I’m a father living in Japan, so any competent display of childcare is still met with shock and confusion.
What sort of things would be considered unusual childcare wise?
I'm a tall burly cisman so people are always surprised that I know how to sew. I mostly hand-mend my clothes but I made my own pants in high school when I had access to a sewing machine.
Sewing fellas unite!
I usually make hats and tool wraps, but I mend dresses or alter clothes for friends too.
sewing is mine also. I don't think I've talked to a single person in the 15 years I've been sewing that hasn't reacted with shock to some degree or another upon finding out.
i like repairing clothes and making backpacks.
Hand-sewing is my "something to occupy my hands while watching tv" hobby. I usually take shirts that I buy at a thrift store and customize them (side panels to make them fit better, add lacy pieces, etc.).
I can sew, although I kind of hate it. Sewing is an essential skill if you own a sailboat and have no money.
"own a sailboat and have no money" that's a redundant statement :]
I think that would be antithetical, or paradoxical. Redundant means superfluous (=more than is necessary)
See the common conception of boat owners is that they're rich. And they certainly might start out that way. But a boat is a hole in the ocean into which money is thrown, and thus boat owners quickly become not rich
I've heard that boat owners are happy on two days. The day they buy it, and the day they sell it.
I can cook a decent meal. I though it was a basic skill bottom of Maslow's hierarchy of needs etc. But almost everyone I know buys take away or makes the most basic of basic food.
I'm learning this about young folk (17 - 40) - that they don't cook at all, just order delivery food. That is so unbelievably expensive! And unhealthy! I know cooking is a pain in the ass, but it's like cleaning and paying your bills - just something you gotta do.
It infuriates me. People dropping half my weekly food budget on 1 meal just so some underpaid bastard can deliver it to ur door. Then they complain about cost of living. I would spend about a quarter as much as what most people I know do on food per week and I'm eating like a fucking king prime cuts of steek 3 times a week, fresh fruit and veg, the fancy bread, etc. And I'm still winning economically. And we haven't even got to the health benefits of not eating fake shit full of sugar 7days a week.
Have an intelligent discussion about theology.
I may look like your average idiot who is also atheist; but it's because I have a weird interest in theology and have read so many religious texts and interpretations of most major and some minor religions from around the globe. Some of them have some kick ass stories. Hell, some of them read like straight up sci-fi!
[L Ron Hubbard's estate wants to know your location]
Oddly enough, I haven't actually read Dianetics or any of his other sci-fi prior to going after "the real money in religion" for that matter.
I kinda get the impression that Scientology is the one cult that using their own doctrine against them wouldn't quite have the same effect.
I found "Battlefield Earth" surprisingly good.
I have found that atheists know more about religion than the typical believer.
After loosing some of my hearing and not being able to compose electronic music anymore, I basically retired from being a musician. Picked up drumming about 9 months ago and I'm surprisingly good at it.
Oh hell yeah! I've been drumming for 20 years, it's the best instrument out there. Enjoy, it's hella fun!
Cheers. It's really great and lots of fun. Already recording an album for a German band in the studio thanks to some amazing teachers out there.
Pretty much anything DIY. Plumbing, electrical, carpentry, etc. I'm not an expert at any of those things but I can actually do a pretty decent job. I'm not afraid to research a project and take a crack at it myself. I've completed some really nasty projects that turned out well.
Same as this but I can see any process 1x and adapt it to serve me.
Jack of all trades! After partly renovating three different houses successfully, I find myself in the same situation as you.
Roller skating. I'm super unathletic, but skating (including teaching to others) was listed in the profile of a girl who contacted me on a dating site, so after chatting for a bit I suggested that as our first date. She was super patient with me, I had never put on skates before that day, and was in my 30s.
We're married now, and I now also teach skating where she does on weekends, sometimes to people who have never tried it before.
As I found out recently, drawing.
I took some classes in high school and only recently got back into it, and I’d consider myself..averageish? I know where I need improvements and I see the quirks and wonks, so to speak.
The people in my adult life who have seen my sketchbook make (positive) comments, which surprised me. Still, it’s nice.
Drawing has always been super impressive to me. I pretty much gave it up in high school, but my husband is an incredible artist and I just always appreciate seeing what other people do. It seems like it's hella zen when you get into it. Awesome skill :)
Driving a manual transmission vehicle.
I can survive - until now
Lockpicking
predicting the future.
it's not like the movies, it's more like being tied to the train tracks in the direction the train is coming in, and people hate it when you talk about it.
Juggle a football only with my weak foot.
I can drill 6" into my nose, among other sideshow talents.
Don't feel obligated to elaborate, but I'd love it if you would! That sounds super intriguing
It's an act called human blockhead, but I do it with a Milwaukee power drill. I used to be a lot more active as a sideshow performer so I can do a lot of weird stuff. I also invented two fire eating moves.
I can work on/repair basically anything old. Things from a certain period and back just make sense, plain and simple.
I can shave with a straight razor, operate an oil lamp (and I have several throughout my house,) hell, I’m a musician, and I recorded on tape until 2014, using clunky, old multitrack tape machines, which I can also repair and maintain. (I still dream of getting ahold of an 8-track reel machine, a Tascam 80-8 or especially a 388. They are stupid expensive if you can find a working one at all.)
Patch making, and I've no idea why people are surprised about it tbh. It's really easy if you've got access to a printer (or you can trace from a screen) and a pair of scissors.
That said I have a slightly unusual process where I design stencils in fusion 360 and then print them on my 3D printer, they're durable and reusable that way. I'm still working on improving the final print quality, but I've had some really good results like this gigantic Ash Bricky back patch that took me ~20 hours over three days.
Disclaimer
I bought the actual shirt I swear, it just wasn't the right shape or size for a back patch. Also I never sell other people's designs like this.
Nobody expects me to be a baker. I damn near killed a stand mixer making bagel dough once xD
Juggle. I'm by no means a master, but I know my way around quite a few different juggling things. Balls, sticks, hoops, the two sticks you hold with the longer one you juggle in the middle, diabolos/Chinese yo-yos.
i can perfectly imitate the "adult voice" from Peanuts with just my mouth.
I'm a massive nerd, no one is surprised by my ability to debug a printer or install an operating system.
They're generally surprised by my people skills and carpentry skills though!
I know how to can food and make preserves. I'm 46 M.
I have an uncanny ability to read super faded receipts, and old people's hand writing.
I'm pretty old & geeky so people are often surprised I can do a great cartwheel. One trick pony when it comes to acrobatics, it's just the cartwheel.
I am always amazed by my inability to fall on ice. I can lose my balance, but always catch myself at the last second.
People are surprised that I'm really good with horses. I'm a very short, timid person, but I can handle the huge animals with ease.
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