Only after learning to do it reliably on the padlocks I had did I ask myself what I am actually going to do with this skill. I'm not going to rob my neighbors' storage compartments or break into any school lockers. So why do I feel so accomplished? And I do. I do not see myself ever using this and there is no way it ever comes up in casual conversation, but I still feel like this was a great use of my time. On reflection it may have something to do with my current easy access to empty beer cans.
Comrade, if you listened to my story of having a few beers and learning to open padlocks with the cans and went "Sounds like the time I was trapped in a sea of wild bears trying to eat me" I must tell you that they are not the same. Your story is more interesting.
I'd rather have your story than mine lmao, I had to abandon my car after that and run through the woods blasting heavy metal as loud as I can to scare the bears off and then ran face first into a bored bull moose that didn't like heavy metal. Or me for that matter!