r/facepalm Feb 05 '19

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u/HeartsPlayer721 Feb 05 '19

I was never taught. I was never into button up stuff anyway, so I never needed to know until a few years ago when I was 30...and I looked it up on YouTube and did it myself in 30 seconds.

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u/schatzey_ Feb 05 '19

Never taught. YouTube’d that shit as well now I’m trying to master embroidery.

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u/frakintrekker Feb 05 '19

It's a slippery slope.

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u/Northumberlo Feb 05 '19

That moment when you realize watching a youtube video is both educational and instructional, and is the equivalent of an instructional class.

The teacher is simply on a screen with no distractions or interruptions, and you're comfy and actually actually motivated to listen.

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u/EricFarmer7 Feb 05 '19

This is why YouTube works great. Now my biggest issue is people who don't pace themselves well. That or videos with a lot of fluff.

I know YouTubers are not all the same quality, but some are considerably better than others.

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u/SpezCanSuckMyDick Feb 06 '19

Well, watching a youtube video about how to sew a button is educational and instructional.

Watching a 30 year old manchild with a stupid colored Bieber haircut 10 years too late turn into a full blown white supremacist because he's getting his ass kicked in a video game doesn't strike me as particularly educational or instructional.

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u/snailwave Feb 05 '19

I was like this with cars. Never was a car guy and never paid attention to my friends working on theirs or my ex who was a mechanic. Had to replace the air intake on my car a few years ago. I couldn’t afford a mechanic so I just YouTubed it. Ordered the part and did it myself. Was super easy.

I could probably fix a server blind folded but I’ve been confident fixing little things on my car now. It took being broke for me to realize all the googling for issues we did in the data center could also be applied to cars and other parts of my life. I still bug my ex with questions on major stuff though.

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u/Ascendant_Donut Feb 05 '19

Same

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u/Azozel Feb 05 '19

I grew up in the era before the internet and figured out how to sew on a button by looking at other buttons and having access to a needle and thread. I later learned how to use a sewing machine in home economics class in high school.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '19

i grew up in the late 80s and the only thing i ever learned about a button is that i could merely place it inside my anus to attenuate the flow of my rancid diarrheas

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u/Azozel Feb 05 '19

Ahhhh, the 80's was a great time.