Public speaking! It's something you can teach yourself by reading a few articles and recording yourself with your phone. Depending on where you live, you may be able to attend Toastmasters or some kind of open mic night to practice. It's very useful in almost any arena, but in particular is essential for socialists.
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Unfortunately for teenage me, I happen to be decently experienced in public speaking. It's useful now, but it was horrifying as a younger me, haha.
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Drones are a lot of fun.
And can get quite pricy, haha.
As clichéd as it sounds, coding and related tech skills. It really is useful. And better to have comrades know how to do it rather than relying on the techbro chuds that infest that hobby space.
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I used to be a mechanic, but i've found that over time that it went from being something i just did to a sort of hobby i do on the side now. Definitely not the cheapest, and certainly not for the faint of heart, but i've kinda just became the local fixer for people around me. On my days off i'm usually either tinkering away in my garage on a neighbours car, or working in my garden, or messing around with carpentry. Makes it much cheaper for the people around you to live, and you get an excuse to figure out how things tick.
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