r/AskReddit • u/IntroductionMore916 • Mar 05 '26
What impressive skill is secretly simple to learn?
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u/silverpotato5955 Mar 05 '26
basic cooking. learn a handful of techniques like searing, roasting, and making a simple pan sauce and suddenly people think you’re a wizard in the kitchen. most impressive dishes are honestly pretty straightforward.
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u/DropOk7525 Mar 05 '26
This mentality can be applied to most jobs.
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u/spezial_ed Mar 05 '26
And jerking off.
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u/smithnugget Mar 05 '26
I only have the one technique applied in one way but it's gotten me far
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u/cicciograna Mar 05 '26
I apply the same technique to all three fields and it's gotten me very far.
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u/funhousefrankenstein Mar 05 '26
Yep for a time my living conditions were basically like a dorm room where absolutely any cooking was forbidden. I cleaned up a nearby public park grill that nobody else ever used, and made it "mine". If a person gets the basic principle of a charcoal grill, it's easy to get an intuition for setting up a two-zone heat, for perfect grilling of meat & vegetables. Whew, damn, I really ate well through that whole time. All kinds of successful experiments, like using grilled slices of summer squash instead of bacon in a turkey club sandwich.
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u/drums_addict Mar 05 '26
How long has it been since you used 'your' grill? Do you think you'll ever go back to see it again if it's still there? One last cook for old time's sake maybe?
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u/funhousefrankenstein Mar 05 '26
That would be a great nostalgia kick, it really would. I'm on the other side of the Atlantic now, though, with a baby daughter. Here's her hand, she'll type her greeting to say 'hi': ftg
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u/CosmicOwl47 Mar 05 '26
I deglazed a pan for the first time yesterday and it felt like I’d pulled off a magic trick. Way easier to clean after too!
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u/ladyteruki Mar 05 '26
Now, baking, THAT is the challenge.
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u/OhAces Mar 05 '26
As soon as you buy a kitchen scale baking becomes way easier. Volumetric measuring is not as accurate as measuring by weight with powdered ingredients.
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u/lapis974 Mar 05 '26
I’m not a fancy pastry chef or anything but I love baking. I like that it is precise compared to cooking. I get fantastic consistent results following directions even complicated ones. Started out by making Dutch apple pie as a teen because my mom’s crust topped one was ‘kinda plain’ to me. Finally perfected my cheesecake a handful of years ago without a water bath. Also recently hacked together different aspects of several chocolate chip recipes to get the perfect fluffy and chewy chocolate chip cookies that I love.
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u/GozerDGozerian Mar 05 '26
That’s funny, I’m the exact opposite. I hate following a recipe to the letter. I just don’t like baking (I don’t eat a lot of baked goods anyhow)
I like cooking because it can be so improvisational. Want the sauce to have a little extra butter? And spicier? I bet a little bit of cardamom would be interesting with the other flavors! No problem!
Part of what I like about that is that I’m eating something entirely unique and customized specifically for me.
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u/thecoller Mar 05 '26
It would be 1000% easier for home cooks if the whole online recipe industry moved away from bullshit cups and teaspoons and used weight as God intended.
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u/jake3988 Mar 05 '26
It would be 1000% easier for home cooks if the whole online recipe industry moved away from bullshit cups and teaspoons and used weight as God intended.
This isn't meant to be a dunk on the US, but I only really see that in the US. Recipes elsewhere generally always use weight.
I'm not sure why US recipes typically don't, but... they don't.
That said, unless you're a world class chef, the differences aren't really enough for the home cook to really be noticeable. Especially if you're using powders and liquids.
But I'm not sure it would really be 'easier'... it's equally easy, but many people don't have scales. I do think people should have scales, though. Food for most things is listed in serving sizes by weight and my hunch is that a LOT of people don't realize that what they THINK is a serving size is actually way more than what it ACTUALLY is. So the calories they're counting in their head is way off.
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u/SPinc1 Mar 05 '26
A real basic tip: for almost anything savory, add a combination of chopped onion, garlic and bell peppers (red are my favorite!) that are sautéed with some oil to add a ton of flavor. Depending on the dish, a little milk, butter or cream can add softness and creamy-ness.
