• Samsy@lemmy.ml
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    I can roll a coin or a pencil through my fingers. Do this mostly in boring meetings.

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    Whistle with my fingers, took a good few weeks of practice over one summer blowing spit all over my fingers but eventually I learned. Still a really useful skill today.

  • quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Writing cursive. But after seeing my coworkers I could just say writing, there’s this kid in particular that he barely knows how to hold a pen. And I’m supposed to be the one without an education.

  • gon [he]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    I learned to tie my shoelaces!

    Not really much else, I fear… I quit playing music almost entirely, which was a pretty big part of my life as a youngster.

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          I feel like my focus is now better. Aswell as endurance to stay on things that dont reward outright. Also the learning sources available are just huge now.

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      Glad I learned it, and I still use that method to tie things in general, but I actually never do this any more. At some point in my youth, I realized there were plenty of shoes that you just slip on, and honestly I’ve been glad to avoid the hassle.

      I wish I had learned more music as a kid. Kept thinking it wasn’t my thing, and then eventually (while still young) that I was too old. Later I got into it; I’m still not any good, but it’s a lot of fun. What keeps you from playing around with music these days?

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        I realized there were plenty of shoes that you just slip on,

        To be fair, I do wear loafers and such quite a bit at work, but I do wear sneakers when I work out, and those use laces.

        What keeps you from playing around with music these days?

        A combination of factors… I don’t really think I have a passion for playing music at all; I don’t think I ever did. I just played music to play, and while it was fun, it was never something I cared too much about. I love music, but I love listening and thinking about music much more than I do actually playing or making it myself.

        That being said, I basically stopped entirely when I moved for university. My trumpet stayed behind with my philharmonic band and my guitar and bass gathered dust while I did other things I was enjoying more at the time.

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    I learned how to fixand build things with my dad and grandpa. Now I’m a mechanical engineer and use those same principals I learned from them 30 years ago.

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      I learned how to fix and build things with my dad. Now I have a list of projects to do around the house because I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay someone $1000 to install $300 of flooring…

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    Got my first skateboard 41 years ago, am as excited as I’ve ever been that I get to go skating today.