[General Discussion] Experiences lost with new technology

I have to agree with the cooking issue. Being in student halls last year really opened my eyes about that. Three of the girls in particular couldn't believe that I and the other person in the flat who actually cooked from scratch had just picked it up. It was the same when I was in supported living. Even though most of the people in there were on the dole they spent their money on take aways because they just didn't know how to cook for themselves.

As for videogames, I agree it's an issue of context. I have this argument with my mother every time the subject rears its ugly head. Even though with her job she talks to parents who are proud of their (primary school) kids because they can play games with an 18 certificate for hours on end (apparently the age rating has some correlation with intelligence in the parent's head) she is completely prejudice against the games and not just the parents. She's taken more than a few offensive pot shots at me for obsessively playing games as a kid when I spent just as much time reading or playing outside.

Jam it back in, in the dark.