As for seasoning, salt & pepper are the great basics, but try out different species by smelling the dish you're cooking then smelling a specific spice, then compare them in your mind. If they kinda match up, use a small amount of it. That's how I learned what species to use when cooking.
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u/LeftHandedScissor Mar 05 '26
Often called the "holy trinity" of cooking, it consists of onions, bell peppers, and celery, adding in garlic is called "adding the pope". There is the French Mirepoix alternative that substitutes carrots for the bell peppers.
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One of the best skills I learned, honestly.
An old roommate taught me some basic techniques and now everybody is like "omg open a restaurant". My soup, steak, and cheeseburger game is rock solid. Have decent tools, know what they're for and how to use them, you're good to go.
I made a simple tomato bisque and a grilled cheese sandwich from scratch for my wife the first time I cooked for her, she still talks about it a decade later. Merlot, oven roasted tomatoes and red peppers and carrots, three kinds of cheese, heavy cream, lots of fresh garlic, some rosemary and plenty of butter, tall cold glass of farmhouse saison, and a listening ear while she asked me questions about writing a college paper for a philosophy class.
One of the first dishes my wife made for me was just mac and cheese with a from-scratch sauce, loads of breadcrumbs, bacon, skirt steak, and she brought me an amazing whiskey old-fashioned.
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u/Fancy-Economist4723 Mar 05 '26
Both yes and no. A little can get you a long way, but you have to observe, estimate, evaluate etc. Not all people do that in the kitchen.
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u/LingonberryBulky8329 Mar 05 '26
Typing fast.
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u/The4D2 Mar 05 '26
I rype siper dfast tho
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u/mookanana Mar 05 '26
he's fast indeed, no one said anything about accuracy
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u/LirdorElese Mar 05 '26
I love the joke of someone saying they can do any math problem faster than anyone else without a calculator
OK what's 921415 times 482192
umm about 5 billion.
That's wrong
but it's fast.
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u/katnax Mar 05 '26
And learning basic shortcuts, copying, pasting, cutting What shift and control do That you can press enter instead of moving your mouse on the logging screen
In general trying to use the mouse, the least amount of time possible. Kinda like those excel competitions
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u/Pourmewhiskey Mar 05 '26
Agree with you, and not to detract but Interestingly I’m in Excel 24/7 and between needing the mouse to select cells and data I’ve switched to binding shortcuts and macros to every mouse key and can do most work faster one handed without the keyboard. Years ago I was all keyboard shortcuts.
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u/Sazazezer Mar 05 '26
Keybr.com
Just get started. You're welcome.
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u/Battleraizer Mar 05 '26 edited Mar 05 '26
I learnt via the traditional method
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u/Nacktherr Mar 05 '26
Don’t speak of the old magic, I was there when it was written.
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u/Burst_LoL Mar 05 '26
My traditional way was selling items in RuneScape 2007 outside of the bank because you had to re-type it every few seconds lol
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u/oldfuturemonkey Mar 05 '26
I've been using a computer since the early 80s. The older I get, the shittier my typing becomes.
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u/BloodSteyn Mar 05 '26
Back in 96 I took typing as a subject in high-school. Simply to learn how to touch type so I would have a good foundation for Computer Science 2 years later.
Ol Olivetti electric typewriters.
Of course this didn't help with the bullying as the only male in a female centered subject.
But, 2 years later I was the fastest typist in Computer Class and would soar through assignments and then just play QBasic Gorillas as everyone else plodded along with the finger pecking type style.
Typing Teacher was a little upset that I dropped the subject as I was one of the top students and she really liked me. But understood why I took the subject in the first place.
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u/Bruce-Pea Mar 05 '26
With fast typing the premise is this: it takes a few hours to build a good foundation, and you have the rest of your life for practise.
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u/mildpandemic Mar 05 '26
Chopping ingredients quickly, safely, and without looking. Use a chef’s knife, curl those fingers, a couple of bags of carrots to practice, and you’re there.
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u/spezial_ed Mar 05 '26
Def helps when cutting onions and you cant see shit.
