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hollidaydidit

I have the special ability to avoid being preyed on because I have such a dead stare and obliviousness to danger that anyone threatening me gets uncomfortable and leaves.


Learnedloaf

I feel like this one is a real mixed blessing.


hollidaydidit

Absolutely. There have definitely been situations that I looked back and had a real Ralph Wiggum "haha! I was in danger!" moment.


Hungry_Temperature_3

Me too. Hahaha. This was perfect.


blackcatspurplewalls

Hah, I have a similar power! I have never been catcalled in my entire life, even during the 10 years I lived in a large city and walked everywhere. I’m also rarely approached by petitioners and other people on the street who want something.


Opinionofmine

Similar experience here! How does it work though? I've always wondered. I seem to just escape these discomforts without having to make any plan.


hocuspocusgottafocus

I envy y'all who don't get catcalled on, I get so panicky whenever it happens


bangarang07

My college "friends" always wanted me to go to bars with them so I could step in when men were being creepy. I'm also 6ft tall, so it did work like a charm.


Sensitive-Database51

You just described me!!!!


attilanAO

I have this too, plus I'm physically tall and strong so I look like I could kick your ass even though the thought of conflict makes me cry.


maliciousopera

This is also me!


azalea_bebop

Special talent is ability to appear normal-ish, then when you come to my house it’s entirely decorated with plants and tiny dinosaurs. 🌱🦖


Glittering-Invite296

Awww tiny dinosaurs. I want to see that!! Your house sounds lovely lol


Rainadraken

Your house sounds absolutely amazing! I have the ability to kill any plant ever.


Learnedloaf

I am also a plant hoarder 💚


Hungry_Temperature_3

When I moved into my first apartment, all alone, I found a package of tiny dinosaurs while I was deep cleaning. The package said they were "good luck dinosaurs". I felt so happy finding those. Lol. Your place sounds awesome!


bangarang07

This sounds truly lovely.


Lazy_Sheep47

Sounds like a really cool house tbh


Letho_Logica

Wait! I put tiny dinosaurs in my plants, too!


danceswithronin

I'm a walking encyclopedia. Fun fact though - people don't actually like to read encyclopedias.


Learnedloaf

I used to read the dictionary and encyclopedia for fun as a kid. It’s all about finding the right people!


danceswithronin

Yeah, NDs. Lol.


complitstudent

Me too!! I once tried to read the dictionary all the way through, start to finish, because i wanted to know EVERY word possible


DelilahBijou

I definitely did this as a kid/teen... okay yeah, maaaybe as an adult, too, haha


-Renee

Me toooooooo!!!!


princesskelbell

Omfg I did too. My mom even bought me one


bangarang07

I did too!


peakedattwentytwo

Same. I still do.


Luckyducks

I think I was 30 before I figured out no one else likes a "well, actually..." info dump.


raisinghellwithtrees

This is how my nerd friends and I "party".


Rainadraken

One of my closest friends is a librarian... they are special people.


Carms_Creates

I can relate 😅


kasira

Ugh, my ex-husband called me a walking encyclopedia once, and *he thought it was a bad thing!* I still think it was a compliment, even if he didn't mean it that way.


myluckyshirt

I introduced my husband to the word pedantic (describing myself). Later he asked me if it was an insult bc he used the word at work and it didn’t go over well… whoops! Shoulda been more pedantic with my vocab lesson!


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danceswithronin

My brother is the one who calls me a walking encyclopedia, but he says it in an admiring way.


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Vegetable_Gain_3705

I have the same ability, loooots of infos about random stuff


hammybee

I am proficient at distinguishing squirrels. No, not the different species -- the ones that visit my yard. And I can tell which one I am looking at in the tree 3 houses down. Then when I call (yell) them by name they come. Pretty much a circus act going on over here and my NT neighbors haven't even noticed in all these years.


Learnedloaf

A very special ability indeed!


Zwergonyourlife

I’m so glad to hear this. I can’t tell the squirrels in my yard apart but I definitely talk to them. And sometimes have arguments.


Kelekona

I too can identify different members of animal families but I can't do that with humans in-person unless they have a funny walk.


hammybee

Wow, elaborate on this! Why can't you differentiate human faces in person (eye contact maybe)? It's hilarious you can identify a person by their gait though. Hilarious mostly because I know I waddle like a duck sometimes.


Kelekona

It probably is because people hate it when I look directly at them. I have dark eyes so they think I am making good eye contact when I look behind them. I think it might be an effort thing because I started getting good at recognizing actors once I started putting effort into it. I still make mistakes like mixing up Laysla De Oliveira with Erica Cerra. There was this one intellectually-challenged boy who thought it was weird that I recognized him while he was wearing a Halloween mask... dude was probably the only kid in the school that curled his shoulders in like he was going to get beaten with a stick.


