/r/LearnUselessTalents

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This is a place to learn how to do cool things that have no use other than killing time and impressing strangers.

About Us

Learn all sorts of things that make you stand out in a way that makes people go "that's cool but why do you know that?" We're why! This is a place like a how to guide to teach or learn how to do everyday cool things. Like solving a Rubix Cube, pen spinning, or how to roll a quarter through your fingers.

Rules and Guidelines

Rule name Description
Piracy and Civility Keep the comments civil and the content legal, Links to illegally hosted content will be removed. This includes links to illegally hosted content, irregular streaming websites, & torrents.
Unrelated Content Content without any significant commentary relevant to useless talents may be removed.
Uselessness Don't debate if a post is truly "useless." Posts should fall under these guidelines: It kills time, It is not very commonly known, if seen by others, it would make them go "Wow, I can't do that and you can! How cool!"
Self promotion Follow this guideline
Memes If you post a meme, it will be removed by the moderators. If you see one, report it for us.
Low Effort and Reposts Low effort posts are subject to removal at the mods' discretion, No common reposts,reposts from the last month or top 100.

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/r/LearnUselessTalents

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How do i learn to raise my right eyebrow?

So ive been lesrning to do it and i sort of can do it but instead of raising the outer part of the brow like the rock i raise the whole eyebrow just up sort of like this "-" but i want to raise it like this "^" if you know what i mean, what do i need to do ???

0 Comments
2024/12/01
08:34 UTC

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Made my first Jobboard - From scraping, over frontend, to db integration and cronjob setup

0 Comments
2024/11/29
17:14 UTC

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how to chirp like a bird

primarily a sparrow but any chirp works

3 Comments
2024/11/25
21:19 UTC

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Learn how to whistle with two fingers!! (Pt.2’

I recently have learned how to whistle with two fingers after many months of trying, but now that I got it, I wanna show you how to do it:

  1. Make an okay sign with your index and thumb fingers

  2. Your tongue must be folded completely to let air flow outside your mouth (make sure your lips are moist as well to have a clearer sound)

  3. This is the hardest step since it involves how you position your tongue and fingers to make the sound. Basically, put your fingers inside your mouth and press gently your tongue. Once there, you have to play with the positions of your fingers and tongue to make the sound.

  4. Blow!!

Now you are one again that one person who always whistle at parties much to the annoyance of your friends/coworkers!!

This took me months to get it, but I think you can get it sooner! Good luck with the tutorial guys and if you have any questions, please let me know!!

2 Comments
2024/11/24
20:35 UTC

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I recently learned how to play a very short cover of this song from 1994, "Down on Bended Knee" by Boyz II Men, with my Xbox Controller in the game Warframe on Xbox One, using an in-game musical instrument called the Void Shawzin.

8 Comments
2024/11/24
20:01 UTC

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Anyone who knows how to snap coins, what could I use as a target (that the coins can penetrate ace get stuck in)?

What do y'all use?

6 Comments
2024/11/22
17:14 UTC

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does this count

13 Comments
2024/11/20
13:11 UTC

3

[Request] How to blow a smoke ring?

The title says it all

13 Comments
2024/11/18
23:24 UTC

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I learned how to take a real body screenshot.

It's really simple, so wait for outside to become dark, and then close the curtains and door, and then (do this in a room btw) turn the light on and off really fast and you will see for a split second a white and black thing of your room

6 Comments
2024/11/09
02:41 UTC

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Learning While Driving

I service a fairly large spaced out area of accounts and spend ALOT of hours driving every day. I’m curious if there are ways I could better myself career wise(I don’t want to do this forever and I’d like to make more money) While I drive around for my current job? Thank you for any input!

8 Comments
2024/11/08
18:14 UTC

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Do teeth affect the ability to do the Dr Cox whistle?

