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[-] Banana@sh.itjust.works 47 points 3 weeks ago

Have and raise children.

They raised me ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ‘‰

Also I'm not having kids.

[-] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 9 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Banana@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Omg it's like looking in a mirror!

[-] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 34 points 3 weeks ago

My dad is way better at car maintenance and handy work. Machines just talk to him.

[-] chetradley@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

I learned a lot about home maintenance and handiwork from my dad, but then I started looking stuff up and realized he's been stubbornly doing a lot of projects the wrong way.

[-] constantokra@lemmy.one 12 points 3 weeks ago

It ain't wrong if it gets done.

--dad

[-] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago

Why fix what ainโ€™t broke?

โ€” also dad

[-] stsquad@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago

My dad failed his 11+ so was sent to a technical school so he actually learnt how to lay a row of bricks or how to beat out lead flashing. He did end up doing a PhD in Physics but I suspect his early school years explain why he's always been much more practical than me. My wife was a stage tech during uni so I'll happily defer to her for joinery. I can just about solder a copper pipe or big pads on a PCB.

[-] zcd@lemmy.ca 31 points 3 weeks ago

Buy a home for somewhat reasonable percentage of their income and retire ever

[-] protist@mander.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

Buying a reasonably priced home is easy, it's just not going to be where you want it to be

[-] XEAL@lemm.ee 22 points 3 weeks ago

Not getting their kid properly checked for ADHD

[-] fulcrummed@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago

Handwriting - my god, their handwriting.

[-] AnxiousDuck@feddit.it 3 points 3 weeks ago

I still write like an 8yo :F

[-] black0ut@pawb.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

My 8yo self had way better handwriting than I have now

[-] LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Like, with a pen? I remember those.

[-] davidgro@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Know the monetary value of approximately anything at a glance.

For example, when shopping my dad always knew if a sale was real or if they raised the price first.

Unfortunately he never managed to translate that skill into making money even when he owned a small comic store.

[-] meant2live218@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

It is hard to stay afloat as a comic book store.

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 weeks ago

Motivate themselves into action.

[-] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 11 points 3 weeks ago

Passive aggressive-ism.

[-] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 10 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago

Why is this being asked in the past tense?

[-] davidgro@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

I didn't even notice. Perhaps OP also no longer has living parents.

[-] Kimano@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

It also could be referencing something that they were better at in their prime, but may no longer be able to do due to age. Like answering running if your dad was a professional runner or something.

[-] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 3 weeks ago

They successfully don't know Lemmy.

[-] kionite231@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago

Take care of me

[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

My father worked as a builder and a mechanic, so there wasn't much he couldn't fix if he put his mind to it.

[-] AnxiousDuck@feddit.it 7 points 3 weeks ago

Uh, cooking......

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 points 3 weeks ago

My dad can keep a job better than me. Heโ€™s had like five jobs, each one for over ten years.

Iโ€™ve had like 30 jobs, and the longest for maybe 1.5 years. Iโ€™ve been fired a handful of times.

Somehow my father can just find a groove and stick with it. In me a dissatisfaction grows really fast and I waver on things.

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 weeks ago

same here and i think my parents got good at sticking with a groove because they had a family of 7 to feed, cloth, and house; meanwhile i have only had pets that don't grow up to be shitty self entitled tweens.

[-] Ballistic_86@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Going to college, getting a good job after acquiring a degree, holding that job for decades, retiring, being able to afford a middle-class lifestyle.

[-] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

They are both intellectually superior to me and my brother, their only children. I'm pretty sure he and I are a bit of a disappointment to both of them, but they would never admit that.

[-] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 6 points 3 weeks ago
[-] WhiteShotgun@aussie.zone 6 points 3 weeks ago

Change my nappy

[-] Towerofpain11@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

My grandparents raised me mostly and their house is always in order. Particularly washing. I never seem to get to the end of it and also do not enjoy it.

[-] Doxatek@mander.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago

Be an insensitive asshole

[-] FlembleFabber@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

Ironing and folding clothes

[-] krysel@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago

Handy work, talking to people, handwriting

[-] Today@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

My mom was relatively successful, without much post highschool education at a time, and sometimes in a field, that were much more difficult for women.

[-] Alice@beehaw.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

Navigate without a GPS. Really, do much of anything without consulting the internet first. There's a lot of stuff I'm better than them at, but that's because I've almost never had to learn without instructions.

[-] the_lone_wolf@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago

Earn and communicate with stranger

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

Driving. They were pros while I haven't even dipped my toes into it.

[-] Didros@beehaw.org 3 points 3 weeks ago
[-] FookReddit69@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

The "normal" stuff, getting someone to stay with them and marrying them, losing their virginity, living by their own, having kids. I will never reach any of that.

[-] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

Never is a very long time my friend.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Reproduce. And they were infertile

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

My mom kept up with her friends from high school and college until she or they died, I cannot.

My dad was ridiculously smart, like could learn anything, keep a lot of knowledge in his head, could look at any idea and really consider it without believing or reacting to it, if that makes sense. I don't have the same fearlessness.

[-] kenkenken@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Trusting the official sources of information, understanding what a person ought to do in life, see a value of their jobs, believing in controversial things.

[-] taanegl@beehaw.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

Moving me tf away from the part of town I was being raised in... or, alternatively: not having a distant father. You can't teach a boy what they need over just one weekend. FFS.

[-] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Their profession.

I didn't go to medical school and am in a different industry than them.

this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2024
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