This is really just an excuse for me to say how much I love the fact I can drive. Considering how terrified I was of the idea all the way through my lessons, I'd sooner lose my left hand than lose the ability to drive forever. It has given me so much freedom.
Share something positive, guys. What's the best skill you have? Or best number of skills? Make it silly if you want but nothing negative or I'll cry :>
Most likely the skill of writing stories. Just pulling out countless stories that are bound only by individual imagination is a pretty nice trick, I suppose. Everyone can tell a story, but it's just that not everyone tries to pull a novel out of their mind, and being able to tell a story in your own words is something interesting.
Me? One of my skills is making peers mad at me when I getting good grades. English and History are where I really seem to struggle a bit. Oh, and essay writing, for which I can thank my 7th grade english teacher. I can write a good essay thanks to her.
the ability to do nothing ever
but uh on a serious note i'm ok at role playing and making graphics? i wish i was better tho. and better at drawing too lmao
the skill of cutting cucumber with keys
I'm a good mimic. I can do some accents and some specific characters. My best is definitely Welsh but I can p.much do the whole of the Gavin and Stacey cast (inc. minor characters too.) this is among others ofc, Welsh and Essex aren't the only ones I can do!!
I wouldn't call writing a skill (mainly bc I can't actually gauge how good I am at it myself) it's more of a passion but it's one that becomes easier and better the more you do it.
I think that's probs it tbf. I don't have skills... At least not useful ones.
fooling people into believing that i have bad posture when in reality i'm just lazy.
also i can make fart noises with just my hands.
im good at music. this has no uses. i can write music really well, however
im good at beating up nerds
was that aimed towards me, john?
Quote from: sylar on August 06, 2014, 04:11
im good at beating up nerds
//starts to walk away swiftly while whistling nervously//
Quote from: tipsyGnostalgic on August 06, 2014, 04:38
was that aimed towards me, john?
Dude you're on a pokemon forum this is aimed at
everybody.
Yah my driving's my favorite skill i've developed, considering it's the only way to get places in suburban USA
Like Mark I can also make farting noises with my hands. Why? I don't know but it freaks people out.
On a serious note I can play the trumpet and draw to a reasonable standard lmao.
I'm always acquiring new skills. Never know when it'd come in handy:
I'm a musician by trade (guitar/bass/vocals), I'm a qualified music teacher, I've worked in live sound, studio engineering, photography, worked in the motor industry, I'm qualified to drive commercial vehicles (transits and similar), I was an 80m hurdler for school, I do carpentry, built computers, built servers, can fly gliders (why not?) and a little bit of first aid.
I don't know how to work the iron, though...
Driving is probably up there though. My Vauxhall Astra is worth it just for the heated seats.
Runecrafting and Fletching on Runescape probably!
Seriously though, I'm good on my keyboard. I mostly play songs by ear.
I've never been able to read music.
talking to people, making connections, that sort of thing.
Possibly cooking; I couldn't boil an egg or cook pasta with certainty before university, but now I'm pretty good at deciding what will work well together, knowing how to tell if food's cooked properly, that sort of thing. It rarely looks professional but it generally tastes good =P
Changing nappies without a mat and keeping the carpet clean, that's a skill I pride myself on.
I'm still pretty proud of my pixel art, but I'm incredibly rusty.
Also I can sing and drum the cups song from Pitch Perfect, which has earned me free drinks before \o/
Look at all of you that can drive, like real grownups.. I really should get around to doing that, but I'd be such a skittish driver D:
Definitely competitive battling, but I kinda feel like that's boring to say at this point.
I've gotten quite good at spriting, I'd say, and continue to push myself into harder things to sprite, but my ambition fades if it's not something I care about spriting, so that hinders progress a lot.
i can burp the alphabet, which i personally think is an intensely useful skill that will get me very far in several social circles
I've been told I am a great leader by many and I have been nominated for multiple conferences and stuff like that by school administrators. Same for my brother.
Leadership aside, i've been told i'm also a "good soldier", so to speak. I guess I do most tasks assigned usually with no questions asked or too much complaining.
I'm starting to get good at cooking, although I do burn a couple pancakes here and there.
Last, I guess I have been told I have some skill in competitive battling. Still need to get breeding down, but some said I have a bright future ahead in battling.
I have several. I can drive a standard shift car with ease, I can parallel park nicely (although I haven't done it in years!), I know spellings and grammar usage pretty well, I can change oil AND the filter in a car, check tire pressure and add in the correct amount needed if low, use a credit card payment machine, make some REALLY good shrimp fried rice, and learning martial arts.
i cant do a whole lot of anything
Quote from: Lalice of Shrubs on August 11, 2014, 12:05
i can burp the alphabet, which i personally think is an intensely useful skill that will get me very far in several social circles
^Yesyes! I can play children's songs like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Hot Cross Buns by cracking my jaw.
I quite like my skills with training animals - it's a lot of fun. I'd only considered this when I thought recently how amazing my parrot is; when I first adopted him he was difficult but now he'll happily be looked after/ handled by other people when I need him to be. I have trouble getting his previous owner to believe me when I tell her he's learnt something new.
I've also a cat who I teach new tricks every now and then, like this guy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6hHu66-XKo).