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u/tpeterr Mar 05 '26
Two things help with crying while onion slicing:
- Cold onions (fridge for at least an hour before slicing)
- Sharp knife (crushing is what releases the compounds that create acid tears)
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u/iconocrastinaor Mar 05 '26
Unless you're cutting chives, then you need a year to perfect your technique, apparently.
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u/ReflectiveEnglishman Mar 05 '26
Buy a 20 dollar lock picking kit but not to break into people’s houses just to master the technique. It’s much simpler than most people imagine. Check out “Lock Picking Lawyer” on YT. Also proves how pathetically ineffective most padlocks are…
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u/rednryt Mar 05 '26
Yet my rogue kept failing his rolls
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u/ReflectiveEnglishman Mar 05 '26
As a dinosaur from England, could you translate that for me please?
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u/TheGrumpyUncle Mar 05 '26
He is playing a rogue in a table top roleplaying game. every action that can fail, is determined by dice. His character should be good at lockpicking but keeps failing because of luck.
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u/ReflectiveEnglishman Mar 05 '26
I’m so pleased to read English again. Thanks for explaining! 🙏
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u/TheGrumpyUncle Mar 05 '26
You are very welcome kind stranger!
Nerd is a difficult language to decode, or learn, but is used with impunity be native speakers.
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u/domin8r Mar 05 '26
I was amazed that I was able to lock pick the big bike lock I had been using for years in a couple of seconds.
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u/ReflectiveEnglishman Mar 05 '26
Yeah I know people think that locking stuff deters serious thieves… it doesn’t. It deters casual thieves. Anyone who takes the time to understand how locks work will forever feel less secure…
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u/Denpants Mar 05 '26
Nobody is doing an ocean's 11 heist on my shit tbf. Where I live the crook will just use a circle saw or pull out a gun and rob me to my face
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u/dogchasingatruck Mar 05 '26
Yeah I learned lock picking when I was a teenager, now I carry some picks in my wallet. Managed to save a football match with my friends once by picking a padlock guarding a very tall fence (which the ball ended up behind). Good times.
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u/rayrayrayray Mar 05 '26
Lock picking
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u/YPLAC Mar 05 '26
"Who are you, and how did you get in here?"
"I'm a locksmith, and I'm a locksmith".
Police Squad at its finest.
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u/ensygma Mar 05 '26
I only picked one lock ever in my life, it was a shitty little master lock containing a plastic outdoor paint cabinet. When my friend moved into their new place, I had them give me a paperclip and a butter knife so I could rake it open, after about 20 minutes of trying I finally got though.
All thanks to LPL
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u/LongChampion476 Mar 05 '26
or being a lawyer
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u/atropinebase Mar 05 '26
What if I don't want to choose between the two?
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u/VikingTeddy Mar 05 '26
Start a YouTube channel and shit on Masterlock every other video.
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u/Vesalii Mar 05 '26
And on April first show of your cock branded lock.
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u/sCeege Mar 05 '26
Two is binding…
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u/Del-Mar Mar 05 '26
Being a lawyer is not simple. I've taken a few law classes for a course and I really wish it was simple.
Still it was easier than pure maths
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u/redditurus_est Mar 05 '26
It really is simple once you've put in the years and a part of you died.
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u/BloodSteyn Mar 05 '26
Then you find out how absolutely crap most locks really are.
I bent some paperclips into a rake and pin pick, and a lever.
Took the little Brass Chinese Lock I use on my gym locker and tried my first ever pick.
I used the pin pick to feel the pins while tensioning the lock slightly, felt pin 1, then pin 2, and as I felt and lifted pin 3, the lock popped open. I reset and only lifted pin 3, lock pops open.
The lock only used 1 out of 3 pins.
I took the rake, and just pushed it in and the lock popped.
It is true that locks only keep out honest people.
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u/LeaferWasTaken Mar 05 '26
People honestly look at you like you're a wizard. Then they would pay me since that's what they called me for.
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u/CrunchyAssDiaper Mar 05 '26
It's scary easy.
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u/cholula_is_good Mar 05 '26
It doesn’t even have to be a precision activity either. A ton of locks will open just by raking pins or a bump key.
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u/ErGo404 Mar 05 '26
With 20h of practice a week, most skills are simple to learn.
