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When we think about talents, we often imagine something cool, valuable and impressive. From painting to playing an instrument, these abilities immediately bring us into the spotlight and make us a teeny tiny bit better than anyone born without them.
But this online group celebrates exactly the opposite of that. Welcome to the “Learn Useless Talents” subreddit, a miscellaneous home to 694k members who share not just talents, but the most useless ones of all.
“This is a place to learn how to do cool things that have no use other than killing time and impressing strangers,” the group’s description reads, so I leave the stage to some of the best (and most useless!) posts posted here.
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Ima Do This
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DEW DEW Community Member Follow
You're the best! Totally going to do this and share!! Your legacy will live on!! When this takes off make sure you get the credit!!
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How To Gird Up Your Loins When The Wedding Party Is Over
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I love that at the end- tie a cute bow and get ready for battle!!!
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How To Tell Apart Various Language Writings
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Good Luckas Good Luckas Community Member Follow
This is actually useful!
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When we speak about learning new skills, whether it’s something we’re talented in or not, it’s impossible not to address people’s obsession with improving themselves and becoming better in one way or another. Life hacks seem to be everywhere these days, from little things like easily opening stuck jar lids to more profound ones like becoming more productive and learning to use your time wisely on a daily basis. To better understand this phenomenon that has been everywhere on social media, we reached out to Mike Sturm, a productivity and personal growth expert, who thinks that the current obsession with life hacks is about 2 main things. “First, we love to be inventors and discoverers. If we believe we've come up with something no one else has, or discovered something that very few others know about, we get a kick out of it. Secondly, many of us really believe that making everything we do as efficient as possible is the way to a great life,” Sturm argues.
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How To Float
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i mean it works
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How To Split A Donut
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River Webb River Webb Community Member Follow
lick your fingers first for an even better effect
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How To Make A Grim Reaper Puppet Using Your Sleeve And Hand
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ADHORTATOR ADHORTATOR Community Member Follow
I like that!
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On the other hand, “the problem is that if you make something super-efficient, but it's something you probably should have stopped trying to do long ago, you're not any better for it. In fact, you're probably worse off—because you've invested time and energy on this thing that really doesn't bring value to your life,” the productivity coach explained.
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How To Make An Amazing Sofa Fort
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enigma enigma Community Member Follow
yo,this aint useless my guy,who put the hideout for me and the gremlins here?(the gremlins is the name we gave me and my friends.
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How To Properly Peal A Post-It Note From The Stack
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enigma enigma Community Member Follow
puff the cat and vector from despicable me confirmed,this works!
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#9
How To Make A Shadow Turtle
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AffenpinscherMom AffenpinscherMom Community Member Follow
Oh Garcia, you are so silly
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Our obsession with life hacks indicates that we spend a lot of time thinking that what makes for a good life has a lot to do with how we are perceived by others. “Do they think we're cool, smart, innovative, strong, etc.? But what others think of us—even what those close to us think—is just a proxy for what's more important: are we bringing value to others? Are we uncovering meaningful truths in the world? Are we genuinely improving some small part of the world?” Sturm wonders. ADVERTISEMENT “But often times, the things that go viral and get you noticed quickly are not what brings the most value,” he added.
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How To Make A Pants Backpack
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Lakota Wolf Lakota Wolf Community Member Follow
I'm doing this tomorrow and waiting to see how long it takes before someone notices and says "Are those PANTS??"
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How To Make A Shower For A Small Bird
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Andrew Andrew Community Member Follow
OK that is not useless.
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Learn How To Draw A Sheep
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ThatOtherPanda ThatOtherPanda Community Member
Looks like he’s wearing leg warmers lol
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It’s also worth noting that a lot of life hacks surfing online seem to be either absurd or totally useless, aka how to peel a cucumber with cling tape. In response to this, Sturm quoted Peter Drucker: "There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all." According to Sturm, we only get one shot at this life (that we know of). “And while I can't deny that it's fun sometimes to figure out novel ways to peel vegetables with household items, there's only a small amount of that kind of stuff that brings real value to your life. There are things that are worth working on to make more efficient. Those are the things that need to be done, because if they're not, then what's important to you will suffer,” he explained.
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Owlpple
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Cute!
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#14
Well, Then
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I was on a bus tour where someone took a drink from a can of Coke and got stung. They couldn't stop crying, so I asked if it was a Bee or a Wasp -- they didn't know. . . . It Makes A Difference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I told them, if it was a bee, it would have left behind a stinger and a venom sack. When took a look, I could see it in the roof of their mouth. Using the tweezers from a swiss army knife, I extracted it and solved the problem. Instant pain relief. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . If you've read this far, you've learned some "useless" information like the other people on the bus.
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Nato Phonetic Alphabet
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Khara Mei Khara Mei Community Member Follow
This is the opposite of useless. Very useful, recommended to remember.
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Sturm argues that what this all comes down to is getting clear on what's important to you—really important. “What do you want out of this life? What needs to happen for your life to get that way? And if you're not sure yet what you want out of life, then that's the most important thing for you to do right now,” he said and added that “no amount of finding better ways to do mundane things will find that out for you.”
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Does Learning Strange Spoken Language Rules Count?
