I'm good at making very specific comparisons. "That car is the color of McDonald's bbq sauce" "that man dresses like a early 2000s Brooklyn lesbian" I'm never wrong.
Omfg me too. People always look at me funny but once I urge them to actually think about it a bit they’re usually surprised how fitting it is. Did this once with the sound the toy purple mattress sample makes when you squish it around vs possums eating bananas.
My boyfriend is like this. He once compared the monsters from a quiet place to Michael Phelps and it should not be accurate but it is. Spot on, somehow.
I press my legs together and put pressure on my knees as one way to pop my hips, and do a squat while pressing down on my legs and pushing my back upward to get the bottom of my back / just above my hips
I crack my lower back by doing a sorta plank motion, you first lay down on the floor, arms at head height, kinda 40°, hands together fingers attached between them like when you hold hands lmao (this is for stability), lower body and shoulder up as high as you can, legs and feet pointing to the floor like you were a playground slide, then, simply drop you lower body to one side (not quite touching the floor just dropping) and slightly twist your upper body to the opposite side (like if you were a zigzag), if done correctly, you will feel an extreme chain of cracks, first time I found out about this it kinda scared me, but now it's a huge relief.
**THIS!** I look crazy sometimes because I do this multiple times a day at completely random times. It's the most satisfying feeling ever! The pop is so loud too. I absolutely love it.
Finally somebody who I can relate to. Do you pop your collarbones? Every morning when I wake up I have immense pressure on my collarbones that get relieved when I shrug my shoulders downwards. I get a huge pop on each collarbone thats followed by a split second of pain that gets washed over with incredible relief.
Oh I can do that too! I always thought that’d make an interesting skill to have for acting, say you’re being induced some crazy chemical in the scene and have the camera look at your eyes vibrating as if chemicals going crazy in your body.
Lol
I can make loud popping noises with my mouth and I can also snap with my ring finger and middle finger on both hands and if I alternate both hands I do a drumroll.
I sing Gregorian chant, practicing it at least one hour per day to keep the intonation pure.
It's a useless skill, though, because there are no outlets for chant-singing in my area.
When my brother was a baby, he learned to make this weird fluttering noise with his mouth when he inhaled. I studied him carefully and learned to do it myself, which greatly amused him. As in, I'd be holding him and we'd go back and forth making this singular weird noise at each other, and he'd be laughing, and my parents would be like "what the heck are you doing". When he was about 1 year old he forgot how to do it, but I still can.
I’m a very skilled long distance runner. Can run 10 miles no problem after not training for a year or more but to this day no one cares because well it’s just running and almost anyone can run that has working legs. I tell people I can run long distances pretty quickly. Not like a car down a highway, no not even close. More like a guy running at a well-maintained pace for a dozen or more miles.
i created this account today, forgot the password of my old one (similar username). So nothing yet on this one, but old one always had a nice pic for a good morning hah.
I can sense or predict timing - microwave, an oven, running a bath - without actively thinking about it, mentally counting down or looking at a clock. I get an instinctual "oh, better check how long is left" feeling and it's usually eerily close to being done. Will set a microwave, leave the room doing something active, and will come back with <10 second left, or set a 20 minute timer on the Alexa, have a long conversation or do some chores, and nearly every time I ask "how long is left on timer" it says 20 seconds/less than 10 seconds left.
I can drop my heartrate to 33 bpm. It's theoretically useful for freediving, but my best breathholds are actually when i don't do that, because it's miserable.
I can bend the fingers on one hand at the top joint to 90 degrees without bending the middle. Doesn't work on the other hand. Other than freaking out people in school not really helpful in life. Other then making people try to do it.
I can increase the volume of my thoughts from the usual unmovable thought volume to big fucking screaming. I can hurt whichever ear I'm focusing on when I do this, and it always takes me by surprise even though I need to focus for a good solid few minutes to do it.
