Skills from former times that youth would do well to acquire

Posted by equus on Jun 26, 2025 in Blog

Skills I have that people born after 1990 may not have:

Thinking n studying before embracing an opinion.

Memorization techniques.

Longhand.

Shorthand.

Typing.

Reading at least one foreign language – n I don’t mean Spanish.

Reading a book a week.

Reading from an actual paper book instead of a screen (I can tear them, write in them, even drop them in water n they’re still good).

Being patient, not reacting with anger when not happy with events.

Being polite to cops.

Acknowledging the existence of Other People n their rights n feelings.

Repairing my own car.

Repairing my own computer.

Paying with cash n making change.

Able to tell time from an analog clock (that’s the round ones)

Knowing how to dress in something besides black bloc.

Knowing my gender based on fact, not feeling.

Speaking in terms besides meaningless slogans derived from media n Professors of Outrage.

Knowing vocabulary words more than 2 syllables in length.

Able to speak at length without ever saying ‘like’, ‘racism’, or ‘Trump’.

Not needing AI to help me write anything or sign my name.

Able to comprehend abbreviations such as ‘n’ for ‘and’.

And yes, taking paper notes with actual pens n pencils.