There’s a seemingly limitless amount of skills that fit these criteria:
Languages
Writing
Understanding History
Math (Huge Umbrella Here)
Any circus game
Science( Another Huge Umbrella)
Any game of skill that you can make money from(chess, poker, checkers, go, etc.)
Any self-defense sport. (any sport if you consider the slim chance of going pro as “useful in the real world) (many include expensive equipment, but few that are more than the cost of a computer and a year of internet)
Public Speaking
Improv
Psychology
Cold Reading
Active Listening
Improving Sex Skills
Posture Training
Storytelling
Knot Tying
Cooking
I think I could keep listing… it’s hard for me to think of skills that don’t fit this criteria.
“I mean this in the sense of “activities that also satisfy the above criteria”, but suggestions don’t have to satisfy ALL of the criteria. Here are some of the first ideas that come to mind when I try to answer the question myself:”
Most of those criteria are extremely subjective—For instance, many people would say that programming needs expensive equipment, a specific location, and is nerdy instead of badass.
Similarly, all of the subjects above can fit all the criteria when you know what you’re doing, how to practice them and how to use them.
It seems like you just really like programming.
There’s a seemingly limitless amount of skills that fit these criteria:
Languages
Writing
Understanding History
Math (Huge Umbrella Here)
Any circus game
Science( Another Huge Umbrella)
Any game of skill that you can make money from(chess, poker, checkers, go, etc.)
Any self-defense sport. (any sport if you consider the slim chance of going pro as “useful in the real world) (many include expensive equipment, but few that are more than the cost of a computer and a year of internet)
Public Speaking
Improv
Psychology
Cold Reading
Active Listening
Improving Sex Skills
Posture Training
Storytelling
Knot Tying
Cooking
I think I could keep listing… it’s hard for me to think of skills that don’t fit this criteria.
Lots of those fail many of the criteria listed in the OP. Check again.
Checked it again, this sentence is still there:
“I mean this in the sense of “activities that also satisfy the above criteria”, but suggestions don’t have to satisfy ALL of the criteria. Here are some of the first ideas that come to mind when I try to answer the question myself:”
Most of those criteria are extremely subjective—For instance, many people would say that programming needs expensive equipment, a specific location, and is nerdy instead of badass.
Similarly, all of the subjects above can fit all the criteria when you know what you’re doing, how to practice them and how to use them.