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Humans are incredible creatures. When we really push ourselves, we can cure diseases, run ultramarathons and create amazing pieces of artwork. But we can't all be exceptional. For some of us, the greatest accomplishment we’ll ever achieve is getting millions of views on a viral video of our most embarrassing moment.
Redditors have recently been sharing unique flexes that they’re too embarrassed to tell others about, so we’ve gathered the most amusing ones below. Enjoy reading through these skills and accomplishments that people are secretly super proud of, and be sure to upvote the ones you find impressive!
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#1
I’m the first one in my family that’s graduating college with honours and got into an honours BA with advanced standing, and who knows might even go ahead and do a masters after.
As a kid who grew up with nothing, then ended up orphaned and in the foster system, I’m proud of myself. 🥹.
Jayjay 1 year ago
Yes, but why would he/she be embarressed to show this off?
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Kristal 1 year ago
Why would this be embarrassing to share? I'm in same boat but to PhD level and you can bet, if the topic comes up, I share I'm the first on both sides of the family (in their histories) to get this far. BE PROUD for what you've accomplished!
Chewie Baron 1 year ago
Same for me. Parents dead by age 8, grew up in the UK care system. Ended up with a MSc from Edinburgh. Very proud of myself.
Auntriarch 1 year ago
And rightly so! I'm proud of you, and I'm not even related
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Blue Flower 1 year ago
Why stop with a masters? Go show the world who you truly are, go get that doctorate!!! 😃
To find out more about how this conversation started in the first place, we reached out to Reddit user MTC4U, who posed the question, "What is a flex you're proud of but too embarrassed to show off?" MTC4U was kind enough to have a chat with Bored Panda and share what inspired him to start this thread.
"I smoked weed daily for like 8 years straight. It was something I wanted to quit because it was starting to affect my productivity, and I wanted to be sharp at my work (I work in the lab at my local hospital)," the OP shared. "I managed to quit a few times for a few weeks, but whenever I got bored or stressed, I just started to smoke it again."
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#2
My body. I’m still fat, but I’ve been working out and watching my diet for 15 weeks, so there has been a slight difference. :).
Sue Denham 1 year ago
You're doing great. Just keep on going and slowly but surely you'll become healthier.
Tobias 1 year ago
I know how hard it is to lose. I went to 250 lbs from 140 after becoming chronically ill. Medicine with a side effect of weight gain did it, and there was no way I could undo it because the illness gets worse with exercise. Now, 33 years later, an allergy doctor gave me a medication with a side effect of weight loss and since December 2023 I have lost 38 lbs very easily. I am eating less because the medicine causes a loss of appetite. If what you're doing helps, keep it up. It takes time to lose no matter what we do. You will be in better shape than me when you're done! Simone M
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Dainty72 1 year ago
What a lot of people don't realise is that most people don't lose a lot of weight in the first three months, even though some barely eat and exercise a lot. Our bodies don't adjust for a long time after starting a diet. We feel defeated because we bust a gut and appear to not be working, but it really does, it just takes time. This has great vibes and that can equal good mental health. Good luck you've got this
Lame Llama 1 year ago
Maybe we should do a bp fitness club. Just to motivate one another while we are here anyway...
Kelly H. Wilder 1 year ago
🖐 Sign me up! I 💖 the BP community and could definitely use the motivation and accountability. 🖐
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Betty Vanderhooven-SchmaaSchmaa 1 year ago
Don't measure by pounds lost. Aim for better health.
#3
Between the pandemic and having a second kid, I gained a ton of weight in the last 5 years. A couple months ago I finally started getting semi-serious about losing weight. My goal was to hit 200 lbs by my birthday, down about 15-20 lbs from my max weight.
Yesterday was my birthday, and I weighed 198. I'm proud of the progress, but embarrassed to share because I am still very overweight.
DrBronxx 1 year ago
Great job losing weight!! It's a long progress to lose a lot of weight. If anyone makes a stupid comment, you can always hit them with "actually, I've already lost XXlbs".
Tammy Grogloth 1 year ago
I'm on the journey with you. I just keep saying "10 pounds, I only want to lose 10 pounds" Just taking it 10 by 10 by 10 and I'll ge there. HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU!!! We can do hard things if we just keep at it.
Jennik 1 year ago
No-one should ever be embarrassed about being only part-way toward their final goals. Any step forward is a good one.
Surenu 1 year ago
True. No matter what your goal is, be it weight loss, writing a novel or befriending a cat (objectively the best goal there is), the first step is the hardest and actually making that first step already puts you ahead of millions of others
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BewilderedBanana 1 year ago
You're putting in the hard work and on your way towards your goal - take pride in that and in yourself. Nothing to be embarrassed about here - not the weight gain and most definitely not the great progress you're making
Jeevesssssss 1 year ago
Even though you're still overweight, the changes you have made will have had a BIG impact on stuff like your blood sugar control and your blood pressure. Be proud!
"Last week, I was one year smoke free and counting! The problem was: nobody even knew I smoked weed! Not my friends nor my family," MTC4U continued. "So even though it was a personal flex to stay off the weed for a full year, I had nobody to share it with."
"So, on the morning of my sobriety anniversary, I looked in the mirror and I kind of nodded to myself and thought: '[heck] yeah I did it!' But then I also wondered if anyone else was proud of something but was unable to share it for some reason," he noted. "That’s why I asked the Redditors if they were willing to share their flexes, so they could get the recognition they deserved or just share their story for fun."
#4
I can fold a fitted sheet.
Featherytoad 1 year ago
That's how mine get folded and then thrown in the chest at the end of the bed.
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quentariel 1 year ago
I've watched several videos about how to do it and still got the sheet, myself and my hands tangled into a huge messy bundle of fabric. All hail to you who can do it!
