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[–] jordanlund 51 points 1 month ago

Spreadsheets:

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago

I have an extremely high tolerance to mundane, repetitive tasks because of my vivid imagination. I can just keep doing the same mindless bullshit all day while I'm somewhere else in my head.

[–] WoolyNelson 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Poker face.

No matter what I am thinking internally, it does not show externally. Essential skill for customer service.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I do not have a good poker face, I think more customers need to get laughed at.

It would be good for some of them.

[–] WoolyNelson 13 points 1 month ago

Oh, some of them need laughed or yelled at, for certain.

I, however, need continued employment.

[–] _bcron_ 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wouldn't call it a skill but I'm really mechanically decent (3D puzzles and Rube Goldberg aptitude, that kind of thing), and my visual memory is really good, so I have the uncanny ability to tear apart household appliances, do something else for hours or days, then return and slap it all back together about as quickly with no leftover mystery screws. I just look at the shit all strewn about, and can somehow recall the very last thing I was holding and work backwords

[–] Eheran 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How many parts are we talking about? Something like a washing machine has only few ways to go back together, even if you take it all the way apart, which is a massive bonus with these highly engineered things like home appliances. Things that need to go back together in the same relative orientation etc. like engines are a different story.

[–] _bcron_ 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I think the half of the dash and the entire center console on a G37 was about the trickiest thing. Center console lid has a little gear-driven mechanism and you need to flip the entire console upside down to fix, but I needed to stop everything and go to the dealership for a little plastic cog.

But we're in the middle of moving into a new place and our dishwasher was leaking so I pulled the entire 'tub' yesterday and inside front panel off to see if fitment was an issue, mostly wasting time while a couch was scheduled to be delivered, so I stopped the dishwasher project to assemble the couch (power reclining thing), then had to put the entire thing back together afterword (one of those Maytag 'chopper' models with a built in food disposal thing). But to pull the tub I had to remove the heater blower and chop chop thing and the control board and the water jets and all that... And then I realized a new dishwasher is like 500 bucks lol

[–] Eheran 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hahaha oh boy are you living the life! Where would you rather be!

[–] _bcron_ 3 points 1 month ago

It's kind of fun like 3D jigsaw puzzles but I'd honestly rather not be fixing things so much. We got this new place, inspection turned out fine, but turns out previous owner didn't find a single stud and used 1" screws on everything in the drywall. Had to redo all the closet shelves, hang closet doors, you name it lol

[–] brygphilomena 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not who you responded to, but I did this to an engine after tearing it apart 3 years before.

It's a weird skill, just being mechanically inclined and a bit ADHD to know how shit just works and goes together.

[–] Eheran 2 points 1 month ago

Amazing skill to have!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A strong sense of spatial awareness, accurately eyeballing measurements, and reverse engineering things in my head without physically taking them apart.

It comes in really handy as a welder, machinist, and a 3D print hobbyist.

[–] Crackhappy 12 points 1 month ago

I have long legs and a long torso. It makes holding snacks out of the reach of my partner way easier.

[–] Volkditty 11 points 1 month ago

I have a certain "go with the flow"-ness that helps me glide through.

[–] GraniteM 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I know how to enunciate, speak with a voice supported by my diaphragm, and increase the intensity of my speaking voice without actually yelling. It's incredibly useful. Virtually no one ever misunderstands me on the phone. I can have a conversation in a loud crowded place. I'm actually fairly conflict-averse, but when I need to "switch on," I can usually short-circuit people's inclination to argue by using a more focused voice.

Everyone should take a decent Acting 101 class where they teach you these skills.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

increase the intensity of my speaking voice without actually yelling

People will still consider it yelling even when you're not actually doing it.

[–] Valmond 2 points 1 month ago

I just imagine if everyone was able to do this 😅

[–] waz 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've got a weird version of "net lazy"motivation. Anything I can do now to make a future task easier, I am strongly motivated to do. Anything that would be easier if I wait for [blank] I will ignore until the ideal moment that would make it the easiest.

It oftentimes leads to peculiar optimizations, but it has worked surprisingly well for me so far.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is exactly what spurs me to wash my dishes right after using them. It's much less stressful to clean a single plate & fork now, than to return to a sink full of dirty dishes later. I'd rather just get it over with while it's still easy to do.

[–] waz 3 points 1 month ago

Yep, exactly this. Wash the plates and silverware now before stuff gets dried on there... Except that casserole dish with the crispy baked on border of crust. That is soaking for a couple hours to save me a little effort. I'll was every dish but two just because it'll be easier later.

