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Throwing things very accurately (free-throws, throwing something at a trash can across the room and get it in, etc)
Catching things thrown or flying at me
I can dislocate my shoulders at will, hyperextend my elbows, and have 'double jointed' thumbs
 
Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Throwing things very accurately (free-throws, throwing something at a trash can across the room and get it in, etc)
Catching things thrown or flying at me
I can dislocate my shoulders at will, hyperextend my elbows, and have 'double jointed' thumbs
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wow we are identical in our useless things we're good at 😛

I can't dislocate my shoulders but I can drop them about an inch out of the sockets. Loose ligaments. I can definately hyper extend my elbows and my fingers are really supple. I can bend my small finger so the finger nail so it is about 11 o clock if directly up towards the sky is 12.

I'm very athletic but that is quite useful 😛

Koing
 
Originally posted by: Koing
Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Throwing things very accurately (free-throws, throwing something at a trash can across the room and get it in, etc)
Catching things thrown or flying at me
I can dislocate my shoulders at will, hyperextend my elbows, and have 'double jointed' thumbs
Click to expand...

wow we are identical in our useless things we're good at 😛

I can't dislocate my shoulders but I can drop them about an inch out of the sockets. Loose ligaments. I can definately hyper extend my elbows and my fingers are really supple. I can bend my small finger so the finger nail so it is about 11 o clock if directly up towards the sky is 12.

I'm very athletic but that is quite useful 😛

Koing
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:beer:
 
Madden football on any console

Fly Fishing (though I have been practicing that since I was about 9, and it does benefit me in real life)

 
Being able to remember the page and the placement of diagrams/paragraphs, but not what they say!

Random dates, events, locations, historical trivia etc
 
Reading from any angle and direction. I guess its not completely useless, but just mostly.

And besides, no talent is truly useless. Everything serves a purpose.

Edit: Oh, and i can sleep standing up. And have lucid conversations with people while sleeping. If you don't believe me ask my roommates. I didn't believe at first myself when they told me; it was weird.
 
I'm a fast sprinter. I don't race everyone I see, but of those I have raced, I have never lost. Tied once. I have no stamina though, I can't keep it up for too long. However, I was never perfectly physically fit, so no one ever tried to funnel me into organized sports. Now I program computers. I hope my legs aren't too disappointed with me.
 
i can split a deck of cards near exactly in half (+/- 2 cards) 7 out of 10 times. I can do it perfectly 3 out of 7 times 😉
 
Oh, remembered another one: hitting a softball. Gets you no props with women, and is generally useless outside of the game.

Over the last 8 years I've averaged ~45 plate appearances, a .650 batting average, 4-5 doubles, 4-5 triples, ~10 homeruns, >30 RBI and an OPS ~1.9-2 per 16 game season. This season I am batting .850 with 3 doubles, 4 triples, 2 homeruns, 13 RBI and an OPS of 2.564 over 6 games.

Anyone in Boston need a player for summer/fall season? I'm relocating and need a new team.
 
Originally posted by: Koing
Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Throwing things very accurately (free-throws, throwing something at a trash can across the room and get it in, etc)
Catching things thrown or flying at me
I can dislocate my shoulders at will, hyperextend my elbows, and have 'double jointed' thumbs
Click to expand...

wow we are identical in our useless things we're good at 😛

I can't dislocate my shoulders but I can drop them about an inch out of the sockets. Loose ligaments. I can definately hyper extend my elbows and my fingers are really supple. I can bend my small finger so the finger nail so it is about 11 o clock if directly up towards the sky is 12.

I'm very athletic but that is quite useful 😛

Koing
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I'm able to bend my fingers back until they touch the top of my hand (almost the wrist). I can also bend my thumbs to it holds against my wrist. My pinky fingers also bend at the tips almost 90 degrees.
 
Being 100% heterosexual but having an uncanny ability to thwart the sexual advances of women like Jessica Alba, Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, & Jessica Biel, just to name a few. I will admit that my skills are probably less natural and more a product of repetition.
 
Originally posted by: spanner
Spotting compression and interlacing artifacts.
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Also color banding, macroblocking and dithering artifacts.

I used to be a god at Homeworld multiplayer, too.
 
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