Amelia Jade 1 year ago
I can too. I saw Martha Stewart do it on a show once several years ago and that was how I learned. It isn't difficult once you know how.
#5
I can name around 1200 species of plants and trees native to the Appalachian region of Ohio. I've had this skill since I was a pre-teen. I'm incredibly annoying to hike with due to my incessant babble about wildlife.
[I grew up at a summer camp - nature preserve that my parents managed spending the bulk of my time out in the forest with field identification guides.].
Auntriarch 1 year ago
My brother in law is a plant fiend, and walking with him is like this. But he'd be no use in the apocalypse because whenever I ask if a plant is edible, he doesn't know.
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Gah! Plz come hang out with me! I'm in southern Appalachia you could expand your knowledge!
Cathy Carey 1 year ago
Seriously, everyone knows most animals are edible; but, most don't know what plants are edible.
#6
I went from being denied acceptance into every college I applied to. To getting my master's, becoming a doctor and, owing two practices. F**k them colleges.
Reviewer UK01 1 year ago
I have now been invited back as a guest expert lecturer to each of the colleges which rejected my undergraduate application years ago. Always feels good.
Kristal 1 year ago
... then how did they get a master's? I mean, you need an undergrad degree to get it, so they must have accepted them at some point
Phantom Phoenix 1 year ago
When you know where you're headed, and determined to get there, a roadblock doesn't stop you. It just means you take a detour. We'll done OP for sticking at it!
Dorothy Reiser 1 year ago
I was told I'd never succeed in college by my first advisor. Got a 4.0 the first semester. They know nothing.
We were also curious if the OP had any more unique skills that he's proud of but doesn't necessarily share with everyone. "Well, when I was small kid, I was a fan of Michael Jackson and mind you, this was peak 80’s Michael Jackson (yes I am old now)," he shared with a smile.
"At a young age, I practiced his dance moves meticulously to a point that I could do pretty good impersonation when I was a teen. I’m still capable to bust some moves, and from time to time, I moonwalk through my hospital where I work wearing my lab coat," MTC4U revealed. "The linoleum hospital floor is exceptionally good for this!"
#7
I entered a pub quiz while on holiday when I was about 10 years old with my family. The prize money was €300 and there were about 30 teams. I won by a margin, and my family didn't answer a single question. My mam and dad still talk about it 20 years later. I have a ridiculously good brain for general knowledge and otherwise useless trivia. At age 29, I was diagnosed with ADHD and it turns out that my hyper focusing on random and "pointless" topics is actually pretty neat.
Monika Brandt 1 year ago
Me too! I passed my final in a college level math class only because I answered all of the extra credit trivia questions at the end. Knowing the full name of Barbie did come in handy.
Regina Holt 1 year ago
I was once in a bar that had a contest sponsored by a local radio show. It was kinda like a scavenger hunt of what you had with you. I won (had stuff in my pursee) so many times the told me to stop playing the game, and give other people a chance. One of the things they asked for was a toothbrush. I also asked if they needed toothpaste. Yeah, I went home with more stuff in my purse than when I got there.
Justin Rogers 1 year ago
This is me except I am a dude and don't carry a murse but I do have the pants of many pockets and I can build anything with the tools in my bags/pockets and always carry snacks for the critters. My pants weigh 42# and with the 1911 45#. I even carry telescoping chopsticks
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Elvira394 1 year ago
Quick quick, the ultimate trivia question: I've been waiting for this for my entire life come up in like $1 million tournament because I know the answer. What is the medical term for brain freeze?
Paul C. 1 year ago (edited)
My wife and I went on company day trip from Worthing UK to Lille France. Got there absolutely p!ssing down, so we went into a bistro and had a meal and a bottle of wine, followed by two more bottles! Walking back to the coach stopped and had a couple of shorts. On the return trip HR organised a pub/pop quiz. Us two rather drunk idiots won it at a canter, beating amongst others, teams of four or five from the Finance, Marketing and Actuarial departments, with multiple college degrees. It's amazing what c**p we retain in our brains.
AngelWingsYT 1 year ago
Been there. Won a jack-box fibbage event at a convention. Won in round 3 both due to my good lie and cause i knew the answer (only knew it cause it was covered by Natural Habitats Shorts!)
Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago
I'm autistic and I have SO much interesting trivia in my mental archives. It makes smalltalk a lot easier. You're into sport? Well, did you know that a baseball player once pitched a perfect game while strung out on LSD? You like movies? Did you know that the director of Silence of the Lambs originally wanted Michelle Pfeiffer to play the lead role but she said no because she felt the movie was too violent? And so on and so forth.
Captain Awesome 1 year ago
Me and my son both do this. I tell him it's good to have specific knowledge or skill set for everyday, but it's also go to learn about everything else. Knowledge made a mile wide and an inch deep to help with conversations. Blows people away how we can talk about seemingly random subjects at will
#8
I’ve been hired as a nude model for art classes, medical schools, and physical therapy workshops. Proud of it because I’m an engineering nerd who never thought I’d be any type of model. Embarrassed because the few people I’ve told in person responded with derision.
Sue Denham 1 year ago
Those people who were derisive? Pity them; they haven't mentally grown up yet.
Jennik 1 year ago
My daughter is doing a degree in animation and part of the course is life drawing so they understand how real bodies work, even if later on they use a completely different (non-representational) style of art. She is immensely grateful to the models who are prepared to pose naked in front of a bunch of students. And there's no "nudge, nudge, wink, wink" attitude in the classes - everyone is just really focussed on their work.
Merty Robinson 1 year ago
As an artist I thank you. Life drawing is really important to my practice and I have so much respect for the models.
FrogMan 1 year ago
I did nude modeling once. I stopped after everyone drew a picture of Mr. Potato Head.
