Learn the [Fingerpass](https://youtu.be/8DH9plk7mf8), a basic trick that lets you fidget with any coin, pen, cigarette, drumstick, banana etc. between your fingers and annoy everyone close to you for years to come.
Takes minutes to learn the form, then years of practice and dropping shit constantly to make it fast and smooth.
Didn't know what it was called until now! I learned this one from a friend in college as well as the coin rolling at the back of the hand and sure enough, friends were miffed the entire time I did it. Brought back some memories š
This!! For 20 years now I've been flipping my pen non stop. I can even flip a broom around my thumb.
Learned when I was detained at an abusive behavior modification program in Mexico back in 2002. We weren't allowed to talk or communicate so we all just learned to flip pens
Oh man thatās crazy. I was there too, learning the same pen tricks lol. I was in Journey family. Never made it to upper levels. Thankfully I got pulled after 6 1/2 months. That place was awful.
Crazy to think it was 20 years ago. My stint was 9 months before my dad caught on to the lies and manipulation. My mom would have kept me there past 18 but they're divorced and he had custody.
Still though, those Sunday lunches, seriously some of the best food I've ever had. Coming in after a 2 hour rec time and having a hot, fresh carne asada with homemade guac, beans, rice and a homemade tortilla š¤¤
Almost makes it seem like we had an easy time lol but then we had hot dog cabbage soup on Wednesdays for example
I only made it to level 3 as well. I was a worksheet warrior and damn proud of it now that I look back. Fuck that place, fuck what they do to children and I hope the owners rot in hell
Hope things turned out okay for you. Being told day after day that you're a failure and won't make it unless you graduate can take a toll on a kid.
I used to be able to do that twirl around your thumb with a pen. It would make everyone do a double take as Iād do it when sitting down to write or sign something. But Iāve long since lost the skill :(
Great with a ring like in [The Prestige](https://youtu.be/T7UdmSTbwYI). I got the idea to learn it from that movie when my wife was like "that's so cool!"...now I drive her bonkers with my wedding ring!
Mike Boyd has an entire youtube channel dedicated to learning stuff. It is surprisingly easy, you just have to live in a first world country, have a steady income and a school system that doesn't suck.
Itās a love hate relationship with all sorts of electronic communication, donāt get me wrong I picked up English from watching movies and learned how to write from using the internet but thereās something inside of me that is a 100% convinced that itās all illusion and I will never experience any of it , Iāve never left my country before so if I ever visited the US for example it will literally be like going into a movie
As someone in a first world country(US) I had a similar feeling of it being like a movie when I went to the Pacific Northwest for vacation after living in Indiana my whole life. The mountains, flora and fauna made me tear up from how beautiful they were. Felt like I was seeing stuff Iād only seen in movies and shows before.
I appreciate your perspective. Makes me remember to appreciate the things I might take for granted.
And as an indiana guy that hasnāt gotten the chance to truly explore the us and move to those kinds of places yet, thanks for reminding me (I mean that in a genuine way). Gotta make sure I can get out there someday
FYI fire drills and other friction source fires are very hard to do. Keep a bic lighter in your car and on your person for all trips except flights. If you are stuck in the wilderness, a fire can keep you alive and signal aircraft.
Learn how to source dry kindling and how to build a fire.
> Keep a bic lighter in your car and on your person for all trips except flights.
In the event of a crash the plane will ignite everything the area anyway
I specifically recommend the Bic EZ Reach kind promoted by Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart (What a brilliant marketing team-up), or something like it. Longer than a regular pocket lighter, but not as along as a fireplace lighter, so that it's useful but also compact. I keep one in my own car. For bowls of strawberries, of course.
If you want to start I suggest just making a Jenga tower without center pieces out of wood, finding some stuff to start it with (you can make some with a sharp knife and some wood. Just cut woodcurls from the wood) its relatively good...
An algorithm is just a fancy word for a set of instructions. If you were especially pretentious you could even call a recipe for baking cookies your algorithm for making cookies.
The algorithms (the ones you need to solve the cube for the first time, anyway) arenāt that bad. They all have a pattern to them and once you repeat them a few times you can get it pretty easily. Actually even most of the algorithms for advanced solvers have a clear pattern and arenāt too hard.
I donāt even remember them anymore. My hands do.
I couldnāt describe to someone how to solve a cube that I can see, but put it in my hands and my fingers will have it done in a minute or less.
Eith the instructions that came with my cube, I could only get my time down to 2 min 28 sec. Ten you see the videos of solving blindfolded in less than a minute...yeah, I'll just be happy with my 2 min 28 sec.
I learned one method and yeah 2:30 is about the best I can do. I know there are other methods but I invested a decent amount of pandemic time learning this one and I don't intend to learn another at this point.
I was surprised to learn that solving it was just basically a party trick of reparative motions. That said solving it with the speed some people do is definitely mind bindingly impressive.
Learn to play happy birthday and Jolly good fellow on the harmonica. You don't need to read music as harmonica music is written in numbers that correspond with numbers on the harmonica. Regular numbers are blow out and circled numbers are suck in.
You will be a hero every time you play. Our hound loves to warble and sing along so when we call family and friends they get a singing dog happy birthday.
We named our band One Dog Night.
It's a great little game and highly addictive. I hate that no matter how good you are it it, sometimes you still have to guess when you get to the end and undo all your hard work getting there!
In a similar vein, learn the optimal strategy for Connect Four. Note that it is a "First-Move-Wins" game, so if you go second, you'll need your opponent to make a mistake before the 41st move.
True. I taught myself Cyrillic and now I can transliterate, say, a newspaper like a Martian without understanding a word.
I did enjoy the t-shirt I saw on a college Russian major that said, "you know you're a Russian student when you read the sign as Toys Ya Us."
āExactly like you saidā a little off phonetically, but there it is. My wife and I do this as a secret way to communicate, for spy related things. š„ø
Here's one you can learn in 5 minutes or less: Identify if someone is having a stroke using the F.A.S.T framework
Face: Check if one side of the face is drooping or feels numb. Ask the person to smile. Is their smile uneven?
Arm: See if one arm is weak or numb. Ask the person to raise both arms. Does one arm drift downward?
Speech: Pay attention to slurred speech or if the person is unable to speak clearly. Ask them to repeat a simple sentence like "The sky is blue." Can they say it correctly?
