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Post by The Rocketmen on Aug 22, 2023 12:22:46 GMT -5
I was just thinking about this the other day and it got me down a rabbit hole. What is something you were good at, or did in the past, that you basically will never ever have to do again, and that kids growing up today will never have to deal with?
For me, I was thinking of the car my dad had only had a cassette deck in it. Sometimes I plugged my CD to cassette thing into it to play CDs on my Panasonic anti-shock walkman, but a lot of times I would just make some mix tapes. The very last tape I put together for it, oddly enough, was when Metallica dropped "St. Anger" and I copied the cd I bought onto a tape, and it oddly fit perfectly. Then I played it into oblivion in my car. I don't care how much people hate that album, I love every uncomfortable second of it.
I don't think my kids will ever make a mix tape, or a burned cd. They might make a playlist haha
Anything you guys can think of?
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Post by The Chosen Ones on Aug 22, 2023 13:41:33 GMT -5
Cursive
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Post by Outback Cyclone on Aug 22, 2023 17:11:02 GMT -5
Remembering the exact order of songs on my iPod shuffle so I could find the one I wanted
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Post by The Rocketmen on Aug 22, 2023 19:43:41 GMT -5
Remembering the exact order of songs on my iPod shuffle so I could find the one I wanted Dudeeeeee I totally forgot about this! |
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Post by The Texas Rattlesnakes on Aug 23, 2023 5:36:02 GMT -5
Not a skill, but I think about watching VHS tapes and having to rewind them after you watch.
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Post by The Sandman on Aug 23, 2023 6:28:44 GMT -5
Cursive is important though because it means simple things like you can have a signature. When my kid signs things, she just prints her name like a special person. I have been meaning to force her to learn cursive this summer, but so far time has gotten away from me with everything going on. But I guess there is still time(?). |
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Post by The Chosen Ones on Aug 23, 2023 7:01:49 GMT -5
Cursive is important though because it means simple things like you can have a signature. When my kid signs things, she just prints her name like a special person. I have been meaning to force her to learn cursive this summer, but so far time has gotten away from me with everything going on. But I guess there is still time(?). Many people's signatures are just their first initial and then a shit ton of squiggly lines lol |
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Post by The Texas Rattlesnakes on Aug 23, 2023 7:28:07 GMT -5
I'm fairly certain my age group was the very last grade to learn cursive around me. I only know how to write my name in cursive now.
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Post by The Sandman on Aug 23, 2023 7:36:46 GMT -5
I technically know how to write in cursive, but it's incredibly illegible. In school they be like, "You learn this and you can write way fast!" True. I can. Just...you can't read it for shit. And neither can I 90% of the time either. (Case in point, my grade school diary - shit is a mystery wrapped in an enigma at this point.
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Post by The Chosen Ones on Aug 23, 2023 8:20:37 GMT -5
I technically know how to write in cursive, but it's incredibly illegible. In school they be like, "You learn this and you can write way fast!" True. I can. Just...you can't read it for shit. And neither can I 90% of the time either. (Case in point, my grade school diary - shit is a mystery wrapped in an enigma at this point. Especially with computers nowadays. I can type faster than I can write lol |
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Post by The Rocketmen on Aug 23, 2023 10:52:19 GMT -5
*Looks at Chosen's Banner* Close enough. |
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Post by The Rocketmen on Aug 23, 2023 10:56:15 GMT -5
I technically know how to write in cursive, but it's incredibly illegible. In school they be like, "You learn this and you can write way fast!" True. I can. Just...you can't read it for shit. And neither can I 90% of the time either. (Case in point, my grade school diary - shit is a mystery wrapped in an enigma at this point. Especially with computers nowadays. I can type faster than I can write lol This entirely. I was also judged HARSHLY by teachers for my penmanship. I always wanted that nice fluid, bubbly looking penmanship, but it always came out like this:  I felt bad for any girls I wrote secret letters to with that cool folding technique. Hey, there's another one, having the skills to do cool note folding like this:  |
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Post by The Chosen Ones on Aug 23, 2023 11:23:33 GMT -5
Especially with computers nowadays. I can type faster than I can write lol This entirely. I was also judged HARSHLY by teachers for my penmanship. I always wanted that nice fluid, bubbly looking penmanship, but it always came out like this: Only thing I can read there is funny enough "I don't know" |
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Post by The Texas Rattlesnakes on Aug 23, 2023 14:57:02 GMT -5
I'm definitely way faster at typing, but I feel like if you can't type as fast as you can write, then that's kind of sad lol. Unless you've never worked with or on computers.
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Post by The Mighty Ducks on Oct 18, 2023 9:31:35 GMT -5
oh i hav a few... readin a map. i remembr my parents getting into huuuuge fights over directions and how much they didnt trust the gps. my dad said he used to get anywher pretty easy and now he doesnt even know what highway number hes on cause hesso used to the gps now
driving stick. kinda hard to get a car now with a stickk and thats what i learned on.
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