One more skill I have: I can play songs pretty well on the keyboard and piano by ear. I taught myself how to play the Entertainer and Fur Elise this way!
well i can do this //holds my right hand slightly up in the air for a few seconds//
the ability to laugh at weakness
I've been known to be a bucket of useless info. However, sometimes i'm able to recall some of that info and it wins an argument for me.
Apparently I'm excellent when it comes down to steaming clothes? My old boss would compliment my work all the time and shift me to steaming... truth be told, I just think everyone was crap at it.
Definitely putting it on my CV.
Well, I have this "coach" mentality where i'm encouraging my teammates, well everyone, and basically trying to help. It also is handy for, apparently, annoying the other team. The people at bowling don't mind, but people at school are less forgiving. Ah well, as long as someone is helped.
My art has come so far in the past year you don't even know.
I can read hieroglyphs.
I can also cook proper food, which I am pretty proud of; it's a good ability to have these days...
As a result of training to be a teacher I can now read sheet music without having to count the lines.
I have a habit of starting to work on a new skill, getting okay at it, then getting distracted and starting something else, though I never actually quit anything and will likely pick it back up sometime. As a result, there are a lot of things I can do, but not many I can do very well.
But out of the things I can actually do well, I think my favorite is weaving chainmaille; though drawing is the skill I practice most frequently.
Quote from: Milsap on October 22, 2014, 19:56
As a result of training to be a teacher I can now read sheet music without having to count the lines.
minus the teacher training part, yes!! i love being able to read music and i'm building up sightreading and sightsinging skills as well, although those aren't quite there yet
I can't read treble clef without counting lines, but I'm a pro at bass clef
I learned how to sew and it's honestly come in handy over the years since it's meant that I haven't had to drop money on new clothes.
It is annoying that I don't sew things straight away though. I've got a coat with a torn pocket, from the early months, that I haven't fixed. I think it took about a week to find time to fix my jeans too.
It's going to be weird if I get into an out of city uni because I'll probably have to pack my needles and threads just to be safe.
i have the magical ability to make terrible posts all day long
Im above the average soccer for an 12yr, considering I have almost mastered rainbow flick is incredible. Probably Devil Sticks too, I love them.
Effective time management, something a lot of people somehow fail to achieve...
Going along music, definitely playing my current instrument (harp) <3 It's such a nice instrument to listen to while you play, even if the chords are a bit crazy with all the arpeggios or other wide spreads.
Also, while I remember - knowing how to brew my favourite tea just right is a very good skill for days after school.
My best skill is my intense imagination.
lately ive been mastering the use of hands. for instance, if there are cans on a ledge i can go up to them and push them off the ledge with my actual hands. they will fall on the floor. the cans would fall on the floor. not my actual hands. that would be funny. ho ho ho.
Quote from: winterbane on December 22, 2014, 11:13
Effective time management, something a lot of people somehow fail to achieve...
timemanage THIS, you nerd!!! //punches you in the stomach//
i get acne fairly easily
Dunno if I'd still be able to, but a few years ago when we still had our trampoline I could do a back flip on it, and throw a basketball into a (fairly big) hoop whilst doing so occasionally (like half the time, prolly). Probably couldn't even manage the backflip now, hacking not done it for so long, but it was pretty awesome to do xD
Quote from: Dragonpika on August 11, 2014, 10:53
Also I can sing and drum the cups song from Pitch Perfect, which has earned me free drinks before \o/:
That's like the best skill to have ever tbh, must have watched it a few too many times to know it off by heart xD
Quote from: BREAD on February 08, 2015, 02:56
i get acne fairly easily
therefore funding cream communities and keeping our boisterous economy going
The best skills I've personally developed over the past few decades include:
walking with ease
dancing to sick beats
knitting new clothes
painting lovely pictures
and...
reading Pokemon magazines in my bedroom
In my humble opinion, of course :) !
I can cook two minute rice in a minute and a half
I can sing most of Bohemian Rhapsody, although it sounds like a cat is being stepped on with spiked boots.
I can tell if a computer monitor or TV has been left on by listening to the sound it makes. Im can also set VCR and microwave clocks with ease.
I can play video games VERY well. Also, my imagination is growing.
I learned to drive a car pretty late as well, I think around 21. I was beginning to think that I would never do it, so I forced myself to start learning again. I was really put off by the lesson rates and never strung more than 5 or 6 together before. I had passed my theory already and had been riding a motorbike for 3 years, so had good road awareness, but I was much more nervous doing my car practical test than I ever was on a bike. I had one moment where I thought for sure I had failed, but I passed with only 7 minors and that was pretty much the best day ever.
More recently, I got help when I needed it instead of ignoring advice and not talking to anyone.
It's not the best skill I've ever developed but I'm proud of they way I fool everyone with my Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl trick as I have memorised the first three/four scenes of the script and literally everyone I know is absolutely convinced that I do in fact know the whole script. It's quite sad but it always makes me laugh when people believe it.
People who can drive make me feel so inadequate. Even getting into the driving seat of a car made me feel physically sick and any time a car was anywhere near me I was so frightened I'd get close to tears. I finally cracked when my instructor at the time thought it was a good idea to make me drive along a narrow busy road during rush hour and, surprise surprise, I nearly crashed. D: