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[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 11 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 2 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 day 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 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day 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 6 points 1 day ago

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

[–] KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day 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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[–] artifex@lemmy.zip 98 points 1 day 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 49 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

My bills have bills to pay!

Very wise.
Do you have a Patreon?

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[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 5 points 23 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.

[–] Gutek8134@lemmy.world 57 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 20 points 1 day 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.

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.

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago (5 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 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day 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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[–] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day 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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[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's a sign of intelligence to be able to "connect the dots", so arguably this is a transferable skill.

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 17 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Put OP on monitoring CCTV.

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[–] Heikki@lemm.ee 14 points 1 day ago (5 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.

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!"

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There have been few things in my life more satisfying than being in a room full of generally smart, knowledgeable people, and being the only one who knows the answer to a trivia question. It's happened a few times in my life, and usually it's about mythology.

One time while scoring the round, the quizmaster was asking the questions aloud and letting the crowd shout back the correct answers. When it came to the Greek mythology question I was the only one who shouted, "Tartarus!" Someone in the back of the room shouted, "Nerd!" Later in the round he found me and apologized, but it didn't bother me.

For my first baby shower we hired our quizmaster to host trivia. In the interest of fairness, our six person team was split across three of the teams. It ended in a three-way tie, and the tiebreaker was the name of Odin's horse. It was Sleipnir, which means "Slippy". Slippy the eight-legged horse. That one was especially satisfying.

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[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 19 points 1 day 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 30 points 1 day ago (5 children)

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

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

That is the joke, yes.

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[–] MeThisGuy 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

i once was asked to recite the alphabet backwards for a dui stop. after the pig wanted to breathalyze me first and I told him "don't we have to do a little song and dance? (walk in a straight line).
been practicing ever since.

wait.. ALL the digits? fucking mastermind over here

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[–] ours@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (11 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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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)
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[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

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

[–] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I have the same addiction, but with voice actors.

[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 2 points 15 hours ago

They are all Troy Baker anyway xD

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

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

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It used to be Simpsons quotes. But now it's been so long that I've forgotten most.

[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 day ago

Lisa needs braces…

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[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hmmm your ideas are intriguing and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

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