I’ve recently been trying to learn how to do the Dr Cox teeth/fingerless whistle, but can’t get it. Early this year, when I first tried it, I couldn’t get it at all, possibly because at the time I had very bad teeth and could feel air flowing out constantly, despite following instructions on the whistle. However, a few months ago I got braces and my teeth are straightening, so would that help or was it just a skills issue?

2 Comments
2024/11/08
05:48 UTC

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How to fart on command (asking for a friend)

My existing friend wants to know how to fart on command

7 Comments
2024/11/04
18:15 UTC

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What are some fun certifications?

What are some unique or fun certifications to get? I know you can be a certified sommelier. Any other cool certifications that aren’t as well known

35 Comments
2024/11/03
17:47 UTC

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how can i dilate my pupils on command?

i heard some people could do it, sound cool so why not try to learn how to do it too

16 Comments
2024/10/25
18:57 UTC

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Halloween Special Crafts Idea || DIY Witches Making For Halloween

0 Comments
2024/10/25
16:48 UTC

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DIY Christmas Angel || Super Easy Xmas Angel Making with Glitter Paper

1 Comment
2024/10/23
17:14 UTC

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Wow! Beautiful Christmas Ornaments || DIY Xmas Snowflake Making

0 Comments
2024/10/21
17:01 UTC

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how to split an apple with bare hands?

EDIT: thanks everyone for your help and suggestions, unfortunately after taking all your advice, i STILL can't do it.. idk i guess i just have to accept the fact that this is something i simply can't do.. oh well..

i cannot for the life of me figure out how to do this, i've watched all the videos, they all say to find the "seam", put your palms on the bumps or whatever, grip with your fingers and then pull your palms apart, and SUPPOSEDLY it's easy af but no matter how hard i try i just can't seem to do it, and i should point out that i've been rock climbing for several years so i have plenty of grip/finger strength and i've been following all the tutorials i can find so i just don't understand why i can't do it, are there certain apples that just don't work or something?

14 Comments
2024/10/21
02:26 UTC

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Just out of curiosity

How many of you have diagnosed ADHD, or a strong suspicion that you have ADHD? Just because I am diagnosed with ADHD (amoung other things), and it really does, very often, result in knowing a whole lot of random skills.

22 Comments
2024/10/20
19:04 UTC

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How do I subconsciously/naturally close my lips?

Whenever my teeth are showing I turn from a 6 to an instant 0. How can I learn to naturally close my lips without conscious effort?

15 Comments
2024/10/17
07:07 UTC

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Sphere rubix cube

How do I solve this?

11 Comments
2024/10/16
20:07 UTC

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Top useless talents to learn

I've started to learn as many talents and skills I can I've done whistling, pen-spinning, memorizing pi, cubing and all. Lemme know all more skills (useless and uselful) I can further learn. Thanks in advance.

35 Comments
2024/10/15
12:04 UTC

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Stained Glass Art Survey

Hi Everyone! I’m a college student from Farmingdale State College conducting research to better understand individuals' exposure to Stained Glass Art. If this post is allowed in this group, I would greatly appreciate any participation in the survey I created below:

https://forms.gle/vTqc9bxug9pA2s1t9

2 Comments
2024/10/14
18:36 UTC

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Can girls/women burp intentionally?

Im just genuine curious, because my friends that are girls say they can't and my homies and me can burp intentionally

18 Comments
2024/10/13
12:14 UTC

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Making clamps from scratch

2 Comments
2024/10/12
09:31 UTC

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Trynna be ambidextrous.

Hello, I'm trying to be ambidextrous for writing with both hands at once. Any tips to help me out? I can pen spin with both of my hands and write slightly & very slowly with my left hand. I'm right handed btw. So, how can I write with my both hands at once also learn to write with my left hand first! Ty in advance...

29 Comments
2024/10/08
11:38 UTC

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How do I whistle like this guy?

I just think it’s a pretty cool whistle and wanna learn it

10 Comments
2024/10/07
03:12 UTC

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