Which skill is most useful? 39 skills ranked 

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Net Shaq in the wild!

learning how to use chickpeas - S tier

Worlds collide

also a great way to show dominance if you make constant eye contact

That's so useful and makes your life so much easier if you type a lot (or even from time to time). I'd argue that it's one of those skills you don't know you have if you are somewhat fast with the keyboard already

If you've used a keyboard for a very long time you dont even need to "touch type", you just move your fingers to the space where the keys you want are at. It's like touching your nose. You can't see it but you know exactly where it is.

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I tried so hard to learn this, but just couldn't get it. Perhaps I should try again, since this comment has taken me 30 seconds to type

I think it might be semi useful but idk how he said it’s cooler than axe throwing 😂

He probably had good lung capacity when he started to learn it, the skill was more about self control for him I think, he learned it too quickly.

It's C tier easily. Axe throwing is way cooler, so it should be B or A tier.

@@anakinlowground5515 eh, axe throwing is cool but nearly useless, I mean I was raised in a logging family and my town used to have this festival where everyone would participate in competitions, and axe throwing was one of them. It’s fun I guess but easily learned and you can never use it, seeing someone do it after you’ve seen it before is meh. Holding your breath will never get old for me, I’ve been working on it but a close family friend can hold his breath for a bit over 5 minutes and it’s astounding. He goes free diving/spear fishing and it’s awesome. Not to mention makes things like circle breathing (music) easier. It’s just purely useful, and some of its uses are really cool.

The boxer Lomachenko (one of the best in his weightclass), uses a lot of unconventional techniques in his trainingschedule. He also holds his breath for a long time because it apearently boosts his stamina a lot for when hes in the ring.

it could also end your life

most likely it won't though lol

@@44r0n-9 Which person are you replying to, lol?

@@jacobshirley3457 OP obviously

am i the only one who thinks its useless? how hard is it to grab a lighter or a fire starting kit with you when going camping or on a trip?

Medlife crisis! Wow, it's great to see you elsewhere, I'm a big fan

Solving a Rubik’s cube isn’t hard, it’s memorizing how to solve it.

@@ggccvvck yeah it's very easy and fun

Learn how to do a coronary bypass with paperclips. I bet you'd woo your peers.

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Skiing I think is easy to pick up but hard to master

yeah the community aspect is really big

I live close to moutains and i've been skiing (almost) every year since i was like 7 years old, so im pretty good at it now. Skiing down a mountain with easily more than 100 km/h while you are only on the edges of the skis because you are in a curve is so satisfying. I absolutely love it, its easily my favourite hobby

I'm a ski Instructor and I agree, it's so much fun but a TERRIBLE career choice :')

might be worse for him since he isn't as used to -30 temperatures as most Scandinavians and Canadians are too

That steampunk Abraham Lincoln is awesome!

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Lmao!

Honestly it could be done if you rode the penny farthing backwards. Considering how big the wheel is, it would be difficult. But most penny farthings are fixies, so I think you're onto something!

He's the first! There are at least 20 of us skill enthusiasts in the niche and my tier list is gonna be such a pain in ass 😂

You can too. Language, walking, running, jumping, etc. Just because you don't learn arbitrary and rarely used skills for the sake of cool doesn't mean you don't have any.

@@apollo1694 Everyone has skills of all kinds for sure!

When you don't use the sticks it's like flying.

This is where I am too, I don't ski often because I don't have the time, but I live in Alberta. It's always snowy and cold anyways so that's not an issue. You usually are dressed up halfway to what you would be while skiing anyways. So if you live nowhere near snow I can see it being annoying, but if you live with winter conditions often then it makes no sense tot to try it a couple times.

Yeah I was shocked that was so low.... It's so useful.

@@pennryan970 for people that live in the uk, its only useful on holiday, mike's experience was probably a bit ruined by Kim getting injured quite early on their trip. Mike, if u read this, try ski bikes ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5xytvXQWODo.html

Skiing is sooo fun

Yah, but don't do skills based on his experience He put skiing and backflip in F tier because he's terrible at them and got hurt.