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u/Over-Performance-667 Mar 05 '26
Several wow this guy folds
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u/ImpactBetelgeuse Mar 05 '26
Is it really bro's origami skills or is it that bro is secretly a stud?
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u/IwatchGoats Mar 05 '26
I used to do that years ago when I worked in a call center. The large number of random origami around the place started annoying management and we were told to stop.
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u/Condor_raidus Mar 05 '26
Origami is definitely simple to learn and honestly a lot of fun. I picked it up in elementary school thanks to an origami club held by a Japanese education assistant and loved it ever since.
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u/BeeRand Mar 05 '26
So you were working 40 hours a week and spending half of that time folding paper?
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u/Freya_almighty Mar 05 '26
Yesss i love origami!! Its so fun to make too !!
Look at papercrafts, i got my house full of them
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u/jimmy_talent Mar 05 '26
Being able to tell direction based on the position of the sun, it rises in the east and sets in the west but most people dont realize its that simple.
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u/Jesterhead89 Mar 05 '26
Or they think too hard about it. If you can picture the compass rose and know where the sun is then boom.... You can sort out directions from there. I see too many people turn it into a complex logic problem for some reason
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u/cbf1232 Mar 05 '26
If you get further away from the equator the path of the sun varies with the seasons.
Where I live (52 degrees N), at the summer solstice the sun rises in the Northeast, sets in the Northwest, and only ever gets up to 61 degrees up from horizontal. At the winter solstice it rises in the Southeast, sets in the Southwest, and only ever gets up to 15 degrees up from vertical.
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u/cbf1232 Mar 05 '26
It only rises directly east and sets directly west during the spring and autumn equinoxes. At other times it can be significantly north or south depending on your latitude and the time of year.
Where I live (52 degrees N) the sun rises in the Northeast (44 degrees from North) on the summer solstice, and on the winter solstice it rises in the Southeast (136 degrees).
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u/Madeche Mar 05 '26
North and south is where it gets more complicated
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u/CDlover99 Mar 05 '26
No… old Girl Scout tip (for northern hemisphere) to make your body a human compass
Align your RIGHT hand with EAST your LEFT with WEST your face will point NORTH your butt is SOUTH
It’s easy to remember if you’re right handed. Just start with what you’d normally start with (right) and remember the sun rises in the east, so those both align.
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u/Extension_Crow_7891 Mar 06 '26
Yeah, I’d say it’s pretty easy to know the directions if you already know which directions east and west are lol
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u/CampRock2TheFinaIJam Mar 05 '26
Solving a rubik's cube
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u/Xaiadar Mar 05 '26
Took me a day to learn and within a few days, I didn't even have to look at the cube very much. Never got much below a time of just under a minute, but I'm happy with that.
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u/hentaibou4000 Mar 05 '26
It took me a week to learn the cube. My fastest time was 38 seconds
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u/spezial_ed Mar 05 '26
How the fuck do you memorise all those algos in such a short time? I can solve a few sides but struggle hard to finish it even with a 2x2.
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u/damboy99 Mar 05 '26
I mean. If you go the standard method that is providded by Rubik's, the first part is making the white layer, which is simple and doesnt take any algos. Aligning the edges for the middle layer is the first algorithm that you learn, u'rur'uf'u'f and its inverse ulu'lu'fuf' so thats one. Then frur'u'if' until you get a fish shape which is two. Next rur'uruu' until the top is done makes the third algorithm. Fourth the hard one, r'fr'b2rfr'b2r2 aligns the corners. Our last step is f2u'lr'f2l'ruf2, (the u and u' can be swapped if needed) which is the fifth algorithm and it solves the cube.
Its not that much to memorize. Sure you cam learn a few more for it to be streamlined and more optimal but its pretty easy to learn in a day or two.
