I’m not trained in dancing but have shown up in the background of music videos because of my skills. Nothing impressive, but still good enough to he on camera.
I can pick things up with my toes. Not completely useless, maybe, but not exactly the pinnacle of tricks!
Haha me too! When I was a kid my podiatrist told me it would be good physical therapy for the growing pains I had along with flat feet. Not sure if it worked but it definitely kept me entertained!
Yoooo, I have fingertoes too!
Me too! I blame it entirely on my literal childhood interpretation of someone telling me to “cross my fingers and toes” - learned how to cross all of my toes, then picking things up came naturally after that 😂
My thumbs are double jointed, so I can move the middle parts 90° backwards.
I can use right-handed scissors with my left hand, and I can knit in both directions without switching hands. I guess being ambidextrous isn’t totally useless (if I ever break my right hand, I’ll still be able to do most things), but it’s not really useful most of the time.
I’m basically a drug dog but for Dr. Pepper.
When my friends and family get different dark colas in their food orders and can’t determine which is which they have me sniff it out.
Can’t quite do it for other colas but it’s a fun little hill I’ll die on for others’ benefit (I hate Dr. Pepper).
I can do a spot-on impression of the standard deep, booming monster-truck rally advertising voice.
“This FRIDAY! (Friday… Friday…) Only at the Gigantodome! Beer Swiller Productions presents MONSTER TRUCK MAYHEM! You’ll pay for the entire seat but you’ll only need the EDGGGGGGGGE!”
Well… of course you can’t hear it, but if you could, seriously, it’s dead-on.
No no, I heard it, it was good.
I can make my ears rumble on command.
Same here, and I also learned it trying to learn how to wiggle my ears.
Rumble? Tell me more!
I can push air out my ears, I would call it more of a crackle so maybe op is talking about something different. Never thought of is as something to be proud of though …
It’s something I can do that apparently not a lot of people can. Can’t be proud of being unique or different?
Kinda like Aphantasia, you literally have no idea it’s not the norm until someone explains it like you’re a fucking alien.
Pitty I’m nowhere near the UK though.
I figured it out while trying to teach myself to wiggle my ears.
I can sit down and calmly read an entire manual from front to back.
I learnt to whistle by whistling inwards first, so I can constantly whistle without needing to stop for breath, aswell as maintain the correct pitch and note for when it comes to tunes between breathing in and out. Dont know if that’s much of a skill, but eh, I like whistling
I can balance a soda can at a precarious looking angle. A modern soda can has two rims on the bottom, the major diameter and a minor diameter. With the right amount of soda in the can, it will balance on those two rims.
I actually found a use for this skill, it’s good for teaching weight and balance in flight school.
- I can make exquisitely intricate paper snowflakes, and have them turn out exactly how I visualized them.
- I can perfectly control the browning level and inside melted-ness level when I roast marshmallows. My favorite way to do them is: warm but unmelted center surrounded by ~¼" thick melted layer, evenly medium toasted outside, with just one top corner briefly ignited and immediately extinguished for just a hint of char flavor and a bien cuit aesthetic.
I can clap with one hand. In fact, I can one-hand clap with both hands at the same time!
I’m strangely good at catching things intuitively (??).
Like, if my kid throws something at me, I can catch it without looking at it. Almost every time, it’s fun
Lockpicking. It sounds useful in theory, but being locked out of something you need (e.g. your house or some container you’re authorized at work) pretty much never happens, and even if you are in this kind of scenario, there’s no shot you’re carrying tools on you 24/7. Still a pretty fun hobby though.
I can make a water droplet sound with my mouth. At first I had to flick my cheek to do it effectively, but nowadays I can do it sneakily without. Great head turner in waiting rooms 😅
