That's not an obscure skill. Good shovel work can solve a lot of landscaping problems really fast. I've seen it with pros who know the right end of a dirt blade.
Im ridiculously talented at making up utter BS when in reality, im wondering when that pigeon is going to fly away when another pigeon lands next to it
I'm pretty good at not finishing shows I stop enjoying. Some people feel the need to stick with it to the end. Not me. As soon as I get bored of it, it's very easy for me to just stop and not care anymore.
It’s been a long time so I don’t really remember, but I think I just didn’t really like how the show turned and I wasn’t enjoying it any more so I just decided to stop. I feel like it became too over the top or gruesome or something, maybe?
Also forgetting media - movies, tv shows, books. I don't completely forget them. It's more like I forget how to retrieve the memory until enough context is provided. Quite a few times I've been halfway through a movie only to realize I've already seen it because I can predict what happens a little too accurately.
I am absurdly good at not watching whatever new show "everyone" is obsessed with. Granted, this actually doesn't happen much anymore but still. I think social pressure doesn't affect me in the ways it does others. Or maybe I just don't care.
I remember blowing people's minds when they found out I hadn't seen Breaking Bad. I have now, but no one cares now. Still haven't seen the Wire or The Sopranos. I'm sure they are fine shows. Just missed them and had no time or interest when they were coming out.
I would get "You haven't seen x" so often that I started remembering to do this back to these people. I would mention some obscure show that I like that was cancelled after one season and act shocked that they hadn't seen it.
I remember going out to dinner with clients and our consulting team and they were all talking about some show. One of them asked what show I was into right now. This was around 2016 and my honest answer was Russian Dashcam footage on YouTube. That got some reactions and I immediately knew the people I would click with.
i am pretty talented at packing for a trip - i use every cubic inch of space very efficiently, a geometric magic trick of sorts; under a threat of checking-in a bag for a flight i can perform spatial miracles;
Jajaja, ridículamente e aprendido a hacer linternas con batería de teléfono y led para alumbrarnos unas 3h y un ventilador portátil, el ventilador si me puede alcanzar 8h pero las luces no, ahora tengo en mente una mini hidroeléctrica o eólica, tengo que inventar para no estar a oscuras todo el día, desde Cuba donde el invento sale de la necesidad.
I have successfully blamed my farts on other people for years. It requires some dose of theatrical talent, indignation and the joy of pure evil for playing the victim card while being the perpetrator.
There's this weird thing when watching F1 with other people.
About a third to half of the time when I say something about the race (eg. "looks like XYZ's tyres are starting to fall off a cliff"), one of the commentators will repeat that exact thing about 10-20 seconds later. Often verbatim.
My family used to give me funny looks when I was watching as a kid. By now, my wife got so used to it, she just chuckles.
I have this ability to see a face and never forget it.
But then I see it again, and since I know I've seen it before, I spend hours, even days, trying to remember where I saw it, until I finally manage to recall.
I’m really good at remembering details about people, basically anything they share with me I listen and retain. Sometimes I find them repeating the same stories to me only for me to kindly interject and remind them that they’ve told me this before.
I have the audio version of a person that never forgets a face. I never forget a voice. I can recognize most actors by voice alone and many people in my industry as well. This has translated to being able to tell AI from real voices pretty consistently.
I'm sure I can be fooled. Especially by someone that is good with changing their voice but it's a weird ability that I didn't realize I had for a long time.
Not obscure but I have a pretty good memory. I remember small details about people I meet once, then years later when we meet again (and they have completely forgotten me) I tell them.
It can be a little weird as I might come across as a detective or stalker. No, just a decent memory.
I'm not sure when age will rob me of this, but I'm bizarrely good at tag, or really anything involving evasion: dodgeball, kickball, football, sparring, etc. (but mostly the dodging aspect of those things).
I'm really good with a shovel. Tell me to dig a ditch, and I'll make your ditch witch hide in shame.
Nah, Dexter dumped them in the ocean
But if he was good at digging ditches he'd have gotten the same suspicion from Doakes
True true
That's not an obscure skill. Good shovel work can solve a lot of landscaping problems really fast. I've seen it with pros who know the right end of a dirt blade.
Well, at least now we know who to call if we have to bury a body.
When a woman asks me, what are you thinking now?
Im ridiculously talented at making up utter BS when in reality, im wondering when that pigeon is going to fly away when another pigeon lands next to it
It happens to me, although I haven't had any luck with girls.
That's exactly what the pigeon said.
I'm pretty good at not finishing shows I stop enjoying. Some people feel the need to stick with it to the end. Not me. As soon as I get bored of it, it's very easy for me to just stop and not care anymore.
I can only remember intentionally quitting one show: Sons of Anarchy
Why?
It’s been a long time so I don’t really remember, but I think I just didn’t really like how the show turned and I wasn’t enjoying it any more so I just decided to stop. I feel like it became too over the top or gruesome or something, maybe?
Major George vibes.
This is a very valuable skill.
That's psychotic
I'm a pretty excellent at bagging groceries.
