There’s often a skill that seem interesting, but I can’t see doing anything for me in my day-to-day life. What have you learned that was a lot more effort than the payoff was worth?

  • 1egg4u@lemmy.ca
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    10 hours ago

    I ruined my diaphragm learning how to burp my ABCs

    It was only sort of worth it

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        6 hours ago

        Maybe ruined is a bit hyperbolic , the diaphragm is actually tough and iirc skeletalbut it strains the muscles so i gave myself acid reflux and burp when i talk sometimes

        Worth it? Only when im not having acid reflux

        It got better over time though, the secret was simply to stop being a weird dork child who learned to force burp for a parlor trick

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          4 hours ago

          Man, I got so lucky, I managed to learn how to burp my ABCs and I can still do it approaching 40 without I’ll effect. Also it turns out it is useful as a skill for managing a trans oesophageal ultrasound, a horrible procedure where you swallow something a bit smaller than a kiwi fruit connected to a tube and then have to just choke on it for 20-30 minutes. You can deal with the sensation because it is not dissimilar to the inhale of the burp but extended for the whole time.