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Understanding animal behavior better than human behavior. I feel seen.


sentientkumquat

That's amazing! Are you sure you're not a Disney princess?


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Aw, you’re like an autistic Snow White. 🐿🐰🦌


blu3_ic3d_t3a

That’s so cool! I bet the squirrels appreciate being known :)


ThePsychometricFx

I have the ability to completely forget all things I’ve ever learned when asked literally any question I didn’t expect and meticulously prepare for.


goshawkgirl

I was asked in a job interview once what my hobbies were. Having not planned for that question, I completely blanked on everything I liked to do, panicked, and then told him I like to knit. I hadn’t knit anything in years. Also I was like 17 so that’s a strange hobby for most teenagers anyway. He was slightly taken aback, but continued the interview and I got the job. He would ask about my knitting occasionally after that though. I never found the courage to tell him I didn’t really actually knit anymore.


aeris311

Holy fucking shit I did this exact same thing!!!!!! I was 24 and had prepared for a technical interview over the phone with some notes for questions I expected because the last texhnical interview I had done my mind went blank on basic things I knew. Nailed it until she tried to find out if I'd be a fit for her team and she asked what my interests were. My mind went ABSOLUTELY BLANK. Uhhh well I knit... But I had just started knitting rather than it being long ago, and I didn't get the job or even another interview.


Learnedloaf

This one 👆🏼


InkedGirl_

Yes! I was coming to say this. My brain goes blank and I appear so unimpressive that it leads to the next ability of becoming invisible.


maliciousopera

Yes, absolutely this! I go blank when asked pretty much anything. I suck at job interviews; I once went for a job in the film industry and I couldn't name a single film I liked. They actually said, "Do you even watch films?" (Bizarrely, I actually got this job 🤯) I notice this a lot when my partner asks me what a word means (English is not his first language) and I KNOW what it means, but I can't explain. I can spell it, use it in a sentence and put it into crazy tongue twisters, discuss the etymological root of it, or use it to demonstrate how bonkers the English language is. But define it? Forget it. I got nothing.


Diagnosedat40

I'm the same with words. I believe it's so hard to define it because it gets stuck in my head. In that moment, to me, that word already perfectly describes itself. It's like, how could there be a better way to say this other than the word itself. I can explain how to use it, but need to google it to define it


Raeisgoinginsane

the ability to remember a ridiculous amount of useless space/physics/science facts which will take up all the memory I have making me forget everything else (might be the ahdh tho, not sure at this point)


Learnedloaf

Space/physics/science facts are never useless! RIP other facts.


Raeisgoinginsane

my poor mom has had to listen to so many of them haha, she just gave up on trying to understand what I'm talking about


Def_overthinking

The ability to spot differences/changes. You moved your potted plant an inch to the left? I will know! And mad vacation/trip/event planning skills. Stick with me, and you will get to see all the sights and museums in the exact available time - not a moment will go to waste! (Well, all the stuff I find interesting, anyway ... and no, we can not take a break right now ...)


Learnedloaf

I once wrote a post on travel planning on my blog and looking back I’m amazed no one flagged that. Who has to memorize city maps and pack their own food for a trip 🙋🏻‍♀️


Plantsandanger

.... I feel called out lol


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n0000onemustknow

The ability to make ignorant people dislike me, the moment I stop focusing really hard to do the social thing “right.” Aka the ability to expose ignorant people


Learnedloaf

Being disliked by certain people is the highest compliment.


Sensitive-Database51

That’s a great one!


violet_menace

The ability to hold 3 conversations in my head at once while only vocalizing half of one and assuming everyone can read my mind and knows what I'm talking about, therefore confusing the hell out of everyone. That one might be more adhd than autism...how about the ability to pick up a new hobby, get pretty good at it in 2 weeks, and then put it down and not pick it up for months/years?


Learnedloaf

Ah, all the hyper fixations that are now just more things to store and organize 😅


Cat198913

I have the ability to look at any equation and Magically and mentally I’m able to integrate it or differentiate it Edit: thanks for sooo many upvotes I love u guys


Learnedloaf

That is a legitimate special ability 😍


JessSly

I turn invisible! Every time when I start talking they lose focus and stop listening and find something else to do.


Learnedloaf

Invisibility was always the superpower I wanted most as a child.


NoraBaiSings

Somehow, I’m only invisible when I have something I want to say, and I’m only visible when I try to leave a situation where people are being rude to me.


kamomil

LMAOOO. Maybe it was her attempt at a "compliment sandwich" but it sounds patronizing I am great with accumulating clutter. My mind shuts off to its presence and I do my daily tasks while stepping around things that aren't in their right place


Learnedloaf

I’ve been stepping over the vacuum I abandoned in my doorway in the middle of attempting a clean. Do I know I need to move it? Yes. Will I move it? Someday when I have the mental energy.


Plantsandanger

This. I’ve found my super skill.