Lyone Fein 1 year ago
I started nude modeling as a child. My mother was an artist and my sister and I worked in the life drawing classes she taught. We thought it was a great way to earn money! And it gave me an inherent sense of being comfortable in my own body. I earned money this way all through high school, college, and grad school into my mid forties. Now that I'm in my 60s, I'm thinking of doing it again because I know that older models are hard to come by and the money is pretty good. Artists are always looking for different body types to learn to draw, etc.
Regina Holt 1 year ago
I actually think nerds are more attractive to me than muscle-bound hulks
Andra Ragusila 1 year ago
As an Artist and a Model myself, I appreciate people like you so much ! I carefully choose who I tell about this as there many conversative people.
#9
I have a FanFic account with a story that has more than 3 million views. Except I wrote it and posted it then never logged back in. So I didn't find out until like 10 years later that I was FanFic famous & a lot of people were really pissed that I never finished the story lmao.
T'Mar of Vulcan 1 year ago
I can only speak two fluently, but I can greet people in three others. :D
BewilderedBanana 1 year ago (edited)
this is clearly a reply meant to go on another post on this page. why the unnecessary downvoting, fellow pandas?
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Reviewer UK01 1 year ago
I actually got a piece of my music stolen and put on YouTube, but it's ended up going in my favour because people search it and it drives traffic to my page. They also didn't notice that I went on the video and credited myself. It's my most popular piece now.
Sky Render 1 year ago
I've got a few GameFAQs guides like that. I'll check back on them after 10-20 years of publishing them and find that they're now the top rated guides for their games with 1mil+ views. It's funny to me because mostly what set my guides apart (other than my attention to detail) was the quick-find codes I put in the table of contents to jump to sections rapidly. Nobody did that 20 years ago and now everybody does.
As far as what the OP thought of the replies to his post, he told Bored Panda he was "baffled by how many people were boasting about their genitals, mainly the male phallus!"
"But the real surprise was that people were willing to share their embarrassing achievement, collection or even body parts thinking that they were probably only a small few. But it turned out that there were many more with similar experiences or interests," MTC4U continued. "[It was nice to see] how well they could relate with each other, and it created sub threads where they were sharing stories and complementing each other."
#10
I can speak 6 languages.
JuJu 1 year ago (edited)
Uups, wrong post. This was supposed to be an answer to @Kim Kermes Around certain people...some tend to get unfriendly, call you pretentious, tell you that you only do that to make them look stupid and for you to be superior...blablabullshit. that would be a lot of time and energy only to p**s somebody of.
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David Wallin 1 year ago
Actually, isn't the topic "embarrassed to show off"?
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BoredPossum 1 year ago
Awesome. I speak 4 more or less fluently, suck at 2 more and know a few words in 3 more.
Load More Replies... Nada Nikolić 1 year ago
Go you! 🥳 Languages are cool :) Iam fluent in english, german and italian, can function on a medium good level in french and spanish and that is notcounting my mother tongue (serbian). Additionally, my native dialect is close to macedonian and bulagarian, and I can communicate and read newspapers/books in those two.
#11
I have released a series of moderately successful self published books, paid off my house and car but still go to work every day. My wife doesn't know our mortgage is paid and kids have £25k aside each when they are 18.
Reason - I love working my day job and don't trust her with money. Ridiculous and yet necessary for peace.
DrBronxx 1 year ago (edited)
I wonder how long that "peace" will last, and how hurt/angry OP's wife will be when she finds out.
Uncanny 1 year ago
If she’s not across where they are with their mortgage, then she’s not a responsible money person. In which case, I’d agree with her husband’s decision.
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Alex Mosby 1 year ago
As crappy as this sounds, I get it. Some people are otherwise amazing except when it comes to money. They will spend everything as if the next dollar is fully guaranteed. My entire family is like this, even extended family save for one aunt.
ucp 1 year ago
Mine too, somewhat. I have four siblings. My two sisters are always in debt, have consistently spent more than they earn to the point that they’d borrow from the rest of us (I say no now). Our mother is the same. Just over a decade ago, she split from her partner so they sold the house. After mortgage, etc, she had enough to buy a two bed apartment. So she rented, and the money was all gone in a year on frivolous living. My half brother and half sister are more sensible. Half sister at least puts that down to my influence, as I’m a BA in finance, with post-grad qualifications. My wife and I paid off our mortgage a decade ago, three months before my fortieth. I’m conservative with money, as we grew up poor, but some of my family seem content to stay poor, largely due to taking the “easy” decision to spend.
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Strawberry Pizza 1 year ago
But wouldn't she be really happy and relieved to know the mortgage is paid off? I wonder what else OP keeps from his wife.
Strawberry Pizza 1 year ago
My bad, I checked the Reddit post and it turns out OP's wife is just really bad with money. Like mountains-of-debt type bad.
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Dina 1 year ago
My hubby's good with money. I'm irresponsible. We retired late 40s because him. Now, I could whine and moan about it or be proud and appreciative. He also spoils me so I need for nothing which wouldn't be possible if I was in charge of the $$.
Dainty72 1 year ago
Yep that's what I think. I don't like the hiding of the finances but he has reasons. If he's saving for their retirement together then fab, but I believe she should get help and both have therapy to understand why his wife behaves like this.
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Noelle Mes 8 months ago
Good for you all! It doesn't say the wife isn't trustworthy, just not with money. Some people are just very bad with money. OP used the money to provide for his fam, which is a loving thing to do, and also protected the wife from making bad decisions. If the wife makes bad decisions now, it is less of a problem. Also, OP could set it aside on a personal account, and use his monthly income for the house and kids. But he didn't. He put his fam first. What's not to love?
somnomania (she/her, queer) 1 year ago
good for you, but you should really tell your wife, she'd be thrilled
Danish Susanne 1 year ago
When my sister first moved in with my BIL she told med how he came home from work and had spent his weeks wages on the way while they stille needed to pay the rent. Then she told med that he had spent almost all of it on a pair of boots for her, that she really needed, so should she scold him? She has taken care of their money since then and it has been 45 years, so I take it that he is satisfied with that arrangement.
