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People On Reddit Are Sharing Hilariously Useless Talents That They Have And Here Are 30 Of The Best Ones
Let's be real here—not all of us are destined to become a genius violinist or a world-class dancer. Heck, even being an average human being sometimes proves to be too tedious. And it's okay—we're not cut from the same cloth, meaning that we all possess different kind of talents. However, some of them are getting labeled as "useless." Is it fair? I'm no expert to answer. All I can say is that my talent of twisting my feet backwards is yet to come in handy...
Some time ago, one redditor asked people to share the useless talents that they have. Believe it or not, people are full of talents that are considered useless, but are nonetheless fun and fascinating! Someone's weirdly good at recognizing fonts, while another person can hit just about anything within 60 feet with a rock. Who's going to argue that it's not impressive?
Scroll down below to read the 50 most upvoted answers from the redditors, and after reading about other people's useless skills and talents, don't forget to share yours in the comment section down below!
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I can disapoint anyone
I’m not 100% accurate but I can look at people and tell where they’re from without hearing them speak a single word. I’m American and can do this with Americans as well as non Americans. Example: last summer I had a group of 5 and I identified 2 Belgians, a French and a German. One was so unbelievably impressed that he offered me $50 if I could precisely identify the 5th person, a woman, in the group. I looked at her, guessed French Algiers, and won the most unlikely $50 of my life. I’m a small legend in my line of work and the tourists are dumbfounded every [damn] time.
I can fold a fitted sheet so well that it looks indiscernible from a folded flat sheet.
I can count the letters in any sentence while the sentence is being spoken and still pay attention to what the person is saying. I've done this since I was around 10. It's compulsive. I can't quit doing it.
I can think of a song to fit any situation or at least change the lyrics of one to fit. I do it automatically without even thinking. It only takes me a second and is completely pointless.
I am genetically unable to get brain freeze. I can chug an entire slushy without consequence.
I can take a nap for a specified amount of time, like say 22 minutes. I also know right before a timer is about to go off
i can pull apart two pieces of flat lego without using my teeth
I can laugh genuinely with a completely straight face. It creeps people out
I'm really good at catching things that are falling because I clumsily knocked them over. I'm like an oaf in the front half of a second, and a ninja on the back half; I have roughly the same number of spills as the average person, but with extra steps. I've done it with multiple falling objects, behind my back, with my feet - things usually don't hit the ground around me.
I can do a ton of voices. You'd think it would be useful, but I've been trying to get into voice acting for 20 years.
I once entered a talent competition playing the recorder using my nose. The judges were confused and decided I wasn't worthy of first place.
I have none. But my husband! Name almost any dead celebrity and he can tell you where they are buried. Sometimes he can tell you who they are buried next to.
Being able to pick things up with my toes when I'm too lazy to bend down.
I never forget a face. If I’ve seen it once I’ll remember it if I ever see it again.
Pictures are a little harder because it’s a frozen moment in time and they may never look the same way.
Case in point, when I was 12 my dad introduced me to a guy and we chatted for a few moments. Almost 30 years later my dad and I were out and I said, “Dad, is that so and so?” And sure enough, it was and my dad was able to reconnect with someone he hadn’t seen in 20 years.
I am like this, especially with celebrities and people in movies. I can see a few seconds of them and name them, especially with older movies they are in and their younger selves vs. them now.
With a couple of warm ups to get the weight, i can flip a coin for the same result consecutively a bunch of times. My record is 44. Can usually/reliably do at least 20 every time.
Works best with a UK 2 pence piece.
enter a bet, on which side it will land on, make some street hustlin'
I can tell by the sounds of many different songbirds when there is a bird of prey flying overhead
I have a hyper-realistic impression of a dog bark. My friends will think there is an actual dog around and get disappointed when they realize that it was me.
I can balance almost anything on the palm of my open hand. Rake, golf club, shovel, open ladder, work and alcoholism.
I can put my legs behind my head.
I've yet to be kidnapped but hope it may be useful then.
There's a business called "Extreme Kidnapping" that's got you covered.
I can move my ears independent from my face and vibrate my eyes. No idea why.
The ear moving thing is an old atavistic gene from the times when we were different species.
I can throw up on command. Gross and not nearly as useful as crying.
Dman, I wish I could do that, I could get out of school whenever. me: "dammit, the exam is today!" pukes on command, "mommy, I don't fee-" *pukes again.
I can cup my hands together and shoot water 10-12ft in a straight line. It’s like always having a water gun on me. When I do it without water it makes a fart noise, which is like always having a whoopie cushion
I can write without looking. Theoretically, I could write an essay blindfolded.