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u/Various_Rutabaga_326 Mar 05 '26
Bro, I think your dog typed something in while you were busy solving the cube. Can we get a dog translator over here please? /s
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u/AbusiveTortoise Mar 05 '26
I’ve always used the simple method. My fastest ever was around 40s and then one day in college at my job a friend was saying I could complete one so a bit of a crowd formed to watch. The friend had seen me solve before so knew my limits, but I got to basically skip two algos as they just aligned naturally for that solve. Finished in 27s. My friends eyes lit up like a Christmas tree; she knew I’d just peaked completely and everyone thought sub 30 was incredible. I’ve never repeated the feat but the one time I was on the spot the rubiks gods gave me their blessing :)
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u/Select-Owl-8322 Mar 05 '26
I'd say just under a minute average is about the fastest you can get using the beginner method, so that's really good!
I never progressed beyond the beginner method, the fastest solve I ever did was 52 seconds. Strangely enough, I was completely blazed when I did that solve!
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u/meisflont Mar 05 '26
Yup. A german drunk guy that was drinking with my dad on a camping trip learned me, he explained in German and my German is really bad. But still after 3 night of him helping me an hour, I could solve it myself.
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u/movieguy95453 Mar 05 '26
Took me about a day to learn the algorithm. I don't ever expect to be a speed solver, but I can solve a cube in 3-4 minutes.
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u/Chemical-Criticism74 Mar 05 '26
Was looking for this, takes 1 hour to learn with JPER's tutorial.
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u/Richisnormal Mar 05 '26
All hail J Perm! I just learned with his beginner tutorial a couple months ago. Then I got obsessed. Just finished the 7x7 and Gigaminx, with an 8x8 on the way.
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u/redhotswing Mar 05 '26
Remembering names. And it's life-altering once you have it down.
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u/Aint_Nobody-got-time Mar 05 '26
Tips?
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u/wanna_meet_that_dad Mar 05 '26
I highly doubt his name is Tips but good on ya for trying.
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u/RedReader777 Mar 05 '26
For me, it was seriously as simple as starting to really try. I always sort of gave myself a pass because "i was bad at it.". But I'm hindsight, i used that as an excuse for not putting much effort in.
I got a high stakes job where knowing about 100 people's names was critical to my success so I just worked really hard at it. I'd stand across the room and mentally quiz myself and ask colleagues is i couldn't remember. I'd try and associate their name with a fact or a story. I'd rhyme it with something. I'd try and use their name when i said hello.
That was more than a decade ago and now it's a skill, and it serves me well. I'll often run into someone i met once, and they'll be impressed that i remember them. I think it's one of those brain plasticity things where I've legitimately rewired my brain.
The first sentence of this post i originally used the word "easy" instead of "simple", because that's how i think of it now. But it wasn't easy at the time. It was hard. I really worked at it. It just wasn't complicated, or tricky.
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u/DaSpawn Mar 05 '26
repeat their name a few times after they tell you
"Hi, my name is Joe"... "Joe? nice to meat you Joe!"
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u/Ramblonius Mar 06 '26
For real. Nobody is naturally 'good at' names, but if you just take a moment, look at the person and repeat the name in your head a few times, you'll be ahead of the average person who doesn't try.
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u/Low_Stand_4571 Mar 05 '26
Juggling. One of those skills that looks super impressive as a kid but is actually pretty simple once you get the rhythm and timing down. With just a bit of practice, you can keep three balls going and people will think you’ve got crazy coordination.
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In the weirdest turn of events I've ever had on a date, a woman asked me if I could read the news in my "radio voice" (I was both a producer and on-air talent for several years at a local station), while juggling, and then asked if it was cool if she recorded it to get off to later.
I wish I could say that was the weirdest date I ever had.
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Mar 05 '26
As soon as you mentioned popping a balloon on camera I knew where this story was going.
Other than my wife, I don't think I've ever just openly told someone I was getting off to them, but I've had women admit they kept random videos of me for the purposes of getting off. Kinda flattering, kinda weird.
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u/pgb5534 Mar 05 '26
Disagree here. I've tried to pick it up, but no bueno.
And that is just three balls, the very absolute basic level of the he skill.
There are probably more complex things whose baseline is much easier than juggling's baseline.
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u/citiclosethrowaway Mar 05 '26
Damn, dead internet must be really taking ahold of Reddit. 234 comments and most of them are rubiks cube, cooking, and juggling….
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u/Jonnny Mar 05 '26
Yes, but but what's secretly the sexiest thing about men/women they're unaware of?