#12
I can sing soprano as a straight male dude. I will only karaoke in family functions because a few times I did it in front of friends and they started to call me Celine D-Bag. Never again.
Mark Bayliss 1 year ago
It;s a bloke thing. That was not meant to come across in a derogatory or misogynistic way but if my friends didn't take the pi** out of me constantly (and vice versa) I wouldn't call them friends. this extends to every group of friends I know but may also be a class/intelligence/education thing.
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winterwidow87 1 year ago
Are you telling me your friends think straight male sopranos don't exist? You need new friends, your current ones are clearly stuck in middle school.
Sue Denham 1 year ago
If you enjoy it do it. What other people think or say is not your problem.
"It was also nice to see that people were proud of others and gave them the recognition they deserved," the OP continued. "There was one post about a man whose wife was a neurosurgeon changing people lives for the better, but she didn’t want to get any special recognition for 'just doing her job.'"
"But personally, for me, the best ones were people fighting addiction, depression, and personal barriers," MTC4U added. "Overcoming obstacles and beating their inner demons to achieve something they always desired. It’s inspirational to see how many people are willing to change for the better once they get the proper motivation. Also, single parents taking care of their kids? Absolutely a flex! Huge props!"
#13
I have a very sensitive nose. I can smell things that others don’t or are not bothered. Embarrassing because, after knowing woman for about two months I can tell they have their period. I can pick out different peoples smell after I know them for a bit. Not something you tell other people.
Antony Aston 1 year ago
I can also smell when it's a woman's time of month. I can also smell cancer on people's breath. Neither is a blessing.
laura lee 1 year ago
Omg that pick, lol, I had to zoom in to see the flower. I was like why is that man sniffing an IUD?? Lol
shankShaw deReemer 1 year ago
I thought the same thing! It does look like an IUD--the one where it's shown on some commercial for it!
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She lives in my city, has been helping doctors for years.
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similarly 1 year ago
Humans have an organ in their nose called the VNO: vomeronasal organ. In mammals, the VNO can receive and process pheromone signals, but in humans, the VNO is generally dormant. About 1% of people have a working VNO, and we don't know why. As well, a certain percentage women during pregnancy can experience a "reset" of the VNO that causes it to spontaneously start processing pheromones. People with a working VNO have expressed hypersentivity to smell, or feeling "psychic", suddenly knowing intimate details about other people's bodies, hygiene, or even sexuality. This person may have a working VNO.
Cindi Antrobus 1 year ago
When I was pregnant I could smell if I was getting a sinus infection it was weird
Fussy1 1 year ago
This!! I can't explain it, but I have this!! I've never told anyone bc I didn't know it was real or just my mind playing tricks on me. Thank you for sharing this!
Load More Replies... oddkiddo 1 year ago
I can smell periods too. And with some people I can smell of they're pregnant.
#14
I can deep throat a popsicle all the way down the end of the stick without gagging. Only problem is that I’m a straight dude.
Chewie Baron 1 year ago
You should see me do this with a banana. I’m not straight either.
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David Wallin 1 year ago
See "straight" coupled with "dude' does seem relevant here. I once had a drunk woman try to impress me by how far a mustard bottle would go. I was impressed and pleased with her ability to quickly get to the bathroom before vomiting.
SirWriteALot 1 year ago
I once tried that with a banana. A friend did, too, and he sort of notched the depth with his teeth on the banana. When it was my turn and I started choking instead of notching the banana I bit it off. So I had this long piece of banana stuck in my throat, mouth closed, banana wedged against the back of my teeth and no way for my tongue to expel this banana. Haha :-)
winterwidow87 1 year ago (edited)
It's worded a bit weirdly, but i assume he means that if he only dates cis women he can't use his talent for "adult fun time".
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I have full control of all my toes. Yes, this means I can wiggle any toe without moving other ones.
Justin Tyme 1 year ago
I can do this too. I have long toes that I can use like fingers. Very helpful for when I am doing a DIY project and need a third "hand".
Rebelliousslug 1 year ago
I have long toes too but the only thing I can do with them is look ridiculous in sandals
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𝖊𝖜𝖔𝛋 1 year ago
That’s impressive! I can wiggle my little toes which creeps out my family. And disclocate my thumb and toes on command - can make my hip and knees pop out (not recommended). Used to be able to put my toes on my nose whilst standing, by lifting my leg over the back of my head. (I have EDS in case you’re wondering) but have lost some of the flexibility
Lyone Fein 1 year ago
I am wondering if this means that you can play the piano wiith your feet?
Dorothy Reiser 1 year ago
I learned to change the channel of our old TV with my toes...I was too lazy to get up.
Chrissie Ashworth 1 year ago
My husband and all 3 boys can lift their big toe whilst keeping their others down. I can't do this. Genetics is amazing!!
Finally, MTC4U wanted to encourage others to share their unique flexes. "Please do! There are so many things people achieve in their lives, small, big not knowing the impact it might have on them or others, how embarrassing or insignificant it might be to them," they explained. "It could help others in a similar situation, help find someone to share the burden with or just get a well-deserved compliment. It’s amazing how much an up/down nod or a pat on the shoulder can do for someone!"
#16
I can squat 650lbs but never tell anyone because I feel like I'll sound like one of those guys whose entire personality is lifting.