I don't think it would matter if he is not looking
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Ooh! I can do this! On lined paper, I usually glance over every minute or so to make sure I'm still on track, but I don't really need to. I can also read and write at the same time (I'm really good at note-taking), and speak and write at the same time, which freaks my friends out because I'll be having a normal conversation with them with eye contact and stuff while also writing something completely unrelated. I am a master procrastinator.
If you can do it on a computer, it's actually a really usefull skill
That's the way you're supposed to learn to type, without looking down. I learned that way, and my mom got her knuckles rapped by her typing teacher whenever she looked down, so she learned that way too.
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I can do this! I must admit my handwriting won’t look that good, but it’s readable and pretty tidy!
I can, too. I thought everyone could do it until just now. Can't type without looking, though, and I type only using my index fingers and thumbs, and I can type pretty fast.
I can do that too. I think all the girls who had a certain teacher in my primary school can as she would write o ton of stuff on the blackboard really fast that we had to copy down and then when she finished she would rub off what was on the top of the board and keep writing. We had to be as fast as she was as she only gave us a minute to catch up before she rubbed stuff out. So i can write super fast with out looking at the page and still have neat handwriting.
I can do that too. Not looking, and with my eyes closed! P.S, it's legible, and I can use lined or blank paper.
I can sign my full name (first, middle, last) upside down & backwards.
Same, man! My friends are always impressed when I can directly copy text into my computer without looking at the screen.
I can type blindfolded, i used to journal with my monitor off all the time. But that's not nearly as impressive
my dad can type without looking at his keyboard or his screen =O I'm impressed and trying to learn how, any recommendations?
Practice. There's probably typing tutorials online. Typing without looking at the keyboard is the way we were taught in 70's...on a typewriter.
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I can do that sometimes. Usually when im watching youtube
I sing Gregorian chant on pitch and accurately, practicing it at least 1 hr. per day.
But it's a useless skill as there are no chant choirs or need for it in my area.
I can switch accents that are actually convincing mid convo.
I can solve a rubiks cube in around 9 seconds. Unless I get faster it's not like I can make money from it or anything lol.
I can hoola hoop forever. I didn’t think it was a talent until I realised no one can do it that I know. This is useless because I don’t even do it anymore
Name a recorded song that I’ve heard before, and I can sing in tune with it before you pull it up on your music app.
I otherwise have no major musical talent.
that should definitely count. Also that would be so nice to be friends with someone like that.
Ability to go from anxiety to full-on panic attack in under 3 mins.
I can hit just about anything within 60ft or so with a rock. I grew up on a farm, and spent countless hours on our gravel road picking up rocks, and firing away at stuff, mostly fence posts.
I can tell you the day of the week for any given date off the top of my head.
I can throw cards
Same, its just fun when I snipe a kid at school. (mainly the jerks) *throws card like frisby* *hits kid in head* "son of a biznatch! who keeps doing that!?!?" me: "crap, ruuuuun!
I can crawl on all fours extremely fast. I found this out as a teenager in Tae Kwon Do, we did a lot of weird exercises in our workouts, crawling was one and I got tagged in to crawl to one side of the gym and back and went fast AF, I burned everyone. I crawl like a rock skipping across a pond, I even surprised myself and remember some people laughing at the time, it definitely must look strange lol. I did it at home a few times to show people but it gives rug burn very easy.
I can bring my arms back OVER my head from behind my back.... Without un hooking (?) My hands from each other. Best I can explain it
I can tell you which chip flavor goes best with different sandwiches.
Hey, that's usefull, go work at a sandwich shop and make recommendations to customers.
I can move my ears up and down. Freaks the hell out of people who see it for the first time
If you're wondering, I went to a school where twisting your ears was an appropriate form of punishment. One teacher twisted my left ear a little too hard one day and soon enough I could move it. Same thing happened to my other ear a year later.
Just casually start moving your ears while talking to someone. Act like nothing’s happening. It’s hilarious.
I'm really really good at guessing the appropriate container size for quantities of food or liquid. For example when I make soup I don't measure what I put in the pot or use a recipe but it'll always come out as exactly 1 or 2 or 3 quarts on the nose. My boyfriend gets excited whenever I cook and put food away to see if I [messed] up this time, but I never do.
I can make myself sound like a crying baby. It's a sound that comes from deep in my throat and I have to force it, but it legit sounds like a baby.
I tend to remember good solutions to extremely insignificant questions. Questions that are never asked because they don't matter to anyone.
I can make my eyes vibrate to make it look like I've been possessed, nor for long tho, it kinda hurts
I can do a very good death growl, don’t think it will ever be of use as I don’t have a band and I would be embarrassed to do it.