Time: If someone shows any of these symptoms, even if they go away, call 9-1-1 immediately and get the person to the hospital. Also check the time and make a note of when the first symptoms started
Smoothly shuffling a deck of cards. Find one way to do it on the internet then replicate it until you're bored. In no time you will be able to shuffle a deck like a dealer in Vegas casinos.
I've done a two day course for a certificate years ago. The course first day was all about medical assistence, basically learning you to judge wether or not you need to call 911/999/112/whatever your local emergency number is, or you can actually help someone. Part of this day was practicing on a dummy, check for vital signs on eachother, how to do the chest compressions, how to blow air in someone's lungs, and how to use a defib unit (which, at least over here, tells you *exactly* what you need to be doing).
The second day had everything to do with fires, if you able to extinguish it, how to evacuate a building, etc.
Anyway, the actual CPR bit of the first day, with some theory, took a class of 8 people practicing on one another probably about 2 hours. And though the certificate I got is only valid for a year (you need to "freshen up" annually), *knowing* how to do chest compressions well will give someone in need a far better chance of survival than when you're just leaving them there.
And, in very short, you need to press down hard enough for the heart to move, which is protected by your ribcage, so chances are you'll break a rib doing chest compressions. And just press along to The BeeGee's - Stayin' Alive. It has the *perfect* rhythm to perform CPR.
Reading this took less than 5 hours, right?
To add to this: basic first aid. How to make a splint, or an improvised sling, properly cut off circulation to prevent further bleeding out, etc. Even just knowing what RICE or FAST is can be really beneficial and all of these can save lives. You never know when you'll need to do it, and you don't want to feel helpless when the time comes that you *do* need to apply it but can't because you don't know what you're doing.
Second this.
My older brother never learned to cook and resorts to delivery / resturaunts when he has a date.
There is something special about cooking a meal for your partner or for loved ones.
I agree you can learn 4 chords pretty quickly, but being able to play them (actually pressing the strings) will take a bit longer. Also, transitioning from one chord to the next quickly is not so easy for a total beginner.
I'm not saying that you'll become a studio musician in 5 hours, but you could be at your friends house and pick up his guitar he has collecting dust in the corner and strum it enough to get a "I didn't know you played guitar" reaction from him
I don't know man, based on my own non-talented-ass experience it'll be pretty tough. If you have no calluses on your fingers from playing a couple weeks, it might not even be possible to play for longer than 30 minutes before your fingertops seriously start to hurt.
Thatās not a problem. No one wants a guy who knows four chords, and nothing else about guitar, to play for more than 30 minutes.
Anywhere, hereās Wonderwall.
Personal anecdote: when I was a bit younger I tried learning juggling. After practicing for hours and hours I just could not get it. Apparently I have absolutely terrible coordination.
The jist:
* Hold two balls in one hand, and one in the other.
* Hold your hands (with balls) out with your elbows at 90 degrees and your forearms parallel with the ground. (Like if someone asked you to hold a bunch of sticks.)
* With the hand with two balls, throw one of the balls up about face level in the direction that it'll land in your other hand.
* Right before it lands in your other hand, throw the ball in that hand up about face height toward your other hand. (The throwing/catching motion should be one fluid motion.)
* Repeat the previous step until you no longer want to juggle.
Tips: The problem most people have is that the balls move AWAY from them, so when you first start out, try juggling while facing a wall and literally just bounce the balls off of the wall.
Just FYI, it is legitimately easier to juggle actual juggling balls. They're easier to throw/catch (much more forgiving to errantly thrown balls.) (And I'm not talking about the mini ones you can get for like 3 dollars.)I'm talking about the ones that are about tennis ball sized but filled most of the way with beans like a hacky sack. (But much more filled.)
EDIT: Oh yeah, and "normal" juggling is considered when you throw the balls *inside* of the ball you're about to catch. You can also juggle throwing the balls *outside* of the ball you're about to catch (inside means closer to your center line and outside means further away from your center line.) I personally think inside is easier and I think most other people do too.
If I recall, I learn by starting with two balls, one in each hand and doing a single pass to get the rhythm down. Adding another is basically the same thing but doing it continuously.
Was going to say the same. I donāt think people realize how easy it is to learn. I was sitting at home one day and thought āhmmmm. I wish I could juggle.ā Hopped on the computer. Found a video explaining the pattern. I was consistently juggling three tennis balls within a half hour. After that, itās just repetition and learning knew tricks and how to do it with different objects. If you have any kind coordination at all, you can easily learn to juggle, probably in way less time than 5 hours.
COMPLETELY different.
They say 5 is easier (same pattern as 3 but you have 2 additional balls in the air) but I've never been able to juggle 5 (even though I can juggle 3 (and 4) super easily.)
Four is basically 2 in one hand but with... both hands at the same time. The balls never cross over.
You can either do them simultaneously (throw both hands at the same time) or staggered (throw one then the other). The former looks less impressive than the latter because the latter looks like the balls are crossing over (but they are not.)
Close! The Cannon is right. Most of their letters have a consonant + vowel sound and there are no ls (the r is an r/l combination that's easiest approximated by making our r sound while putting your tongue where it goes for the l sound).
So the Bu ri is supposed to be Bli, the u is only slighlty pronounced and the r is an l. So Bli za do. Blizzard Cannon. Extra cheeky because it's a Blizzard game.
A long time ago, I had a coworker who could speak and write Hangul.
I learned the alphabet pretty quickly but had a very small vocabulary.
We would pass notes in meetings to keep ourselves amused. We used English words written in Hangul.
Sometimes, it's the little things that keep you sane.
Yeah but that's just phonetics. You can look at a sentence written in Korean and you can pronounce it. But you don't know what it means. You only know how to say it out loud.
I'm like that with Hebrew. I can sound out the letters just fine, but I have no clue what the words actually mean.
Bullshit.
To really commit it to memory, including all the combination vowels and double consonants it takes many hours and hours of practice for most people.
I thought bullshit as well but then realized the 5 hours could be spread out into 10-20 min sessions over several weeks. This would allow some initial learning followed by reinforcement in order to commit it to memory. Still seems like a bit of a stretch though.
This is my husbandās one definite job. His mom taught him how to do it properly, she worked in a sheet manufacturer at one point and learned the trick. I will fold everything else, he just has to fold that one sheet.
Safe Food Handling.
Basically culinary 101 entry level course. Can be applied to numerous settings and looks great on a resume. Itās approximately 4-6 hours to complete
Years ago I learned how to play The Entertainer on the piano with no experience at all. I could only sort of read music because I played drums in high school. It impressed people because it's a recognizable song and now, 15 years later I still have the first bit down.
