Losing it at “I can read a clock to tell time.”

Another day, another Twitter/X prompt.

People born before 2000, what trivial skill do you have that no one uses anymore?

A person in a pink robe with a purple bandana assesses something off-screen, sitting and holding a pen in a gym-like setting. Signature in the top left

Here are the best ones:

1.

thishttps://t.co/4HbAQxbxfRpic.twitter.com/zymcN4An16

2.

Parallel parking without a backup camerahttps://t.co/fWEIX3lkLQ

4.

I can wind a cassette tape using a pencil.https://t.co/Hy7cA6CvcE

6.

I can read a clock to tell the timehttps://t.co/Ih4OC5sEM8

8.

MySpace codinghttps://t.co/ccvuPEi9eX

9.

Knowing which channel was the TV listings channel.

It was solely dedicated to scrolling through what was airing, & ads.

Knowing how to properly use a shift key on a keyboard.

Crying and not posting it onlinehttps://t.co/NTVfSNqTyu

16.

Program a vcrhttps://t.co/oo7pkpqB7fpic.twitter.com/Z4Pkt4b4Qt

17.

Easily speaking to live customer service peoplehttps://t.co/h3Tf1Tjb5T

23.

Using the word “literally” correctly.https://t.co/cOItVDcy94

24.

Listening to entire albums from beginning to endhttps://t.co/Std6vWYods

25.

Recording songs off the radio using a blank cassette tape.https://t.co/iWY3LzaQDG

26.

Writing a checkhttps://t.co/cFjNaLPh3d

27.

If I don’t like something, I don’t read it.https://t.co/FZ5UmCFTQF

29.

I can make a book cover out of paper bags and newspaper.https://t.co/iyXQIEUEJa

30.

Completing a sentence without using the word iconichttps://t.co/eofyQ2IC5B

31.

Knowing every lyric of Left Eyes rap in No Scrubs.https://t.co/tJntMPppZO

32.

I can refold a paper map.https://t.co/FzOpqNHRpx

34.

Doing this to turn on the computerhttps://t.co/XdqsVA7nZbpic.twitter.com/33DT975TNy

35.

Patiencehttps://t.co/QskutuUxRfpic.twitter.com/eMW3djNjND

36.

I know how to address an envelopehttps://t.co/vp22y7XB4N

37.And lastly:

Minding my damn businesshttps://t.co/kLenqVeiqK