I can blow bubbles off of my tongue and make them dance by waving my hand. Especially useless now with Covid.
I can bend my thumb far enough behind the hand that I can touch my knuckles with it. BOOM! Drop the mic.
I can say wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man really fast over and over
I can bend my knees backwards so my knee has an about 140° - 150° degree angle (never mesured it)
Okay i know flexibilty, but yall has got to stop, before you know it, i wont be able to sleep anymore thx. like imaginge doing that and being able 2 walk on all four's with ur head turned backwards (now that needs holy water)
I can comment on BP posts even though I have nothing interesting or beneficial to add to the conversation.
Same! There's a muscle which tenses and then spasms for hiccups, when you know which one it is you conciously relax it. I've always heard that it's impossible to conciously stop hiccups.
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I can run back into the kitchen right before the microwave goes off. No counting down in my head. Never missed it.
CFVGB I DIDN'T KNOW OTHER PEOPLE COULD DO THIS !! I can be sitting there for what feels like 10 minutes and my body just says "k i t c h e n" and I just start walking there, and without fail, I get there right before the timer goes off
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I can read small print documents that are upside down to me, like on someone's desk.
Good to use in the principals office when they have a document saying what you've done... XD
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In volleyball, I could take one look at the server and immediately know where the serve would land. not much of a talent though
I can fee other people's emotions. I'm not really alone in this. It's called hypersensitivity. But only about 20% of the population is like this. It can be useful (for some) but I find it completely invasive. But once I was driving in my warm car with the heat flowing in winter and I looked over at someone running outside (it was a cold day) and the words "I'm cold" came out of my mouth. I had no reason to say that. I realized it must have been what the runner was feeling. I've learned to suppress this.
I'm weirdly good at remembering things. Songs, dates, books, hell, even dreams from over a decade ago. I can't rewatch or reread things because I know everything that's going to happen. I can tell you the exact date I got all of my plants, when my last haircut was, and when I got my favorite pair of shoes.
you may have some form of hyperthymesia. that's where you can remember basically everything that ever happened to you in your whole life. it's quite rare with only about 60 people with the condition
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I can tell a bad person from everyone else. There was a girl in my kindergarten class who I had a bad feeling about, ended up knocking a kid out.
Everyone in my family has a different eye color. Mine is caramel. Everyone in my family has some weird talent to with their face. Mine is I can vibrate my ears and forehead, so that it looks like I am possessed. It freaks my friends out. Then I recently found out I can weirdly vibrate my eyelid, I do it on instinct, it just makes me look more possessed.
I can catch plushes every time i use a claw machine!!! I don't know how i do, but always work.
I can sneeze in a way you can’t tell I sneezed. Developed it because my pelvic floor was too weak. My daughter can tube her tongue five ways (normal, sideways to the left, sideways to the right, a double tube and a triple tube)
I can turn mine upside down. Like to do it when I'm thinking. My mom can too.
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I've always wanted to be able to do it For some reason..failed..
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I can swallow air and burp. I can prep a really long burp with multiple swallows. Was more fun as a kid. Adults are less impressed.
I can mimic accents without thinking about it, but once I try to do one I flounder.
I can put my hands on my chest, palms sticking out, and move my arms together in front of me.
I can cry and/or shake on command, I can also touch every part of my back, my arms are normal lengths also I can do burrito and clover tongue
I can, given a few seconds, cry on command (or at least make my eyes water) I can also laugh at anything that’s not funny at all (not on command, totally random)
I can write upside down, left to right, right to left, both hands. Same with reading. Da Vinci's texts are easy for me to read and understand. Also struggle a lot with letters "N"and "Z" lol
I can tell you within $3 how much the total will be at any store with any amount of items, even when my husband and son sneak things in the cart and I don't see the shelf price. I unload overflowing carts and "mind" calculate totals (with discounts, coupons and taxes) and am accurate at least 98% of the time.
I can repeat a song or melody correctly after only hearing it a few times
I can mirror write in left hand. Also I can smell short curcuit in proximity
I can: Whistle with my throat. I can also fake cry really well, talk for hours on end, but am mostly a quiet gal, and can name a ton of random facts. Did you know that black apples exist?
Also, I can lift my bangs with my eyebrows. When I had them. RIP my bangs, when I was three to when I was 8.
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I've never been sure if this is actually weird or not, but I can pop my ears on command. Like I can just pop them. Whenever I want. I'm doing it right now. It's not hard and it doesn't hurt, I just can??? People never quite understand what I'm talking about whenever I bring it up though so I've never been sure.
