No political posturing.
What about something that everyone else thinks is easy but it’s difficult for me?
Whistling. I’m fucking 35.
Once I took this giant thc gummy and learned how to whistle quite loud. Went to sleep, woke up and can’t do it anymore 😭
Getting places on time
Computers just work around me. Steady the software and programs. I’m not in the tech or it field. I’m in retail management.
The amount of times people call me over only to say “well now it’s working but before it took me to some other screen”
“Glad I could help”
My husband is this way. I take advantage of it regularly. I used to consider myself tech savvy but I went into the arts and the tech world left me behind. I used to try and muddle through it, but eventually I just stopped trying because I’d be doing everything “right” without success and then my husband would look over my shoulder and suddenly it would work. So now I swallow my pride and ask him sooner.
Being happy by myself.
Before every 3rd annual review I set out getting competitive wages from competitors to bring to my review for my current employer to match or else I accept the competing offer and my current employer can use my annual review as my 2 week notice.
Has worked 5 out of 5 times accross 3 different companies over my 20 year work span.
I have a good imagination. After meeting people with aphantasia it seems I have an exceptional ability to call to mind sights, smells, sensations, sounds, and simulate the interactions they would have entirely in my mind. I can imagine a different set of curtains on the wall and tell you if it would clash with your paint, and I can taste a spoonful of a soup and go through a mental library of tastes and combine it with more salt, onion, wine etc and make a suggestion based on what “tasted” the best. I thought everyone could do it but some people don’t have a “mind’s eye” at all. Some people only can see in their imaginations, not smell or taste or hear etc.
Same, but it sounds like you’re a little better than I. Reading posts on reddit years ago was what made me realize that some people can’t picture things in their head.
I’m a solid 1 on this scale, had assumed everyone else was as well.
The downside is that when I get a song stuck in my head, it’s really in there.
Im a bit of a dillatant and don’t think im really very good at doing anything. Im great with planning and thinking about things and such. I feel I seem to handle change easier than most and im good at loading things into a confined space. I joke its due to all the tetris when I was younger.
Popping their ears. I can “pop” my ears by opening my eustachian tubes on demand. I can even hold them open if I want to. Apparently a lot of people can’t do that.
I can do this but it makes me yawn
I can pop them also! Which is good because I need to do it frequently because of sinus problems ‘clogging’ them.
I can do this too. It feels like I’m trying to flex my jaw muscles downwards. And makes that satisfying crackling noise when they open up.
Same; can you also, by any chance, wiggle them?
TIL there are people who can’t do this
I’m a voracious reader. Took me decades to realize that otherwise intelligent people sometimes can’t follow a novel. Also, I can see it in my head, like watching a movie.
Good friend was over yesterday trying to read a username on my screen (which is a huge TV). The name was $SomethingDuo. He couldn’t pronounce duo. The man is illiterate and I never had a clue! Maybe he’s dyslexic? I would think the Marine Corp would have caught that. Maybe he ate too many crayons?
Never did well in chemistry, but give me a spelling I’ve never seen and I can nail it after a moment’s thought. Reading the Belter’s mish-mash of languages in The Expanse made sense, even in languages I don’t know. I’m also great at learning languages, spoken or written.
One more thing, I have a strong sense for the weather and seasons. My wife and kids are clueless, can’t even dress themselves appropriately. That’s probably learned behavior though. I’m a wuss for being uncomfortable outside and I’m outside far more than most people.
One more. I’m not afraid of wild animals, even the big ones like black bears, alligators and panthers. They’re not going to mess with you and you’ll be lucky to catch a glimpse. Thought that was normal, but even Florida natives are often afraid of gators.
Being able to see through fake people’s masks. Like, people who appear nice and friendly on the surface, but are narcissistic snakes who will destroy you to benefit themselves. The people who everyone will swear “oh, they aren’t like that.”
It’s so obvious to my wife and I, possibly because we’re on the spectrum, but no one else sees it until one of us lays out all the supporting evidence that they are in fact like that.