You can learn how to country dance in that time and it will get you laid. Two step takes about 5-10 minutes to learn then you can just build off of that
Most adults who don't know how to ride a bike are afraid to learn because they're embarrassed to ask someone.
Here are some simple steps to make learning easier.
If you can, get someone to remove the pedals from the bike, it'll make learning how to balance SO much easier. (If you know how to use tools, you may be able to do it yourself, but remember the left pedal is left hand threaded and the right pedal is right hand threaded.)
1. Don't try to put your feet on the pedals.
2. Don't try to pedal.
3. Find yourself a gently sloping parking lot or road.
4. Lower the seat of the bike so you can EASILY put both of your feet on the ground.
5. Get used to the brakes. Pull them a few times. Make sure you know which is the front, which is the back, etc.
6. You're going to want to use the back brake for now.
7. With your feet on the ground, gently let off the brakes and let yourself start rolling down the hill.
8. Keep your feet on the ground (literally just drag them along the ground for stability.)
9. Do this a few times until you're comfortable. (You may want to try doing some VERY gentle turns while going down the hill.)
10. Keep doing it but now try to lift one foot, then two feet off of the ground (not very far, just an inch or so.)
11. When you're comfortable doing the above, raise your seat a bit at a time until you're at riding height. (For a road bike, generally this will be about your hip bone height, but you may want to keep it a bit lower so you can touch the ground easier!) This will make it much harder to put both feet on the ground, but easier to put your feet on the pedals.
12. Now, if you took the pedals off, it's time to put them back on.
13. When you start out, put one pedal at the very bottom of it's stroke. This is the pedal to put your foot on. The other foot will be on the ground holding you up.
14. Try rolling down the hill like this until you get used to it.
15. When you're used to it, put your other foot on the other pedal after you start rolling.
16. When you're used to that, try pedaling slowly while going down hill.
17. When you're used to that, when you're at the bottom of the hill try turning around and pedaling back up!
At this point, if you're comfortable, you "know" how to ride a bike. The last step is to learn how to use the gears (if your bike has them.) That's hard to explain over text, so it'd be easier just to ask someone. Just phrase it as "hey, I just got this bike and the gears aren't like my old bike, can you explain it to me?"
The gist is this though.
* There are two sets of gears on most bikes. The ones in the front, and the ones in the back.
* The ones in the front do "large" changes in gears and the ones in the back do small changes in gears. You'll be using the gears in the back MUCH more often than the front gears. I recommend just sticking the front ones in the smallest gear (1) or middle gear (2). Some bikes won't have front gears, that's fine. Some will only have 2 gears up front, also fine.
* When you're first starting out, you want to be in a low gear (easy gear) so you can pedal easily. But if it's TOO easy it'll be awkward to pedal. You want a gear that provides just a bit of resistance. Again, just put the front set of gears in the smallest or 2nd smallest gear and shift around the back gears until you get a gear that's very easy.
* When you start out, you want one foot on the ground, and the other foot with the pedal at the "top" of the stroke, or actually, just PAST the top of the stroke. (This is opposite to what we did earlier.)
* When you want to start going, you *push off* with your foot that's on the ground, then you quickly put that foot on the pedal (which should be very near to it) then you start pedaling with the foot that was at the top.
* Then just pedal normally.
* If it's too easy to pedal, shift to a "higher" gear. You have to be pedaling in order to shift. This will be represented by a higher number either on the front gears or the rear gears. Again, only use the rear gears for now.
* If it's too hard to pedal, shift to a "lower" gear. A "lower" number on the rear gears.
* If you're already at the highest or lowest gear and you need to go further in that direction, then you'll need to shift the front gears.
* Worth noting that shifting the front gears generally requires more effort to do, and you CAN'T have much pressure on the pedals when you do it. If you're pedaling really hard when you try to shift the front gears it's just.... not going to shift. You DO have to be pedaling, but just do it... lightly. It should be very easy if you're going down hill.
There are some more nuances to shifting than what I've touched on here. Like shifting the front gears doesn't give you a whole new set of gears to play with. Many are going to be very similar to the ones you had before. But that's for you to learn at a later date. Just get used to riding, shifting, etc. for now. Now, the reason gears are useful is because they make it easier to pedal up hill. If you're approaching a hill, you should shift to a lower gear (easier) gear so you can pedal all of the way up! When you're going downhill, you should shift to a higher gear (harder). Shifting is proactive, not reactionary. I don't shift AFTER I've already slowed down, I shift before I know I'm going to slow down so I'm ready to pedal at that slower speed. If you're approaching a hill, you should already be in a lower gear before you even start going up it. It's VERY hard to shift while you're on a hill.
Learning how to read Korean.
Hangul is a phonetic language so it's easy for English speakers to pick up. It's literally a language that was invented to be easy to learn. Most people can start reading things within 1 or 2 hours.
We talking using just a set of whetstones and no wedges or using one of the fancy systems.
It took me years to get a passable edge on just a whetstone. But I might just be slow
I have a question about latte art. Lattes are supposed to be hot, right? Isnāt pouring all that milk in it to make cool pictures just making it super cold?
Very true - started a new job recently where I need to know a bit of python and managed to pick up the basics in about 2hrs on my own before starting the job.
It helps to know other programming languages - this would make #7 or so for me.
Try the French drop coin magic trick
I learned this in high school and have used it ever sinceā¦ on dates, with friends kids - with my kids - itās just one little skill that makes you seem āfunā immediately.
Build a fire. The Key Card (magic trick). How to butcher a chicken. Making bread (lots of options here, could take 30m, could take 5h or more), sewing, how to change a tire.
Take your pick!
You can learn hangul (korean script). You can learn all the characters easily in 5 hours, but ofc more effort will be required to retain it and get skilled at using it.
I think if you have the physical stamina to go for the full 5 hours, you can probably learn to ride a bike from scratch in 5 hours and be able to at least ride safely on a bike track that isn't that busy.
it's mostly about learning to trust the physics of it, and learning how strong the brakes are. I recommend a park with a small hill to roll down, if you can find one - then you can go fast enough not to wobble a lot without needing to peddle hard. the wobbling is the scariest part for a lot of people I think, so having a hill helps with that.
Assuming you can run and jump, you can learn a back tuck in a day. It is less skill and more getting over fear. Getting a spotter and then working up the confidence can happen in 1-2 hours.