Mocha the Lion 1 year ago
right? I don't know how much the average person can squat but I feel like this could be world record amounts
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Shelli Aderman 1 year ago
And I fücked up my knee while sleeping! 🤣 (can’t imagine squatting even 1 pound, let alone 650!)
Sweet Taurus 1 year ago
This is how my husband is! He tells me because I make it a point to ask him but he's always so shy about telling me. And I'm always like damn, thats like 3 of me and then some.
Ashlie Dearest 1 year ago
I'm like a lot of others, if I squat down, I'm not getting back up. lol
MalibuClassicMan 1 year ago
not really, just means you have great strength in your back and legs, be proud of that.
#17
I bought Nvidia stock in 2016, and the gains are more than I paid for my house. I'm not a stock market follower, just a geeky dude who follows tech and saw potential.
BoredPossum 1 year ago
I think they changed the title of the thread. As always.
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My middle toe doesn’t curl so when I scrunch my toes I can swear with my foot.
Sue Denham 1 year ago
This happens to my hands when I'm in the presence of an a$$hole. I think it's a rare condition.
Manana Man 1 year ago
Wasn't it Seinfeld who said instead of giving the finger we should give the foot?
#19
I have memorized the entire "Harry Potter" series and can quote whole passages. It's a bit nerdy, but I'm proud of it!
DrBronxx 1 year ago
It's also now (potentially) controversial to bring this sort of thing up in conversation, given how polarising the author has become.
DrBronxx 1 year ago
Confused about the downvotes. I didn't state an opinion.
Load More Replies... Sue Denham 1 year ago
Upvote for Harry Potter. Still my favourite books ever. (And I read, on average, a book a week.)
BewilderedBanana 1 year ago
you're proud of this and yet still somehow on a list about people embarrassed about things. confused am i
Regina Holt 1 year ago
If you can quote the whole dictionary, THAT would be the ultimate nerdy!
#20
My wife is a doctor in neurosurgery. I love bragging about her but she is very humble and reserved about it. Doesn’t want people calling her Doctor and prefer others don’t know her profession. .
Binky Melnik 1 year ago
Read the title again. She’d be embarrassed if she’d “show off.” She’s not embarrassed because she’s said nothing.
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H G 1 year ago
Because people will ask her medical questions all the time as 'free consultation '
BoredPossum 1 year ago
Yes, plus, with the title you're stereotyped. And you come off as bragging and that's not a good thing.
Load More Replies... Pyla 1 year ago
Funny story: we had a lady come into the bank and insist that Dr be on her credit card. She was a PhD and while I respect the effort that she put into it, unless she goes down to the county courthouse and changes her name, there was no way we could do that. I wonder if it was done in the old days like the 50's and 60's.
Ashlie Dearest 1 year ago
If random people know that you're in the medical field, they will ask you a lot of questions about health concerns that they have. I don't know about you, but I don't have the time.
#21
I get really good really fast at any skill i pick up. This sucks because it pretty much makes me the guy who everyone call to fix and make random things.
DrBronxx 1 year ago (edited)
I can pick things up relatively quickly, but rather than becoming really good, I become basically proficient. There are a lot of sports where I can get the basics down quickly, but I then plateau. So, I'm good out of the blocks, but people surpass me relatively quickly.
Sven Horlemann 1 year ago
A German saying is "Die Arbeit fließt dahin wo sie gemacht wird." The work flows to the one who does it. Well, yeah.
geezeronthehill 1 year ago
Jack of all trades; master of none. This used to be considered a complement.
BookishPanda 1 year ago
Nothing wrong with a B+ in a world where most people don't do much at all. Keep trying different things until you find something you can get obsessed about and take to a+ level.
Cathy Carey 1 year ago
Keep tabs and start charging after 2-3 "jobs". If they don't understand after explaining, too bad.
#22
Have a GoPro video I posted in 2008 with 16 million views. It’s me crashing on my bike and breaking a rib. Basically a 3 min pov video of me moaning has been viewed by scary portion of the population lol.
Cathy Carey 1 year ago
Its not funny when people get hurt. I've stopped watching FHV because of it. That little girl who fell off that trampoline was really hurting and people think that's funny?
Ashlie Dearest 1 year ago
Majority people like to watch others fail, because it makes them feel better about their own life.
#23
I can yodel.
ToastedFroggy 1 year ago
Ok, who else just started singing the yodeling song from The Price is Right?
Ace 1 year ago (edited)
Eh? No, I went straight into "the lonely goatherd" from the Sound of Music.
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Amy Smith 1 year ago
My grandad apparently used to go into East End pubs and yodel until someone bought him a pint to shut up. How he didn't end up getting smacked is a mystery. Although, he was a boxer while he was in the navy so probably could hold is own. Used to work for him as well lol. Excellent talent to have! :)
Celtic Pirate Queen 1 year ago
I learned how to Yodel from watching The Sound of Music so many times.
#24
As a cis girl, I can pee standing up. I have pretty good aim, too.
Moxitron Jazz 1 year ago
thats awesome. I hope you freak out dudes at the urinal from time to time...
#26
I can squeeze 209lbs on the grip tester and I do not go to the gym. I am a contractor in the trades in my mid 50s.
BoredPossum 1 year ago
Maybe the op is the reason why japanese people bow instead of shaking hands.
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somnomania (she/her, queer) 1 year ago
my grip strength is so bad lmao. i assume it's the ehlers-danlos.
MalibuClassicMan 1 year ago
great thing to have is a tremendous grip as long as you don't try to hurt others shaking hands
Justin Rogers 1 year ago
Yuppers. It's nice to be able to pick up a beam that weighs more than me with just my grip or squeeze and hang one handed
#27
I can tell which episode of Criminal Minds it is by about 30 seconds of the opening. I once got it from just a random still.
