100 Things Everyone Should be Able to Do

[Engyo]

Have a functioning BS detector that let's you know that psychics, infomercials, car salesman, and preachers are all lying to you.

I agree with your first three.

As far as the above, the truly dangerous ones believe what they are pushing.

 

[ChristineES]

Mentally calculate the amount of tip.

Negotiate prices on anything that costs more than a few hundred dollars.

Cook basic meat and vegetable meals from scratch.

Have a functioning BS detector that let's you know that psychics, infomercials, car salesman, and preachers are all lying to you.

I've tried to learn when people are being insincere. I think I can tell most of the time.

 

[ChristineES]

What number are we on? I think we should all learn that forgiveness isn't only for the person you are forgiving, but for ourselves as well.

 

[Trey of Diamonds]

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

~ Robert A. Heinlein
Time Enough For Love 1973

 

[Kathryn]

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

~ Robert A. Heinlein
Time Enough For Love 1973

Damn, that's too much.

 

[Revoltingest]

83) Be able to fix common household ills, eg, running toilet, paint neatly, trim trees, install a lock.

It is 83, right?

 

[Reverend Rick]

#84 Be able to roll a cigarette

 

[Revoltingest]

85) Resist temptation to engage in self destructive acts....like smoking.

 

[Reverend Rick]

#86 Learn to safely handle a fire arm

 

[Reverend Rick]

#87 Learn to play poker

 

[Quagmire]

#89 Be able to identify edible plants in their area.

But before that...

#88 Be able to identify in-edible plants in their area.

 

[Revoltingest]

90) Be able to do some sport with more ability than people expect of you.

 

[Mathematician]

91. Know how to hold a conversation by actively listening.

 

[Trey of Diamonds]

Damn, that's too much.

It could be worse.

From the Kama Sutra.

Vatsyayana details the sixty-four arts that need to be learned by anyone who is truly serious about pleasure:
singing; playing musical instruments; dancing; painting; cutting leaves into shapes; making lines on the floor with rice-powder and flowers; arranging flowers; coloring the teeth, clothes, and limbs; making jeweled floors; preparing beds; making music on the rims of glasses of water; playing water sports; unusual techniques; making garlands and stringing necklaces; making diadems and headbands; making costumes; making various earrings; mixing perfumes; putting on jewelry; doing conjuring tricks; practicing sorcery; sleight of hand; preparing various forms of vegetables, soups, and other things to eat; preparing wines, fruit juices, and other things to drink; needlework; weaving; playing the lute and the drum; telling jokes and riddles; completing words; reciting difficult words; reading aloud; staging plays and dialogues; completing verses; making things out of cloth, wood, and cane; wood-working; carpentry; architecture; the ability to test gold and silver; metallurgy; knowledge of the color and form of jewels; skill at nurturing trees; knowledge of ram fights, cockfights, and quail fights; teaching parrots and mynah birds to talk; skill at rubbing, massaging, and hairdressing; the ability to speak in sign language; understanding languages made to seem foreign; knowledge of local dialects; skill at making flower carts; knowledge of omens; alphabets for use in making magical diagrams; alphabets for memorizing; group recitation; improvising poetry; dictionaries and thesauruses; knowledge of metre; literary work; the art of impersonation; the art of using clothes for disguise; special forms of gambling; the game of dice; children's games; etiquette; the science of strategy; and the cultivation of athletic skills.

 

[9Westy9]

92) Learn to have fun with and without other people

 

[ChristineES]

93. Learn to laugh at yourself. That can come in really handy at times.

 

[Penumbra]

94) Understand the basics of investing, rate of return, time value of money, etc.

95) Learn how to hug or cuddle someone in just the right way, at just the right time.

96) Be able to run a reasonable mile (with certain exceptions for physical disabilities, of course).

 

[Revoltingest]

97) Socialize easily with people of vastly different backgrounds.

 

[Rakhel]

98. Learn how to sew
99. Learn how to play chess.

 

[apophenia]

100. play with children