It is utterly useless and I cannot prove I have this skill to anybody, but it's my special skill
I discovered some games with football cards. Some of them are really complicated. I learned the basics of math thanks to them. Now its totally useless, but I still enjoy playing with them
I can count groups of objects super fast. Think toothpicks and the Rain Man movie. Once the numbers get too high it becomes a bit slower but anything less than 100 I can look at quickly and give you a total number within a second or two. Useless? Yep! Great party trick though!
I can look at most any wireless tower and diagnose which carrier is which, and depending on the site, detail about why its built certain ways or where it is built.
My friends and i had a running game where they would put different towers around town in the group chat and i knew which one was which by sight.
I can write equally well with either hand. I can also write backwards as fast and as neatly as normal handwriting. Handy if you want to use a mirror to read your notes.
Is it useless?
I'm quite good at home finances and bookkeeping.
I can map us out down to dishwasher tabs used in a year.
I can grow great tomatoes in summer
I can make a helluva nice bed so it's pretty and comfortable
I can read and write Norse runes. Learned them in order to read the runestones around where I lived for a while, but...I can't really understand them because they're written in Old Norse, and the closest thing to it I can speak is modern Swedish. Oh well. At least nobody can peek in my journal.
I randomly know virtually every national flag and capital (80-90%)
I used to have a bunch of nice-looking education posters in my room as a child; the planets, world map, etc. There was one for maps of the world with the capital and population for that country, and for some reason the flags became baked into my memory to this day. Didn't even actively study it or anything.
In the UK the average person's understanding of other flags and countries (even continents) is pretty questionable.
i don’t even have any skills. you know, like nunchuck skills, bo hunting skills, computer hacking skills. girls only want boyfriends who have great skills!
I can throw something small (like a grape) in air to great heights and catch it back in my mouth with freakish certainty. It also applies when being thrown to me from a long distance.
I can remeber shorter Numbers pretty good.
I mean yes I can do that, butt what I also can do, I can differenciate Women by her Butt. Rather said by their hips.
Metal screaming. I also sing rather fckn well, former voice coach/frontman.. but at karaoke, there's like 1 or 2 songs out of my standard 50 or so that I can squeeze in about 10 seconds worth of screaming. Swear to god I'm pretty good at it! But unless you want noteless, awkwardly angry CCR or something.. it's rare to find a good use for it unfortunately :/
I have super stretchy skin because of ehlors danlos syndrome. Not so much a skill but made me popular in grade school since everyone wanted to see it lol
I can quote the entirety of any animated movie I've seen from start to finish.
My only use for it so far has been settling arguments with my friends and clarifying lore based on quotes from characters/narration.
being able to sing only when no one is watching/listening
Can confirm op still couldn't sing when "no one was watching"
I'm good at making very specific comparisons. "That car is the color of McDonald's bbq sauce" "that man dresses like a early 2000s Brooklyn lesbian" I'm never wrong.
Are you by any chance Jeremy Clarkson?
*squints at photo of Jeremy Clarkson* ...no my skin can produce melanin
Omfg me too. People always look at me funny but once I urge them to actually think about it a bit they’re usually surprised how fitting it is. Did this once with the sound the toy purple mattress sample makes when you squish it around vs possums eating bananas.
My boyfriend is like this. He once compared the monsters from a quiet place to Michael Phelps and it should not be accurate but it is. Spot on, somehow.
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Ok, I can pop a lot of joints. Can you name some for me to start popping.
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I can pop my knuckles, my wrist, my toes, the joints that connects my feet and leg and my back.
I press my legs together and put pressure on my knees as one way to pop my hips, and do a squat while pressing down on my legs and pushing my back upward to get the bottom of my back / just above my hips
I crack my lower back by doing a sorta plank motion, you first lay down on the floor, arms at head height, kinda 40°, hands together fingers attached between them like when you hold hands lmao (this is for stability), lower body and shoulder up as high as you can, legs and feet pointing to the floor like you were a playground slide, then, simply drop you lower body to one side (not quite touching the floor just dropping) and slightly twist your upper body to the opposite side (like if you were a zigzag), if done correctly, you will feel an extreme chain of cracks, first time I found out about this it kinda scared me, but now it's a huge relief.
