Reply #13: Think of all the new useful skills

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being added to the world even as we speak! (er, post)

Texting
Using a calulator
Using a computer
Understanding a computer
Being able to literally interpret the bible! (awright, so it's a skill most of us, other than the religious right cares to be proud of, but what the heck! The fundies don't realize that their dispensationalism isn't that old)



And here are a couple of obselete ones to add to the list:

riding a unicycle
lighting a gas lamp
lighting an oil lamp
calligraphy (similar to just knowing cursive writing, but more complex)
being a blacksmith
torture (ooops, sorry, that's not obsolete, even if we wanted it to be :sarcasm:)
I suggest common sense is slowly beginning to be obsolete