Hel
Goddess of the Dead
I was about to post this in the Thinking thread, but... come on, I can't be the only one! So here we discuss our useless talents, i. e. small things, big things, weird things, anything that we know or can do that has little to no use in life. It may have taken you a while to learn that particular thing, or you might have been born with it or just picked it up randomly, you may even be proud of it, but when you think about it, you can't help wondering why you even bothered.
So I'll start. I can...
... speak several languages that I don't need, because no one else in my vicinity speaks them.
... sing one Finnish song and two Japanese ones even though I don't speak either language and don't even know what I'm singing. I also learned two Spanish songs long before I learned the language.
... tell you the sizes and rotation periods of all the planets in our solar system (including Pluto) by heart.
... no longer list the first 151 Pokémon along with some of their primary attacks in the correct order, but I used to be able to do that too.
... learn to play music on the piano without notes, just by listening to it.
... walk for an indefinite amount of time without ever getting tired.
... roll backwards on the floor. Yes, I'm calling this a talent because I know only very few people who can do it properly.
... easily recognise dubbing voices no matter where I hear them. One of the few that managed to fool me was Troy Baker as Joel in The Last Of Us.
... remember birthdays. Not so useless, you might think? The problem is I only remember someone's birthday when you ask me about it, but not necessarily on the actual day.
My fingernails never break, no matter how long I let them grow.
The last few subjects I studied are completely useless when it comes to finding a job.
Now it's your turn! Even if those secret talents of yours don't help you in life, feel free to show them off here.
So I'll start. I can...
... speak several languages that I don't need, because no one else in my vicinity speaks them.
... sing one Finnish song and two Japanese ones even though I don't speak either language and don't even know what I'm singing. I also learned two Spanish songs long before I learned the language.
... tell you the sizes and rotation periods of all the planets in our solar system (including Pluto) by heart.
... no longer list the first 151 Pokémon along with some of their primary attacks in the correct order, but I used to be able to do that too.
... learn to play music on the piano without notes, just by listening to it.
... walk for an indefinite amount of time without ever getting tired.
... roll backwards on the floor. Yes, I'm calling this a talent because I know only very few people who can do it properly.
... easily recognise dubbing voices no matter where I hear them. One of the few that managed to fool me was Troy Baker as Joel in The Last Of Us.
... remember birthdays. Not so useless, you might think? The problem is I only remember someone's birthday when you ask me about it, but not necessarily on the actual day.
My fingernails never break, no matter how long I let them grow.
The last few subjects I studied are completely useless when it comes to finding a job.
Now it's your turn! Even if those secret talents of yours don't help you in life, feel free to show them off here.
