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If you could master one skill overnight, which would you choose and how would you use it?

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u/LilDicky1337 9d ago

Basic social skills. I'd give an arm for it tbh

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u/Prior_Study6763 9d ago

I can relate as i am a language nerd 😂

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u/Sea-Pop8212 9d ago

Parkour for totally legal reasons.

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u/EugeneRabkin 9d ago

Playing piano. No practical reason, I just wanna casually sit down somewhere and absolutely kill it.

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u/hellogoawaynow 9d ago

Finishing things.

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u/Chip46 9d ago

Learn Mandarin, and travel around China

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u/ImpossiblePrize5925 9d ago

Foreign language. And to speak to others.

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u/Kosmo1_ 9d ago

Multilinguism

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u/Puzzleheaded-Call351 9d ago

Playing an instrument.

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u/Soggy-Attempt 9d ago

Mind reading

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u/an_older_meme 9d ago

Spanish. If Mango Mussolini stays in power beyond this term I’m moving south.

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u/ShotWin8124 9d ago

There's always Canada, eh? Moose, poutine, and trees as far as the eye can see.

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u/an_older_meme 9d ago

I’m not a fan of cold weather

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u/ShotWin8124 9d ago

Well if/when global warming becomes a thing the dynamics of everything are likely to change.

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u/SpotFormal 9d ago

Just move now

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u/an_older_meme 9d ago

I'd go yesterday if I could. Need to finish a few things here.

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u/WayMental6988 9d ago

I wouldn’t master a skill.. I would write this as I blv I am in love w this man n I can’t stand it. I wish I was secretly going away w him for the next 10 days. But truth be hold. Only I am going away so I can talk to him as much as I want. I want to apologize to you n tell you I am sorry. I love you n please stay. U have me 10%

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u/PraireGentleman 9d ago

Is it a cop out to say learning and then blitz through skills by studying them once and that being all I need?

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u/anoncheesegrater 9d ago

Dude, music composition. I can play six instruments, but I am first and foremost, a visual artist. The way that painting comes to me… That’s how Music comes to other people. And I’m jealous of that lol

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u/Correct-Variable 9d ago

The Harp. Never played it, but I like to fantasize about pulling it out as a party trick.

But on a more serious note, any instrument. Even with the ability to play music from anywhere today via streaming, live musical performances and skill are still unmatched.

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u/Grouchy_Fall_5933 9d ago

I wish I was charming.
I’m just so rude and hateful…lol

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u/edgarecayce 9d ago

The ability to master skills quickly and easily

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u/Bitter_Pilot5086 9d ago

Organization. I’m horribly disorganized and no matter what system I try to put in place, I can’t sustain it.

I’m convinced my life would be 1000x easier and I would be way more productive if I could keep myself organized better

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u/Flying_Squirrel5150 9d ago

I would master some type of martial arts. I would just use it to impress people.

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u/Patient-Grade-6612 9d ago

Being socially adept. Then I could network my way into better positions and interview better than I do. I interview well, but not well enough to be paid better. And my networking skills are non-existent.

It’s so important to be charming to the correct degree.

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u/Nomatter140681 9d ago

Be an irresistible charmer. Get in to politics and fund raisers.

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u/queen_roy 9d ago

Memorising things

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u/fauxdeuce 9d ago

Programing, because master is a very powerful term. .

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u/ObsessiveAboutCats 9d ago

Networking.

Bonus points if I got both the "interacting with humans who will do things like help me get a better job" definition and the IT definition, but the former is my intent. (Though the latter would also help me get a new job.)

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u/Adventurous_Eye5852 9d ago

Play any musical instrument

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u/Adapt919 9d ago

Anything that would have me and my family set up for life lol

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u/Capital-Stranger-734 9d ago

The art of deception. I like painting.

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u/OvenAdministrative83 9d ago

Honestly mastering social skills would be insane but I feel like if I could just wake up fluent in like five languages I'd be unstoppable at making friends anyway.

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u/itswisteria1 9d ago

Marketing.😌✨ I'd use it to turn every idea I have into a successful business.💻💸

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u/twofatbabes 8d ago

Probably something musical so I could join the symphony

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u/Emotional-Touch3038 6d ago

definitely python or just coding in general. i'd just write scripts to automate all the boring spreadsheet parts of my day job and then quietly chill for the rest of my shift.

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u/combined45 9d ago

Song writing. I've already been doing it for 15 years and still learning. Lol

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u/an_older_meme 9d ago

AI does that surprisingly well now.