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    1. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

      But back to Wapo, here's a line that struck me: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/voraciously/wp/2018/04/12/do-millennials-really-not-know-how-cook-with-technology-they-dont-really-have-to/?utm_term=.a2eed88476c0 …pic.twitter.com/MLDlmFqJmP

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    2. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

      So, let's look at the survey, shall we?

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    3. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

      First, it does not define what ages it is using for 'millennial,' 'gen x' and 'boomer,' which <eyeroll> whatever. But then, there's this: this is a survey of 375 people they think are millennialspic.twitter.com/bZIsefYUTR

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    4. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

      (here is the whole writeup) https://porch.com/resource/cooking-nightmares …

      2 replies 9 retweets 154 likes
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    5. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

      and here is the relevant butter knife data, including the photo of the butter knife they showed peoplepic.twitter.com/PxNUytIQB0

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    6. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

      I'm 38 years old. My first thought: wtf kind of butter knife is that?

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    7. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

      When I hear butter knife, I think this. When shown a picture like this, i would say 'butter knife'pic.twitter.com/i1bI9m1IvB

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    8. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

      google image results suggest, ok, there are in fact many butter knives that look similar-ish to the example they've shown:pic.twitter.com/9F2n54aFIL

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    9. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

      I am willing to accept that there are many kinds of butter knives in the world.

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    10. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

      But I am not willing to accept the @nowthisnews premise that an inability of approximately 230 people my age to define whatever the hell this apparently-not-a-cheese-knife is on sight is an indication of my generation's cooking skills.pic.twitter.com/Cs24UQs30c

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      erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

      also why does it have a hook on the bottom??

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        1. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

          This thread has summoned Cutlery Twitter to my mentions, which I'm actually quite happy to know exists.

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        2. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

          erin mccann | Retweeted Allen McDuffee

          Some more detail from Cutlery Twitter:https://twitter.com/AllenMcDuffee/status/1131638245710880775 …

          erin mccann | added,

          Allen McDuffeeVerified account @AllenMcDuffee
          Replying to @mccanner
          This is a dinner knife. But the variations in other butter knives have to do with how the butter is being presented. For example, a stick of butter requires one kind of butter knife, while a butter bell crock requires another (like the small curved one you've shown).
          3 replies 21 retweets 470 likes
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        3. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

          erin mccann | Retweeted Iain Collins

          and from @iaincollins, who calls it a "totally a typical butter knife" ... FOR THE YEAR 1900.https://twitter.com/iaincollins/status/1131637326671679491 …

          erin mccann | added,

          Iain Collins @iaincollins
          Replying to @mccanner
          It's totally a typical butter knife! My parents have multiple sets of silverware like that (from 1800-1900). Most modern cutlery sets don't understand soup spoons or dessert spoons either (both should be circular, not oval) and it's tragically lost knowledge.
          10 replies 33 retweets 841 likes
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        4. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

          erin mccann | Retweeted Iain Collins

          also from @iaincollins, a knowledgable representative of Cutlery Twitter, another fact I am delighted to know.https://twitter.com/iaincollins/status/1131637955536273409 …

          erin mccann | added,

          Iain Collins @iaincollins
          Replying to @mccanner @JessicaValenti
          Oh no! If it doesn't curve upward with two prongs at the end (so you can stab and lift) not a cheese knife (unless it's mad of wood).
          5 replies 3 retweets 177 likes
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        5. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

          Most of the people in my replies, learning that's a "butter knife" instead of some sort of cheese delivery devicepic.twitter.com/MsMXg18B3Y

          3 replies 17 retweets 569 likes
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        6. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

          erin mccann | Retweeted Jen A. Miller

          While you're all here, can you help Jen out?https://twitter.com/byJenAMiller/status/1131636226434453504 …

          erin mccann | added,

          Jen A. MillerVerified account @byJenAMiller
          Replying to @mccanner
          I’m still not sure what this is pic.twitter.com/xTTQQuR9p3
          17 replies 3 retweets 146 likes
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        7. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

          erin mccann | Retweeted Tom Phillips

          This is such an important point! a butter knife has next to nothing to do with cooking! Dumb survey is so dumb.https://twitter.com/flashboy/status/1131641331640602624 …

          erin mccann | added,

          Tom PhillipsVerified account @flashboy
          Replying to @mccanner
          also being able to identify a butter knife has nothing to do with being able to cook? if anything it's a better signal of being cooked for than cooking
          13 replies 47 retweets 1,081 likes
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        8. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

          erin mccann | Retweeted Megan Carpentier

          Megan i am sorry to tell you that you are, according to the results of this survey, generationless.https://twitter.com/megancarpentier/status/1131642175186452480 …

          erin mccann | added,

          Megan CarpentierVerified account @megancarpentier
          Replying to @mccanner @iaincollins
          Hilariously, I own two butter knives, one that I inherited from my grandparents and the other of which... came with a cheese serving board I got as a gift. As a Gen X heathen, I have used them both as serving utensils for roasted garlic cloves.
          9 replies 6 retweets 164 likes
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        9. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

          Thank you all for playing along. Tomorrow, we will discuss the salad spinner and Gen X's apparent affinity for it.pic.twitter.com/s3aJsAvCUc

          26 replies 21 retweets 352 likes
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          10. End of conversation
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        1. Karen Willenbrecht‏ @kdbrecht 23 May 2019
          Replying to @mccanner @nowthisnews

          I'm guessing the hook confused a nonzero number of people into thinking it must be related to a whisk

          1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
        2. Karen Willenbrecht‏ @kdbrecht 23 May 2019
          Replying to @kdbrecht @mccanner @nowthisnews

          I also want to know whether "incapable of preparing a boxed cake mix" means "can't do it" or "doesn't own a cake pan and/or electric mixer"

          11 replies 14 retweets 481 likes
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