common skills. Now,
you were born in what year?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Eighty six? So you don't you don't know?
Speaker 4 (01:35):
We know?
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Do you know what year he thought you were born?
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Probably like two thousand ninety Yeah, Oh no, I always
think you're like younger than you are.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
Yeah, I thought I don't know what he was like
in his twenties, Like, well, that would make him older
than me.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
So you said, so a gen Zer is ninety seven
to twenty twelve. So this is my daughter's each group yep.
Allegedly this group doesn't know how to address a piece
of mail, which I think might be.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Fall No, I bet they probably don't.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
Oh yeah, I'll bet they don't what side you're gonna
put the stamp on? I'll bet they don't. They probably
have the general idea up.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Yeah, and I don't.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
I don't think that they're of the generation where you
have to mail a thank you card after every birthday.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Maybe you know, you probably just send a text.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
To you gratitude.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
Chelsea.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
I don't even know how about to unclog a toilet
using a plunger.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
My daughter knows how to do that. Yeah, that could
be a tricky battle. I don't know if she'll do
it right.
Speaker 4 (02:27):
Yeah, what I was thinking, I don't know if I
trust myself.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
If I need how to.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Tell time with clock with his hands? You must it's
just two hands. That one's silly, right, But they teach
that in school.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
I mean that's that's like it's first grade kindergarten.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
You say, I don't even have a clock in my
house though, No, not a single clock with two hands.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
I mean we've got the Yeah, you just got your
microwave oven.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
That's it.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
How about how to count correct change?
Speaker 3 (02:53):
Well, that's just basic numeracy. Yeah, surely they do how
to men close and so button? So, so if I
lose a button on this suit, I can put a
button on. You can do it. I'm not good at it,
but I can at least get through the det Sure, sure,
can you do it? I can do it in a
very poor It'll fall off in a few weeks. I
can't do it the proper way.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
But yes see, I don't know if I I don't
know if I could.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
I definitely couldn't do it the proper way if I
had to get by with something and have it hold
for like the day, maybe, but.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Just putting it through, right, that's right.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
How about how to do cursive legible?
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Or I think that's a lost art? I really do.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Everybody says that it's a lost art.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
No, no, no, no, no one.
Speaker 4 (03:36):
I don't think that it should be. No one should
be as strict about it as they were when we
were in school. But I do think that you should
know how to write in cursive at the very least
read cursive writing.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
I can't read cursive writing at all. I'm terrible. Yeah,
there are a couple like the Z. I don't know
how to do this. There are a couple of letters, yeah, yeah,
for sure. And finally, how to read Roman numerals. I've
been using chat ChiPT a lot.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
I don't know how to read those.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
Well, a Super Bowl helps us out right. Every year
I get reminded, right, I know I know most most
of them. But yeah, well I know most of them.
I can do one, two, three, four and five. Yeah,
and then the is an X and then like I
put it if you put it before, yeah, yeah, you
put it before. I know some of them. I'd get
a fifty percent.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
Of something comes after the V. Does that mean it's
six or yeah?
Speaker 3 (04:24):
One?
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Sire you go, so you got to go do weather?
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Yeah, well you're okay, Okay, good bye guys.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Alan say something to pop indoor and then I'll be
down in a minute too, you know, do news. Maybe
these two jobs at the same time. Uh So, I
don't know anything that we're leaving out here. I mean
there were more on here, Chelse. There was like a
manual can or manual can opener, how to drive stick shift,
how to we did the Roman numerals one, how to
(04:52):
how to cook in general, I mean just how to cook.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
Now, I will say this, A lot of people that
I follow on TikTok have to be the gen xer
uh gen zers, and they do a lot of cooking things.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Well, I think I think that's one of the good
things about social media. I think TikTok is teaching people
how to cook.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Yes, so that you can follow.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Directions it should.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
Be okay, well, that doesn't really mean a whole lot
I could follow a recipe to a tea and it's
still going to turn out like crap.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Yeah, all right,
One out of point three. Wn, I see what Jay Towers,
Allison and Chelsea. Welcome to the show, Alison feeling a
little better. We'll be back tomorrow. We think Allan Longstreet
hanging with us for a little bit. Good to see Alan.
But one thing before we do this. I had a
guy named Kevin email me yesterday and said, why don't
we play the Battle of the Sexes songs anymore? And
(00:20):
I said, I've been here since twenty ten and I've
never played a Battle of the Sexes song? And then
I went and looked and there were Battle of the
Sexes songs?
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Are there?
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Really?
