Millions of Americans no longer maintain basic skills people used to need only 20 years ago. Technology has made self-sufficiency an antiquated way of life.
30 years ago, if you didn’t know how a car engine worked or at least how to change a tire you were a bigger pushover than a bobo doll. Now-a-days, millennials can’t tell the difference between a carburetor and a hole in the ground. I blame liberal arts.
Regardless of who’s to blame (liberal arts) it doesn’t take an entire pit crew to teach someone how to change the oil in a car. It only needs a four-year-old girl as seen in this linked Youtube video. According to her: drain the oil from under the car, unscrew the oil filter on the top of your engine and empty it, replace the filter, replace the oil drain plug, and finish the process by pouring in fresh oil. IT’S NOT THAT HARD PEOPLE! Next time you go to school try learning that from your human sexuality professor.
Fortunately, Skitish Media could transform this video into quality branded content for companies such as AAA or AAMCO. Picture a competition. Two cars next to each other, both requiring an oil change. A race to see who can finish the oil change first, between a 10 year-old-kid and a 30-year-old adult. Realistically, the advertisement would end with the child cleaning their hands off on a towel and the adult crying in the driver’s seat calling AAA for assistance.
Thank the lord that millions of Americans have stopped learning necessary skills to be self-sufficient, right? I mean, how else was AAA planning on being successful if it couldn’t rely on the mass population of Americans not knowing how a car worked?
You can’t hitch hike because no one will stop for you and if you have your partner, friend or judgmental parent in the car, no one can save you from the embarrassing, pride shattering catastrophe that will occur from simply not knowing how to conduct an oil change. No one is telling you to learn pre-industrial techniques for farming and self-sustenance but if your phone is dead and you’re stuck on the highway, pray you’ve watched enough Fast and Furious movies to know about cars so you can figure out how to do an oil change yourself.
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