You don't have to be a cs major to hate him for saying this...

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Well, computers nowadays are lightning fast, so most scripting languages are good enough for the casual programmer.

@@hugohabicht6274 I facepalm but I don’t hate him. That’s crazy

Me, rust enjoyer: *screams in agony*

No, cause things are not that binary. Things are not either easy or hard, either cool or not cool. There are middle terms.

@@KnightFox1000 aren't you fun

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@@KnightFox1000 According to his comments in the video that's exactly what it is.

Sure, but tier-lists are simply trendy.

Same here! I’ve spent 6 years cubing and still not tired of it!

He talked me into it. HIs enthusiasm convinced me to buy one, and the instructions, of course.

@@QUABLEDISTOCFICKLEPO Good luck! Even just learning to solve it feels great. If you're enjoying it, keep at it and your times will go down :) I was pretty slow to improve compared to most but I still managed to get down to a 16 second average - it feels incredible to see yourself improve.

@@Blazik3n99 Thanks for reminding me. I'm ordering one from Amazon. right NOW.

Seriously?! It's not useful at all. Champagne bottles don't need a corkscrew: you can open them easily by hand and you have zero clean up of broken glass. It's purely novelty value

It's absolutely useless unless you're a circus performer it's not an effective way to open a wine bottle

I actually opened a glass bottle with pasta sauce since I was unable to open it. Had to remove the top layer tho since there is not the same presure as it is in champagne, but was really surprised it worked even on bottle that huge.

when do you not have a calculator on hand where you need one? only in some exams. since smartphones became a thing, the only time when i have no calculator on hand when driving a car/bicycle/.../sailboat, and i don't need a calculator while doing it (obviously, you shouldn't be distracted by calculating when you drive a car or bicycle... and i'm not taking my phone with me on my sailboat since it could get wet, get smashed, sink and so on) is lightningfast arithmetic impressive? yes. will it be a problem if you need a calculator for 63+28=91? yes. so learn what you think you need to learn, but *the most important thing to do is to keep asking yourself "does this make sense?"*

Could you elaborate on how you learnt to? I would love to be able to do quick arithmetic with larger numbers. I used to be able to solve math in my head really quickly but the skill died when I reached the "calculator" level classes and it died even further because of exam anxiety, when I would double check simple calculations just so I wouldn't lose marks on silly mistakes. I would appreciate it if you show me a starting point to learn it again!

Seconded, my math teacher made us not use calculators so I had to learn how to do a lot of calculation mentally o by hand. It makes you better math, and it makes you faster as you dont have go over to the calculators every couple of seconds.

Can you recommend and resources for this?

some of the main resources for this are -practice (number 1 key) -learn divisibility rules (michael from vsauce created an easy guide for all the single-digit ones, these can allow you to separate numbers and make them easier to work with, learning about modular arithmetic and mod classes can also help here for non-single-digit factors and make it easier to simplify large fractions) -learning to visualize on-paper multiplication, addition, and division in your head and keep track of it mentally (a big key to this is getting over the fear of getting it wrong or losing track, more practice = more accuracy) -using techniques from algebra and applying them to simple numeric math (like FOIL, the perfect square trinomial (a+b)^2=a^2+2ab+b^2 and binomial/trinomial theorem for raising 2 and 3 digit numbers to certain powers, it really makes it easy because it allows you to square, cube, and multiply single digit numbers and add them together to square and cube 2 and 3 digit ones) (this is how i mentally computed 21^3, (a+b)^3=a^3+3a^2b+3ab^2+b^3 where a=20 and b=1 and you add all the terms together mentally, also for these techniques you dont always need to use exact digits, for something like 39 its easier to use a=40 and b=-1) -another big key is to stop second-guessing yourself at every step, sometimes youll get things wrong but with time youll get more accurate and second-guessing and stepping back to double-check can cause you to completely lose track all these techniques can be learned fast but it takes practice to do them quickly

Thats impressive and great on you to continue onto harder cubse. Ive never seen the appeal before but this inspires me now.