It’s the dead eyes. Every photo of Mr. Beast has them.
In my case I just feel like I have a strong intuition about there being something off about someone. Usually I can’t even put my finger on what it is exactly yet I seem to often be right.
Driving without touching my phone.
So close to an upvote until I saw it said phone.
WHAT DID YOU THINK IT WAS???
I genuinely do not know
Navigating UIs on PCs, Smartphones, Ticket Machines etc.
Reading UIs is definitely a skill, I can navigate most menus regardless of language. But it makes it harder to design stuff for the average user.
Not judging other people. Partly, I’m just quite easy going, partly I’ve had enough personal history of making mistakes to understand that people often have others reasons for their actions. But mostly I just don’t see the point in wasting headspace caring about someone’s appearance, opinion or behaviour.
But I feel like I’m constantly hearing people bitching, moaning and picking at other people. There are situations where you need to take a decision about something (particularly if you’re in a position of responsibility or authority) but most of the time there seems very little point in being judgemental about someone.
I don’t believe in free will so I always think to myself that if I was in their shoes I’d be acting the same way. It doesn’t mean I have endless tolerance for bad behavior or that it doesn’t affect whether I want to be around said person or not but I don’t act as if they’re personally responsible for who they are or that they’re actively choosing to be that way.
Our brains start firing to take action before we are conscious of that action. We can see this on a scan.
Not a comfortable thought, but our brains are driving and only after taking action do they send an executive summary to the little homonculous behind our eyeballs and we say, “I did that!”
Explaining difficult technical concepts to laypeople. Just gotta find the correct analogy.
I excelled at tech support with this skill. I can quickly figure a person’s technical ability. If you talk below them, they’re insulted. If you talk over them, they’re insulted. Gotta hit 'em where they live.
If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t know it well enough.
That’s one of my favorite sayings.
The problem is that people who are subject matter experts in a field tend to over estimate the amount of knowledge a layperson has about their field.
With the caveat that a simple explanation stipulates a basic understanding of the topic at hand. I could explain the concept of First Break Positioning to anyone, but it’s gonna take a while unless they have a basic understanding of how a seismic survey works.
I am grateful and envious: I would love to have the same ability. Stuff is crystal clear in my mind, and I still hardly can transform it into something someone else can parse… analogies are great, but finding the correct one is often beyond me
I’m not a fan of analogies. They can be very condescending and convoluted and I find I dont learn much from them. I dont think there are any shortcuts to learning in that way really.
I find most the times the issue I have with someone teaching me something is that they are treating it as a one sided communication. If the person teaching won’t learn about the student, they end up assuming a lot of things and that is what breaks understanding.
Analogies are nice when the purpose isn’t to really learn but to socialize, though. Its more a way for people to acknowledge each other and show respect for the things we are interested in. Its a mutual thing in that way.
Budgeting and staying afloat.
I’m immune to FOMO, I’ve been conditioned and hard-wired to resist a majority of what commercialism tries shoving in my face. I’ll get what works for me and has proven to work for me and I’ll consider alternative options if whatever that is, is proven to me that it is something better.
I may be living as an individual and alone, but I don’t feel the need to spend $200+ on groceries just for me. Some people whose budgets are broken down when they go over their expenses just for them, I see so many flaws. Why do you need weed? Why do you need this or that? Why did you pick a place to live that costs you $2,000 a month? Are you insane?
Not trying to judge but you came here complaining to us (whenever I see it on social media) about why you’re broke or struggling, until I see what you’re spending on. Stop subscribing to bundled utilities where you’ll use only ONE of them (Net), stop subscribing to things you know you’ll use only once then forget about. It’s not that freaking hard, but the only reason people do these dumb things is to feel inclusive or feel like they’re saving on things but don’t read the fine print. It is all on you for why you fail budgeting.
I’m not trying to make excuses for capitalism but it’s survivable if you ask me.
