But if you’re using this list as any sort of reference then you are probably a moron.
Change a diaper followed by planning an invasion.
Wtf?
DaveStrongmen
*the job description
Pay: $7.25
ExtraCartographer707
I can do some of these.
Inevitable_Guard_876
Do you have a list you’re following? How will you upkeep previous skills, or is it just to try things at least once to have an idea how to do them?
squashqueen
Program computer and change diapers, and conn ships, no thank you hahaha
EastTyne1191
This quote seems absurd, but I think the point isn’t that these skills are so juxtaposed, it’s that they’re positioned equally.
The military mastermind should still know how to change a diaper and pitch manure. The person who cooperates and takes orders should still be able to take charge when needed. The brave should still know how to do complex tasks like working with a computer or strategic planning, rather than just relying on brute force. No one is going to use this as a list to master and then sit back and claim victory. The point is to amass new skills, be open to learning from even someone you might consider “beneath you.”
It’s a reminder to stay humble and continue learning throughout your lifetime. And to not underestimate the value of the experiences of people around you.
Sudden-Advance-5858
This is actually very specifically anthropologically incorrect though.
The whole point of us having large tribes is so that we could specialize and develop those very technologies they are praising.
No man is an island.
HistoryGirl23
I’ve got a lot of those down. Minus the settings bone part- that’s probably practicing without a license.
Telemere125
Ok, so skills are definitely important. But plan an invasion? Of where? By what force? That’s not a rational skill to just “have” since even a modern general in the US army would have trouble planning an invasion using a 13th century army.
And conn a ship? How often are you on the water in a large enough ship that it has a helmsman?
Die gallantly isn’t really one that’s worth knowing, since once you do it, nothing else matters to you anymore, including whether you got it right.
Watcher_over_Water
1. The whole reason humany have been sucessfull is because of devision of labour.
If we would really try to do **everything** ourselves. Than all of us would starve, get scurvy or die from the plague.
2. The sentiments of developing a lot of different skills is a good one, but thid list is trash.
No you don’t need to know how to plan an invasion. For a normal person that’s about as usefull of a skill as beeing really good at identifing dogbreeds by asshole colour.
The whole list has a very weird vibe with “taking orders, dying gallantly”. Learn things that will be usefull in life (and things that you enjoy) and don’t try lone wolf LARPing.
And if you actually want to become self reliant than the way to go is a community of cooperation where different people have different skills and helpneach other out
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Lazarus Long
Robert Heinlein–Time Enough for Love
Fun fact: Heinlein described the Water bed several decades before the first water bed was built.
goldfool
Is this pete hegseth’s resume? Or to do list
geneb0323
Leave it to reddit to miss the forest for the trees. The number of people here who seem to think that this is a literal list of skills that every person should master is disturbing.
The point of the quote is that a person should be well rounded and capable of pretty much anything. Essentially, if you often find yourself saying “I can’t do that; nobody ever taught me how” then you probably need to work on being more well-rounded.
Smooth_Lead4995
I feel you should know a little bit of everything, but also know what your limits are.
BullsGardenFarmDogs
Going to have to look up three of these. Good to go with the majority of it. Didn’t realize I needed three skills I will never use, but here I go!😂
braapplebees
I’m actually excellent at conning ships, but it really hasn’t come up since I left the Navy. My homestead is about 450 miles from the ocean and there aren’t even big lakes around…
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a Skill-A-Week challenge is cool.
But if you’re using this list as any sort of reference then you are probably a moron.
Change a diaper followed by planning an invasion.
Wtf?
*the job description
Pay: $7.25
I can do some of these.
Do you have a list you’re following? How will you upkeep previous skills, or is it just to try things at least once to have an idea how to do them?
Program computer and change diapers, and conn ships, no thank you hahaha
This quote seems absurd, but I think the point isn’t that these skills are so juxtaposed, it’s that they’re positioned equally.
The military mastermind should still know how to change a diaper and pitch manure. The person who cooperates and takes orders should still be able to take charge when needed. The brave should still know how to do complex tasks like working with a computer or strategic planning, rather than just relying on brute force. No one is going to use this as a list to master and then sit back and claim victory. The point is to amass new skills, be open to learning from even someone you might consider “beneath you.”
It’s a reminder to stay humble and continue learning throughout your lifetime. And to not underestimate the value of the experiences of people around you.
This is actually very specifically anthropologically incorrect though.
The whole point of us having large tribes is so that we could specialize and develop those very technologies they are praising.
No man is an island.
I’ve got a lot of those down. Minus the settings bone part- that’s probably practicing without a license.
Ok, so skills are definitely important. But plan an invasion? Of where? By what force? That’s not a rational skill to just “have” since even a modern general in the US army would have trouble planning an invasion using a 13th century army.
And conn a ship? How often are you on the water in a large enough ship that it has a helmsman?
Die gallantly isn’t really one that’s worth knowing, since once you do it, nothing else matters to you anymore, including whether you got it right.
1. The whole reason humany have been sucessfull is because of devision of labour.
If we would really try to do **everything** ourselves. Than all of us would starve, get scurvy or die from the plague.
2. The sentiments of developing a lot of different skills is a good one, but thid list is trash.
No you don’t need to know how to plan an invasion. For a normal person that’s about as usefull of a skill as beeing really good at identifing dogbreeds by asshole colour.
The whole list has a very weird vibe with “taking orders, dying gallantly”. Learn things that will be usefull in life (and things that you enjoy) and don’t try lone wolf LARPing.
And if you actually want to become self reliant than the way to go is a community of cooperation where different people have different skills and helpneach other out
Lazarus Long
Robert Heinlein–Time Enough for Love
Fun fact: Heinlein described the Water bed several decades before the first water bed was built.
Is this pete hegseth’s resume? Or to do list
Leave it to reddit to miss the forest for the trees. The number of people here who seem to think that this is a literal list of skills that every person should master is disturbing.
The point of the quote is that a person should be well rounded and capable of pretty much anything. Essentially, if you often find yourself saying “I can’t do that; nobody ever taught me how” then you probably need to work on being more well-rounded.
I feel you should know a little bit of everything, but also know what your limits are.
Going to have to look up three of these. Good to go with the majority of it. Didn’t realize I needed three skills I will never use, but here I go!😂
I’m actually excellent at conning ships, but it really hasn’t come up since I left the Navy. My homestead is about 450 miles from the ocean and there aren’t even big lakes around…
— Robert Heinlein