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[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I have this same skill, but with voice actors.

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 55 minutes ago) (1 children)

If it's an elf woman that ~~may or may not be particularly~~ is either extremely horny or ace, i have a pretty solid guess of the English voice actor...

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 2 points 58 minutes ago* (last edited 56 minutes ago)

What, I said guess 🤣. Maybe check again I'll try

[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 2 points 2 hours ago

I know the year most Disney movies came out. Not all of them, but probably more than I should know. Generally, I know the year of release for most movies I have seen.

When it comes to remembering useful things, I might as well have dementia.

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

writing code that doesn't need a browser to run on

[–] beveradb@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Oh man so much love went into crafting code for low end MP3 players in the Rockbox project, then everyone ended up carrying around smartphones with tons of compute and memory resource to waste

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

I used rockbox on a recent holiday for my ipod 6g. It's always my go to for holidays so i don't need to use up my phone's battery

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

My useless skill is software development ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

clearly you have a long road ahead of you if you still can't escape your backslashes lol

[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

I think it kind of validates a type of thinking that any decent person would want in a candidate. Capitalists are stupid. They don’t know the first thing about skills and abilities.

They’re the kind of bottom of the barrel dipshits who would dismiss a candidate who is great at spelling just because we have autocorrect, even though that’s a solid brain right there.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 22 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

God forbid we have a piece of our lives that isn’t monetized for the grind.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Well hey, if you monetize it whatever service you monetize on will just demonetize it without warning for no reason anyway.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Why anyone would even start a YouTube channel right now is beyond me. Unless you're planning to go full Louis Rossman and DGAF.

[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 1 points 2 hours ago

Working for youtube as a content creator sounds like my personal hell. You're basically a slave to your channel once you decide to make it your full time job.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

My father was frustratingly difficult to watch movies with, because of this exact thing. He would pause the movie to explain that the actor on screen had been in some other obscure movie a decade ago. It was especially bad if two actors had previously worked in the same project, because then he would start listing off other cast and crew they had worked with in the past.

Okay, great, please press Play. I just want to watch the goddamned movie.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 16 points 14 hours ago

Ah shit. I do this and I just assumed my kids were cool with it. Thank you for being the mirror I didn't know I needed.

[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 9 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

lmao My friends and I do this, but we do not pause the movie. We can keep track of what is happening, give obscure info, tell jokes, even, if it's necessary, we do pause the movie to go to youtube to watch some video because someone remembered see some similar scene or something. Maybe that is our useless skill

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

I think you might have a very useful skill of actually finding good, compatible friends.

[–] KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

Yeah you try this with me and I'll definitely pause the movie until y'all be quiet unless it's a trash fire type watch

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 14 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

My boring super power isn't something I can monetize, but it's useful regularly: being able to pick the best sized Tupperware container to put leftovers in.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 7 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Heh, my wife went through the drawer a few years ago and threw away all the containers that didn't have lids, and lids without containers. I was amazed at how many there were. Not sure how that happens. Must be with the missing socks.

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[–] artifex@lemmy.zip 87 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

I know we’re all here for the LOLs, but just a quick reminder: it’s ok to enjoy things without being able to monetize them.

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 42 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 10 points 18 hours ago

My bills have bills to pay!

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 22 hours ago

Very wise.
Do you have a Patreon?

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[–] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 11 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

The actor who played Oscar in The Office also was in The Italian Job (Marc Walberg, Charlize Theron). He was the security guard for the rich guy (Edward Norton) and said maybe two lines while checking ID.

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago (3 children)
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[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I'm good at navigating places, but GPS has made it a less useful skill.

[–] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 14 hours ago

It'll be hugely useful in a post apocalyptic world though

[–] Gutek8134@lemmy.world 53 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think recognizing a person by hearing them once would be useful as:

  • spy
  • bouncer
  • detective
  • headhunter
  • diplomat
[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 18 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

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.

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[–] Heikki@lemm.ee 14 points 20 hours ago (7 children)

No completely true. You can win gift cards at bar trivia.

I know this because, in college, I had to take Greek mythology to get an engineering degree. I can honestly say I've never used the Greek mythology knowledge anywhere but bar trivia.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 6 points 14 hours ago

Reminds me of a story of a friend of mine.. She did her undergrad and masters in classics and archaeology. As part of her studies she participated in a summer dig on the island of Cyprus. She spent the summer working on remote archaeological sites in the rural countryside.

Well one day she needed to go into town for something. She goes in to the only store in town, a tiny little grocery store. She finds what she's looking for then goes to check out. Suddenly, with horror, she realizes, "wait, I don't know how to talk to this guy. I can't speak modern Greek."

So she attempts the next best thing. She tries to talk to the shopkeeper...in ancient Greek. She tried to have a random conversation with someone in ancient Greek in modern Cyprus.

The shopkeeper looks at her like she has two heads, pauses for a moment, and says, in English, "lady, no one has talked like that here for two thousand years!"

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

Unscrambling jumbled words. I can usually do 5-letter ones at a glance, and 6-letters in a few seconds.

[–] ours@lemmy.world 14 points 20 hours ago (7 children)

IMDB used to have an amazing cross-search. You could put any combination of actor, crew, movie/show title and it would bring out common movies/shows.

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[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 19 points 22 hours ago (6 children)

I can say the alphabet backwards, really fast. I also know all the digits of pi in ascending order

[–] levzzz@lemmy.world 29 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Ascending order? So like, 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9?

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