Climbing to 6b indoors would be a good one, as (especially on slab) it's definitely more about skill and technique than strength. Using climbing technique helped me get through a window of my house when I got locked out! Getting to 7a has taken me a year or so, definitely a more long term skill, but worth it for sure.

@@franciss2529 Learn to climb or learn to pick locks. Apparently they both let you in your home 😂🥰

@@franciss2529 7a in a single year? That's impressive! Congratulations! May I asked how often you were training, and how long each session was?

@@andeolevain Thank you! Long response incoming... I started climbing in October 2020 and already had a bit of talent for it. I'm mainly a cyclist but did some rock climbing as a little kid. I was able to manage 5a climbs at the hardest from the beginning. I did some climbing once or twice a week, mostly bouldering, sometimes outdoors, until December. I was climbing at around 5c when another 'c***d' Lockdown hit. I couldn't climb at all for 2-3 months actually, so I just cycled and did some hiking. Going back, I got a membership to my gym and I went 2 or 3 times a week, 2 hours each session. Over Summer I did 3 sessions per week pretty consistently. I got to 6b soon enough with a bit of easy hangboarding practice here and there. I realised my best climbs are crimpy slabs, which I enjoy doing and projecting. Just a few weeks ago I did my first 7a at my local gym, whose grading seems pretty fair (compared with the 3 other gyms I've been to). It was a corner climb which just seemed right for me. I'm not sure I'd give it 7a though, but hey, I'll take it. I think given a year, most people who have the build for climbing and can go 3 times per week for 2 hours each session should be able to get to ~7a just by enjoying it and going along. Find your strengths and do use them, but also train your limiters too. Climbing outdoors has really helped me appreciate other styles of climbing; I reckon I'm best at sport climbing really and I'm eager to do more of it. Just enjoy it and have fun. Try to stay consistent and not give up- you'll have bad days, but they only make the good days feel even better! Try all sorts of climbing if you can and keep at it!

I think that is pretty far from the scope of this channel. Every climb is unique and doing it is not a "skill". It would be like "learning how to win a chess game"

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Add some moving targets like rabbits or birds becomes far harder if they're trying to escape without a shotgun very fun

As a PRS shooter, the zoom level of the optics isn't nearly as important as the quality of the glass and the precision of the rifle. That said, the rifle Mike shot with mounted a vortex razor, which is a very nice mid-high range scope, on a good chassis bolt rifle. Pretty much easy mode. Shooting the same rifle from barricades or unconventional positions at much larger distances under time pressure and it's a whole different game.

@@Pallidum As a fellow shooter I agree with you 100%. As a medical student I feel the need to call you sillihpys.

@@magicturtle4765 Hahahaha.

Facts. Skill learning is fun but it really takes a lot out of you. Believe me. Happy new year! 🌎🔥⚡

I'm working on a simple chin-up.

L I M I T E D U T I L I T Y

why did i read that with his accent AHAHAH

he said it as i read this comment.

When you spend 10 hours learning a skill successfully, its not exactly extremely diffiicult. I wonder, what he would say after learning to play an average Rachmaninoff piano concerto.

Love your channel!

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Me too!

I think it should be S tier. I find it really cool, easy and useful

@@quantumphakt9264 yeah people think you're some sort of genius

yh, it blows people’s minds every time and once you’ve learnt it you’ve learnt it

I recommend getting a 4x4 or 5x5. It's even more mind blowing but it barely takes any extra learning. Just a few extra algorithms and that's it

cool? yes. practical? …

i mean ......practical?

Yeah but he cheated on that, the original video is overhand and looks much cooler

You're an absolute legend and no one even said anything about this comment.

I was disaponted too when he ranked it so low, I think he wanted to learn the fast way and had a bad expirience been trying so, I'm a ski instructor and it takes a lot of time and practice to learn how to ski properly

Once you get technique down, it's fairly easy and a ton of fun.

Same here, but I've always done a lot of pull-ups and grew up swinging and jumping between bars as a kid so it was never anything new to me. For people with less active and adventurous childhoods, I can see why it would be hard

it's useful just because you get stronger by doing it.

