I can build majority of flat pack furniture without the instructions, first time, every time.
I’m in awe of you. Genuinely
Do you have any leftover screws?
Never! Unless they gave me too many…
But seriously I don’t use the self tappers or nails they give you as they awful, made of soft cheese.
Astounding!
I have this same skill, but with voice actors.
My SO can identify all actors by voice (she follows all films by ear because she’s playing some kind of Candy Crush game — several of them, because she runs out of levels). And as a lot of them are foreign, and dubbed, she’ll tell me that this was the guy that was doing the voice in (litany of roles).
Of course I have to pick films accordingly. She’s never seen Tenet.
If it’s an elf woman that may or may not be particularly horny i have a pretty solid guess of the English voice actor…
What, I said guess 🤣. Maybe check again I’ll try
Me with anime
Granted I watch mostly >decade old stuff dubs, so it’s mostly the same 30 VAs in every show
I think recognizing a person by hearing them once would be useful as:
- spy
- bouncer
- detective
- headhunter
- diplomat
Also just for any kind of sales, honestly. I’m always surprised that regular customers at my bakery like being recognized, but they generally do. I was once in the Taco Bell drive through and the cashier asked me how I get my hair to grow so quickly (I grow it out until it’s long enough to donate, then chop it off and start anew), which implied a very long term recognition, so I stopped going to tb for a few months, because I hated the idea of being observed. I’m autistic and not especially social, though, so I can understand that I’m the outlier here.
I think it’s very context dependent.
Pharmacists often recognize me and I’d rather they didn’t. But I get it. I’m there almost every week for something.
My favorite bubble tea place now recognizes the car I drive so they will prepare my tea as I’m parking and it’s ready by the time I get to the counter. I did tell them that on occasion I’ll order something different but I appreciated it nonetheless.
People recognize my husband (visual disability) and my twin (distinct dress style) around and it makes me so fucking uncomfortable when they do. Especially now here in the us. Please don’t remember us. Forget us and leave us alone. But they act like I’m an asshole for being super uncomfortable with people just fucking coming up and being all “oh you’re from x place!” cause also just because they recognize someone doesn’t mean you comment on that?? I was taught that was rude as fuck?? You also don’t know us at all???
I like it when I’m remembered because it means that I was worth remembering.
I would be proud of being recognized at a local bakery, and similarly uncomfortable being recognized at a Taco Bell.
Don’t give me the remote when watching a show on Prime. That X-Ray feature is dope.
I have the same addiction, but with voice actors.
I kinda have both. I have to know if that cardassian holographic doctor was someone in scrubs. And why do I recognize the chicken from the chicken ad in Bojack horseman and how is it not Terry Crews?
Wasn’t the cardassian holographic doctor on Doogie Howser?
No but he was in a lot of medical shows
That’s a niche skill I like it!
They are all Troy Baker anyway xD
Common sense. No one wants to hear that shit
Making a paper airplane that looks like a star trek shuttle
Does it fly tho?
Yep. Long as there isn’t an insane amount of wind. Light breeze can carry it quite a ways
My useless skill is software development ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Oof.
Don’t feel bad, I used to work as a writer.
clearly you have a long road ahead of you if you still can’t escape your backslashes lol
Honestly, I think this skill could easily translate to one of those “lore keeper” or “continuity expert” jobs people have on TV shows.
Script supervisor?
They must have been one of the main markets for Polaroid. They must have been dejected when production stopped.
This goes beyond financial viability. For the sake of shared trivia amongst strangers, does anyone know the connection? I’m not very familiar with the former, but I’m fairly versed in Seinfeld.
Unscrambling jumbled words. I can usually do 5-letter ones at a glance, and 6-letters in a few seconds.
Me, refusing to look up the straight answer online and trying to find the FRIENDS apartment only using the intro, going on Google Street View and finding it, before GeoguessR became a thing.
Where is it? Share the link! :)
Grove Street for life, homie.
I wonder if OP is faceblind and has slight recognition but not completely.
I can throw dog treats with absurd accuracy and nearly always bounce/spin/toss them right near my dogs. Until I point it out.
If you give me a pair of knipex snips, I can tell you the generic resin of a polymeric material by cutting it.
I wonder whether I could stump you. The place where I work makes a couple of very niche polymers.
commercially available performance materials
Probably wouldn’t do great with super obscure stuff that doesn’t make it’s way through my workplace but I’d probably do well with the top 25-30 most common generics that probably represent 90%+ of the market
What do yall make?
Polysulfones. Tough bastards and spendy.
PSU is definitely not the top of the list but still in the wheel house. Takes a lot of force before it snaps off with the snips. Send it over.