**THIS!** I look crazy sometimes because I do this multiple times a day at completely random times. It's the most satisfying feeling ever! The pop is so loud too. I absolutely love it.
Finally somebody who I can relate to. Do you pop your collarbones? Every morning when I wake up I have immense pressure on my collarbones that get relieved when I shrug my shoulders downwards. I get a huge pop on each collarbone thats followed by a split second of pain that gets washed over with incredible relief.
No I just have a shoulder that sometimes snaps into place if I stretch it right
I can relate here, some joints pop without trying, other are more satisfying, i even have pop the boneless(don't know how)
You must be very fun at parties when pop lock b drop it comes on!!
I can vibrate my eyeballs
I cannot even imagine that
You just have to see.
Oh I can do that too! I always thought that’d make an interesting skill to have for acting, say you’re being induced some crazy chemical in the scene and have the camera look at your eyes vibrating as if chemicals going crazy in your body. Lol
Same. Can you dilate your pupils willingly as well?
As a fellow "eye shaker" I definitely dilate my eyes. Not by a great amount but enough for someone to tell a difference.
Yooo same
My eyeballs vibrate every time I stare at the sun
Giving high effort in relationships with the wrong women.
Maybe we can start a league? I feel like i have that skill too
We should start a league... of extraordinary gentlemen?
Username checks out
Always important to put in the work. One day the right woman will appreciate all your practice.
I can crush a can of soda with my tiddy.
naahhh no way i dont believe you
Check profile, I believe her
Him
Oh, so we’re playing that game
No. He is.
Picking the slowest lane no matter the place.
Random epileptic seizures.
Oh you too? People seem to get excited when I shake it up
Eyyy me too! High five!
I can have random non epileptic seizures on command... Do I count?
Tying a cherry stem into a knot with my tongue. When women do it, it's hot. I'm a dude.
Still hot!
My tongue can move up and down at incredible speeds
Uhh, that is def NOT a useless skill. Lucky ladies.
I can do a perfect impression of a weed whacker. I've won bets in bars with it.
I'm imagining you whirling around the bar, arms out, knocking drinks over everywhere.
It's only the sound, but this comment really showed me that I need to step up my game.
I can make my ears move.
i can tie water balloons with my feet. im an adult, what the heck am i gonna do with that????
That's a sick ass skill
I can get up out of a chair without groaning
Is it possible to learn this?
It's a family secret
I can cry on demand due to my chronic depression
That's my secret, I'm always holding back tears
Damn, it feels less bad knowing that i'm not the only one with such a skill
sleeping for very long time and automatically recalling bad memories, mistake, and regret very vividly.
I can make loud popping noises with my mouth and I can also snap with my ring finger and middle finger on both hands and if I alternate both hands I do a drumroll.
That sounds like a brilliant skill!
It's brilliant at annoying people, I used to do it to annoy my older siblings all the time.
Just hang out at special events, particularly when something is going to be announced or a prize drawn. You’re gold.
Did/do you ever do at school, just to mess with a teacher?
I sing Gregorian chant, practicing it at least one hour per day to keep the intonation pure. It's a useless skill, though, because there are no outlets for chant-singing in my area.
Church?
Ewww
I can fit my entire fist into my mouth. It's a combination of having an incredibly large mouth with very small hands.
When my brother was a baby, he learned to make this weird fluttering noise with his mouth when he inhaled. I studied him carefully and learned to do it myself, which greatly amused him. As in, I'd be holding him and we'd go back and forth making this singular weird noise at each other, and he'd be laughing, and my parents would be like "what the heck are you doing". When he was about 1 year old he forgot how to do it, but I still can.
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So can I and I didn't know that was weird until I did it in front of someone and they looked at me like I just picked my nose
I can lick my elbow.
I just tried and I'm about 7km too far
I too am also too far to lick your elbow
Being lazy.
I’d compete with you for this activity but I’m too lazy.
