Someone Asks Online “People Born Before 1990, What Trivial Skill Do You Possess That No One Uses Anymore?”, Receives 24 Replies

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There are things that I can do perfectly. For example, I can rewind a tape by spinning it on a pencil. I was born in 1981 and this skill was incredibly important during my childhood and teen years. It's been almost a quarter of a century since I last listened to music on a tape, but I'm sure if I need to, I'll rewind it nearly perfectly.

Another thing is that it is unlikely that a tape will fall into my hands, so the skill that I possess almost flawlessly has long and confidently been moved into the category of useless and obsolete. As well as several dozen other similar habits and skills that netizens listed in this viral Reddit thread.

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I outright destroyed Super Mario Brothers in almost no time flat very recently on Nintendo Switch after not having played it for probably 30 years. I did it totally from memory on the just the second run through. I even hit the multiple 1-up glitch on world 3-1. My kids thought I was a god (for just a few minutes).

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I can cover a textbook with a brown paper bag. Remembering phone numbers I can tell time on an analog clock. To rewind a tape by spinning on a pencil <3 Making paper fortune tellers. I write in cursive; does that count? I'm a straight burley man and I sew. It's just something that for whatever reason relaxes me and no one knows how to do it anymore. Hemming and tapering pants, altering dresses, jackets...etc..I oddly enjoy it. I can win at trivial pursuit (the game) every time. I’m a wealth of useless information. The ability to make and count out change for a purchase Using the Dewey decimal at library Crash start a manual car by rolling down a hill in second gear with the ignition on, then popping the clutch - cars were not so reliable back in the day! Edit: Push starting, also known as bump starting, roll starting, clutch starting, popping the clutch or crash starting, according to Wikipedia - we called it crash starting where I'm from, but lots of different names for it! I can develop and process photographic film and enlarge prints in a darkroom. Two that I didn't see listed already: Can read a map without using GPS Can build out a coaxial network for LAN parties Using your shoulder to hold a telephone up to your ear while doing multiple other things at once. Now, the phones are so damned small I drop them. I can re fold a map correctly. Texting with 10 key. I still have it all memorized and could pick up a flip phone and send paragraphs if needed. Driving a stick shift! Burning CDs Ripping the sides off printer paper without ruining it. Born 1988, turn the channel to 3 if you want your Nintendo to work I haven’t used this in decades but I used to be able to dial people on a rotary phone by tapping the hang up switch. Extensive knowledge of DOS commands I know what the color “goldenrod” is.