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Originally Posted by shadoquad
...And so most people don't even want to bother learning manual out of pure laziness.....
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I agree with most of what you said ^above^ except this portion I quoted here.
Perhaps you didn't mean it this way but...
"Back in the day" most non-enthusiasts learned to drive a manual out of necessity, not desire. For 99% of drivers, it was no different than learning to do math without a calculator or washing dishes without a dishwasher. It was part of the price of admission.
The bottom line is there is no real "reason" to learn to drive a manual any longer, at least in some areas of the world, any more than there is to know how to program a VCR, or how to saddle a horse. It is a "desire" to learn it, not a "reason", but it is certainly no longer a requirement to be able to drive.
I'm not saying the skills are equal, or even that folks shouldn't learn how, I'm just saying not having the desire to do it does not make you lazy.