What SHOULD you know
 

They're are certain things I think every adult should know but don't. For starters CPR, what do you think every person, man or woman should know?

Ugh, that reminds me...the other night, I dreamed that I had to give CPR to a baby, who had drowned in a bathtub.

i had to take first aid in highschool and i thought i had a general understanding of it, but the other day i was working in a conference room where a medic was instructing a bunch of people on how to properly give cpr, i was waaaay the fuck off. and another thing to add to the list:

being able to change a tire, you would be suprised.

All must google.

What people should need to know coming outta the womb:

How to type on a standard keyboard.
How to pull over for sirening vehicles and not be a dick.
How to say "thank you" to customer service people.
How to tie a tie (men {opinion}).
How to communicate bluntly AND mean it (women {opinion}).

--how to get along with people
--personal finances
--how to cook

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.”

Robert Heinlein (or Lazarus Long, if you prefer)

I'll second personal finances. It utterly blows my mind how retarded people can be when it comes to how to handle money. In my house growing up, the "money talk" was a bigger deal than the "sex talk."

How to be kind, yet not be gullible.

How to sew
How to survive overnight in the wilderness (build a fire, make shelter, etc)
How to take care of an infant/toddler (all of it)
Basic auto maintenance
How to run/maintain diagnostics for PCs (real computers) and how to track files
Cook (agree)
How to let go of stuff
Basic first aid

That "being famous" should not be a goal.

Nor is it a career.

When to fight and when to compromise.

Damm, beat me to it. This was the first thing I thought of. :D

manners
honesty

i just wish people would quit being 'left-lane dicks'.....thats it.

Are you saying people should know how not to be a . . . left-lane dick? I don't even know what that is.

Tol' ya I read too much Heinlein as a young girl. :p

I can only do about half those things. Don't know about the last one yet.

How to share

How to make others appear responsible for your smelly farts

Thyself.

I read somewhere, that if you have a cup, or something that you throw your loose change in, you are in the top 10 % of the world's wealthiest people. People should know that. People should appreciate what they have more.

People should know that whether they are Republicans, or Democrats, they are all still sleazy politicians. I'm way more liberal, than conservative, but I could never stick up for one of my own, with a straight face.

Some resourceful Cellar person should post a link to that pictogram about the richest people in the world where you put in how much you make and it shows you way over to the far right of a row of a long row of tiny little people...

they should be able to use a "freakin" turn signal
i second the "thank-you" to anyone and "please" doesn't hurt either
should be respectful

to check the wind direction before taking a leak outside

Tip your waiter. Excuse me, your server. Friggin' P.C.

Server is more pc than waiter? That's bizarre.

I agree. I waited tables in college and they could call me just about anything if the tip was big enough (oh, I see too many jokes here).

Unlike waiter/waitress, there's no female version of server, everyone's a server. Gender neutral terms are much more acceptable: mail carrier, flight attendant, spokesperson...

Umm.....we used to say actor and actress. These days usually people just say actor regardless of whether they're referring to a man or a woman. Why can't 'waitress' just be dropped and 'waiter' be used for both? I can understand it with 'spokesman'.

how to read

how to grow a tomato plant

how to change a tire

how to roast a chicken

How to approach a dog.

To come in out of the rain

To always put on clean underwear before going out

To never....aw, no more joking......

How to forget the P.C. nonsense and just be a decent person (without others pressuring you)

To not be too ready to judge others (something that I still slip-up on)

Oh, and the directions to the Cellar!

Men should know how to please a woman. No offense to any younger guys here, but you don't have a clue. It's not your fault. Apparently it spoils it, for the woman to have to explain it to you, and there is no mentoring system where the older guys help you, because that's the only thing we have going for us.

yeah,.....i'm not telling them. fucken figure it out on yer own

I'm tellin' my son, if I live long enough. If not, my wife better.

there's a way to please us?

How to SWIM !!!
Every body should be tought this , just like wipeing your butt , tieing your shoes , etc,,,,,
Especaly if the parents cant swim !!!

The idea of not being able to swim freaks me out.

You should have seen the big bad ass marines doing swim qual , bad asses wimpering like little girls as I swam by doing the back stroke flipping them off !!!
I blame their parents !!!

Well, are you going to tell us or not?

If they are gay then it's not their fault. I somehow thought Bi sexual guys would be good with women but now I think they just like to 'get off' or they work at it as if they are driving a car without power steering, fortunately I havn't met many straight men like that. Maybe only one in my whole life.

I'd tell ya, but then I'd have to kill ya.

I thought about it, and as long as you promise to keep it a secret, I'll tell you. I should warn you, if you think you have pleased a woman before, she was faking it. Just be prepared for the real thing. There will be lots of moaning, and whimpering with pleasure, and when she screams more, more! She is really going to mean it.

If you think you are ready for this then click on the link, get the necessary materials, and make no substitutions. I can't stress enough how important it this is. If you try to make do with what you have around the house, you will fail. Also follow the instructions exactly, except where it says 8 to 10 minutes, I always do 11 minutes, it all depends on size, you'll understand when you get there.

Good luck

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Couldn't agree more. Especially as we're now living somewhere where you can get swim scholarships at Uni ;)

You should know the difference between your wants and your needs.

You should know how to say no.

You should know what makes you truly happy.

That I am the smartest and most handsome man on the planet.:rolleyes:

You should know this because I thought to say it first, proving how smart I am.

Seriously, you should know how to raise a child. Statistically, almost everyone will.
You should know your Constitutional rights. I don't think many schools teach civics anymore.
You should know where and how to vote.

Blimey. I now feel completely inadequate!

Intrigued that this and others suggest childcare basics as something everyone should know. Why?

I don't know...I've never changed a diaper in my life, but I guess I could do it if my life depended on it. Maybe. :eek:

Because parents have emergencies, and there is a very real possibility that sometime over the course of your life, you will need to care for a child for a short time, perhaps even a long time.

And it's so easy to do, that really the only thing that stands in most people's way is fear. For example, "how to change a diaper" is not a freaking skill--if you can wipe your own ass, you can wipe a baby's. It's the idea that someone would say they can't that is sort of pathetic. It's the general confidence itself that should be considered a neessary life skill.

What's so hard about sticking them in the freezer until the parent gets back?

Chipping them out after a few days.

meh, the folks at the ER will still cut them off you whether they're brand new Under Armour or just some old, pee-stained tighty whities.:yeldead:

I SHOULD know why people get pee stains in their drawers? Doesn't anyone use TP? ;) Same question for skidmarks. Never understood that.

Pee stains happen when someone reads something funny that you wrote.

Skidmarks happen when someone reads something funny that you wrote, and they laugh so hard that they fall off of their chair, out the fifth floor window, and land in the rose bush.

Well, as long as it's all about me, then that's OK.

Wrong thread.

no, it's not. I should know that, because obviously I didn't.

Keep you confused.
Ignore you one day and like a princess the next.
Never give you what you want when you ask for it, only when you least expect it.

All three of 'em.


Number 1
You have the right not to be killed
Murder is a CRIME!
Unless it was done by a
Policeman or aristocrat
Know your rights

And Number 2
You have the right to food money
Providing of course you
Don't mind a little
Investigation, humiliation
And if you cross your fingers
Rehabilitation

Know your rights
These are your rights
Know these rights

Number 3
You have the right to free speech
as long as you're not
Dumb enough to actually try it.

I hope that public service announcement was made with geeeetarrr!