T'Mar of Vulcan 1 year ago
Most Star Trek fans can do this within 15 seconds... of any episode of any of the Trek series.
Memaw Mitch 1 year ago
I was just about to say this, too. I can also do King of the Hill.
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JB 1 year ago
Ha! I remember that show “Name that tune”. So long as I’m familiar with the piece, be it classical, pop, jazz… whatever, I can often name it based on the first chord or one bar of drum beat with no notes.
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Shelly Graham 1 year ago
Same here with almost any T.V. series. As well as knowing how every movie, I've never seen before will end. I'm no longer allowed to go to the movie theater with my husband and son.
Jenn Olges 1 year ago
I can do this too, but the shows I can are, well... dating - Golden Girls and Spongebob. Gotta love being a single mom! LOL
#28
I can burp louder than a lawnmower.
Edit- yes lawnmowers don't burp, I am referring to the fact I can burp around 96dB, 98 being my all time best (likely not accurate as I really doubt smartphone dB meters count for scientific accuracy). Google reports lawn mowers at about 94dB.
AngelWingsYT 1 year ago (edited)
Im a loud burper too (idk exactly how loud but now i wanna see) xD just know its loud enough my friends lovingly tease how the girl of the friend group can out burp them
Binky Melnik 1 year ago
I don’t understand. Is burping pudgy some sort of achievement now? Why? 🙄
#29
I can pick my nose with my tongue. I know it’s gross but it’s also very….. unique.
somnomania (she/her, queer) 1 year ago
do you have ehlers-danlos? gorlin sign (being able to touch the tip of your nose with the tip of your tongue" is a diagnostic indicator of eds!
Ovata Acronicta 1 year ago
My mom can do this! She's lacking the frenulum (or it is anomalously loose). Mine is very much in place and working as it ought to, but I have a massive tongue. Can't really get into a nostril but I can loosely plug one with it.
Charlotte Sandoval 1 year ago
Stitch can do it too and it's adorable so you're in good company
#30
My Wordle statistics.
#31
I have a photographic memory when people ask where something is at work or want to recall something but I still will look it up/pretend I don't know as I don't want to show off.
David Wallin 1 year ago
I think hiding it is smart. There is a good chance you'll be abused. "I don't know, but ask [OP]," will become the mantra of the workplace.
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Jen Exer 1 year ago
I also have this skill. It's not as useful as one might think. And it's natural for others to want to exploit it for entertainment, but it's not entertaining to me.
ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago
This! I’ve had an eidetic memory my entire life and can even remember my infancy. I also have a form of synesthesia called “chromesthesia” where my brain imposes images to sounds. I thought everyone was the same until adolescence. It’s been more of a hindrance than helpful and can trigger serotonin surge syndrome. I’ve spent 50 years mastering tuning things out & being selective with what I consciously take in. It’s been such an intense practice that I can mediate or do vipassana better than the pros. I’ve run the gamut of medications & therapies. It’s definitely not a blessing in any way. Especially when those who know ask me to recall specific details of events long ago.
Load More Replies... Rebelliousslug 1 year ago
This is the talent I want! Some people have memories that make them seem superhuman
Michael Largey 1 year ago
I was given a photographic memory, but someone left the lens cap on.
Bored Birgit 1 year ago
Wow. Would have been awesome in school and uni. Learn everything in no time.
detective miller's hat 1 year ago
Same. I'll forget what you just told me 30 seconds after you said it, but I can tell you exactly where you left that blue pen you like.
Display_Name 1 year ago
I work in an all female office and I have long legs, torso, and arms and stand at almost 6'. Anytime I hear my name yelled from another room...I know it's because someone can't reach something.
#32
I can sing the mongolian national anthem by heart, and i was born and raised in the philippines, and have never been to mongolia.
T'Mar of Vulcan 1 year ago
Big deal, I can sing The Star Spangled Banner and I'm not American and have never been to the U.S.
Dainty72 1 year ago
Me too and I'm not American. I'm not a big fan of America either, but their national anthem is the best in the world!
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Sheena Leversedge Wood 1 year ago
I was happily singing along with Catatonias International Velvet at a music festival. it's mostly in Welsh. had a random person, asking me "are you Welsh?" nope,
Bamamom2boys 1 year ago
I can sing the French national anthem. I learned it high school, some 30 plus years ago.
Bored Potato 1 year ago
Reminds me of my friend who can sing the Finnish anthem by heart. She's not Finnish.
#33
I have a series of books nearly complete but want to finish the full set before publishing. I have gone 15 years writing with virtually no feedback beyond a couple pages. I do worry that it'll just never be good enough and I'll trick myself into working on it five years longer than I should.
BookishPanda 1 year ago
I'm a published author. I understand wanting to protect the integrity of your vision even if it's been 15 years. I have a similar project in the works. Finish the initial drafts as quickly as possible. Then you can get some readers and some feedback before submitting to a publisher or self-publishing. My best to you!!
mandy the capibara 1 year ago (edited)
Agreed! Feedback is meant to help the project grow. I really understand the feeling of not wanting to invite readers, as it is anxiety-inducing, but by postponing it the feedback is only going to feel more like critique and it is going to be so much more difficult to incorporate it and let help your books.
Load More Replies... Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago
If you want to get good as a writer, do NOT write your series in isolation. You have to expose yourself to unbiased feedback, even if it majorly sucks (which it does). I made the same mistake once upon a time. I ignored all feedback and remained obsessively convinced that my series I'd spent years on was brilliant, and that anyone who criticised it was just stupid and didn't know what they were talking about. Putting that series to bed and getting more life experience were two of the best decisions I ever made.
David Wallin 1 year ago
Hey, others are worried. I'm thinking of should you put in 5 more years and nothing comes of this, you're no worse off than having spent that time playing video games.
