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?”
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.
So what’s one of your now useless skills??