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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.
Pub trivia contests?
That’s a fun skill! You’re also clearly good at picking usernames
Thank you! I like making up usernames, and on reddit used to abandon them when I got tired of them. Past ones include HeebieMcJeeberson, MadJackMcMadd and AmiableBowelSyndrome. This was also a way to keep zeroing my karma so I didn’t feel so addicted to reddit. I really like not having a cumulative Lemmy score.
This one’s definitely my favourite. A great thing with lemmy is you can change instances and change your name whenever you fancy it! I look forward to seeing your future costume changes.
Unscrambling jumbled words. I can usually do 5-letter ones at a glance, and 6-letters in a few seconds.
My useless skill is software development ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Oof.
clearly you have a long road ahead of you if you still can’t escape your backslashes lol
Don’t feel bad, I used to work as a writer.
Clearly you don’t know how I clearly know this clearly isn’t true? Well, it’s simple, you didn’t use the word clearly nearly enough.
Seriously, go to IMDb and look at any big TV series or movie then go to the goofs section and look for all the very smug ‘clearly’ remarks.
“The stunt man was clearly wearing a wig to make him look like a woman”…“watch the background to see that George Clooney was clearly not driving the car” etc etc.
And every single time the word brings nothing to the point being made. Nothing. It’s just out there by the person to show how clever they are for spotting it.
‘clearly’ is IMDb’s version of “well, ackchualllyyyy”You’re clearly overthinking this
Me, refusing to look up the straight answer online and trying to find the FRIENDS apartment only using the intro, going on Google Street View and finding it, before GeoguessR became a thing.
Where is it? Share the link! :)
Grove Street for life, homie.
If you give me a pair of knipex snips, I can tell you the generic resin of a polymeric material by cutting it.
I wonder whether I could stump you. The place where I work makes a couple of very niche polymers.
commercially available performance materials
Probably wouldn’t do great with super obscure stuff that doesn’t make it’s way through my workplace but I’d probably do well with the top 25-30 most common generics that probably represent 90%+ of the market
What do yall make?
Polysulfones. Tough bastards and spendy.
PSU is definitely not the top of the list but still in the wheel house. Takes a lot of force before it snaps off with the snips. Send it over.
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.
Especially when that skill is “remember a face.”
While of course it is, also if you have natural talent for something and enjoy it then monitizing it means you you might be able to do a job you enjoy.
Very wise.
Do you have a Patreon?In this economy?!
My bills have bills to pay!
It used to be Simpsons quotes. But now it’s been so long that I’ve forgotten most.
Northernlion build his entire career of bering the good of trivia, so it is viable. But not as easy as some other careers to get started in
NL in the wild~
His general knowledge is insane. But what drew me in was his whit.
I have the same addiction, but with voice actors.
They are all Troy Baker anyway xD
I kinda have both. I have to know if that cardassian holographic doctor was someone in scrubs. And why do I recognize the chicken from the chicken ad in Bojack horseman and how is it not Terry Crews?
Wasn’t the cardassian holographic doctor on Doogie Howser?
No but he was in a lot of medical shows
That’s a niche skill I like it!
I think recognizing a person by hearing them once would be useful as:
- spy
- bouncer
- detective
- headhunter
- diplomat
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.
People recognize my husband (visual disability) and my twin (distinct dress style) around and it makes me so fucking uncomfortable when they do. Especially now here in the us. Please don’t remember us. Forget us and leave us alone. But they act like I’m an asshole for being super uncomfortable with people just fucking coming up and being all “oh you’re from x place!” cause also just because they recognize someone doesn’t mean you comment on that?? I was taught that was rude as fuck?? You also don’t know us at all???
I like it when I’m remembered because it means that I was worth remembering.
I would be proud of being recognized at a local bakery, and similarly uncomfortable being recognized at a Taco Bell.
My skill? Boring, I wanna talk about people with between zero and one lines on a show ages ago.
Teri Hatcher played a slut on the sitcom Night Court in the late eighties. That’s unfair, she was a sex worker and sex work should not be illegal but I remember her as playing a slut.
…to quote my boss from my third professional job: “i may be a whore, but at least i’m not a slut: sluts don’t get paid”…
My SO identifies people by their teeth. Scary as f for me. Like a Zorro would have caught if he opened his mouth.
Don’t give me the remote when watching a show on Prime. That X-Ray feature is dope.
