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I’m a cis woman, but I can do a neat half-windsor thanks to going to a ridiculous girls school that had a tie as part of the winter uniform. Changing a tyre after you’ve had a dude rattle-gun it on? Get your cross-brace on the nut and give it several hard taps with whatever solid object you have on hand. The repeated impact force will do more than standing on it. Changing my own oil, fluids, fuses, bulbs? No probs. Diagnosing enough of a car problem to take it to the mechanic and say “seems like the alternator” or “the fuel pump seems claggy” so they think I know what I’m on about and don’t get cheated? Absolutely can do, in loving heels and makeup if I like. Cooking? Been doing it for myself since primary school (but I don’t that often because cooking for one loving sucks and I’m tired) Forming meaningful and lasting relationships? Heh, uh. Nah. Giving any sort of a gently caress about myself and my health and habits? Also no. If you’re looking for me I’ll be drinking a beer in bed, rotting my brain on a dead gay forum, and the cat box almost certainly needs scooping.
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kntfkr posted:bring them to ur mom's house. she has woolite visiting mom and she just showed me how to do it
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How to buy shares. Or engage in any way with the stock market. ...frankly I'm not sure it's a bad thing that I don't.
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mom and dad fight a lot posted:Also how to dance. Like, I can't even do a casual bob, I have no idea what I'm doing and it feels weird as gently caress This is a skill people need to learn, stop being embarrassed about being a beginner when learning things.
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Shithouse Dave posted:I’m a cis woman, but I can do a neat half-windsor thanks to going to a ridiculous girls school that had a tie as part of the winter uniform. Don't take your car to places that won't use a torque wrench to tighten your wheel bolts. I think I need to clean my cat box too...
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cumpantry posted:i also suck at knots the only knot you will ever need is the reef knot imo. all others are pretenders
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A lattice work of loose overhand knots that i use while rock climbing and mountaineering.
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Croccers posted:Learn how to not be embarrassed taking a dance class. You are correct about your point, but also consider how cruel people are about stuff like not being able to dance. I'm not making an excuse, I'm pointing out a very real problem, and the reason a lot of people don't try new things. Being inexperienced isn't seen as a fact, it's a flaw. A moral failing. The lie of "talent" has led to a really hosed up social structure surrounding skill based activities. You're supposed to just Do It Right The First Time. People tell me I'm "talented" for being able to draw. No, I'm not, I've spent more hours of my life than I care to think about training, I've made more "bad" art in 15 years than most people make in their entire lives. It's worse for a skill "everyone knows". I guess what I'm saying is: I feel empathy for people scared to try a new skill, but also Croccers is right, go learn the skill anyway.
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Actually, the best advice I've ever gotten about dancing is that the only difference between a good and bad dancer is that the good one believes they're good. It helped me a lot, though I'm hardly going to win a contest.
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When I got a new clutch in my old Mazda years ago I had to take the wheel off for some reason I don't recall now. I put the tire iron on a 4 foot pipe and jumped my 230 ish pound rear end on it. I bent the tire iron and the lug nuts wouldn't budge. Had I been at the side of the road I would have been hosed as I wouldn't have had the pipe anyway. Torque wrench, torque wrench, torque wrench. My adult skill I never learned? How not to post on a dead gay forum while eating nutella by the spoonful straight from the container.
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DicktheCat posted:I'm not making an excuse, I'm pointing out a very real problem, and the reason a lot of people don't try new things. I believe Talent is a thing but you don't need 'talent' to learn something, most 'talent' is something you can learn or teach to someone. Interest is more important. True talent is only important when someone wishes to be exceed beyond mastery of a skill. Unless it's sports, you have to be a genetic freak for a good amount of those. DicktheCat posted:I guess what I'm saying is: I feel empathy for people scared to try a new skill, but also Croccers is right, go learn the skill anyway. Learn some of the dances from this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9XrWB-u1vc 
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i love dancing but i dont think of it as a "skill" and certainly not an "adult skill" because ive been doing it since i waslike 5 years old and havent really changed much about how i do it, and it still works but im just strictly talking about moving my body to music for fun, not the formal art form. but when someone says "hey lets go out dancing" they usually just mean the former and its all good. the main actual skill involved is temporarily letting go of caring how others perceive you
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I've owned several homes and I have no idea how or what I did during any stage of the buying and selling process. I literally don't remember. I also don't think things need to look nice or professional, just organized. The idea something needs to look a certain way beyond personal tastes is absurd.
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edit: Dating. I've never had a "relationship" that lasted longer than four months.Bad Purchase posted:i grew out my hair but never really learned any ways to style it or tie it back other than a basic bun or ponytail I had dreadlocks from the time I was 10 to the time I was 19, then again when I was 22 to...I think 24-ish? So basically, the times in my life when I had an excuse to have a lovely hairstyle on account of "experimenting" are long over (I'm 36). It took me what felt like a billion years to learn how to cornrow my hair, so now, my entire hair repertoire is Afro, Afro puff, and cornrows. I think about re-dreadlocking my hair a lot. 