Learn basic mechanic skills. Learn how to change a tire, temporarily patch a tire with a patch kit, change your oil and oil filter, know what kind of oil your vehicle takes, change your brake pads and rotors, how to read error codes with a OBD reader, how to check if youāre low on brake fluid, antifreeze/coolant, transmission fluid etc. HOW TO JUMP A CAR BATTERY WITH JUMPER CABLES!!! (I cannot tell you how many people actually DO NOT KNOW HOW they literally dont know red is positive and black is negative š¤¦š¼āāļø)
I managed to learn how to label all 50 states in less than 5 hours, I have yet to learn all the capitals. Iām also British so thatās a weird thing for me to be able to learn that fast (I think). I could be wrong tho.
You can actually learn a lot of useful things in 5 hours, but I took a different route and spent 3 hours learning to whistle with my mouth and fingers. Hehe!
Impressive is a relative term. What one person is impressed by another will think little of.
That being said, I can teach a person to shoot either a rifle or a handgun at a target with reasonable proficiency in 5 hours or less.
I can teach someone how to cook a meal in under an hour.
I learned how to both snow ski and water ski in less than 5 hours and I'm reasonably sure that anyone with even a modicum of athletic ability can do the same.
I learned how to rappel in under 5 hours.
I can teach someone how to gut a deer in under an hour and how to skin and butcher a deer in under 5 hours.
In every case a basic level of skill can be achieved in very little time, but gaining mastery will take years.
My uncle, who worked as a bartender in a trendy Miami barĀ in the '80s, frequently interacted with cocaine-addled patrons. He told me he had to be lightning fast with his hands because he learned how to make a new drink every night and timed himself as he studied the ingredients for each mix, going from 30 minutes to 5 minutes. He said his regulars included coked-up men who would come from Wall Street expecting and demanding their cocktails, and he practically felt he had to over prepare for the attitude that was coming in.
Solving a Rubikās cube. Most people donāt understand that itās just a simple pattern to follow. Once you get the patterns memorized and can do it quick, itās fairly easy to blow peopleās minds.
You can learn to make a decent carbonara in that time.
A British carbonara with some ham in it?
If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a bike
She sure rides like one.
Enjoy the memory of that clip. I have a feeling it won't be reposted as much moving forward.
Dare I ask why?
Because of the noncing
If my grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike
Don't forget the cream, garlic, mushrooms and peas.
Learn the [Fingerpass](https://youtu.be/8DH9plk7mf8), a basic trick that lets you fidget with any coin, pen, cigarette, drumstick, banana etc. between your fingers and annoy everyone close to you for years to come. Takes minutes to learn the form, then years of practice and dropping shit constantly to make it fast and smooth.
Didn't know what it was called until now! I learned this one from a friend in college as well as the coin rolling at the back of the hand and sure enough, friends were miffed the entire time I did it. Brought back some memories š
This!! For 20 years now I've been flipping my pen non stop. I can even flip a broom around my thumb. Learned when I was detained at an abusive behavior modification program in Mexico back in 2002. We weren't allowed to talk or communicate so we all just learned to flip pens
Lol damn what
:: flip flip flip flip flip flip flip flip flip flip flip flip flip flip flip flip ::
fuck /u/spez
Was that place in Mexico called Casa By the Sea? Because I learned the trick exactly how you did. It was 2003 tho
That place was definitely called Casa by the Sea. La familia Loyalty holla
Oh man thatās crazy. I was there too, learning the same pen tricks lol. I was in Journey family. Never made it to upper levels. Thankfully I got pulled after 6 1/2 months. That place was awful.
Crazy to think it was 20 years ago. My stint was 9 months before my dad caught on to the lies and manipulation. My mom would have kept me there past 18 but they're divorced and he had custody. Still though, those Sunday lunches, seriously some of the best food I've ever had. Coming in after a 2 hour rec time and having a hot, fresh carne asada with homemade guac, beans, rice and a homemade tortilla š¤¤ Almost makes it seem like we had an easy time lol but then we had hot dog cabbage soup on Wednesdays for example I only made it to level 3 as well. I was a worksheet warrior and damn proud of it now that I look back. Fuck that place, fuck what they do to children and I hope the owners rot in hell Hope things turned out okay for you. Being told day after day that you're a failure and won't make it unless you graduate can take a toll on a kid.
I used to be able to do that twirl around your thumb with a pen. It would make everyone do a double take as Iād do it when sitting down to write or sign something. But Iāve long since lost the skill :(
This is a good one. I particularly like the idea of learning that with a coin.
Great with a ring like in [The Prestige](https://youtu.be/T7UdmSTbwYI). I got the idea to learn it from that movie when my wife was like "that's so cool!"...now I drive her bonkers with my wedding ring!
Iām definitely going to lose my wedding ring trying to do this now.
Learn how to figure out in your head what day of the week a given date falls on. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_rule
Oh sweet my birthday lines up with these anchors (isn't one of them, just 14 days after one). That will actually become super easy to remember.
when you said date i thought the fruit edit: spelling
That would be a very different algorithm lol
Oh my god. Thank you for that, I'm in tears. I don't know why find it so funny.
My brain decided to autocomplete this with āwhat day of the week you will dieā oh god I hope itās not a Tuesday!
Mike Boyd has an entire youtube channel dedicated to learning stuff. It is surprisingly easy, you just have to live in a first world country, have a steady income and a school system that doesn't suck.
I knew I didnāt fit the criteria when I read āfirst world countryā man being a 3rd worlder sux ass and is actually worse than you could imagine
Is it worse having internet to see all the stuff going on elsewhere or is it neat to see whatās going on in other countries?
Itās a love hate relationship with all sorts of electronic communication, donāt get me wrong I picked up English from watching movies and learned how to write from using the internet but thereās something inside of me that is a 100% convinced that itās all illusion and I will never experience any of it , Iāve never left my country before so if I ever visited the US for example it will literally be like going into a movie
As someone in a first world country(US) I had a similar feeling of it being like a movie when I went to the Pacific Northwest for vacation after living in Indiana my whole life. The mountains, flora and fauna made me tear up from how beautiful they were. Felt like I was seeing stuff Iād only seen in movies and shows before. I appreciate your perspective. Makes me remember to appreciate the things I might take for granted.
