Curiosity and learning new things are two of the highlights of life. There’s a lot of joy to be found in doing an activity you’re semi-interested in, starting off incredibly incompetent, and then struggling past failure after failure to get better, step by step. Not only does it build character and discipline, but it’s fun!
However, not everything that looks impressive is as difficult to get to grips with as it seems at first glance. In an enlightening AskReddit thread, internet users revealed the skills you can develop far quicker than you think. From origami and magic to lockpicking and more, scroll down to check out what’s “secretly super easy” to learn.
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#21
NSFW but eating p***y. Its not hard at all. I have always had issues with being a quick shooter so I was determined to learn how to eat p***y thinking it was gunna be this monumental thing.
Nope, keep it moist, firm but gentle pressure, use tongue and lips, dont be afraid to get that s**t all over your face. Pay attention to body language. If they seem to be cooling off switch it up, if they are tensing up or moaning keep doing exactly what you are doing unless they state otherwise. Try to mix it up a little bit, you know what works but dont fall into doing the same thing every single time.
That's it.
Nope, keep it moist, firm but gentle pressure, use tongue and lips, dont be afraid to get that s**t all over your face. Pay attention to body language. If they seem to be cooling off switch it up, if they are tensing up or moaning keep doing exactly what you are doing unless they state otherwise. Try to mix it up a little bit, you know what works but dont fall into doing the same thing every single time.
That's it.
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25points
#22

Working on your car feels like its become a 'wow' skill but its super easy. I swear at this point any fix is on YouTube.
I bought a car with some minor issues just so I could learn my way around a car better and its surprisingly easy to perform the minor fixes / maintenance and surprisingly cheap relative to what mechanics quoted me for the same repair.
I bought a car with some minor issues just so I could learn my way around a car better and its surprisingly easy to perform the minor fixes / maintenance and surprisingly cheap relative to what mechanics quoted me for the same repair.
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24points
#24
Moonwalking. I learned it when my kids were really young, just to make them laugh. Its all just a rhythm of the feet, you can get it down in an hour or so. I like to do it randomly when I leave a room.
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23points
#25

Microsoft Excel. In a few hours you should be able to learn the basics of Pivot tables and XLOOKUP(), which normally lands you the title of "Office Excel Guru".
Chemistry-Least:
Building excel workbooks. You can learn pretty impressive and useful workbook skills in an afternoon of YouTube videos.
I'm always surprised how many people just use Excel to make lists or tables but don't actually utilize basic features to do anything with those lists or tables.
Chemistry-Least:
Building excel workbooks. You can learn pretty impressive and useful workbook skills in an afternoon of YouTube videos.
I'm always surprised how many people just use Excel to make lists or tables but don't actually utilize basic features to do anything with those lists or tables.
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22points
#26

