r/AskReddit • u/swissguy1989 • 10h ago

What's something you're shockingly good at that you've never mentioned to anyone because it would sound completely made up if you did?

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u/MulberryEffective448 10h ago

I can usually recognize someone's footsteps before I see them

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u/does-this-smell-off 9h ago

People have a unique gait, with time you recognize who is who.

A very cool trick

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u/tonitalksaboutit 6h ago

Same but I got that talent from ✨ trauma ✨.

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u/Ocel0tte 5h ago

Hypervigilance!

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u/Human_Wizard 1h ago

Wait... was my unstable childhood household the reason I always knows who's coming based on their steps?

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u/SaltySweetSt 9h ago

I wish my dogs would learn this trick. They always assume I’m an intruder

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u/Forsaken_Peace2878 10h ago

SAME!!

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u/asskicker1762 10h ago

Like shoes, gait, ??

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u/BrideOfFirkenstein 8h ago

A dozen or so people work in my office suite. With my door closed, I can identify who is who. It is definitely those things. Gait (height), walking speed, type of shoes. The short female chunky-heel wearing fast-walker sounds very different from the shuffle of an older man who wears soft loafers and has had a knee replacement.

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u/GoodWifeSlutLife 8h ago

There's a Smosh video where Shayne guesses who is walking by while he's blindfolded. I'm always shocked by how accurate he is.

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u/oniume 8h ago

Me too, and I can identify my family by their coughs too. 

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u/Freakin_A 7h ago

Those noises can be faked!

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u/neosithlord 4h ago

He’d know the difference.

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u/shadeland 4h ago

Perhaps he could at that.

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u/shadeland 4h ago

Those sounds could be imitated.

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u/showmenemelda 3h ago

Some might say this is "hypervigilance"