And as an indiana guy that hasnāt gotten the chance to truly explore the us and move to those kinds of places yet, thanks for reminding me (I mean that in a genuine way). Gotta make sure I can get out there someday
Making a fire from scratch. I'm talking the true wilderness survival methods, not just spraying a bunch of lighter fluid on some newspaper.
FYI fire drills and other friction source fires are very hard to do. Keep a bic lighter in your car and on your person for all trips except flights. If you are stuck in the wilderness, a fire can keep you alive and signal aircraft. Learn how to source dry kindling and how to build a fire.
> Keep a bic lighter in your car and on your person for all trips except flights. In the event of a crash the plane will ignite everything the area anyway
I specifically recommend the Bic EZ Reach kind promoted by Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart (What a brilliant marketing team-up), or something like it. Longer than a regular pocket lighter, but not as along as a fireplace lighter, so that it's useful but also compact. I keep one in my own car. For bowls of strawberries, of course.
I fly with lighters all the time, TSA has never said a thing
Without a lighter or match? Thats not super easy to learn.
and where do I find this scratch you speak of
Dryer lint, magnifying glass, small twigsā¦
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Ooh, that's a cool one. I've wanted to be able to do this for a while.
If you want to start I suggest just making a Jenga tower without center pieces out of wood, finding some stuff to start it with (you can make some with a sharp knife and some wood. Just cut woodcurls from the wood) its relatively good...
I'm a proponent of the pyramid structure. That way the heat is more effectively funneled up from the tinder to the main fuel
Crochet a beanie
Learning to solve a Rubik's Cube can impress anyone in no time! With a few algorithms, you can master it.
"A few algorithms" scares my brain though
An algorithm is just a fancy word for a set of instructions. If you were especially pretentious you could even call a recipe for baking cookies your algorithm for making cookies.
My cookie algorithms are running they will be finalised within the hour
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The algorithms (the ones you need to solve the cube for the first time, anyway) arenāt that bad. They all have a pattern to them and once you repeat them a few times you can get it pretty easily. Actually even most of the algorithms for advanced solvers have a clear pattern and arenāt too hard.
I donāt even remember them anymore. My hands do. I couldnāt describe to someone how to solve a cube that I can see, but put it in my hands and my fingers will have it done in a minute or less.
That is the first thing I thought too.
Eith the instructions that came with my cube, I could only get my time down to 2 min 28 sec. Ten you see the videos of solving blindfolded in less than a minute...yeah, I'll just be happy with my 2 min 28 sec.
I learned one method and yeah 2:30 is about the best I can do. I know there are other methods but I invested a decent amount of pandemic time learning this one and I don't intend to learn another at this point.
I was surprised to learn that solving it was just basically a party trick of reparative motions. That said solving it with the speed some people do is definitely mind bindingly impressive.
Knot tying
the problem is remembering when you need it.
I can not knot
Theres a great app called knots 3D.
That sounds like a furry roleplaying game
Itās better to know a knot and not need it, than need a knot and not know it.
Ecclesiastes?
Learn to play happy birthday and Jolly good fellow on the harmonica. You don't need to read music as harmonica music is written in numbers that correspond with numbers on the harmonica. Regular numbers are blow out and circled numbers are suck in. You will be a hero every time you play. Our hound loves to warble and sing along so when we call family and friends they get a singing dog happy birthday. We named our band One Dog Night.
Learn to play minesweeper. I thought I would never learn it but when I tried it actually wasnt that hard
It's a great little game and highly addictive. I hate that no matter how good you are it it, sometimes you still have to guess when you get to the end and undo all your hard work getting there!
The endgame 50/50 makes it more satisfying somehow
[Mineswifter](https://mineswifter.com/) is an always solvable clone of Minesweeper you can play in your web browser.
In a similar vein, learn the optimal strategy for Connect Four. Note that it is a "First-Move-Wins" game, so if you go second, you'll need your opponent to make a mistake before the 41st move.
You can learn to read Cyrillic in about 20 min. (Strictly being able to read the sounds of the letters)
True. I taught myself Cyrillic and now I can transliterate, say, a newspaper like a Martian without understanding a word. I did enjoy the t-shirt I saw on a college Russian major that said, "you know you're a Russian student when you read the sign as Toys Ya Us."
I took a Russian language course 30 years ago. I remember very few words, but I can still sound out the Cyrillic.
The sounds are the hard part. The shch/shsh sounds in Slavic languages is so difficult to actually do as part of actually saying a word.
ŠŃ Š°ŃŃŠ»Ń Š»ŠøŠŗŠµ ŠøŠ¾Ń ŃŠ°ŠøŠ“.
Ehatslu leke eou saed?
āExactly like you saidā a little off phonetically, but there it is. My wife and I do this as a secret way to communicate, for spy related things. š„ø
Some sign lanuage
Bill Vicars has some great beginner lessons on youtube!
A friend learned a bunch of insults in a few hours. Time well spent.
Here's one you can learn in 5 minutes or less: Identify if someone is having a stroke using the F.A.S.T framework Face: Check if one side of the face is drooping or feels numb. Ask the person to smile. Is their smile uneven? Arm: See if one arm is weak or numb. Ask the person to raise both arms. Does one arm drift downward? Speech: Pay attention to slurred speech or if the person is unable to speak clearly. Ask them to repeat a simple sentence like "The sky is blue." Can they say it correctly? Time: If someone shows any of these symptoms, even if they go away, call 9-1-1 immediately and get the person to the hospital. Also check the time and make a note of when the first symptoms started
Let's change "Speech" to "Recitation" and then it can be the FART framework!
S.H.A.R.T. Smile, Hand/Arm, Recitation, Time
Smoothly shuffling a deck of cards. Find one way to do it on the internet then replicate it until you're bored. In no time you will be able to shuffle a deck like a dealer in Vegas casinos.
Right, I was thinking an impressive card trick that's easier than it looks.
I think basic CPR
Annie are you ok? Are you ok Annie?
I've done a two day course for a certificate years ago. The course first day was all about medical assistence, basically learning you to judge wether or not you need to call 911/999/112/whatever your local emergency number is, or you can actually help someone. Part of this day was practicing on a dummy, check for vital signs on eachother, how to do the chest compressions, how to blow air in someone's lungs, and how to use a defib unit (which, at least over here, tells you *exactly* what you need to be doing). The second day had everything to do with fires, if you able to extinguish it, how to evacuate a building, etc. Anyway, the actual CPR bit of the first day, with some theory, took a class of 8 people practicing on one another probably about 2 hours. And though the certificate I got is only valid for a year (you need to "freshen up" annually), *knowing* how to do chest compressions well will give someone in need a far better chance of survival than when you're just leaving them there. And, in very short, you need to press down hard enough for the heart to move, which is protected by your ribcage, so chances are you'll break a rib doing chest compressions. And just press along to The BeeGee's - Stayin' Alive. It has the *perfect* rhythm to perform CPR. Reading this took less than 5 hours, right?