Sheena Leversedge Wood 1 year ago
writing isn't ever going to be time wasted. write for the love of writing. it might not ever be published, I don't know. but even if it isn't, you will have created something, and hopefully, enjoyed creating it.
#34
My number one talent is scale modelling. Basically you buy kits of things like jets, tanks, cars etc and then build and paint them. I have been doing this since I was four and can safely say I am relatively good at it. This, however is a hobby reserved for nerds and boomers, so I’m too shy to show it off.
David Wallin 1 year ago
Building models is (or was, idk the state of tech) a valuable skill in fields like architecture.
#35
I can spit more than 15ft away. I can also land a one on the ceiling. I'm a 37 year old corporate boss.
KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
I used to be able to flick a cigarette about 10m. that stopped after setting a dry field on fire by accident. (it was unused land with no buildings nearby and actually the regrow was better.
#36
I'm the top Grub player in the world at GunboundM. Obscure, cutesie, phone game that virtually no one in English speaking countries has heard of.
#37
My wife and I tried for kids and got pregnant with twins first time, like day 1 of trying. Then less than two years later we thought it was a safe time of the month so tried without protection and instantly pregnant again. With all our friends struggling to get pregnant and having IVF we are *literally* the most fertile people we know, but we can’t flex it without making them feel bad so we mostly keep it quiet. Needless to say we don’t even kiss anymore just to be safe!
DrBronxx 1 year ago
As someone who went through IVF, I would never get annoyed or angry at specific people for whom it's easy to get pregnant, but I would get sad/angry at the general unfairness of life.It was a really tough time in our lives. I remember watching the film Klaus on Netflix,, and a particular scene came on that made us pause the film and just sob uncontrollably. Thankfully, years later, we now have a darling little toddler. We're the lucky ones for whom it *eventually* worked out..
bas vdlaar 1 year ago
My wife and I met while in our 40's, instant love. She never wanted children, I did. Literally 4 months in our relationship she said, actually with you I would like to have a child. But given our age we have no time to waste. Before meeting her I never would have thought you could commit so deeply to someone you just met. But took me less then a minute to say yes, yes that would be so wonderful. We tried for about a year, while also talking about IVF in the Netherlands, where we live. But IVF in Belgium is much more sophisticated, so we went to Ghent. We where at the absolute bare minimum of requirements to try IVF, around 2% chance to get pregnant, and offcourse even less for a healthy succesful pregnancy. But we said, we'll pay for it and then we'll never have to look back what if we did try it? And you guessed it, boom pregnant right away and everything went fine. My wife is an absolute dream of a mother, and our girl is a spitting image of my mother who passed away when I was 21.
BewilderedBanana 1 year ago
this is genuine compassion and consideration, well done :) being on this list, i was expecting them to be embarrassed about getting the furniture pregnant just by sitting on it
#38
My thrifted computer mouse collection.
Menacing Duck 1 year ago
like...computer mice? or do you just have a army of real mice at home?
#39
My a*s looks…Like I make a concious effort. I’ve been accused multiple times over my life of having a BBL or implants.
I’m poor. And I don’t exercise. It’s just the way I’m built and it’s not for any type of jean.
Anytime I take a date up to my place and we are taking the stairs, if they are behind me….All I get is a “GODDAMN!!!” About halfway thru the walk up.
I have ASD and social anxiety. So whenever I forget the rule of not letting a first date walk behind me up the stairs I lose all my game and get flustered. 😩
My nickname in highschool was f*****g ASSpergers.
I….
Breadcrumb. 1 year ago
I've known girls like you and the unwanted attention from strangers can sometimes get scary. Stay safe out there girl.
kelsischloe1986 1 year ago
This doesn't really belong on this list. You have a decent bum. That's not something only you have or is unique to just you. Am I missing something here?
#40
The amount of anime I’ve watched since I started. I’m proud of it for myself but it’s not really something I’d tell people.
Enuya 1 year ago
Knowing a lot about anime is as good as knowing a lot about books or classic movies, or nature. Actually, it's as good as having a vast knowledge about any other topic. It helps you converse with people with similar hobby, create internet content about anime and so on. People are only ashamed of being anime fans because some extreme/sexist/creepy weirdos give them all a bad name.
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Not really embarrassed, I just don't get a chance to share the story.
We were driving on a gravel road with no turn around and there are cars behind us. I need to pee. It's about 30 more mins before we can stop, so I grab an empty 32 oz Gatorade bottle and fill it back up.
TL:DR my bladder can hold 32 oz.
Mr. Jones 1 year ago
I was that person growing up and into my 30s that never worked out, but always looked like I did. My metabolism hit a wall in my early 40s and I went from 195 to 254 in the course of a few years. When I turned 50 my doc made it clear that if I didn't lose weight soon, I'd end up with diabetes and/or heart disease. I did my research on intermittent fasting. I didn't buy an app or pay a company, I did the research and I did the work. I am 55yo now and I weigh 185lbs. I went from a 40+ waist to a 33 waist. When I see photos of myself from those days I can hardly believe it's me. I was at a rock show recently and this person came up to me and said, "Hey, holy f**k you look just like this dude who used to bartend at the club down the street back in the late 90s." I said, "Tom, it's me." I ran into a few people that night who didn't recognize me or thought I looked like "that guy." It's the best feeling. People can't believe I lost that much weight.
