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A recent study has revealed that most people born after 2002 would absolutely crumble under the pressure of navigating a stressed out parent in an unknown suburb using a 300 page street directory at the age of 11.
The study, which simulated the experience to several dozen young adults, revealed that almost 90% were driven into a fight-or-flight response after only a few minutes of the simulation.
“This is one of the clearest generational divides we’ve ever come across,” said one leading researcher.
“It’s almost as if anyone born in the 21st century cannot handle the pressure of manually navigating a parent that’s already late to an away-day Sunday soccer match”
The researchers noted that participants struggled most with deciphering the directory’s confusing grid system while enduring passive-aggressive remarks like, “Did you even check the index? We’ve been through this already, always start with the index”
One participant reportedly burst into tears after accidentally directing the simulated parent into a cul-de-sac, triggering a tirade about “wasting petrol.”
“This research underscores the resilience gap between generations,” the lead researcher concluded, “though, to be fair, no one in history has ever truly mastered the true art of street directories other than veteran taxi drivers”