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Bad Purchase posted:i grew out my hair but never really learned any ways to style it or tie it back other than a basic bun or ponytail Holy poo poo, doing my girls' hair when they were younger was very humbling.
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Earwicker posted:i love dancing but i dont think of it as a "skill" and certainly not an "adult skill" because ive been doing it since i waslike 5 years old and havent really changed much about how i do it, and it still works As someone who looks really bad when dancing, you'd be surprised how few people care (like, close to actual zero). Hell, if you're vibing people want to join in on the fun most of the time. I know it's hard to let go of the "everyone is watching me and mocking me" feeling but honestly as long as you are not flailing around to invade other peoples space, you're not visible. I solved my issues with dancing by going to very busy bars or clubs. In an environment like that I feel blended in more. Knowing the music that plays also helps, I use Nelly (the rapper) method of dancing as I simulate the lyrics with my hand. Check out the "Hot in Herre" music video I didn't go straight to "lmao drink more" or other shortcuts, not everyone wants / needs that and ut kinda creates dependancy. The new study revealed dancing is literally the top way of feeling happy so get in on that action 
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i danced my rear end off last saturday for hours in a club of like 8 people tops and im still feeling it lol. all you really need is good music
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I don't really know how electricity works. Like, I've wired up light fixtures and I even prototype stuff with arduino as part of my job but electricity and its laws don't make sense to me.
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Rad-daddio posted:I don't really know how electricity works. 
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I lucked out on the dancing thing. I was definitely the type to sit at a table and say, "I don't dance". At a family reunion when I was about 12 years old, with live music and a dance floor, a cousin grabbed me and said we were going to dance. "I don't know how..." "Well, I'll teach you". She taught me three basic moves; overhead spins, side to side, and roll-outs. Those three moves served me so well through high school proms, wedding receptions, and even at night clubs. My friends thought I was a dancing king; and I was just doing the same three things over and over. Edit: Heck in high school I even got nicknamed "JT"... John Travolta... I was really just a nerd. I would love to take some tango dance lessons, but the closest studio that teaches adults is about 2 hours away. : ( Internetjack fucked around with this message at 20:25 on Mar 27, 2024 |
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im an accomplished graduate of the thom yorke school of rhythmic flailing and receive frequent compliments for my fearless energy. live music ftw
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I just move my knees and my arms a bit, I'm not going home with anyone anyway so it doesn't really matter. Nodding my head is good too.
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Total Party Kill posted:how to create glue from horses. farm children learn this early. how low you are
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Earwicker posted:i love dancing but i dont think of it as a "skill" and certainly not an "adult skill" because ive been doing it since i waslike 5 years old and havent really changed much about how i do it, and it still works
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YeahTubaMike posted:edit: Dating. I've never had a "relationship" that lasted longer than four months. Yeah. Only (sorta) 6 months. Also having good relationships with my brothers. Feeling like I'm really an adult or sticking to a healthy diet/routine. My Japanese sucks. But hey, maybe I'll be eligible for PR in 4 years or so.
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you’ll get that japanese girlfriend someday, op
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Owning and maintaining cars. gently caress cars. I hate relying on them. I hate the maintenance. I hate buying them. It's just so stressful. It's a huge reason I don't think I could ever move back here. I love trains! As the Goon stereotype goes. They're very cool. If I ever got a chance to ride the maglev in Japan that would be so goddamn cool (admittedly, I'm not fully aware of how feasible those trains really are).
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Just practice on a carrot. Double up as you work on your cooking.
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I too can't tie a tie. I grew up in the UK where a tie was part of our high school uniform so my dad just did me a Windsor knot on the first day of 1st year and I loosened/tightened that thing every day for the entire six years. When I graduated Uni my parents bought me a suit and again, my dad tied that tie in a Windsor knot on me, and I just loosened it once it was time to take it off. Whenever I need to wear the suit now I just put that tie back on and tighten it up. Never learned to draw, despite wanting to. I find my attempts so disgusting and shameful to look at that it's hard to improve. Never learned to play various musical instruments (uillean pipes, piano) but hopefully one day I will actually just set up a schedule to practice. I can somewhat cook, but I just hate it, so I never get any better than the absolute minimum. Keeping in contact with old friends. Even family and specifically my brother, who I get on well enough with if we're together in person, I just never speak to him. I wish I could do better but it feels weird to just open a conversation with "hey bro, I want to be pals like we were when we were wee".
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Ratios and Tendency posted:Just practice on a carrot. Double up as you work on your cooking. then put it in your butt
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