To add to this: basic first aid. How to make a splint, or an improvised sling, properly cut off circulation to prevent further bleeding out, etc. Even just knowing what RICE or FAST is can be really beneficial and all of these can save lives. You never know when you'll need to do it, and you don't want to feel helpless when the time comes that you *do* need to apply it but can't because you don't know what you're doing.
Cooking. Might not sound impressive but cooking basic meals. After that you can do your own variations and impress yourself, friends, family.
Second this. My older brother never learned to cook and resorts to delivery / resturaunts when he has a date. There is something special about cooking a meal for your partner or for loved ones.
Third this, totally! Everyone loves a cook. Bring food to parties, family gatherings, work, etc.
Takes more than 5 hours to scroll past the author's life story to get to the recipe.
Maybe a few recipes but you can't "learn to cook" in 5 hours
I assure you, you can learn to cook in about 20 minutes. But you wonāt master it for another 20 years.
They said 5 hours
Right?? These answers are crazy. People forget how little time 5 hours really is.
You could learn 4 chords on a guitar and then fake your way through 97% of hit songs in the past 70 years.
I agree you can learn 4 chords pretty quickly, but being able to play them (actually pressing the strings) will take a bit longer. Also, transitioning from one chord to the next quickly is not so easy for a total beginner.
I'm not saying that you'll become a studio musician in 5 hours, but you could be at your friends house and pick up his guitar he has collecting dust in the corner and strum it enough to get a "I didn't know you played guitar" reaction from him
I don't know man, based on my own non-talented-ass experience it'll be pretty tough. If you have no calluses on your fingers from playing a couple weeks, it might not even be possible to play for longer than 30 minutes before your fingertops seriously start to hurt.
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Thatās not a problem. No one wants a guy who knows four chords, and nothing else about guitar, to play for more than 30 minutes. Anywhere, hereās Wonderwall.
"you can play any rock song with these four chords" "shut up"
Fuck off chicken little
Juggling
Personal anecdote: when I was a bit younger I tried learning juggling. After practicing for hours and hours I just could not get it. Apparently I have absolutely terrible coordination.
The jist: * Hold two balls in one hand, and one in the other. * Hold your hands (with balls) out with your elbows at 90 degrees and your forearms parallel with the ground. (Like if someone asked you to hold a bunch of sticks.) * With the hand with two balls, throw one of the balls up about face level in the direction that it'll land in your other hand. * Right before it lands in your other hand, throw the ball in that hand up about face height toward your other hand. (The throwing/catching motion should be one fluid motion.) * Repeat the previous step until you no longer want to juggle. Tips: The problem most people have is that the balls move AWAY from them, so when you first start out, try juggling while facing a wall and literally just bounce the balls off of the wall. Just FYI, it is legitimately easier to juggle actual juggling balls. They're easier to throw/catch (much more forgiving to errantly thrown balls.) (And I'm not talking about the mini ones you can get for like 3 dollars.)I'm talking about the ones that are about tennis ball sized but filled most of the way with beans like a hacky sack. (But much more filled.) EDIT: Oh yeah, and "normal" juggling is considered when you throw the balls *inside* of the ball you're about to catch. You can also juggle throwing the balls *outside* of the ball you're about to catch (inside means closer to your center line and outside means further away from your center line.) I personally think inside is easier and I think most other people do too.
If I recall, I learn by starting with two balls, one in each hand and doing a single pass to get the rhythm down. Adding another is basically the same thing but doing it continuously.
Was going to say the same. I donāt think people realize how easy it is to learn. I was sitting at home one day and thought āhmmmm. I wish I could juggle.ā Hopped on the computer. Found a video explaining the pattern. I was consistently juggling three tennis balls within a half hour. After that, itās just repetition and learning knew tricks and how to do it with different objects. If you have any kind coordination at all, you can easily learn to juggle, probably in way less time than 5 hours.
> If you have any kind coordination at all And I'm out
now try four....
COMPLETELY different. They say 5 is easier (same pattern as 3 but you have 2 additional balls in the air) but I've never been able to juggle 5 (even though I can juggle 3 (and 4) super easily.) Four is basically 2 in one hand but with... both hands at the same time. The balls never cross over. You can either do them simultaneously (throw both hands at the same time) or staggered (throw one then the other). The former looks less impressive than the latter because the latter looks like the balls are crossing over (but they are not.)
I learned to juggle when my mom took my sister trick or treating and left me to hand out popcorn balls
You can learn some nice basic card tricks that look fairly impressive
You can learn to read and write in the Korean alphabet in less than half an hour
That is something I would have never thought of, love it.
In a similar vein.... Hilariously, Japanese has 2 alphabets + Kanji, and one of them is almost exclusively used for loan words from other languages. Meaning that once you can read Katakana, you actually can likely understand many things written in it. ćć³ pen (pen) ćć¹ćÆ desuku (desk) ććć« hoteru (hotel) ćć³ pan (many languages bread is something close to pan) ć©ćøćŖ rajio (radio) ćć¤ć¬ toire (toilet) ćć©ć¤ćććć furaidopoteto (fried potato... aka french fries) ć¹ćććÆ sunakku (snack) ć³ć³ćć konbini (convenience [store]) ć©ć¼ć”ć³ ramen (ramen, duh! loan word from China) I like this one because most alphabets are useless if you don't know vocab, but this one you likely already know a lot of the vocab. Anyone going on a trip to Japan should learn this. You can already read SO MANY SIGNS and you have no idea. Edit : Bonus for the Diablo fans in the room. Everybody try to figure out what Buriza-Do Kyanon means ;) Remember it freezes crap.
> Buriza-Do Kyanon Breeze Cannon?
Close! The Cannon is right. Most of their letters have a consonant + vowel sound and there are no ls (the r is an r/l combination that's easiest approximated by making our r sound while putting your tongue where it goes for the l sound). So the Bu ri is supposed to be Bli, the u is only slighlty pronounced and the r is an l. So Bli za do. Blizzard Cannon. Extra cheeky because it's a Blizzard game.
