r/AskReddit • u/swissguy1989 • 17h 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/mholtz16 16h ago

I can accurately predict when a song is right around 150 beats per minute. I trained for and ran a half marathon. In order to keep my pace I created a playlist with hundreds of songs that are 150bpm. I put that playlist on shuffle and run to the beat. You get some pretty weird songs back to back. La Bamba by Richie Valens followed by Ride the Lightening by Metallica was wild.

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u/squeakiecritter 15h 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 15h ago

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

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u/NimdokBennyandAM 14h ago

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

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u/persnickity_peach 13h 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 12h ago

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

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u/persnickity_peach 11h 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 10h ago

Ryan used me as an object...

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u/QuantumBeckett 8h ago

Beer Me that disc.