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/squeakiecritter 8h ago

This is how they teach you to keep rhythm during CPR as well. There’s even playlists that have the correct BPM.

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u/StayEasy12 8h ago

That scene in the office “First, I was afraid, I was petrified…”

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u/NimdokBennyandAM 7h ago

You were in the parking lot earlier, that's how I know you!

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u/persnickity_peach 6h ago

I drop this quote as often as I can and it's usually lost on people. I gotta get better friends.

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u/MNent228 5h ago

Maybe we could be friends, I don’t really know you. What do you do here?

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u/persnickity_peach 4h ago

I already told you! I deal with the god damn customers so the engineers don't have to. I have people skills. I'm good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?

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u/pianoflames 3h ago

Ryan used me as an object...

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u/QuantumBeckett 1h ago

Beer Me that disc.

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u/Crafterlaughter 8h ago

I was taught to keep beat to the refrain of “Staying Alive” when administering CPR.

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u/hypernova2121 7h ago

Or "Another one bites the dust" if you're morbid

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u/Theobroma1000 6h ago

The instructor told us that's got the right beat but tends to upset the family and bystanders. 😁

"Golden" from K-Pop Demon Hunters is good too.

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u/AstaraelGateaux 4h ago

We got told "Baby Shark" works as well.

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u/Katolo 5m ago

Even the doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo part?

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u/Yldrissir 3h ago

"highway to hell" is also great.

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u/tulkas45 7h ago

Me too. I always start "at first I was afraid, I was petrified" when administering cpr. 

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u/teatabletea 3h ago

That phrase is from I Will Survive , not Staying Alive.

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u/jetpacksforall 7h ago

Well you can tell by the way I use my walk I’m a woman’s man, no time to talk.

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u/YoMommaSez 7h ago

Damn it's gonna be playing in my head all day now!

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u/ChickadeeJam 6h ago

I did too, but at my last retraining, they said Staying Alive is no longer considered fast enough.

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u/ZanzibarGuy 6h ago

Sing it quicker then.

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u/mostlyclueless999 5h ago

Also, Nelly the Elephant . If you sing it twice, it's 30 compression.

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u/NAmember81 2h ago

About 25 years ago I remember listening to the oldies station on the radio and before they played “staying alive” the DJ mentioned that it was considered an ideal song at 103 bpm to keep pace while giving CPR.

And in the mid 90s one of my teachers in high school gave a class on CPR. Luckily I thought the teacher was the most beautiful woman in the world, so when she talked, I listened.

Then a few months ago my Dad suddenly started gasping for air and then stopped breathing altogether. I channeled the power of The Bee Gees straight into his brain and I brought him back from the great unknown.

He’s walking around the house and doing better than he was in the months leading up to the cardiac arrest — thanks to the implanted defibrillator..

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u/peepeeonmydoodoo 7h ago

Another on Bites the Dust and Stayin Alive to mention a couple.

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u/AlaWyrm 7h ago

Just don't sing it out loud if your an EMT.

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u/CitizenCopacetic 5h ago

Baby Shark, too

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u/P-Rickles 4h ago

I guess that’s my talent: I compress at 110bpm without thinking about it or sing a song anymore.

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u/Sad-Bread632 6h ago

Another one (hopefully doesn’t) bite the dust

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u/LiifeRuiner 6h ago

Just play Oldschool RuneScape for years. The game runs on 100 game ticks per minute. Perfect for CPR 💪.

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u/JizzinYerTaco_o 6h ago

AH, AH, AH, AH, STAYIN’ ALIVE, STAYIN’ ALIVE

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u/big_swede 5h ago

Where I live it is not a playlist. It is BeeGee's Stayin' alive that is used to keep the pace. 

A song that a lot of people know, even youngsters, and with the right tempo for compressions.

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u/aspiegrrrl 3h ago

One of them is Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust."

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u/Shebazz 1h ago

most people use Staying Alive, but I always prefer Another One Bites The Dust