22 Obsolete skills

[Klaus]

This is such a shitty list.

1."Programming in HTML 3. I was told in high school that the Internet was the future and that we should learn to make a website. Sure, websites still exist, but there are so many sites where you can just drag and drop what you want. There is no need to code everything's exact position anymore."

Cringe.

[Mik]

I have stirred up a hornets' nest. I'm delighted!

[Renauda]

My wife is a crackerjack on a sewing machine. Not much out there she can’t sew from scratch. You name it. She learned the skill from her grandmother.

[Doctor Phibes]

Both my wife and daughter use a sewing machine. My daughter makes cosplay clothes for her and her friends.

Any moron can use Windows 98. That's not a lost skill, you dipshit. Calling using 3.5" disks a skill is also pushing it a bit.

[Mik]

It’s no different than using a USB drive.

[Axtremus]

The ability to always plug a USB-A connector into a USB port the right side up, every time, no flipping. Is that a skill?

[George K]

@Axtremus said in 22 Obsolete skills:

The ability to always plug a USB-A connector into a USB port the right side up, every time, no flipping. Is that a skill?

Yes/No

[Axtremus]

#21 for @kluurs

[Axtremus]

Using a sundial to tell time.
Using an analog clock to tell time.
Reading analog utility meters.
Using library index cards and the Dewey Decimal System to find a document in a library.
Creating a video DVD.
Creating your space using MySpace.

[blondie]

Good to hear people are sewing. I do my bit encouraging and some mentoring of people who are interested. I’m told machine dealers and technicians did really well during the pandemic. People wanted to sew and quilt.

[George K]

@Axtremus said in 22 Obsolete skills:

Creating your space using MySpace.

LOL

[Copper]

"The phonetic alphabet — nobody seems to use it anymore. When someone is spelling out, they'll use, like, 'D for duck' or 'Y for yoyo.'"

Pilots use the phonetic alphabet, every day. And the MSN guy got it all wrong.

[LuFins Dad]

@Copper said in 22 Obsolete skills:

"The phonetic alphabet — nobody seems to use it anymore. When someone is spelling out, they'll use, like, 'D for duck' or 'Y for yoyo.'"

Pilots use the phonetic alphabet, every day. And the MSN guy got it all wrong.

The MSN guy was just saying how people mimic the idea of the phonetic alphabet but don’t do it correctly. When people spell their names for me they will use all kinds of unusual words - “A as Apple, D as driving, A as Aardvark, M as Mary”

[LuFins Dad]

@Axtremus said in 22 Obsolete skills:

Using a sundial to tell time.

Haven’t in a few years, but probably will do so again, soon.

Using an analog clock to tell time.

All the time

Reading analog utility meters.

Idon’t generally read utility meters, but the analog ones are still around

Using library index cards and the Dewey Decimal System to find a document in a library.

Do so often

[LuFins Dad]

Most of that list was ridiculous.

[Mik]

@Axtremus said in 22 Obsolete skills:

The ability to always plug a USB-A connector into a USB port the right side up, every time, no flipping. Is that a skill?

Lord, I hope not.

[Klaus]

@Axtremus said in 22 Obsolete skills:

The ability to always plug a USB-A connector into a USB port the right side up, every time, no flipping. Is that a skill?

Real skill is to plug a USB-C connector into a USB port with the wrong side up!

[kluurs]

@Axtremus said in 22 Obsolete skills:

#21 for @kluurs

I just ordered some CDs this morning. I'm telling you - CDs coming back. You watch and see. Nothing like putting those little discs in the drawer and listening to that thing spin. You'll regret not keeping yours. The 80s were a great time.