The word "useless" with respect to a tool X can mean both "X is so poorly made that it is useless" and "the speaker's Usability Skills are so low that he/she cannot use X".
There is a Japanese proverb that says, "A fool and a pair of scissors are useful. Basically, it means that everything can be used as it should be.
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