22 Obsolete skills

[Mik]

Number 20 is for 89th. I remember him talking about it.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/cleaning-and-organizing/22-wildly-specialized-skills-older-adults-perfected-over-the-years-that-are-very-very-very-obsolete-today/ar-AA1uBZUc

[jon-nyc]

[AquaTroll]

They forgot writing. AI does it for you now.

Amirite???

[/AquaTroll]

[George K]

LOL - they didn't mention the 5.25" floppy - that was actually....floppy.

[Mik]

@George-K said in 22 Obsolete skills:

LOL - they didn't mention the 5.25" floppy - that was actually....floppy.

Yep. I remember the 8" ones.

[Mik]

@jon-nyc said in 22 Obsolete skills:

[AquaTroll]

They forgot writing. AI does it for you now.

Amirite???

[/AquaTroll]

[Aqua Sick Burn]

See #3.

[/Aqua Sick Burn]

[George K]

[Aqua Letifer]

6 is horseshit. Photographers still touch up their own photos before sending them to their clients and no, it can’t be done with a phone app.

7 is crap, too, because those skills are making a huge comeback.

12 is also horseshit. It’s still incredibly helpful. Not for everyone, but for certain jobs it’s still a worthwhile skill.

As for 19, I learned paste-up in high school journalism. Along with film development. I still use the latter and again, that's making a ridiculous comeback.

[Aqua Letifer]

@jon-nyc said in 22 Obsolete skills:

[AquaTroll]

They forgot writing. AI does it for you now.

Amirite???

[/AquaTroll]

AI uses its vast data repository and its learning model to make predictions about what you would likely want to see as an output. It's therefore an aggregate of everything it has access to. It's literally the most average writing you could ever hope to come across.

Those enthralled over AI writing output are telling you a lot about how below average their skills and sensibilities are.

[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.