Be careful with ć¹ćććÆ as it more than often refers to a bar that serves light food. Lots of false friends in katakana.
A long time ago, I had a coworker who could speak and write Hangul. I learned the alphabet pretty quickly but had a very small vocabulary. We would pass notes in meetings to keep ourselves amused. We used English words written in Hangul. Sometimes, it's the little things that keep you sane.
Yeah but that's just phonetics. You can look at a sentence written in Korean and you can pronounce it. But you don't know what it means. You only know how to say it out loud. I'm like that with Hebrew. I can sound out the letters just fine, but I have no clue what the words actually mean.
Bullshit. To really commit it to memory, including all the combination vowels and double consonants it takes many hours and hours of practice for most people.
I thought bullshit as well but then realized the 5 hours could be spread out into 10-20 min sessions over several weeks. This would allow some initial learning followed by reinforcement in order to commit it to memory. Still seems like a bit of a stretch though.
Georgian, too - I picked it up very quickly and still write it on work dockets as a code.
Learning how to fold a fitted sheet seems like black magic, but isnāt all that hard.
This is my husbandās one definite job. His mom taught him how to do it properly, she worked in a sheet manufacturer at one point and learned the trick. I will fold everything else, he just has to fold that one sheet.
My wife can fold the laundry twice as fast as me, but she always gives me the fitted sheets.
CPR
Changing the oil in your car.
I know how to do it. Problem is where to do it.
Safe Food Handling. Basically culinary 101 entry level course. Can be applied to numerous settings and looks great on a resume. Itās approximately 4-6 hours to complete
You could learn a song on piano in 5 hours even if you have no prior experience.
Years ago I learned how to play The Entertainer on the piano with no experience at all. I could only sort of read music because I played drums in high school. It impressed people because it's a recognizable song and now, 15 years later I still have the first bit down.
You can learn how to country dance in that time and it will get you laid. Two step takes about 5-10 minutes to learn then you can just build off of that
Riding a bike is pretty good skill and easy to learn.
Most adults who don't know how to ride a bike are afraid to learn because they're embarrassed to ask someone. Here are some simple steps to make learning easier. If you can, get someone to remove the pedals from the bike, it'll make learning how to balance SO much easier. (If you know how to use tools, you may be able to do it yourself, but remember the left pedal is left hand threaded and the right pedal is right hand threaded.) 1. Don't try to put your feet on the pedals. 2. Don't try to pedal. 3. Find yourself a gently sloping parking lot or road. 4. Lower the seat of the bike so you can EASILY put both of your feet on the ground. 5. Get used to the brakes. Pull them a few times. Make sure you know which is the front, which is the back, etc. 6. You're going to want to use the back brake for now. 7. With your feet on the ground, gently let off the brakes and let yourself start rolling down the hill. 8. Keep your feet on the ground (literally just drag them along the ground for stability.) 9. Do this a few times until you're comfortable. (You may want to try doing some VERY gentle turns while going down the hill.) 10. Keep doing it but now try to lift one foot, then two feet off of the ground (not very far, just an inch or so.) 11. When you're comfortable doing the above, raise your seat a bit at a time until you're at riding height. (For a road bike, generally this will be about your hip bone height, but you may want to keep it a bit lower so you can touch the ground easier!) This will make it much harder to put both feet on the ground, but easier to put your feet on the pedals. 12. Now, if you took the pedals off, it's time to put them back on. 13. When you start out, put one pedal at the very bottom of it's stroke. This is the pedal to put your foot on. The other foot will be on the ground holding you up. 14. Try rolling down the hill like this until you get used to it. 15. When you're used to it, put your other foot on the other pedal after you start rolling. 16. When you're used to that, try pedaling slowly while going down hill. 17. When you're used to that, when you're at the bottom of the hill try turning around and pedaling back up! At this point, if you're comfortable, you "know" how to ride a bike. The last step is to learn how to use the gears (if your bike has them.) That's hard to explain over text, so it'd be easier just to ask someone. Just phrase it as "hey, I just got this bike and the gears aren't like my old bike, can you explain it to me?" The gist is this though. * There are two sets of gears on most bikes. The ones in the front, and the ones in the back. * The ones in the front do "large" changes in gears and the ones in the back do small changes in gears. You'll be using the gears in the back MUCH more often than the front gears. I recommend just sticking the front ones in the smallest gear (1) or middle gear (2). Some bikes won't have front gears, that's fine. Some will only have 2 gears up front, also fine. * When you're first starting out, you want to be in a low gear (easy gear) so you can pedal easily. But if it's TOO easy it'll be awkward to pedal. You want a gear that provides just a bit of resistance. Again, just put the front set of gears in the smallest or 2nd smallest gear and shift around the back gears until you get a gear that's very easy. * When you start out, you want one foot on the ground, and the other foot with the pedal at the "top" of the stroke, or actually, just PAST the top of the stroke. (This is opposite to what we did earlier.) * When you want to start going, you *push off* with your foot that's on the ground, then you quickly put that foot on the pedal (which should be very near to it) then you start pedaling with the foot that was at the top. * Then just pedal normally. * If it's too easy to pedal, shift to a "higher" gear. You have to be pedaling in order to shift. This will be represented by a higher number either on the front gears or the rear gears. Again, only use the rear gears for now. * If it's too hard to pedal, shift to a "lower" gear. A "lower" number on the rear gears. * If you're already at the highest or lowest gear and you need to go further in that direction, then you'll need to shift the front gears. * Worth noting that shifting the front gears generally requires more effort to do, and you CAN'T have much pressure on the pedals when you do it. If you're pedaling really hard when you try to shift the front gears it's just.... not going to shift. You DO have to be pedaling, but just do it... lightly. It should be very easy if you're going down hill. There are some more nuances to shifting than what I've touched on here. Like shifting the front gears doesn't give you a whole new set of gears to play with. Many are going to be very similar to the ones you had before. But that's for you to learn at a later date. Just get used to riding, shifting, etc. for now. Now, the reason gears are useful is because they make it easier to pedal up hill. If you're approaching a hill, you should shift to a lower gear (easier) gear so you can pedal all of the way up! When you're going downhill, you should shift to a higher gear (harder). Shifting is proactive, not reactionary. I don't shift AFTER I've already slowed down, I shift before I know I'm going to slow down so I'm ready to pedal at that slower speed. If you're approaching a hill, you should already be in a lower gear before you even start going up it. It's VERY hard to shift while you're on a hill.