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as an actual software engineer, I agree with you lol. i came here to say the same

Software engineer here, I started out with python and java and was lucky enough to get hired right out of college thanks to my understanding of data structures learnt from using those languages

I am enclosing my vote as another full time software engineer. The choice of programming language in the case of limited knowledge of technological tools is biased - and as a result of what you mentioned, trivial things become very difficult to achieve. This is obviously not a bad thing, but directing everyone to JavaScript is not a good thing. It's always better to focus on what you want to achieve by programming and then find out which programming language to choose. It's nice that you mentioned this kamathon :-)

@@techtutorvideos um, I know Java is used a LOT in tech. even the huge ones like Google. I even think java is the most us d(or top 3) at google lol

The backfli9 is the most useless thing in the world. It has 0 utility and nothing worthwhile about it. It's not really cool or surprising anymore. Skiing is the real one that should be in S tier

@@mmbleachtasty6121 It's fun, cool as hell, fun exercise, great for getting in tune with the balance of your body, and learning it lets you master and overcome the fear of being upside down in the air. Skiing is fine and all but unless you love it it's useless

@@WlatPziupp Skiing isn't useless😂 assuming you don't live in a desert it's a very fun thing to do, and some people even use skiing to get to work. Backsliding is useless with no practical use at all

If you can learn a back flip, i assure you can learn mostly everything physical wise. If you can handle that kind of fear everything else is a lot easier in prospective

@@Minestrini Not downhill skiing

Damn 2x2 pro solver memorizing 100 digits of pi, who would've thought?

Hey fellow cuber, in 6th grade my math text book had 50 digits of pi in the back, and one day I spent like 20 minutes memorizing them the exact same way (just breaking them up into 2-4 number intervals). Almost a decade later I can still recite them pretty much like muscle memory. Not really “useful” but I have impressed some people so I’ll call it a win.

good for generating some random looking number sequences.

Muscle memory?

@@averybeck390 i learned a similar quantity with muscle memory by making the digits of pi my iphone password while i was memorizing it lol

Why would learning more than say, four, pi digits be useful? I still remember fourteen from the time I read about some guy in Ripley's Believe it or Not (that was 69 years ago), who had memorized some fantastic amount, but I wouldn't call it useful. Same with the Presidents. I know them all, but I have to refresh my mental list from time to time. Then there's poetry, but I don't seem to be be to hold on to them that long. Same with song lyrics from songs that were worth remembering (30s and 40s, although Stardust was written in 1927). I'll have to think about it. What's worth memorizing?

@@averybeck390 If you do a repetitive task for a long time, you get better at it. Just kept reading out the digits, trying to remember them until I just... Stopped having to think about them. It does get more difficult each time you want to add more digits, as you have to read the entirety of all the digits you already know along with the new section.

But won’t they then just moves the bike without trying to ride it Which by that I mean pushing a bike across some area

@@77elite9 What would be the point though? I imagine when people steal bikes they're going to sell them for a quick buck. A backwards bike is going to be too hard to get rid of. It's the same reason why manual vehicles get stolen remarkably less often than automatics in America.

@@DL-xv9dm point of what

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it's a profession

This is the skill I most want to see him learn

Agreed, it would be cool! It can have some use, like potential small game hunting, scaring off animals, and really anything you'd need a high-speed stone for. It's definitely more of a fun thing to do rather than a genuine tool, though they were definitely used as tools and weapons historically. It's extremely easy to get into, though, and there's really no reason not to try it if you're living in a rural area or are near a beach or something. Two lengths of paracord or other strong-ish cord, and a scrap bit of cloth or leather, or even duct tape layered. Obviously the ammo is dirt cheap.

What do you mean? Can you pick up a deck of cards and remember all of them by order?

@@justaguy1182 Yep, you look through the deck once. In about 5 minutes I can reliably remember the complete order. You can also ask what the 34th card is, say, and I could tell you. If you asked what comes after the ten of clubs, I could tell you that as well.

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It went downhill lol

Yep. I use it everyday to escape my local criminals.

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@@exanimo8554 hahahah gold

Ya, like a Kong or something

Thanks for the idea lol