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Topic	Do you know any useful skills?
solosnake 07/11/18 2:17:09 AM #26:	SpiralDrift posted... bknight posted... SpiralDrift posted... To be honest the bigger difference is between people who know how to look for stuff online and those who don't. I've never replaced a toilet but I'm like 99.9% sure I could do it after a few searches. Yup, not a car guy at all, but when my check engine light came on, I was able to diagnose and replace a faulty oxygen sensor with the help of Youtube, Google and Amazon, something I would never have done pre-internet. See, most people would have just assumed the problem was beyond them and not even tried. I think people just underestimate their ability to learn new things. I mean it's not that they're stupid, they just don't even try because they think they are. You just have to allow yourself a period where you feel overwhelmed with the info and be confident that it will eventually click. This is true to an extent. However sometimes it comes down to feeling like its worth it to pay an expert to take care of something right rather then taking the time to learn and teach yourself how --- "We would have no NBA possibly if they got rid of all the flopping." ~ Dwyane Wade https://imgur.com/MYYEIx5 https://imgur.com/WGE12ef <cite>solosnake posted [p:904866685] in Do you kno... [t:76796096]...</cite> <quote><cite>SpiralDrift posted...</cite> <quote><cite>bknight posted...</cite> <quote><cite>SpiralDrift posted...</cite> <quote>To be honest the bigger difference is between people who know how to look for stuff online and those who don't. I've never replaced a toilet but I'm like 99.9% sure I could do it after a few searches.</quote> Yup, not a car guy at all, but when my check engine light came on, I was able to diagnose and replace a faulty oxygen sensor with the help of Youtube, Google and Amazon, something I would never have done pre-internet.</quote> See, most people would have just assumed the problem was beyond them and not even tried. I think people just underestimate their ability to learn new things. I mean it's not that they're stupid, they just don't even try because they think they are. You just have to allow yourself a period where you feel overwhelmed with the info and be confident that it will eventually click.</quote> This is true to an extent. However sometimes it comes down to feeling like its worth it to pay an expert to take care of something right rather then taking the time to learn and teach yourself how --- "We would have no NBA possibly if they got rid of all the flopping." ~ Dwyane Wade https://imgur.com/MYYEIx5 https://imgur.com/WGE12ef</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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