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What are some useful skills or hobbies that anyone can learn for free? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Gruntyfish@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Candelestine@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's not free, but you have to pay for it no matter what, so it kinda is, but cooking. Everyone should learn the basics of navigating a kitchen and the basic terminology.

Singing and dancing are both learnable free. Art in general tends to be cheaper. Usually anyway.

Intellectual skills are all fair game, there's wide availability online. You need to start with Information Literacy though, to kinda unlock the rest. Otherwise you'll waste too much time on bullshit.

[–] boot@lemmy.loungerat.io 3 points 1 year ago

I kind of resent the whole "celebrity chef shows you how to cook" media thing because it makes something that should be approachable seen really intimidating for a beginner

[–] Scientician@waveform.social 2 points 1 year ago

Since I've begun "trying" in the kitchen, I eat way healthier than ever before, and most of my meals are better and cheaper than restaurant equivalents.

[–] Machefi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Can you expand on what you mean by information literacy?

[–] Candelestine@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rather than try myself, I'll let a bunch of school teachers and librarians do it instead. They're better than I am.

https://youtu.be/P4HWuRRUMBs

https://literacy.ala.org/information-literacy/