‘People born before 2000, what trivial skill do you possess that others don’t use anymore?’ 17 abilities lost to the mists of time
10.
‘I can both write a check and I can address an envelope to mail it to you.’
-MadmanPoet
11.
‘The Dewey Decimal System, motherfuckers.’
-reddityourappisbad
12.
‘How to use a map AND fold it back up the right way’
-Gumbyman87
13.
‘I know lots of people will comment that they can write in cursive. This is painful but I can also write in shorthand. Well, to be more honest, I used to be able to write perfectly in shorthand but it still shows up in my regular writing sometimes.’
-jennieother1
14.
‘I used to dial my friend’s phone number by tapping the hang up buttons which simulated a rotary dial phone.’
-exitof99
15.
‘How to use an actual printed dictionary.’
-GS56Nc
16.
‘I know how to program a VCR.
‘A VCR is the machine we put tapes into to watch movies or record TV. It’s what we used to use to watch movies & TV shows we recorded on before dvd’s. Dvd’s are what we used to watched movies on before Blu-ray. Blu-ray is what we used to watch movies on before streaming.
‘Laserdics were in there somewhere too. Fuck, I’m old’
-bubblehashguy
17.
‘Counting change correctly. That’s $3.64, out of $20? 36 cents makes four… (grab $1) five, (grab $5) ten, and (grab $10) ten makes twenty.’
-eris_kallisti
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