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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.

I think recognizing a person by hearing them once would be useful as:

• spy
• bouncer
• detective
• headhunter
• diplomat

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

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

I have the same addiction, but with voice actors.

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.

I can say the alphabet backwards, really fast. I also know all the digits of pi in ascending order

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.

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.

I knew someone that worked at an Audi dealer that can recognize everyone's voice and associate their purchase.

I called him 4 years later to inquire about a new Audi and he asked me how my TT was treating me and if I was ready for a bigger car(I mentioned that I was going to start a family soon).

I have this same skill, but with voice actors.

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.

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

writing code that doesn't need a browser to run on

This goes beyond financial viability. For the sake of shared trivia amongst strangers, does anyone know the connection? I'm not very familiar with the former, but I'm fairly versed in Seinfeld.

I can build majority of flat pack furniture without the instructions, first time, every time.

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.

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.

I actually enjoy* fucking around with older-ish computers and making them kinda useful again

^*^ ^involves^ ^lots^ ^of^ ^cursing^ ^and^ ^groaning^ ^when^ ^things^ ^don't^ ^work^ ^and^ ^I^ ^have^ ^to^ ^troubleshoot^ ^or^ ^start^ ^over^

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"

I can throw dog treats with absurd accuracy and nearly always bounce/spin/toss them right near my dogs. Until I point it out.

My SO identifies people by their teeth. Scary as f for me. Like a Zorro would have caught if he opened his mouth.

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If you give me a pair of knipex snips, I can tell you the generic resin of a polymeric material by cutting it.

My S-tier abitity to hyperfocus on learning useless things to the detriment of everything else.

Making a paper airplane that looks like a star trek shuttle

Pub trivia contests?

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.