What has YouTube taught you to do?

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Dd (9) and I did some art tutorials on YouTube today. I'm terrible at drawing but my cat sketch did not look like a creature from the deep, so win for me. I very rarely use YouTube other than for SNL sketches if I want to kill a few minutes. But obviously it's potentially a useful tool, so what have you learned to do using online videos?

To waste hours of my life

I speak other languages, and YouTube is great for this. There is so much content to learn other languages, and to practice the ones that you know. I have also learned about some useful things from other parents or people who have special needs, there is a YouTube or with three real palsy who does make up. I have never wearing make up because it’s hard for me to do, I’m going to buy a plain nail polish and try to start to paint my nails. Cerebral palsy

Loads of things - organising stuff, Kon mari, minimalist holiday packing, cooking, vegan cooking, drawing, make up, how to cut my hair, crochet, metalsmithing, yoga.

How to replace a bath plug and pipes. I was fairly impressed that I managed that on Christmas Eve morning after a mad dash to B&Q for the parts.

How to change the wheels on my buggy.

Origami
Cooking food from other cultures
How to improve PowerPoint and Excel skills
Learning how to recreate school dinners
Learning new languages

French Braid
lots of recipes
season a new BBQ
Fix my vacuum cleaner

There's been loads more but I just can't think of them right now.

I'm a teacher and so over time, I've also used lots of the educational clips that are on there in lessons. Often, if there's a book I want to show the kids but I can't get a copy from the library, there are 'read alouds' on You Tube.

How to plumb in a washing machine , how to apply and remove gel polish safely. There are many other things , mainly nail polish related to be honest.

Crochet thanks to Bella Coco.

I fixed an electric radiator after YouTube told me it was some kind of thermal switch that has blown and I managed to reset it.

I worked out how to dismantle an old PC and change the fan.

Bike repairs
Cooking
How to take extra links out of a watch strap

This week taught me how to fit a Fitbit strap.

@SyntheticPumpkin I learned to crochet from a channel called The Art of Crochet by Teresa. It seems she no longer has a channel but there are still plenty of playlists of her videos. The only thing to bear in mind is that she's American so refers to stitches by different names to those on UK patterns - I haven't found that to be an issue though.

Well, erm, lance a cyst and remove the sack. I haven’t actually done it, but I feel I could

How to make spring rolls
Loads of car stuff, including how to get all the bits to fit back in after changing a tyre.
Lots of sugar craft.
Beginners yoga
I listen to language tutorials.

YouTube is like a worm hole.

How to put on a sari. Been to 2 Indian weddings now and I love the sari. I feel so elegant in it.

Play guitar, specifically Smiths songs! This time last year I was a total newbie (got my first guitar for Christmas last year). Now I can play the songs of my youth (although Johnny Marr need not be concerned I'm about to put him out of a job, I'm still fairly ropy!). Learning to play guitar in my 40s has been a huge confidence boost. DH is a brilliant guitarist and has taught me loads, but YT has filled in the gaps.

How to cut pineapples and mangos.
How to swaddle a baby, breastfeed, change a nappy...loads of stuff (well in theory, haven't tested it out yet).

I don't know what people did before the internet!

How to do various things on my sewing machine that I already knew the basics for.
How to use my overlocker.
To change and electrical socket
How to fix blocked dishwasher
How to reverse the door on my fridge and change one of the broken parts
Seal a bath
Use our house alarm
Change a fuse in that alarm
Make hollandaise sauce

How to make a,decent omelette before my omelettes were mushed up messes now they are a thing of beauty .

So much love you tube
Esp like listening to uni lectures while doing the cleaning etc

I fixed my tv.

Established from the manufacturer that the fault was the motherboard but they wanted squillions to replace it, plus the cost of sending it to them, so I found a replacement on eBay, removed the old one and fitted the new one, total cost about £16.

However, Youtube also suggested I bake the old motherboard in the oven for ten minutes. That didn't work....