Dancing! Easy, fun, and you get to meet people while you're learning.
I'd recommend starting with swing, or salsa if that's your jam. And start with social dance, not ballroom -- ballroom is more precise, social is more relaxed.
PS If you're self-conscious (like me!), remember that everyone else is busy with their own self-consciousness.
I'd recommend starting with swing, or salsa if that's your jam. And start with social dance, not ballroom -- ballroom is more precise, social is more relaxed.
PS If you're self-conscious (like me!), remember that everyone else is busy with their own self-consciousness.
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21points
#28
Learning to read other scripts like Greek or Cyrillic ("Russian"). You don't even need to speak a language that uses it, i don't, but just being able to read them a little bit is so useful. Suddenly you see these letters everywhere, and half the time you know what it says because it's so similar to a language you already speak. And people think it's super impressive when it actually takes very little time, just some occasional practice, to learn.
Also, runes. Super cool, super easy and quick to learn how to write and read.
Also, runes. Super cool, super easy and quick to learn how to write and read.
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20points
#29
Spinning yarn and crochet. The basics are pretty easy and you get better fast with practice; plus, stuff that looks really complex is usually just the basics in various fancy configurations.
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20points
#30
Hand lettering. To do it for real takes a decent amount of skill and practice but you can fake it pretty well by writing the word out in cursive and then going back and thickening all your downstrokes. People are constantly telling me how beautiful my lettering is but little do they know how easy it really is.
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20points
#31
Reading a tape measure. Had no idea how much people struggled with this. Seriously.
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20points
#32
Mental math.
I’m not talking Einstein level formulas flying through your head like that meme
I mean if someone says something like “hey, what’s 11 x34? And you rattle off 374 without pulling out your calculator, they think you’re a demigod or something.
But there’s just lots of simple tricks and once you learn the tricks, it’s cake.
I’m not talking Einstein level formulas flying through your head like that meme
I mean if someone says something like “hey, what’s 11 x34? And you rattle off 374 without pulling out your calculator, they think you’re a demigod or something.
But there’s just lots of simple tricks and once you learn the tricks, it’s cake.
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19points
#33
Circular breathing. I first heard about a saxophonist doing this and thought it must be the most advanced technique there is.
I later learned to do it on didgeridoo.
You train yourself to use your cheeks as a bellow to continue pushing air into your instrument while inhaling through the nose.
A common way to practice is to blow into a straw in a glass of water.
it's pretty simple once you understand what to do and it's fairly easy to apply to something like Dax or clarinet after that.
I later learned to do it on didgeridoo.
You train yourself to use your cheeks as a bellow to continue pushing air into your instrument while inhaling through the nose.
A common way to practice is to blow into a straw in a glass of water.
it's pretty simple once you understand what to do and it's fairly easy to apply to something like Dax or clarinet after that.
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19points
#34
I have a friend who thinks “if it’s left over after bills are paid, that means I should spent it all”. He has zero concept of budgeting/saving. Then when his car breaks he cries and complains to his dad to pay for it. Bro, you’re 35 years old. You make more than enough to have an emergency fund.
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19points
#35
Drawing.
It seriously only takes a couple of study days to be able to draw well enough to impress those who don't draw. That's why it is so confusing to me why people would instead ask a machine to do it. Unless you are physically disabled, drawing is super easy to learn. You don't even need to be creative to learn perspective or accuracy.
Uncreative, unskilled people used to draw because cameras didn't exist. It was a daily thing. That's why we see those old journals from the 1700s have great drawings in them. No cameras around, better draw what I see or people won't believe me.
It seriously only takes a couple of study days to be able to draw well enough to impress those who don't draw. That's why it is so confusing to me why people would instead ask a machine to do it. Unless you are physically disabled, drawing is super easy to learn. You don't even need to be creative to learn perspective or accuracy.
Uncreative, unskilled people used to draw because cameras didn't exist. It was a daily thing. That's why we see those old journals from the 1700s have great drawings in them. No cameras around, better draw what I see or people won't believe me.
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17points
#36
Hand sharpening knives. The Trick is buying Diamond sharpening blocks instead of the whetstones and just trying your best to keep the same angle. A set only costs 20 dollar and is great to learn the Basics. 5 Minutes After trying it for the first time in my life I was in the kitchen dicing every tomato I could find into little pieces because I just couldn’t believe it how sharp my old kitchen knives could be after a couple of minutes of sharpening.
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17points
#37
Learning how to make a chocolate lava cake.
I wanted to impress my partner with a homemade anniversary dinner, so I looked up how to make chocolate lava cakes (their favorite) from scratch. Turns out it is surprisingly quick, simple (very few ingredients), and doesn’t require much cooking skill.
My partner was blown away, and now I have a fun dessert that I can whip up for our guests whenever I want to make an impression.
Here is the YT link for the recipe I used to learn.
I wanted to impress my partner with a homemade anniversary dinner, so I looked up how to make chocolate lava cakes (their favorite) from scratch. Turns out it is surprisingly quick, simple (very few ingredients), and doesn’t require much cooking skill.
My partner was blown away, and now I have a fun dessert that I can whip up for our guests whenever I want to make an impression.
Here is the YT link for the recipe I used to learn.
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17points
#39
How to build a fire properly. There’s are just a few things between, “I can’t get it going,” and “Wow, you’re a wizard.”
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