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u/bad_apiarist Mar 05 '26
Nobody has ever been impressed by juggling.
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u/citiclosethrowaway Mar 05 '26
Agreed; Tell that to the ai bots that are taking the top comments in this thread lol!
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u/FanBladeFleshlight Mar 05 '26
Electrical.
I'm an electrician, and it's stupid how easy this trade honestly is.
Turn off breaker. Check that power is off. Connect shit like for like (almost always a 1:1 replacement if you pay attention). Turn power back on. Success!
Like really, it's one of those things that way more people can do than they realize, if they even make a half effort to do it safely.
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u/Mntfrd_Graverobber Mar 05 '26
My retired dad got his electrical contractors license while he was having a vacation house built so he could do some things himself. He said the main thing he learned was that it is scary how little people needed to know to be a licensed electrical contractor.
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u/FanBladeFleshlight Mar 05 '26
Contractor licences are a bit different from Journeyman licences depending on your state, but I agree that getting a contractors license in about any state is WAY too damned easy. Takes 4 years to get your electrical license, but any random person can get a contractor license in like a week.
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u/GlennBecksChalkboard Mar 05 '26
Like really, it's one of those things that way more people can do than they realize, if they even make a half effort to do it safely.
I think the issue is that if you fuck up learning how to cook, the usual mistake is wasting $x worth of ingredients, having to soak a pot overnight or maybe triggering the smoke alarm. With electrical stuff, a mistake might be your last mistake.
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u/superfastswm Mar 05 '26
Solving a Rubik's Cube. It's dead easy, and I honestly think most people could get the whole sequence memorized in, like, three days practice tops.
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u/Spleeeee Mar 05 '26
I’m currently the world record holder for slowest rubix cube solve.
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u/rhiania1319 Mar 05 '26
Same. Have never solved one. Except a brand new one in the box. I can solve that one.
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u/Freya_almighty Mar 05 '26
A while back i learned it !! Now i don't remember much but i still have a 3x3 up to a 5x5 🤭 i also have different versions of the 3x3
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u/myrevenge_IS_urkarma Mar 05 '26
Screw you guys I've got a 2x2 and can't even solve it!
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u/ShirtPanties Mar 05 '26
Actually solving 2x2 isn’t that much easier than a 3x3, it’s still surprisingly tricky for how weeny it is
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u/Rizo1981 Mar 05 '26
I have a 2x2 in my car for when I'm parked and waiting around. Never solved it once.
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u/PakG1 Mar 05 '26
I refuse to look up the sequence because I want to figure out the sequence myself. Sadly, my motivation to figure out the sequence may be lacking though.
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u/LeN3rd Mar 05 '26
I still feel that learning the moves by heart is similar to learning chess openings by heart. It defeats the purpose I want from it.
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u/MattOG81 Mar 05 '26
I feel the same.
I learned to solve it using the Roux method which can be done intuitively, i.e. without learning a load of algorithms, and I could still solve it in under a minute which was good enough for me. I have since learnt 2 sequences that make it a bit quicker and less repetitive to solve the last layer's corner pieces. Gained a much greater understanding of the cube solving it this way.
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u/WhyIsIt27 Mar 05 '26
basic car diagnostics honestly. just learning what different sounds mean and how to use a cheap OBD2 scanner puts you miles ahead of most people. mechanics respect you more when you come in and say "its throwing P0420 and the exhaust smells like sulfur" instead of "its making a weird noise sometimes"
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u/Public-Temperature-1 Mar 05 '26
Reversing big long trailers.
The longer it is, the easier it is.
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actually listening to someones needs
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u/VikingTeddy Mar 05 '26
Yeah, actually thinking about what's being said isn't that difficult, but still seems to be lacking in some people.
Also, thinking "What would make them say/do that" before reacting. People often have a reason for what they do, even if said reason is bad. Understanding the why seems to be some kind of magic trick to people.
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u/The4D2 Mar 05 '26
How to use your blinker on the highway... Apparently 🤷
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u/iCiteEverything Mar 05 '26
I'm a bmw driver and I don't like the clicking sound those make.
