Im really good at doxxing people based off the useless skill they are proud of.
I can make two sounds that I haven’t been able to locate in the IPA chart. They’re a voiced and voiceless pair. I can only describe then as the sounds of a goose or duck.
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 took inspiration from the primitive technology youtube channel and managed to make a ceramic pot by extracting clay from mud. The pot looks a bit shit, but it holds water!
Tempted to try and make a bigger one sometime.
would love to see some pictures
This is one that I started a few days ago, its still wet currently and as its winter I doubt it will dry very fast. Want to wait for it to dry a bit more before smoothing it and then leave to completely dry and at some point start a fire in the garden to finish it.
Used a slab of clay as a base and placed leaves around it so that it doesn’t stick to the pot as I make it but to also give a bit of a sturdy platform I can pick up and rotate. From a previous attempt picking it up often caused the clay to flex and crack. Although that is probably also due to being pretty poor quality clay, this was done the next day with a different batch that has far better plasticity. Or it could just be that the first one needed more time for water to soak into the clay as it had been pretty much completely dry before.
Using leaves to prevent something sticking seems like it could be a useful method to mould clay against the object. Perhaps a way to make use of the lower quality clay that cracks very easily when trying to shape it normally.
Yooo! Imagine eating soup from a bowl you made. That’s so much cooler than it should be!
I can run any piece of machinery with an hour of goof around time. Doesn’t matter what it is. Let me poke around it for an hour or so and I’ll have all the controls and most quirks figured out.
Sadly it’s useless because employers won’t give me a chance to prove it.
I have been told by multiple Korean, Chinese, and Japanese immigrants that I could make a decent living as an extra eating with chopsticks in the background of their TV/ movies. I use a pair of stainless steel chopsticks with no notching, so they are totally smooth, making them “master level” difficulty to use. Apparently the fact that I’m left handed is a bonus. Oh, I’m the whitest kid you know with sandy blonde almost brown hair.
I can sit down and calmly read an entire manual from front to back.
I can hide my tongue behind my soft palate.
I’ve said to my kids, “Where’s my tongue?”, then opened my mouth and it’s not there.
I can also make a mushy pile of skin on my knee by gathering skin inside the circle of my thumb and index finger (like an ok sign). It feels gross when you push it.
I’m a fun dad.
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’m a ridiculously good mimic - if I hear a sound I can often immediately repeat it; crow call, human voice, chickens. Anything in my limited vocal range. Not after the memory fades, but really so close right after. Once in the car one of my kids was whining and I so perfectly repeated it that all of them collapsed in laughter, whiner included.
I can stop a microwave on zero. Not 1. 0.
I can smell when it’s going to snow.
I thought everyone could?
I’m a very large person (250lb/110kg, over 6’/1.8m) and I walk almost silently, unless I’m trying to be loud. I’ve learned to make some kind of noise when approaching people from behind, because otherwise it almost guarantees a jump scare
I’m the opposite. Petite 5’0" lady who sounds like an entire community of elephants when I walk.
A group of elephants is called a parade.
I know the frog mating calls for all species of frogs in my area and volunteer for the local DNR to survey frog populations in my county. It’s a good indicator of water quality.
I took a random amphibian research class as an elective, loved it, and still do it 20+ years later.
Back in uni I discovered I can titrate perfectly. Normally you have to do at least 5 or 6 titrations and average the ones that match closest, but I never needed more than 2; A rough titration to get a ballpark figure, then a second to get the exact volume. Any more after that only ever confirmed the first figure.
My professor didn’t believe me the first time I came up to her and said my 2 measurements were identical, so told me to do it again in front of her. I produced the same measurement again, and she said she’d never seen anyone do that before, but I’d still have to do at least 3 measurements each time for my coursework.Unfortunately I’ve never titrated anything since leaving uni.