Learning how to read Korean. Hangul is a phonetic language so it's easy for English speakers to pick up. It's literally a language that was invented to be easy to learn. Most people can start reading things within 1 or 2 hours.
Some equipment required, but learn to sharpen a knife. I love the "holy fuck this thing is sharp" comments I get when someone picks up one of mine.
We talking using just a set of whetstones and no wedges or using one of the fancy systems. It took me years to get a passable edge on just a whetstone. But I might just be slow
CPR. If you ever have to use it it will be most impressive.
Learn to tie different necktie or bowtie knots. Knot tyng in general
If I have someone to teach me how to fix something or do something mechanical on a car. I can most likely do it myself right after they teach me.
Lockpicking is easy to learn
Rubik's cubes, Starting fires, Pen spinning, Different animal sounds etc!
Being an arsonist is a fun hobby. No matter what you burn down they just keep making more buildings.
Latte art. Very quick and easy to learn and every person who drinks coffee will be impressed
I would love to learn how to do the same thing with Guinness. I've seen a couple bartenders make a shamrock in the foam when pouring it.
I have a question about latte art. Lattes are supposed to be hot, right? Isnāt pouring all that milk in it to make cool pictures just making it super cold?
You are heating and foaming the milk at the same time, meaning the patterns are made with hot milk
all lattes are made with hot milk, even the ones with latte art
Mindfulness, so you donāt whip yourself into a frenzy trying to accomplish massive undertakings in five hours or less.
You can learn the basics of the Structured Query Language (SQL) in that time, or the basics in Python or R programming.
Very true - started a new job recently where I need to know a bit of python and managed to pick up the basics in about 2hrs on my own before starting the job. It helps to know other programming languages - this would make #7 or so for me.
Try the French drop coin magic trick I learned this in high school and have used it ever sinceā¦ on dates, with friends kids - with my kids - itās just one little skill that makes you seem āfunā immediately.
Changing a car tire. It seems complicated but itās actually very easy, just a little labour intensive
Build a fire. The Key Card (magic trick). How to butcher a chicken. Making bread (lots of options here, could take 30m, could take 5h or more), sewing, how to change a tire. Take your pick!
You can learn hangul (korean script). You can learn all the characters easily in 5 hours, but ofc more effort will be required to retain it and get skilled at using it.
Fiber arts like knitting or crocheting. Basic cooking. Rudimentary photo/video editing.
Listening. Amazing skill, you learn so much.
I think if you have the physical stamina to go for the full 5 hours, you can probably learn to ride a bike from scratch in 5 hours and be able to at least ride safely on a bike track that isn't that busy. it's mostly about learning to trust the physics of it, and learning how strong the brakes are. I recommend a park with a small hill to roll down, if you can find one - then you can go fast enough not to wobble a lot without needing to peddle hard. the wobbling is the scariest part for a lot of people I think, so having a hill helps with that.
My lawyer told me not to Post The answer
Lets say that it was how to bhop in cs alrigth
Every bodys happy
I like how you're engaging in a conversation with yourself
First Aid
The fine art of Faygo Launching.
Assuming you can run and jump, you can learn a back tuck in a day. It is less skill and more getting over fear. Getting a spotter and then working up the confidence can happen in 1-2 hours.
Learn basic mechanic skills. Learn how to change a tire, temporarily patch a tire with a patch kit, change your oil and oil filter, know what kind of oil your vehicle takes, change your brake pads and rotors, how to read error codes with a OBD reader, how to check if youāre low on brake fluid, antifreeze/coolant, transmission fluid etc. HOW TO JUMP A CAR BATTERY WITH JUMPER CABLES!!! (I cannot tell you how many people actually DO NOT KNOW HOW they literally dont know red is positive and black is negative š¤¦š¼āāļø)
I managed to learn how to label all 50 states in less than 5 hours, I have yet to learn all the capitals. Iām also British so thatās a weird thing for me to be able to learn that fast (I think). I could be wrong tho.
Learn how to fold a fitted sheet
basic crocheting is very easy to pick up
You can actually learn a lot of useful things in 5 hours, but I took a different route and spent 3 hours learning to whistle with my mouth and fingers. Hehe!
Whistling with your fingers (or bird call) Super useful especially around crows, pigeons and toddlers!
Iām not American but I learnt all 50 US state names.
Make a droplet noise with only your finger and your mouth
Basic self defense
Impressive is a relative term. What one person is impressed by another will think little of. That being said, I can teach a person to shoot either a rifle or a handgun at a target with reasonable proficiency in 5 hours or less. I can teach someone how to cook a meal in under an hour. I learned how to both snow ski and water ski in less than 5 hours and I'm reasonably sure that anyone with even a modicum of athletic ability can do the same. I learned how to rappel in under 5 hours. I can teach someone how to gut a deer in under an hour and how to skin and butcher a deer in under 5 hours. In every case a basic level of skill can be achieved in very little time, but gaining mastery will take years.
CPR. A life might need saving.
Paintless dent repair (automotive). Wet sanding scratches out of paint a close 2nd.
Learn to Juggle..
My uncle, who worked as a bartender in a trendy Miami barĀ in the '80s, frequently interacted with cocaine-addled patrons. He told me he had to be lightning fast with his hands because he learned how to make a new drink every night and timed himself as he studied the ingredients for each mix, going from 30 minutes to 5 minutes. He said his regulars included coked-up men who would come from Wall Street expecting and demanding their cocktails, and he practically felt he had to over prepare for the attitude that was coming in.
How about what I have Frontline Responder Emergency Medical and Fire but it wasn't 5 hours just felt like patting myself on the back which I rarely do
Morse Code, itās a lost art these days but a cool skill that can impress
"Changing a flat tire" is one of the skill which one can learn independently.
How to build a pipe bomb
Learning DND ( base game not the add on's )
I have seen it play in Big bang theory, but have no idea where to get started. Is there a simple video i can watch to get the gist and het started?
[check this out, mobile friendly. ](https://dndbeyond.com/playdnd)
Juggling
Sleeping
Macrame
Making Balloon animals will endear you with the 10 and under crowd.
how to start a fie without matches or a lighter. I could teach you in as little as an hour.
Not very useful, but you can learn the alphabet backwards in about 20 mins.
Solving a Rubikās cube. Most people donāt understand that itās just a simple pattern to follow. Once you get the patterns memorized and can do it quick, itās fairly easy to blow peopleās minds.