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Passerby Passerby Community Member
Now, I wonder what that censored word is. It is not like there are any other repeated instances of that word, right?
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#17
How To Shake Ankles
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Robert T Robert T Community Member Follow
Ministry of Silly Handshakes?
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#18
How To Survive Being Buried Alive
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troufaki13 troufaki13 Community Member Follow
And scare the living hell out of everyone who happen to be there!
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#19
The Gentlemans Guide To Amputation
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PickleRick PickleRick Community Member Follow
I'd need a lot of brandy before this no matter which person I am in the equation.
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#20
How To Fold A Napkin To Fit Three Pieces Of Silverware
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Hestia Hestia Community Member Follow
I am gonna do this at a hotel and see the waiter's reaction.
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#21
Become The Master Of Shadows With These Simple Steps (Plus Its A Cool Title For Your Resume)
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Vicko Fidelis Vicko Fidelis Community Member Follow
*Crack*
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#22
How To Make A Quick Escape
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I love this!! I've seen the video of this young man doing it!! He's impressive!
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#23
The Names Of Types Of Camera Movements
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Vicko Fidelis Vicko Fidelis Community Member Follow
This is useful
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#24
How To Create Glyphs
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Oais Wright Oais Wright Community Member Follow
Now I know how to make a creative emblem for my cult, thank you
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#25
How To Make A Stapler Mandala
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Sue Lynn Chan Sue Lynn Chan Community Member Follow
Oh my, why didn't I think of this sooner?
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#26
How To Bounce A Dinner Roll
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enigma enigma Community Member Follow
gon use this on my sister if she decides to have children
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#27
Make Paper Boat Out Of Toilet Paper Roll
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PickleRick PickleRick Community Member Follow
Nice for a guest bathroom.
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#28
How To Beatbox
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troufaki13 troufaki13 Community Member Follow
Anyone else tried it? It wasn't just me, right?
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#29
How To Fold A Plastic Bag Properly. Not Just Scrunch It Up Into A Ball
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sturmwesen sturmwesen Community Member Follow
*looks at the bag bag and starts calculating*
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#30
How To Find Waldo
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Robert T Robert T Community Member Follow
I've never found Waldo yet. He's called Wally in the UK.
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#31
You Can Unfold Kinder Egg Pods Into Desktop Catapults
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ADHORTATOR ADHORTATOR Community Member Follow
Only for Europeans :-)
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#32
How To Turn Your Cat Into A Bunny
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Brazen Brazen Community Member Follow
I did that once to my cat. I laughed so hard while he, on the other hand, was plotting my demise.
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#33
How To Casually Get In Water As A Big Man
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Henrik Schmidt Henrik Schmidt Community Member Follow
Walaaa? Did you mean "voila" by any chance?
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#34
How To Loudly Whistle With Four Fingers In Your Mouth
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sturmwesen sturmwesen Community Member Follow
I nearly barfed trying it. I guess I will keep whistling like a peasant with dry fingers.
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#35
How To Draw A Boy From The Word "Boy"
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Beck Beck Community Member Follow
This is how I was able to tell lowercase b and d apart. Make a b with left hand. d with right. Put then together and it looks and spells bed without the e.. This reminded me off that.
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#36
How To Solve A Rubik's Cube
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enigma enigma Community Member Follow
still gonna be stupid at this
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#37
How To Be A Table
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Frank Frank Community Member Follow
You'll need 5 people: 1 to pull the chairs. Incomplete instructions, we need to sue.
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#38
How To Make Your Lipstick Last Through Eating
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River Webb River Webb Community Member Follow
i usually bite down on a funnel and shovel food through there
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#39
How To Cut An Apple With Your Finger
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troufaki13 troufaki13 Community Member Follow
Ouch??
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How To Slice A Bagel Into Two Congruent, Linked Halves
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Thanks, I hate it.
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LuckyL LuckyL Community Member Follow
LOVE this list - so useless and I saved a lot of the images, never to look at them again.
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DonnerDinnerParty DonnerDinnerParty Community Member Follow
I did the same 😂
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Steve Kenney Steve Kenney Community Member Follow
Next time I need to amputate someone's limb, I have a guide. Last time it didn't go so well.
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Powerful Katrinka Powerful Katrinka Community Member Follow
Your first mistake was using a butter knife.
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Ivo H Ivo H Community Member Follow
Some of these are actually just plain useful for people in specific professions (picking up ostrich), or for some edge-case scenarios (backpack from pants).
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Ruth Hempsey Ruth Hempsey Community Member
Ostrich? Where was the ostrich? 🤔
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LuckyL LuckyL Community Member Follow
LOVE this list - so useless and I saved a lot of the images, never to look at them again.
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DonnerDinnerParty DonnerDinnerParty Community Member Follow
I did the same 😂
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Steve Kenney Steve Kenney Community Member Follow
Next time I need to amputate someone's limb, I have a guide. Last time it didn't go so well.
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Powerful Katrinka Powerful Katrinka Community Member Follow
Your first mistake was using a butter knife.
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Ivo H Ivo H Community Member Follow
Some of these are actually just plain useful for people in specific professions (picking up ostrich), or for some edge-case scenarios (backpack from pants).
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Ostrich? Where was the ostrich? 🤔
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