As a guy, living in the 21st century, I think it's a fucking stupid stereotype that "men can't do chores"... which tells me this is fake af.
Since he could have just googled it, I will presume his only intention was to be an annoying little shit to his wife, showing how "inept" he was, and making her go to the grocer's anyway. It's like "men cooking poorly".
"Honey, I'm running late, could you make dinner for the kids?"
"Sure bae"
Wife arrives and the kitchen looks like some dystopian post-apocalyptic future and the kids have mac and cheese in their hair, yet still look half-starved.
Wife will never delegate that chore to hubby again.

other Russian women can give birth without being pregnant.

why teh fuck would anyone downvote these comments?

Why the fuck would I call it "they"? Is "they" two or more conscious beings sharing one body? Is "they" a fucking alien? This has *NOTHING* to do with gender, but a need for affirmation of their identity which does not fit in current vocabulary.
You don't want to be defined by a gender-biased pronoun? Cool. I'll call you "you". You be you.

... and the paper it was written on.

true, but you can see this in so many ways (I choose the blue pill, for once):
- It could be some introvert who's therapist told him "go out and talk to people" but he feels needs to make it up to them for that.
- He can be doing a term paper, a doctorate's or actual real-life research, and it's cheaper to do it this way (although the sample would be skewed).
- He can use that knowledge to enrich other people's lifes (imagine he's a tour guide by profession. this adds so much colour to storytelling).
- While he might not use things just as they are told, knowledge of those life stories will surely enrich his, especially if he is an artist, and he can channel that knowledge into his art.

[EDITED] Saxony.

also, put an appropriate lid over it

that's another, smaller, backhoe (or did I misunderstand?)