Something you’re just good at with minimal effort and/or you learned much more quickly than average.

For me, it’s paper snowflakes. My brain just seems to effortlessly figure out what cuts to make to the paper wedge to make it turn out exactly how I want it. Largely useless, but good fun and was a much-needed ego boost when I was a kid :]

  • Justagamer@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Sure you think paper snowflakes are useless but wait for an elementary school play to need set design and they will crawl in their hands and knees to rescue them 😉

  • who8mydamnoreos@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I have an excellent sense of time and space, i can accurately tell how much time and distance I’ve gone without tools. Im great to bring along for a hike.

    • Crackhappy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I have the same thing. I’m pretty sure there’s a word for this sense, but it eludes me at the moment.

    • fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works
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      2 years ago

      Out of interest, do you have a vague ability to tell orientation (magnetic north) with your eyes closed? Research is showing some people have magnetoreception and that it may have been more common in our human ancestors but lost to many over time.

      It could explain why you’re so good at telling distance and time.

  • Cakein@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I’m good at puzzles, particularly like jigsaw puzzles, but also games like flow where you match the pipes. I can sometimes do it so quickly I don’t understand how I know what I’m doing, it’s more like instinct.

    • LetKCater2U@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I have the same superpower and I love all the Flow Free games. And you’re right, I can’t even explain to myself how I know what to do. 🤷🏽‍♀️

      I’m the same way with word puzzles/games, but I can’t even split a check without a calculator lol.

  • _finger_@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I have perfect pitch meaning I can hear a note and be able to tell you witch note it is and at which octave

  • essell@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I can get people to trust me really quickly, genuinely acceptance of others comes easily for me and they can feel it

  • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeBanned from communityEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Writing sestinas. A lot of people tell me it’s the hardest form of poetry, but for me it’s always been the go-to.

  • soupspoon@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Having an ear for new languages and their pronunciation- I can memorize vocab and grammar quickly but what makes a big difference is being able to parse a conversation and pick out the pieces I don’t know or didn’t know until I heard it used. It makes it easier to dive in and learn as I go, which is so much faster, but unfortunately it also means I dabble a lot because I’m always wanting to try a new language.

  • Chariotwheel@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    I am a really quick reader compared to most people. Doesn’t sound that amazing and it’s certainly not unique, but it comes really handy. Always helped me with exams, as I got some precious minutes more to actually work instead of reading. I can go through books and articles really fast. Retention is not amazing, I’d say it’s about the same as when most people read in their normal speed.

    I really envy the people that can read quickly and retain everything. But I am also content with being relatively quick.

    • loffiz@feddit.nl
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      2 years ago

      Not that but I can skim quickly and find the vital takeaways! Mostly useful for studies or reading recepies.

    • Urbanfox@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      If you stop trying to vocalise the words in your head you can really break away from the the time limit and just fly through text.

      This is what I do when I’m reading academic papers for writing reports to see if the content is what I need.

      Takes a few seconds to scan it, take the understanding and made a decision on if it’s worthwhile or not.

      There’s also websites where you can drop text and it will train you to read this way.

  • Mothra@mander.xyz
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    2 years ago

    Drawing, painting and sculpture in general. I guess with AI advancing as it is, these skills are becoming more and more useless every minute but that’s what I got.

    I’ve sat on a potter’s wheel twice in my life and both times the instructors seemed impressed at the results. “It’s said people like you were potters in a past life”. But I didn’t become a potter or ceramist in this life, so…

    • xuxebiko@kbin.social
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      2 years ago

      Oh, no! Your skills are not useless. You can imagine and create, AI just copies and manipulates.

        • Micromot@lemmycook.de
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          2 years ago

          The second thing we have a big drawer with random sizes of tupperware containers and i just take the one looks like it fits and it is very close every time

          • Mom Nom Mom@nom.mom
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            2 years ago

            just take the one looks like it fits and it is very close every time

            “Very close” is easy - it’s the “very close without going over” that’s tricky ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

            But it’s not something I can do unless it’s accidental…

    • hedgehog@ttrpg.networkEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I can do this as I’m drinking something - one gulp is roughly one ounce. Was especially handy with water fountains when tracking my hydration, but that hasn’t been relevant since 2019.

  • PerogiBoi@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I can do vocal impressions pretty well. My top hits are Elmo from Sesame Street and an Essex Scouse.

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I have unusual muscle control - I can make my eyebrows and knees dance, plus I am a regurgitator. Not as good as Stevie Starr but enough to have a disgusting party piece. I am disappointed that I never mastered the art of the flatulist.