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It's basically everyone: we all have a tendency to take certain pieces of knowledge and experiences for granted and universalize them. Someone else might be sho
by scarmig 13y ago
It's basically everyone: we all have a tendency to take certain pieces of knowledge and experiences for granted and universalize them. Someone else might be shocked that someone doesn't know how to ride a bike, or how to change a car's oil, or has never ran a ten minute mile, or has never milked a cow, or doesn't speak a second language fluently, even though it's very easy how to see any of those might be considered a very fundamental, basic human experience.
When I went home last, I met up with a friend who had never eaten Mexican food. Which is just nuts, right? But I've never shot a gun, which she finds equally absurd.