• Canopyflyer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    4 days ago

    Machines speak to me.

    Not literally of course. In my youth I discovered that I could hear changes in the sound machines make a LOT earlier than anyone else. Even people who spend hours every day with said machine and that was the first time I had been around it.

    I can do it even to this day. I have worked in IT for the past 30 years and the number of hard drives I’ve predicted to fail and then they went on to fail is well into the thousands. All because I walked past the rack in the data center and heard something “off”. For those that work in data centers you know just how f’ing loud they are.

    My wife’s last car was a 2003 Camry that I almost never drove. She was backing out going to work and she saw me give her car a weird look. She stopped, drove back into the garage and told me to look. At that time we had been together almost 10 years so she’s seen my ability numerous times. I looked under her car and sure enough the flexible connection between the exhaust manifold and exhaust system had a small hole. It wasn’t enough to be loud, it was just enough to change the note the car made. Even being told what to listen for, my wife could not pick out what was wrong.

    For the record, while I’ve never been diagnosed it’s a given that I’m neurodivergent.

  • mad_lentil@lemmy.caEnglish
    10·
    6 days ago

    I can perform oral sex basically indefinitely. I’m just happy to be there. It’s like my favourite place.

    Edit: I guess I show it quite a bit. Just not to most people

  • whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    17·
    7 days ago

    Never had a problem falling asleep. Bed, couch, chair, floor. Indoors, outdoors, as long as it’s not sweltering hot or freezing cold I’m out in under 10 min.

    • Chee_Koala@lemmy.world
      4·
      6 days ago

      Such a fantastic skill to have. Saw my dad fall asleep in the dentists chair, as an ultimate flex of this excellent talent.

      • tiramichu@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        6 days ago

        Based on my own dad, it’s a talent that becomes a liability when you get older and can’t stay awake through a single movie

        • blargh513@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          6 days ago

          I’ve been able to fall asleep pretty much anywhere. Airplane seat bolt upright, office chair, it matters little.

          It does suck now getting older that it is less of a choice.

    • LeonineAlpha@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      6 days ago

      As someone at the opposite end of this spectrum, I was envious but…

      Everyone I knew with this talent eventually got diagnosed with severe sleep apnea, which does get worse as you age.

      Get tested, just saying

  • rmuk@feddit.ukEnglish
    6·
    6 days ago

    I can calculate IPv4 subnets in my head with ease. Usually when I set up a network I use 26, 22 or 20 bit masks and it drives my co-workers nuts.

  • early_riser@lemmy.world
    11·
    7 days ago

    Speaking Spanish. Haven’t needed it in years and my actual grasp of the language is tenuous at this point but every native speaker I interact with says my pronunciation is great. Understanding the differences between English and Spanish phonetics helps a ton in that regard.

    • nixon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      7 days ago

      I hear you on this, I spent my late teens through my 20s and 30s living abroad and learning other languages. I’ve since moved back home and had kids. I had to break out my Spanish a few times in the past year or so and both my kids did a double take/didn’t know what the hell was happening when they saw me speaking passable/semi-fluent Spanish to native speakers.

      I’m just your average stay at home Dad living in a small town nowadays but had a wildly international life before settling down. When they saw me speak another language the questions started to come out about where I had been or what I had been doing.

      I hadn’t spoken about it much to my kids when they were younger but now, based on their questions, I half suspect that they think I was some sort of international spy. Nope, just a lot of wanderlust, a knack for languages and learning about the psychology of other cultures first hand.

  • Sludge@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    6 days ago

    I can wiggle my ears one at a time and can click the little tendon over my knuckles to produce a tiny snap and if it’s close to your cheek it feels like a micro flick and kinda hurts (doesn’t hurt my knuckle but feels like a little zing if I do it on someone’s face)

  • buttmasterflex@piefed.socialEnglish
    82·
    8 days ago

    I can do a pretty decent Smeagol impression, complete with moving about on all fours. There really isn’t a time and place for that to emerge, sadly.

    • Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      6 days ago

      Hey I have the exact same talent for reproducing his voice, I can do it in english but I’m especially good at doing the french dubbed version!! Maybe we should form a duo.

    • Courtney (she/her/they) @lemmy.blahaj.zone
      46·
      8 days ago

      Someone I knew ran a “talent show” about a decade ago for a summer show at a local theater.

      What they wanted was a showcase of musical talents and things related to musical theater specifically. They neglected to put that in any of the advertising materials.

      I was quite upset when they didn’t include a little girl who did a spot on Gollum impression with movement, props, and full scene reenactments. She was super excited to show everyone, and while everyone else was blown away, “this isn’t really the type of talent we’re going for” is all he could muster.

      That girl was a solid 10/10, and should have been allowed a slot in the show.

      • buttmasterflex@piefed.socialEnglish
        11·
        8 days ago

        Her talent is wonderful, a truly hidden artform. It’s a shame the talent show organizer couldn’t recognize that fact.

    • YourBestFriend@quokk.auEnglish
      18·
      8 days ago

      You expect me to believe “Butt Master Flex” cannot find an appropriate time to say “my precious” and stare intensely while twiddling your fingers Mr.Burns style?

      You sir, need to find your bootstraps