I used to be good at reading roman numerals at the end of movies/tv shows. Out of practice though
I have misophonia. I can vibrate my eyes, and suck in my chest on command (you know that space right below your neck? I can... push it in... on command :) )
Not me but dad's girlfriend had hair that would stay as she put it. Could make horns, ringlets, anything with just a second and her hand. She can also gleek. I was very impressed when i was 13 and met her!
1. I can turn a chewed gumball into a perfect sphere in my mouth. I just roll it around on my teeth for a bit. 2. I can bend my legs about 190 degrees going backwards and past my hips 3. I can do almost perfect impressions of characters 4. I can scream, and it sounds like a perfect whistle. It's loud, and it makes people's ears ring. I find it fun, although I'm starting to lose the ability
I can put my leg behind my neck at random times even standing So when I’m chilling with friends I just randomly put leg behind my neck it freaks them out
I am not ticklish. When I was younger I would pretend to laugh so people wouldn't think I was weird.
i can count my steps while talking and listening to someone talk. I used to not be able to stop and it bugged me so muccccch now sometimes i cant stop.
It’s quite embarrassing but I begin to mimic a person’s accent after a few minutes of conversation. I can also maintain eye contact and respond correctly as you speak but be thinking of and figuring out something completely unrelated. I can read aloud and do this as well. I taught myself these time-saving skills but now I realize what a problem it really is.
I can remember the eye color of anybody I know off the top of my head. It’s especially weird because I have facial recognition issues, but if you asked me the exact eye color of anybody I know, I would be able to tell you without looking.
Remember free popcorn guy? Don't forget scrounging through the trash for some popcorn!
This article already existed. Also: I can cause body chills at will. On myself, not other people. Just by thought. You can see it happen as the hairs stand up on my arms.
I have told women they that they were pregnant at least 2months before they knew. I have been right 3 out of 3 times now
I can tie a cherry stem in a knot. Make a clover shape with my tongue. Wiggle my ears. Alternate raising my eyebrows. That’s about it. And I remember soo much random stuff. Even small details about people. Also I’ve never gotten poison ivy I may be immune as well like the other person in the comments is.
I can recognize every sound of a house after about 2 months of living there
I can move my eyebrows independently from each other and wiggle my ears. All at the same time, too, but it looks pretty weird!
i can vibrate my eyes, barf and/or cry on command, and have a severe fear of airplanes. yay!
I can touch my nose, chin, and can fold my tongue in the hotdog, clover and I have been stretching my tongue since I was 6, daily exercises get my tongue even longer and more flexible. Also, I can Hear lights, even if they aren't on...I used to get no sleep before I was used to it.
I can comment on BP posts even though I have nothing interesting or beneficial to add to the conversation.
Same! There's a muscle which tenses and then spasms for hiccups, when you know which one it is you conciously relax it. I've always heard that it's impossible to conciously stop hiccups.
Load More Replies... I can run back into the kitchen right before the microwave goes off. No counting down in my head. Never missed it.
CFVGB I DIDN'T KNOW OTHER PEOPLE COULD DO THIS !! I can be sitting there for what feels like 10 minutes and my body just says "k i t c h e n" and I just start walking there, and without fail, I get there right before the timer goes off
Load More Replies... I can read small print documents that are upside down to me, like on someone's desk.
Good to use in the principals office when they have a document saying what you've done... XD
Load More Replies... In volleyball, I could take one look at the server and immediately know where the serve would land. not much of a talent though
I can fee other people's emotions. I'm not really alone in this. It's called hypersensitivity. But only about 20% of the population is like this. It can be useful (for some) but I find it completely invasive. But once I was driving in my warm car with the heat flowing in winter and I looked over at someone running outside (it was a cold day) and the words "I'm cold" came out of my mouth. I had no reason to say that. I realized it must have been what the runner was feeling. I've learned to suppress this.
I'm weirdly good at remembering things. Songs, dates, books, hell, even dreams from over a decade ago. I can't rewatch or reread things because I know everything that's going to happen. I can tell you the exact date I got all of my plants, when my last haircut was, and when I got my favorite pair of shoes.
you may have some form of hyperthymesia. that's where you can remember basically everything that ever happened to you in your whole life. it's quite rare with only about 60 people with the condition
Load More Replies... I can tell a bad person from everyone else. There was a girl in my kindergarten class who I had a bad feeling about, ended up knocking a kid out.
Everyone in my family has a different eye color. Mine is caramel. Everyone in my family has some weird talent to with their face. Mine is I can vibrate my ears and forehead, so that it looks like I am possessed. It freaks my friends out. Then I recently found out I can weirdly vibrate my eyelid, I do it on instinct, it just makes me look more possessed.
I can catch plushes every time i use a claw machine!!! I don't know how i do, but always work.
