Someone posted this question on X/Twitter recently and boy did people have a lot of answers...“People born before 2000, what trivial skill do you have that no one uses anymore?”
People born before 2000, what trivial skill do you have that no one uses anymore?
— Jenni (@hashjenni) September 14, 2024
Programming a VCR, winding a cassette with a pencil, parking without backup cameras... the list goes on and on!
Here are some of the best responses:
-The ability to rewind a cassette tape using a pencil.
-Proper grammar and punctuation.
-How to write in cursive.
-How to use a rotary phone.
-How to fix CDs that skip.
-How to get a game cartridge to work by blowing inside of it.
-How to refold a paper map.
-Knowing how to load a roll of film into a camera. And also knowing how to make audio and film edits by physically cutting and splicing the tape.
-Being able to parallel park without a backup camera.
-Knowing shorthand for taking dictation.
-Programming a VCR.
-Being able to survive the “Oregon Trail.”
-Using the word “literally” correctly.
Program a vcr https://t.co/oo7pkpqB7f pic.twitter.com/Z4Pkt4b4Qt
— B Rye ♉️ (@B_Rye989) September 16, 2024
Parallel parking without a backup camera https://t.co/fWEIX3lkLQ
— GDE (@GimmeDatElie) September 16, 2024
Knowing how to properly use a shift key on a keyboard. I couldn’t tell you how many kids born after 2000 use caps lock to type and not the shift key at all https://t.co/dPG0OmugWo
— jaur jaur siwaur (@ieatzebra) September 15, 2024
So what’s one of your now useless skills??
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