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Yeah? And I was blown over. I said, I don't
know if I'm going to play that.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
And then and then he said to me, Kevin said
to me that.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
When the men won, there was a men's song, and
when the women won men men. That's what I thought. No,
but it's wait listen, here comes back. The guys win
the battle.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
That was the victory. Sound.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:05):
I'm sorry, Kevin. We don't want to sound like we're
from the fifties. We can't play that.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
The women win the battle. No, Like I think it
sounds great. I have a lot of questions about Kevin,
though I know where's he Ben?
Speaker 1 (01:19):
What's he doing? I think he's a radio enthusiasm No,
that's wonderful back in the day. So here's here's the question.
I want to see where you fall here. Allan boomers
are shocked that gen zers don't have these common skills. Now,
you were born in what year?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Eighty six? So you don't you don't know?
Speaker 4 (01:35):
We know?
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Do you know what year he thought you were born?
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Probably like two thousand ninety Yeah, Oh no, I always
think you're like younger than you are.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
Yeah, I thought I don't know what he was like
in his twenties, Like, well, that would make him older
than me.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
So you said, so a gen Zer is ninety seven
to twenty twelve. So this is my daughter's each group yep.
Allegedly this group doesn't know how to address a piece
of mail, which I think might be.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Fall No, I bet they probably don't.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
Oh yeah, I'll bet they don't what side you're gonna
put the stamp on? I'll bet they don't. They probably
have the general idea up.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Yeah, and I don't.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
I don't think that they're of the generation where you
have to mail a thank you card after every birthday.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Maybe you know, you probably just send a text.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
To you gratitude.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
Chelsea.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
I don't even know how about to unclog a toilet
using a plunger.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
My daughter knows how to do that. Yeah, that could
be a tricky battle. I don't know if she'll do
it right.
Speaker 4 (02:27):
Yeah, what I was thinking, I don't know if I
trust myself.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
If I need how to.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Tell time with clock with his hands? You must it's
just two hands. That one's silly, right, But they teach
that in school.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
I mean that's that's like it's first grade kindergarten.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
You say, I don't even have a clock in my
house though, No, not a single clock with two hands.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
I mean we've got the Yeah, you just got your
microwave oven.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
That's it.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
How about how to count correct change?
Speaker 3 (02:53):
Well, that's just basic numeracy. Yeah, surely they do how
to men close and so button? So, so if I
lose a button on this suit, I can put a
button on. You can do it. I'm not good at it,
but I can at least get through the det Sure, sure,
can you do it? I can do it in a
very poor It'll fall off in a few weeks. I
can't do it the proper way.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
But yes see, I don't know if I I don't
know if I could.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
I definitely couldn't do it the proper way if I
had to get by with something and have it hold
for like the day, maybe, but.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Just putting it through, right, that's right.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
How about how to do cursive legible?
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Or I think that's a lost art? I really do.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Everybody says that it's a lost art.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
No, no, no, no, no one.
Speaker 4 (03:36):
I don't think that it should be. No one should
be as strict about it as they were when we
were in school. But I do think that you should
know how to write in cursive at the very least
read cursive writing.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
I can't read cursive writing at all. I'm terrible. Yeah,
there are a couple like the Z. I don't know
how to do this. There are a couple of letters, yeah, yeah,
for sure. And finally, how to read Roman numerals. I've
been using chat ChiPT a lot.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
I don't know how to read those.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
Well, a Super Bowl helps us out right. Every year
I get reminded, right, I know I know most most
of them. But yeah, well I know most of them.
I can do one, two, three, four and five. Yeah,
and then the is an X and then like I
put it if you put it before, yeah, yeah, you
put it before. I know some of them. I'd get
a fifty percent.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
Of something comes after the V. Does that mean it's
six or yeah?
Speaker 3 (04:24):
One?
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Sire you go, so you got to go do weather?
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Yeah, well you're okay, Okay, good bye guys.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Alan say something to pop indoor and then I'll be
down in a minute too, you know, do news. Maybe
these two jobs at the same time. Uh So, I
don't know anything that we're leaving out here. I mean
there were more on here, Chelse. There was like a
manual can or manual can opener, how to drive stick shift,
how to we did the Roman numerals one, how to
(04:52):
how to cook in general, I mean just how to cook.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
Now, I will say this, A lot of people that
I follow on TikTok have to be the gen xer
uh gen zers, and they do a lot of cooking things.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Well, I think I think that's one of the good
things about social media. I think TikTok is teaching people
how to cook.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Yes, so that you can follow.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Directions it should.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
Be okay, well, that doesn't really mean a whole lot
I could follow a recipe to a tea and it's
still going to turn out like crap.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Yeah, all right,
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