I can sneeze in a way you can’t tell I sneezed. Developed it because my pelvic floor was too weak. My daughter can tube her tongue five ways (normal, sideways to the left, sideways to the right, a double tube and a triple tube)
I can turn mine upside down. Like to do it when I'm thinking. My mom can too.
Load More Replies... I've always wanted to be able to do it For some reason..failed..
Load More Replies... I can swallow air and burp. I can prep a really long burp with multiple swallows. Was more fun as a kid. Adults are less impressed.
I can mimic accents without thinking about it, but once I try to do one I flounder.
I can put my hands on my chest, palms sticking out, and move my arms together in front of me.
I can cry and/or shake on command, I can also touch every part of my back, my arms are normal lengths also I can do burrito and clover tongue
I can, given a few seconds, cry on command (or at least make my eyes water) I can also laugh at anything that’s not funny at all (not on command, totally random)
I can write upside down, left to right, right to left, both hands. Same with reading. Da Vinci's texts are easy for me to read and understand. Also struggle a lot with letters "N"and "Z" lol
I can tell you within $3 how much the total will be at any store with any amount of items, even when my husband and son sneak things in the cart and I don't see the shelf price. I unload overflowing carts and "mind" calculate totals (with discounts, coupons and taxes) and am accurate at least 98% of the time.
I can repeat a song or melody correctly after only hearing it a few times
I can mirror write in left hand. Also I can smell short curcuit in proximity
I can: Whistle with my throat. I can also fake cry really well, talk for hours on end, but am mostly a quiet gal, and can name a ton of random facts. Did you know that black apples exist?
Also, I can lift my bangs with my eyebrows. When I had them. RIP my bangs, when I was three to when I was 8.
Load More Replies... I've never been sure if this is actually weird or not, but I can pop my ears on command. Like I can just pop them. Whenever I want. I'm doing it right now. It's not hard and it doesn't hurt, I just can??? People never quite understand what I'm talking about whenever I bring it up though so I've never been sure.
I used to be good at reading roman numerals at the end of movies/tv shows. Out of practice though
I have misophonia. I can vibrate my eyes, and suck in my chest on command (you know that space right below your neck? I can... push it in... on command :) )
Not me but dad's girlfriend had hair that would stay as she put it. Could make horns, ringlets, anything with just a second and her hand. She can also gleek. I was very impressed when i was 13 and met her!
1. I can turn a chewed gumball into a perfect sphere in my mouth. I just roll it around on my teeth for a bit. 2. I can bend my legs about 190 degrees going backwards and past my hips 3. I can do almost perfect impressions of characters 4. I can scream, and it sounds like a perfect whistle. It's loud, and it makes people's ears ring. I find it fun, although I'm starting to lose the ability
I can put my leg behind my neck at random times even standing So when I’m chilling with friends I just randomly put leg behind my neck it freaks them out
I am not ticklish. When I was younger I would pretend to laugh so people wouldn't think I was weird.
i can count my steps while talking and listening to someone talk. I used to not be able to stop and it bugged me so muccccch now sometimes i cant stop.
It’s quite embarrassing but I begin to mimic a person’s accent after a few minutes of conversation. I can also maintain eye contact and respond correctly as you speak but be thinking of and figuring out something completely unrelated. I can read aloud and do this as well. I taught myself these time-saving skills but now I realize what a problem it really is.
I can remember the eye color of anybody I know off the top of my head. It’s especially weird because I have facial recognition issues, but if you asked me the exact eye color of anybody I know, I would be able to tell you without looking.
Remember free popcorn guy? Don't forget scrounging through the trash for some popcorn!
This article already existed. Also: I can cause body chills at will. On myself, not other people. Just by thought. You can see it happen as the hairs stand up on my arms.
I have told women they that they were pregnant at least 2months before they knew. I have been right 3 out of 3 times now
I can tie a cherry stem in a knot. Make a clover shape with my tongue. Wiggle my ears. Alternate raising my eyebrows. That’s about it. And I remember soo much random stuff. Even small details about people. Also I’ve never gotten poison ivy I may be immune as well like the other person in the comments is.
I can recognize every sound of a house after about 2 months of living there
I can move my eyebrows independently from each other and wiggle my ears. All at the same time, too, but it looks pretty weird!
i can vibrate my eyes, barf and/or cry on command, and have a severe fear of airplanes. yay!
I can touch my nose, chin, and can fold my tongue in the hotdog, clover and I have been stretching my tongue since I was 6, daily exercises get my tongue even longer and more flexible. Also, I can Hear lights, even if they aren't on...I used to get no sleep before I was used to it.