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Noproblem 1 year ago
My horrible flex is that I am really good at making “challenging” clients unnaturally happy. Like, to the point where they specifically ask for me to manage their projects. Which makes me a superstar to my bosses, but means I spend most of my days working with the challenging clients.
similarly 1 year ago
Years ago, in my workplace, during meetings, the boss would ask the team for volunteers to do particularly difficult, detailed, boring work ... the "dirty jobs" that nobody wanted, like taking care of a difficult client ... and I'd feel sorry for the poor guy because he'd be literally begging the team and nobody would volunteer. So I started volunteering, just out of pity. Pretty soon, I got a reputation for taking on jobs nobody wanted. That turned into a reputation for "taking on difficult jobs". Pretty soon, I was the office guinea pig, and I started getting the INTERESTING work. They'd come to me and say "We have this new thing, and nobody's ever tried it before. Can you just play with and come up with a procedure on how we might use it!" I used a cell-phone with a camera LONG before I ever saw it on the market. It was this gigantic, silly thing the size of a book with a really small black&white monitor that moved at about one frame a second!
Load More Replies... Hphizzle 1 year ago
I can make just about any human or animal fall asleep. I’ve had a snake fall asleep in my arms. I can get most humans to sleep either through storytelling (probably equivalent to guided meditation) or if I’m holding them, slowing my breathing and heart rate. I was a nanny/child-minder for many years. And I’m a chill person in general.
Chewie Baron 1 year ago
I remember back in the late 80s/early 90s, there was a tv show on in the UK called You Bet! (I occasionally and randomly hum the theme tune to it for some reason). There would celebrities who each ‘sponsored’ some random person who would be able to do some mad weird thing, and the other celebrities would say if they agreed or not on whether they would be able to do it. Then the audience would vote and the celebrities would get points based on the percentage of the audience who said yes or no. Anyway, one episode, there was a guy who was able to guess what song was playing, from a completely random choice, based on how a candle reacted to the vibrations coming from a speaker next to it in a completely different room. And he got every single one! Mad!
BookFanatic 1 year ago
My weird flex is my Master's degree. I know it's not very exciting, and lots of people have one. I'm not the first in my family by any means. But I still get a little thrill when a form asks "highest level of education completed" and I can click "Masters." Lol
Chewie Baron 1 year ago
I k ow what you mean, as I can tick that box too! And I do a little internal “squee!” When I do!
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Andy Frobig 1 year ago
In other words, "I hate to brag, but I hate to brag"
Load More Replies... Sweet Taurus 1 year ago
I was in a side by side roll over with a full bladder and didn't pee my pants. I actually had a hard time peeing after life flight got us to the hospital. Between that accident and having 2 kids naturally I don't pee when I sneeze either lol.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
I pee if I even think about sneezing!
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LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago
Hah hah, my weird and embarrassing flex is that I can usually beat out burly men in the beer stein holding competitions. I love being this tiny, but athletic woman competing with men who have biceps that are the circumference of my neck. I've actually won money doing this (not much, but still fun). Thanks competitive canoeing and kayaking for giving me strong muscles!
Noproblem 1 year ago
My horrible flex is that I am really good at making “challenging” clients unnaturally happy. Like, to the point where they specifically ask for me to manage their projects. Which makes me a superstar to my bosses, but means I spend most of my days working with the challenging clients.
similarly 1 year ago
Years ago, in my workplace, during meetings, the boss would ask the team for volunteers to do particularly difficult, detailed, boring work ... the "dirty jobs" that nobody wanted, like taking care of a difficult client ... and I'd feel sorry for the poor guy because he'd be literally begging the team and nobody would volunteer. So I started volunteering, just out of pity. Pretty soon, I got a reputation for taking on jobs nobody wanted. That turned into a reputation for "taking on difficult jobs". Pretty soon, I was the office guinea pig, and I started getting the INTERESTING work. They'd come to me and say "We have this new thing, and nobody's ever tried it before. Can you just play with and come up with a procedure on how we might use it!" I used a cell-phone with a camera LONG before I ever saw it on the market. It was this gigantic, silly thing the size of a book with a really small black&white monitor that moved at about one frame a second!
Load More Replies... Hphizzle 1 year ago
I can make just about any human or animal fall asleep. I’ve had a snake fall asleep in my arms. I can get most humans to sleep either through storytelling (probably equivalent to guided meditation) or if I’m holding them, slowing my breathing and heart rate. I was a nanny/child-minder for many years. And I’m a chill person in general.
Chewie Baron 1 year ago
I remember back in the late 80s/early 90s, there was a tv show on in the UK called You Bet! (I occasionally and randomly hum the theme tune to it for some reason). There would celebrities who each ‘sponsored’ some random person who would be able to do some mad weird thing, and the other celebrities would say if they agreed or not on whether they would be able to do it. Then the audience would vote and the celebrities would get points based on the percentage of the audience who said yes or no. Anyway, one episode, there was a guy who was able to guess what song was playing, from a completely random choice, based on how a candle reacted to the vibrations coming from a speaker next to it in a completely different room. And he got every single one! Mad!
BookFanatic 1 year ago
My weird flex is my Master's degree. I know it's not very exciting, and lots of people have one. I'm not the first in my family by any means. But I still get a little thrill when a form asks "highest level of education completed" and I can click "Masters." Lol
Chewie Baron 1 year ago
I k ow what you mean, as I can tick that box too! And I do a little internal “squee!” When I do!
Load More Replies... Andy Frobig 1 year ago
In other words, "I hate to brag, but I hate to brag"
Load More Replies... Sweet Taurus 1 year ago
I was in a side by side roll over with a full bladder and didn't pee my pants. I actually had a hard time peeing after life flight got us to the hospital. Between that accident and having 2 kids naturally I don't pee when I sneeze either lol.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
I pee if I even think about sneezing!
Load More Replies... LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago
Hah hah, my weird and embarrassing flex is that I can usually beat out burly men in the beer stein holding competitions. I love being this tiny, but athletic woman competing with men who have biceps that are the circumference of my neck. I've actually won money doing this (not much, but still fun). Thanks competitive canoeing and kayaking for giving me strong muscles!
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