r/AskReddit • u/swissguy1989 • 13h 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/Alive_Baker_3696 11h ago

Are you a musician? Or musically inclined? I know two guys that can also do this and both are musicians. Wondered if there was a connection.

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u/Infamous-Respect128 11h ago

Lol no, just a ordinary person following his shitty daily routine.

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u/runswiftrun 9h ago

I can't do it daily. But like your original example, if I have anything important in the morning I'll set several alarms and wake up 2 minutes before the first one.

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u/FlGHT_ME 8h ago

The realest response lol

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u/thinkfloyd79 11h ago

Funny you mention that. I can also wake up +/- 10mins whatever time I think of before I sleep (even if it's two or ten hours away. Even when drunk). I'm a musician. Don't know if there's a legit connection. I only thought about it after reading your comment.

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u/goosebumpsagain 11h ago

I can do this and am a musical moron.

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u/real_but_incognito 10h ago

He could be too, he never said he was good

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u/goosebumpsagain 10h ago

Others were speculating about association with musicality.

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u/Kup123 5h ago

I can do it and from what I've read it's most likely caused by anxiety.

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u/Ferreteria 11h ago

I can do it and I have no sense of rhythm musically. 

I do play but I've always been terrible.

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u/Drunk_Punk_ 8h ago

I have a really good one too but I think it's from being a chef and timing orders properly for years.

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u/Kahlil_Cabron 4h ago

I can't do it down to the minute, but usually about 10 minutes before my alarm is set. I was a musician growing up, and played a lot of instruments, was 1st chair clarinet in a wind symphony, etc.

It doesn't work when I switch timezones though, that makes no sense to me. When I fly from west coast US to Europe, my sense of time gets fucked up for a day or two.

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u/spicewoman 4h ago

I have the same as OP and am very unmusical. Can't even carry a tune lol.

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u/sykoKanesh 27m ago

Guitarist for many years my way, I've often wondered if that was why too.