People born before 2000 are sharing their ‘trivial’ skills that nobody uses anymore – 22 dying arts

Despite the mockery of Gen Z or Gen Alpha you might have seen online – or dished out, if you’re that way inclined – every generation has a different set of skills to the one that went before. That’s sometimes a good thing, and occasionally it isn’t. That skill shift does, however, leave older people [...]The post People born before 2000 are sharing their ‘trivial’ skills that nobody uses anymore – 22 dying arts appeared first on The Poke.

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Twitter generation gap People born before 2000 are sharing their ‘trivial’ skills that nobody uses anymore – 22 dying arts Poke Staff . Updated September 18th, 2024 Share Tweet Despite the mockery of Gen Z or Gen Alpha you might have seen online – or dished out, if you’re that way inclined – every generation has a different set of skills to the one that went before. That’s sometimes a good thing, and occasionally it isn’t.

That skill shift does, however, leave older people knowing how to do things that are no longer of any great use. Jenni – @hashjenni – set out to discover what those little or never-used skills might be. People born before 2000, what trivial skill do you have that no one uses anymore? — Jenni (@hashjenni) September 14, 2024 There were a lot of duplicated responses (Congratulations on being able to speak on the phone and write in cursive), but these paint a clear picture of what might be on the way out.



1. Editing audio with a razor blade and adhesive tape — Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) September 15, 2024 3. Making these pic.

twitter.com/Tac6cChesa — Mark (@106th) September 16, 2024 4. we lost our way.

pic.twitter.com/GGk1WXJXzH — c h r i s (@mych3micalswift) September 16, 2024 5.

Straightening out a dollar on the side of a vending machine https://t.co/vV8SpKGLUN — Naima Cochrane (@naima) September 17, 2024 6. Proper grammar and punctuation.

— HasH (@HasH_Holder) September 14, 2024 7. I write in cursive and know how to use a rotary phone. — gldstwmn (@gldstwmn) September 15, 2024 8.

I could play "Mary Had A Little Lamb" using the keyboard of my landline phone. — Katspaks (@katspaks) September 16, 2024 9. Cradling a phone between my ear and shoulder whilst writing down a message in a hand held notepad.

In cursive. — scubby (@crblaisd) September 14, 2024 10. Understanding where files are when you save them on a computer https://t.

co/XPPtsvCh2s — Justin Joque (@jjoque) September 16, 2024 11. The ability to rewind a cassette tape using a pencil. — Lenora (@Leno_raxx) September 14, 2024 Article Pages: 1 2 like us on facebook 831K follow us on twitter 244.

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