[–] thermal_shock 9 points 1 month ago

ability to troubleshoot logically. if something isn't working, I have a knack of figuring out why, but maybe have to lookup how to fix it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

I can read, and also write. If needed, I will also speak.

[–] jpreston2005 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

When I was a kid I did gymnastics, and skateboarded/rollerbladed. This combination of activities meant I was falling on my ass all the god damn time.

It also means that I am so accustomed to falling, that even as I age, those instincts survive, and in turn, help me survive. When I fall, I tuck, I roll, I break my fall with any number of instinctual responses. This has lead to me surviving some scary falls I've taken whilst home alone (off a ladder, in the shower, fainting once when I got up from a long squat), and I think will help me survive more in my elder years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Same here. It took me a while to realize not everyone rode bike or skated then ate shit as kids so now they eat shit.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Ability to calm down and read instructions or manuals. I don’t understand people’s insistence on figuring EVERYTHING out.

Don’t get me wrong I love solving problems, but sometimes the solution to the problem is just finding the answer- literally right there. RTFM.

[–] FourThirteen 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] InverseParallax 3 points 1 month ago

I really wish I'd spent a day learning regex 2 decades ago or so.

End up finding more complicated ways around everything because I never learned it properly.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

If I pay attention to a written piece of information (name, phone number, address, short instructions, that kind of stuff) I will remember it for months and years. Comes in handy when working with complex policies and legislation!

This is balanced by the fact that I have trouble retaining auditory information. If you tell me your name, I've forgotten it before you've even finished talking. (But if I catch it on your badge out of the corner of my eye, I'll remember it for years.) The only exception are dog names - those I have no trouble remembering.

[–] Donebrach 6 points 1 month ago

I can walk and use me hands for stuff. Pretty ~useful~

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Good at google. Which should be easy for everyone to learn, but a lot of people don't.

[–] RBWells 1 points 1 month ago

I am good at that too, and think it may come from being able to understand some computer syntax. It's being able to form natural language queries. Asking things in a way a machine can understand.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I regularly catch stuff that accidentally drops nearby me with my hands or I manganese to soften the hit in the ground by changing it's trajectory with my feet.

That comes in handy as i am clumsy as hell.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Until it's an iron pan..

I once hurt myself bc i tried to catch two bowls falling of the shelf. In the end I had a blue toe and a nasty wound on my wrist.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I forgot to mention I do not catch everything, preferably I avoid catching knives. And iron pans. Hammers also not. For some reason, my brain did a pretty solid job not to catch such items.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest 2 points 1 month ago

manganese, sodium, chloride, magnesium, potassium

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I've been told I'm very good at reading people.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

This is a boring ass answer but probably literary analysis

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Knowing four fluent languages and four that I'm not fluent in.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Kind of like the other poster, I can figure out how most simple mechanical things work by looking at them and can usually cobble together a solution to mechanical problems out of random stuff from the hardware store. I'm also really good at fixing simple mechanical and electrical things like bicycles, flashlights, hair dryers, fans, office chairs, etc. I'm also quite handy with a sewing machine and can fix most clothes.

More complicated things like appliances, software, etc I can't do as quickly or easily but I'm still pretty good at hacking together solutions with the help of YouTube and online forums.

Has probably saved me thousands of dollars over my lifetime in keeping things running and not having to buy replacements, but also I lose a lot of time and space to all my "I can fix this" projects.

[–] Lennnny 4 points 1 month ago

Multitasking really simple tasks. I can do three errands around the house at the same time, and I'm really good at bartending multiple drinks simultaneously. I love cooking because I'm really efficient and time multiple dishes perfectly.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Remarkably limber & agile & can contort myself into small tight tricky spaces, and balance on unstable surfaces, and climb anything.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

What kind of everyday tasks does that help with?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Being able to remember dates and times of events and recall them without having to check a calendar

[–] ramenshaman 3 points 1 month ago

My moderate skill at hacky sack has surely prevented many things that I've dropped from becoming damaged.

[–] MrShankles 3 points 1 month ago

I can carry 3 full pint glasses in one hand and 2 in the other. If they're empty, I can carry 4 in one hand and 3 in the other. It comes in handy more than I would expect

[–] fart_pickle 3 points 1 month ago

I can cook and I'm good at it, I know how to grow veggies, I know how to fix things, both mechanical and electrical/electronical. But the best skill I have is that I know how to spend time when wifi/power is down.

[–] RBWells 2 points 1 month ago

Neat handed, so good at caulking and cake decorating. Not afraid to figure things out or make mistakes that helps with a lot of stuff and is less helpful with some other stuff.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Read people behavior , consecuence of many years of therapy and being HSP.