Also forgetting media - movies, tv shows, books. I don't completely forget them. It's more like I forget how to retrieve the memory until enough context is provided. Quite a few times I've been halfway through a movie only to realize I've already seen it because I can predict what happens a little too accurately.
Is it confined to groceries or does it transfer to other forms of packing?
I'd say anything where weight, shape, and fragility are highly variable.
But if I'm traveling, I usually cram my clothes into a bag without folding them.
I was a professional grocery bagger as a teenager and I became quite good at it, too (what an absurd statement, professional grocery bagger).
It pains me when someone bags my groceries horribly now
unless you were promoted to clerk, you were in the minor leagues
Is clerk cashier?
we called them clerks but yes
Aye. Just a minor leaguer then. Though I didn’t really want the promo. I liked fetching buggies in the lot
the big leagues aren't for everyone
Me too, although I never went pro
Navigation - I've never had to ask anyone for directions in my life.
That's not very obscure. At least half the population has that ability.
dreams. shattered.
We all think we have it. Then women enter the vehicle. Now we never have a clue where we are going.
Oh... vehicular navigation... meh.
Try underwater. 3D is fun.
I am absurdly good at not watching whatever new show "everyone" is obsessed with. Granted, this actually doesn't happen much anymore but still. I think social pressure doesn't affect me in the ways it does others. Or maybe I just don't care.
I remember blowing people's minds when they found out I hadn't seen Breaking Bad. I have now, but no one cares now. Still haven't seen the Wire or The Sopranos. I'm sure they are fine shows. Just missed them and had no time or interest when they were coming out.
Talk about a useless talent.
I would get "You haven't seen x" so often that I started remembering to do this back to these people. I would mention some obscure show that I like that was cancelled after one season and act shocked that they hadn't seen it.
I remember going out to dinner with clients and our consulting team and they were all talking about some show. One of them asked what show I was into right now. This was around 2016 and my honest answer was Russian Dashcam footage on YouTube. That got some reactions and I immediately knew the people I would click with.
i am pretty talented at packing for a trip - i use every cubic inch of space very efficiently, a geometric magic trick of sorts; under a threat of checking-in a bag for a flight i can perform spatial miracles;
I like to think I'm a really good writer, but thanks to AI my talent has been labeled obsolete. Go figure.
You’ll give up so easily?
I don't think AI makes being good at writing obsolete. Really good writing still stands out from the AI slop.
Burping on demand.
I was always jealous of those kids with the same in school...
😀
Jajaja, ridículamente e aprendido a hacer linternas con batería de teléfono y led para alumbrarnos unas 3h y un ventilador portátil, el ventilador si me puede alcanzar 8h pero las luces no, ahora tengo en mente una mini hidroeléctrica o eólica, tengo que inventar para no estar a oscuras todo el día, desde Cuba donde el invento sale de la necesidad.
I have successfully blamed my farts on other people for years. It requires some dose of theatrical talent, indignation and the joy of pure evil for playing the victim card while being the perpetrator.
There's this weird thing when watching F1 with other people. About a third to half of the time when I say something about the race (eg. "looks like XYZ's tyres are starting to fall off a cliff"), one of the commentators will repeat that exact thing about 10-20 seconds later. Often verbatim.
My family used to give me funny looks when I was watching as a kid. By now, my wife got so used to it, she just chuckles.
Adjusting historical prices for inflation when the cost of something is mentioned in an old movie etc
I have this ability to see a face and never forget it.
But then I see it again, and since I know I've seen it before, I spend hours, even days, trying to remember where I saw it, until I finally manage to recall.
Not today, fed!
I'm pretty good at quickly flicking through tik tok. I think I can recognize a boring one in under a quarter of a second and be on to the next one.
Is this a skill
I'm talented at not giving a fxxk. You would tell me President is behind me and I wouldn't give a fxxk.
All I have is running fast, lol. My arms are crazy double jointed. Came in handy for high school wrestling
I’m really good at remembering details about people, basically anything they share with me I listen and retain. Sometimes I find them repeating the same stories to me only for me to kindly interject and remind them that they’ve told me this before.
I have the audio version of a person that never forgets a face. I never forget a voice. I can recognize most actors by voice alone and many people in my industry as well. This has translated to being able to tell AI from real voices pretty consistently.
I'm sure I can be fooled. Especially by someone that is good with changing their voice but it's a weird ability that I didn't realize I had for a long time.
With the title on this post, I’m not surprised yours is grammar haha
Not obscure but I have a pretty good memory. I remember small details about people I meet once, then years later when we meet again (and they have completely forgotten me) I tell them.
It can be a little weird as I might come across as a detective or stalker. No, just a decent memory.
For me, it's a curse.
It's a good thing. It means the brain is working, at least partly working.
im quitegood at impersonating or mimicking characters, lines or scenes from movies / shows.
I'm not sure when age will rob me of this, but I'm bizarrely good at tag, or really anything involving evasion: dodgeball, kickball, football, sparring, etc. (but mostly the dodging aspect of those things).
Maybe you'd be a good running back
I was pretty good at that, but I didn't play organized football growing up, just pickup games and flag football in PE.
Never having enough time to fulfill all the tasks I set out to do.
Is this a skill?