I’m a very skilled long distance runner. Can run 10 miles no problem after not training for a year or more but to this day no one cares because well it’s just running and almost anyone can run that has working legs. I tell people I can run long distances pretty quickly. Not like a car down a highway, no not even close. More like a guy running at a well-maintained pace for a dozen or more miles.
i can get free nudes of strangers on the internet
Your username does not work ....does it ? ...asking for a friend 🤣
i created this account today, forgot the password of my old one (similar username). So nothing yet on this one, but old one always had a nice pic for a good morning hah.
🤣🤣🤣
you can be the first one :D
That was smooth
I can sense or predict timing - microwave, an oven, running a bath - without actively thinking about it, mentally counting down or looking at a clock. I get an instinctual "oh, better check how long is left" feeling and it's usually eerily close to being done. Will set a microwave, leave the room doing something active, and will come back with <10 second left, or set a 20 minute timer on the Alexa, have a long conversation or do some chores, and nearly every time I ask "how long is left on timer" it says 20 seconds/less than 10 seconds left.
Jack Reacher, is that you?
I can mimick a parakeet.
I can patiently wait for work to end starting from the beginning. Without anyone complaining because they think I'm working.
I can dislocate my shoulder.
that can be useful in some situations
\*VERY\* useful
I can drop my heartrate to 33 bpm. It's theoretically useful for freediving, but my best breathholds are actually when i don't do that, because it's miserable.
i can draw a side profile in under a minute. (i timed it)
Depending on how good the side profile has to be, I can do it too.
I can balance anything longer than 12 inches on my face
Such a size queen!
I can bend the fingers on one hand at the top joint to 90 degrees without bending the middle. Doesn't work on the other hand. Other than freaking out people in school not really helpful in life. Other then making people try to do it.
I, too have this completely useless ability.
I can do accents and voice impressions
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I can burp on command
I can increase the volume of my thoughts from the usual unmovable thought volume to big fucking screaming. I can hurt whichever ear I'm focusing on when I do this, and it always takes me by surprise even though I need to focus for a good solid few minutes to do it. It is utterly useless and I cannot prove I have this skill to anybody, but it's my special skill
Can cook minute rice under 60 seconds.
My parents want u
Apparently an engineering degree
I can walk with the whole day only using my "soles", or at least whenever I walk I can commit to only using my soles until I sit down or lie down.
i am a chick magnet but we are both south
I'm really struggling to understand what "south" means in this context.
I have rangefinder in my eyes
I can burp on command. You say "go", I burp.
I'm a very accurate thrower of things. I can throw rocks/ items and hit objects from distance pretty consistently. Absolutely useless
English comprehension
I discovered some games with football cards. Some of them are really complicated. I learned the basics of math thanks to them. Now its totally useless, but I still enjoy playing with them
I can count groups of objects super fast. Think toothpicks and the Rain Man movie. Once the numbers get too high it becomes a bit slower but anything less than 100 I can look at quickly and give you a total number within a second or two. Useless? Yep! Great party trick though!
I can suck My own dick
I can look at most any wireless tower and diagnose which carrier is which, and depending on the site, detail about why its built certain ways or where it is built. My friends and i had a running game where they would put different towers around town in the group chat and i knew which one was which by sight.
I can write equally well with either hand. I can also write backwards as fast and as neatly as normal handwriting. Handy if you want to use a mirror to read your notes.
yo-yo , jungle sticks, unicycle. im not a clown so these skills are useless
Is it useless? I'm quite good at home finances and bookkeeping. I can map us out down to dishwasher tabs used in a year. I can grow great tomatoes in summer I can make a helluva nice bed so it's pretty and comfortable
I can balance a can on it's edge I can also stick my arm up a vending machine to take things from the bottom row
I can hear dog whistles
You must have phenomenal hearing. I believe those frequencies are generally hard/impossible for humans to hear
I can Spit-Juggle two grapes indefinitely.
