So like I know how to cook. But I don’t have the energy for it anymore. The world around me has pushed soo many task off to me in order to maximize profit I just have a ton more to do than I did 20 years ago. And the frustration of doing even simple stuff due to corporate cuts saps more energy per hour than anything used to.

Yes, it’s universal. There isn’t a single millennial or gen Z person that knows how to cook in the entire world. This will finally put an end to our species.

On our tombstone it’ll say “here lies humanity, fallen victim to shitty parents who didn’t think to teach their children how to cook.”

Idk if it’s Gen z. I’m millennial and I didn’t really know how to cook when I was younger. I eventually learned from YouTube and recipe websites.

Anecdotally, one is the best cooks I know is gen Z. In general though, I think this is part of the predictable result of not teaching anything like home ec anymore for decades.

I don’t meal prep because the meals are rarely as good after 5 days lol. I try to cook simple foods for breakfast (oatmeal, or bagel and cream cheese), and make sandwiches to take to work for lunch. Dinner is something like pasta with sausages and a side of veggies (99% of the time for me, that’s garlic and kale fried together in a skillet).

No, we personally love cooking tbh and a lot of our other friends can cook really well. Our partner can cook somewhat too but they put their skill points into other things than food :3

From my own experience, I had to learn it all by myself, mostly online videos and recipes. I very vividly remember living on my own for a couple of weeks and deciding to cook some fresh food instead of frozen dinners and pizza. I actually called my mom to ask how to cook broccoli cause I had no clue.

You just boil that shit how did I not know? I was never told

I like to think I’m a pretty good cook now. YouTube really is a invaluable source of cooking info

I don’t think it’s a generational issue, just young people. Once you get kids you’ll learn to cook.

Maybe there are more singles and child free people or they take longer to settle down or whatever.

Some microwaveable/airfriable stuff is really nice. A lot of us gen z is living alone for the first time these skills take time to develop. I love cooking myself but please I could NOT do to every day not with depression

I’m a millennial and I didn’t learn how to do more than scrambled eggs, pasta (ramen included) and meatloaf until I was 25. Maybe boxed recipes too. I didn’t have the money to really cook myself anything fancy. And I grew up with two parents who could cook so I really only had the poverty excuse and even then not a great excuse.

I think gen z will figure it out eventually. Tutorials are everywhere

No excuse I’m a Genz but I cook sumptuous meals What’s their excuse for not doing so The men in the house what do you think about this cuz it’s freaking me out so yh

Dude, almost no one in America knows how to cook. I’m pretty sure less than 1% of people know how to use a knife and keep it sharp. Most would rather just assemble, i.e. throw ingredients into a pile and then turn on the oven/airfryer/stove.

Exactly my point

I’m a single, Gen-x male and I despise cooking. Twenty minutes to prepare something, five minutes to eat it, and then another 20 minutes to clean up afterwards is, IMO, the most insanely inefficient use it my time.

Frankly I have better things to do. when a pill comes out that I can just pop in my mouth a couple of times a day I will be the first person in line.

For now, sadly, the best I can do it keep things as simple and as easy as possible prep wise (or order in… which gets to financially prohibitive sometimes)

I eat dirt and drink rainwater.

Lol. Seeing what people in this thread consider cooking makes me wonder if I should be a chef.