Asklemmy

I can cook minute rice is 56 seconds.

I can hear you, listen to you, and forget about what you say all at the same time!

Being alive. In my whole life I haven't died even once.

I am a really quick reader compared to most people. Doesn't sound that amazing and it's certainly not unique, but it comes really handy. Always helped me with exams, as I got some precious minutes more to actually work instead of reading. I can go through books and articles really fast. Retention is not amazing, I'd say it's about the same as when most people read in their normal speed.

I really envy the people that can read quickly and retain everything. But I am also content with being relatively quick.

Chess. I’ve been playing since I was a kid, and sometimes I’ll create new accounts on chess websites to see how quickly I’ll get them rated to 2000+. I’m living proof that chess players aren’t that smart though because I’m a dumbass when it comes to literally anything else.

I'm told I'm a talented public speaker and that I look calm on stage. Honestly I think I'm just better at hiding how nervous I am

I'm a level 15 bureaucrat. I've filled out government applications longer than my thesis, with only a pen and the bitter joy of precision.

My ex-wife was a medical nightmare, so I got really used to be around ambulances, ERs, etc. As a result of that, I'm calm in (some) emergencies. I'm the guy on the phone calmly explaining the situation to 911 while I watch a pool of blood slowly creep towards my feet.

Also, I can splice bezier curves together seamlessly, while typing in the x,y coordinates by hand.

I'm pretty good at sensing the emotions of people around me. It's not magic like some people think, but an obsessive awareness of small facial and body movements.

Oh, and writing dialogue is super easy for me, not sure why some people have a hard time with it.

Very fast reflexes and I can see in the dark far better than most people.

I had never realized that my eyes were different until my compulsory miltary service. I could reasily read maps when others couldn't see shit and I never stumbled during night training in the forest.

Fast reflexes are generally pretty cool to havel, but it's not fun when a knife falls off the kitchen table and it is impossible to stop your own hand trying to catch it.

My "learned talent" is fixing mechanical devices. When I was 6 or 7 I took apart and fixed the family VCR so I could finish watching the Smurfs. My mom found me studying the jammed mechanism, with all the parts lying on the living room carpet. She had a fit and wanted to collect the parts away, I started crying and told her that I'll never get it back together if she messes up their places. She watched as I released the stuck tape wheel and reassembled the device. And it worked.

I've fixed countless devices with just visual analysis and pure intuition after that.

Understanding maths and remembering things in school, just don't ask me what you told me a second ago because it's already out my head.

I tend to always come second in trivia competitions

Writing sestinas. A lot of people tell me it's the hardest form of poetry, but for me it's always been the go-to.

I can smell extremely well. Can tell where coworkers / family members were (like on the staircase, in a room etc), recognize which seasoning is used in foods, that sort of stuff. Every once in a while I try to follow scents like a dog but it doesn't work out that well.

On an unrelated note, I hate taking the subway, especially on hot days for uhh reasons.

Also I can hear pretty good, my friends use me as sound radar in Audio-Direktion heavy FPS games like Tarkov or back then PUBG.

My eyesight is pretty bad tho, probably for Balancing.

I have unusual muscle control - I can make my eyebrows and knees dance, plus I am a regurgitator. Not as good as Stevie Starr but enough to have a disgusting party piece. I am disappointed that I never mastered the art of the flatulist.

Im really good at throwing balled up napkins into the trashcan.

I have really good hand-eye coordination, move very quietly, have fast reflexes, and am good at solving riddles.

I think it sets me up to be talented at a profession which pays very well but is very illegal so it shall go nameless.

Running. I'm pretty fit and I work out (retty much only bouldering tho). Despite running on average once a month I can run a 45 min 10k. I think if I actually trained for running I could be pretty good but I just prefer climbing as a sport.

I can get people to trust me really quickly, genuinely acceptance of others comes easily for me and they can feel it

Learning names/ correctly guessing how foreign names/words are pronounced

I'm good at fixing things. It's great for saving money but it's not that I don't like it, I just get tired of having to do it all the time.

I have really good hearing and I'm good at guessing pronunciation of people's names in certain languages.

I have fond memories of listening to conversations at the other end of the table at family gatherings. If we're out with a bunch if people, I'll listen to the various conversations.

I'm a quick learner paired with being stubborn enough to keep trying things until I gain success or I'm at least satisfied with my failure.

I recently discovered I can use an angle grinder with a level of precision and finess most people take some time to develop.

From free hand cutting straight lines into pretty much anything that can be cut, to precise cut of stone, cement or even metal.

I was dead afraid of this particular power tool for all my life and only when forced to use one to do some repairs around the house I discovered I could handle it so easily.

I can do vocal impressions pretty well. My top hits are Elmo from Sesame Street and an Essex Scouse.

I can tell if it's not butter.

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Drawing, painting and sculpture in general. I guess with AI advancing as it is, these skills are becoming more and more useless every minute but that's what I got.

I've sat on a potter's wheel twice in my life and both times the instructors seemed impressed at the results. "It's said people like you were potters in a past life". But I didn't become a potter or ceramist in this life, so...

I have a good musical ear, not in the way of perfect pitch but I can find nice chord progressions easily. Could call it musical visualization perhaps?

Getting wasted

Mathematics, dance, and remembering song lyrics. I passed the first to all of my children and the last to two of them.

I'm ambidextrous and really good at tech support.

Self criticism

Explaining things. The further I go in life the more I realise that this isn't a skill everyone has. Either the explanations are too scanty, too detailed or not appropriate for the level. I used to do some very basic tech support back in the day and we were always told that if we taught the person needing help why and how to do what they needed to do, we'd be preventing countless future calls. Yet some people would just bulldoze through and fix the problem without explaining properly and lo and behold we'd have repeat customers.

I'm a teacher now, funnily enough!