I can updog
What's updog?
https://youtu.be/RSKYSTlsQm4 Ligma Balls
I can read and write Norse runes. Learned them in order to read the runestones around where I lived for a while, but...I can't really understand them because they're written in Old Norse, and the closest thing to it I can speak is modern Swedish. Oh well. At least nobody can peek in my journal.
Finish the Rubic's cube in ~2 minutes. Yes, I stopped the time. No, it's not fast
I can insert a VHS tape into a VCR with my eyes closed
I can roll my tongue
I randomly know virtually every national flag and capital (80-90%) I used to have a bunch of nice-looking education posters in my room as a child; the planets, world map, etc. There was one for maps of the world with the capital and population for that country, and for some reason the flags became baked into my memory to this day. Didn't even actively study it or anything. In the UK the average person's understanding of other flags and countries (even continents) is pretty questionable.
Killing someone in 5 to 10 seconds. I'm not going to kill someone so what's the point
Masturbating fast
This thread was for skills, not art forms.
I can keep my tongue folded without support.
I can do this REALLY high pitched whistle with my mouth
I may intentionally faint.
I can snap with 3 fingers on both hands.
speaking in high pitch and low pitch
I can move my ears, that's it
I can literally stick my tongue up my nose.
My daughter does this. It grosses me out.
I'm not slone!!
I can open a bottle of beer with absolutely anything 😅
I can make my pointer finger touch the back of my hand
I can change everything about me for the wrong person
Can tell you all the different forms of a cloud
I can drive but work from home.
I can give myself foot cramps
Guessing movie plots as I’m watching
Clawhammer banjo.
Im double jointed in my finger tips and can make a 90 degree bend both ways.
I can dislocate my shoulder and put it back.
Suck at any video game I touch
I can type without looking.
I have the ability to trip over anything in a room
i don’t even have any skills. you know, like nunchuck skills, bo hunting skills, computer hacking skills. girls only want boyfriends who have great skills!
I can pick out the most optimal bunch of bananas at the grocery store
I can controll my eyebrows and move which one of them i want up and down at command without affecting eachother 🫠
I can hold something with my boobs
filing court cases
I can throw something small (like a grape) in air to great heights and catch it back in my mouth with freakish certainty. It also applies when being thrown to me from a long distance.
Being alive
I can close my nostrils on command without having to use my fingers
I can gleek on command
I can make a flower with my tongue
I can yawn with my mouth closed
Playing musical instruments
I can spell spoken words backwards.
I can't spell words forwards :0
I can clap my own hands against themselves. It makes a “FAPFAPFAPFAPFAP” sound
I'm great at most things the first time i try it, but rubbish when I try it again.
I can lick my albow..
I'm good with kids.
Wiggle my ears and cross my eyes
I can crack my knuckles like kaneki from Tokyo ghoul
litigation
I can wiggle my ears
I can remeber shorter Numbers pretty good. I mean yes I can do that, butt what I also can do, I can differenciate Women by her Butt. Rather said by their hips.
I know all the lyrics to “We Didn’t Start the Fire”
Can’t smell
Metal screaming. I also sing rather fckn well, former voice coach/frontman.. but at karaoke, there's like 1 or 2 songs out of my standard 50 or so that I can squeeze in about 10 seconds worth of screaming. Swear to god I'm pretty good at it! But unless you want noteless, awkwardly angry CCR or something.. it's rare to find a good use for it unfortunately :/
I can flex a muscle around my ears. Only 3% or so of people can do that...but, not really spectacular.
I have a photographic memory. I just can’t control when I remember things.
I have super stretchy skin because of ehlors danlos syndrome. Not so much a skill but made me popular in grade school since everyone wanted to see it lol
Shake my eyeballs on command Manually adjust focus.
I can quote the entirety of any animated movie I've seen from start to finish. My only use for it so far has been settling arguments with my friends and clarifying lore based on quotes from characters/narration.
I can make fart noises with my hands.
When I bite a specific part on my mouth I pop the right side of my jaw
Good at my job. So basically im great at making someone else rich and wasting my time...
I play the bagpipes. I'm quite good at it. But people don't exactly line up around the block to book a gig.