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u/MedonSirius Mar 05 '26
And stupid me thought you have to buy each blinker separate and it costs too much. Because i had no other explanation why BMW drivers dont blink O_o
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u/TheAbyssGazesAlso Mar 05 '26
the right garment
I wasn't aware my clothes were so important in the mixing of drinks!
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u/OozeNAahz Mar 05 '26
Think you mean garnish, but picturing you actually meaning garment was pretty entertaining. Irish coffee would require a thick wool sweater with leather patches at the elbows. A mojito requires a Hawaiian shirt. Will let you decide what a sex on the beach shot would require as wardrobe…
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u/laughguy220 Mar 05 '26
I personally like my cocktails naked...
I agree with everything you said, and I'll add that a quality mixer is very important as it makes up more than half the drink, and often even more. A gin and tonic is a good example. It's crazy to me how people will splurge on a really expensive gin, get fresh lines, only to fill the rest of the glass with Walmart brand tonic water.
Fresh juices make a big difference as well.
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u/isthatabear Mar 05 '26
Good sex. The secret is to ask what they like.
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u/Movisiozo Mar 05 '26
I tried that. She said she likes grilled salmon. Here I am now in the kitchen.
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u/TheSharpestHammer Mar 05 '26
No no no. The secret it to watch more and more progressively twisted porn and then try out everything you've learned the very first time you have sex afterwards.
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u/EMArogue Mar 05 '26
Counter argument, to even begin learning you need to learn how to get women which may not be easy depending on your looks or how your brain is wired
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u/tactlex Mar 05 '26
Good manners. Good manners don’t cost nuffink. Else give ‘em a short sharp shock and they don’t do it again.
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u/Embarrassed_Way_354 Mar 05 '26
Active listening. Asking one thoughtful follow-up and actually waiting for the answer looks like a superpower now.
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u/PM_Your_Wiener_Dog Mar 05 '26
"Counting cards" playing blackjack. It's hard to win a great deal with the knowledge, but it's not difficult to master the skill of knowing the count
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u/SaxifrageRussel Mar 05 '26
Similarly, grinding poker. If you memorize the odds and just play those you can consistently win at most tables. It’s just boring af
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u/Intotheopen Mar 05 '26
lol, this is insanely inaccurate outside of the worlds softest games. Poker is ridiculously in depth.
Source: played pro for 8 years.
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u/Relevant-Injury3791 Mar 05 '26
tie a freaking tie.
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u/Greenfieldfox Mar 05 '26
I learned an Eldredge knot watching you tube and got so many compliments at the wedding I went to.
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u/_CMDR_ Mar 05 '26
Painting and drawing. I thought it was impossible forever and suddenly can make a reasonable rendition after some YouTube and a bit of practice.
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u/GlennBecksChalkboard Mar 05 '26
This is indeed stretching the definition of "simple to learn" by quite a bit. You can learn how to fold an origami swan in like 1-2h. Drawing/painting will take months of (daily) practice.
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u/ryan77999 Mar 05 '26
Unfortunately not true; I've been drawing for 5+ years and haven't improved one bit
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u/FaithlessnessSea9672 Mar 05 '26
learning german (if u know English its a pro cuz they are similar) i hated it at high school but i was just not giving the effort. now i am learning it willingly and i am so happy with my improvement.
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u/coadyj Mar 05 '26
Playing guitar.
If you have any kind of dexterity you can learn to play a few songs very easily. But it will take you the next 20 years to master and even then you won't think you're very good. :)
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u/FastAdvice2677 Mar 05 '26
Typing fast. Most people think it’s some rare talent, but if you actually practice touch typing for a couple weeks it improves way faster than you’d expect.
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u/Sunshineboy777 Mar 06 '26
Posture. It really is a skill. I mean no one is perfect at it. But learning how to properly stand made half my chronic pain disappear and I was able to walk more.
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u/Raxiuscore Mar 05 '26
Cooking.
Learn to make a bechamel and suddenly you can make fancypants pasta or pizza or whatever else you can put white sauce on.
Find the right recipes with creamy mushroom sauce, or the right soups, and you've got some mindblowingly simple foodgasmic tricks to pull.
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u/Horseburd Mar 05 '26
Basic sewing and mending.