It's funny, there were a lot of similarities in the sort of expectations of assumed knowledge when I took a sewing class and when I took a motorcycle maintenance class, just along different gendered lines. Like no, I didn't come into this class knowing what an empire waist is any more than I did knowing the difference between a carburetor and a fuel injector, that's why I am in an intro class

it's just weird to go into detail about different types of hand stitching and then turn around and ask people to come up with ideas for garments, like I have no idea where to start

like, here's what a variable is, ok cool. this is called a function, ok. now for a project we're going to design an inventory management system with a db and web frontend, what would you like it to look like?

like, I have no context for why I would even want a particular thing, or why it might be desirable for me over someone else, or why this thing is a certain way, or what

haha in this sewing class our instructor was asking what we would want in a skirt and people were all like oh I think this would be cool or I like this fabric or whatever. I said pockets! because I had heard that lament repeated so often

they all looked at me like I was from fucking outer space

@pagrus you’re 100% right on this one tho

(pocket skirts are probably a bit more difficult than a baseline skirt tho, which may be unfortunate in a beginners class)

@Satsuma@glitch.cat.family the weird thing is that I hear that so often in online spaces I sort of assumed it was like this sort of joke but I really think the entire class was hearing it for the first time

@pagrus yeah thats a bit surprising to me as well! tho i can’t claim to be an expert on mainstream culture