patching tires is hardly a "skill"

i mean honestly it's pretty easy right? is there something i'm missing? FYI I replace but I could not imaging losing the "skills" to patch!

It is interesting however to notice that this question was aksed a few weeks ago on the road bike forum. The vast majority favored replacing vs. patching. Guess it goes to show that commuters are doing it for more monetary and environmental vs. physical and fun reasons. Not sure if my hypothesis works out but still it's interesting becuase there is a vast difference in the majority opinion between the two boards.