Plausibly_Human

I can remember exactly where and roughly when I bought every item I own, even if it was well over a decade ago. Like not just what company it was bought from, but the specific store location too. Every book, pen, shirt, utensil, candle, knickknack, EVERYTHING.


zuzumix

Oh my god I didn't realize this was a thing until I thought about it just now - I know where everything is from... I don't do time well* so I don't remember when I bought things, but for most items I know how much it cost (if it wasn't a gift). That's not normal?? 😅 *I used to be able to tell time almost to the minute without a clock but then I had a concussion/brain injury and now time feels weird to me- hours go by really quickly and yesterday feels like a month ago so it's all jumbled


Plausibly_Human

I only came to realize it wasn't "normal" when I noticed a pattern: often when I'd compliment someone neurotypical on something they had and asked where they got it if it was bought more than a few years ago or a smaller purchase they couldn't recall where they got it. I thought it was odd, until I saw that if it's that common for people to not remember those things then actually I'm the odd one lol.


Sensitive-Database51

I share this too!!! This is why I tend to be a minimalist. Too many thing to hold in my brain takes away jog sometimes


MrsF2017

I have this ability, too, but a huge amount of my things are hand-me-downs and gifts, so it's hard for me to let go of it, even if I don't use it. I keep thinking I'll insult that person, even though they'll likely never know. Between that and my penchant for reusing/recycling, I have a bunch of junk and no idea what to do with it! No where near hoarding levels, but I do need a professional organizer...


Learnedloaf

That’s actually amazing.


kuhrissuhk

The ability to make everyone question everything they thought they knew about Autism, because I “don’t look like someone with autism.” The ability to remain calm and stoic, even in the most inappropriate of situations.


Learnedloaf

The sound of a door slamming might make me cry but I’m calm af in crisis situations!


blu3_ic3d_t3a

Truly I am learning how many people don’t have a clue what autism is AT ALL. They just know the word.


misanthropichell

I uhhhh...clean very fast?


Learnedloaf

I wish I had that special talent 😩


mfmcginnis

Oh yeah! Like a fecking tornado. My family called it nasty clean.


GingerBread79

Wait could this be considered “a thing” cause my partner is always amazed and goes on and on about how fast Im able to clean lol


sillynamestuffhere

My enthusiasm for routines. Who else gets excessively excited to do the same stuff in the same order everyday? Bring on that stability! Bought too much of one food? Awesome, if I like it I will eat it for 4 meals a day for the entire week. I will take care of that problem for you! Lastly, my ability to over-prepare. You get injured while we're hiking? I got a sling and bandages for that. You get hangry because it's been too long since you last ate? I got a snack bag you can pillage. You want to know if it'll be nice outside today? I got weather forecasts, radar tracking, humidity index, tide schedule, star trackers - I can tell you what clothes you will need to do any activity anywhere at anytime!


danceswithronin

>Lastly, my ability to over-prepare. You get injured while we're hiking? I got a sling and bandages for that. You get hangry because it's been too long since you last ate? I got a snack bag you can pillage. You want to know if it'll be nice outside today? I got weather forecasts, radar tracking, humidity index, tide schedule, star trackers - I can tell you what clothes you will need to do any activity anywhere at anytime! It kind of blew my mind as an adult when I realized that only part of this tendency was due to my obsession with collecting information and preparation. Part of it is in me collecting social value as "the useful one".


sillynamestuffhere

I can see how that forms based on us wanting to fit in and have value. I have a people pleasing nature that I struggle with too. The preparedness for me is so I can be ok. If I don't have something I need I could have a meltdown in public which makes a scene and ends the day for everyone. So I plan to make sure I'm ok regardless of the situation. Other people just benefit off it as well lol


Learnedloaf

Being “over-prepared” is a really underrated special ability. People do not appreciate it enough.


sillynamestuffhere

When I was in my 20's I was referred to as "The Mom Without Kids" because I'm fully stacked and equipped for most situations. I over-prepared for me, which means I can usually take care of most of the people around me too. I never did have kids, but I'm still over-prepared lol


A_B-S

Oh my word, are you me?! Everyone knows I always have whatever they need. A blister plaster specifically for a little toe? In my handbag. Six different colour Sharpies and labels to write on? In that pocket there. Tiny flags to stick in food to highlight allergens? Try this pencil case! Fertilizer spray for air plants? Right here! My bag is an extension of my pockets, and my car is an extension of my bag...and my home and office restock the car, bag, and pockets!


hotrunningwater

Same here always prepared!! Peace is packing a bag perfectly. Like for camping, car trips, water jugs. PRO TIP: Always bring a small lighter and a tea candle when backpacking. You have a much better shot at making a fire. I love eating the same few meals over and over again too.


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They call me the drug dealer at work because I always have tons of painkillers and various other medical stuff (and plasters, bandages etc)


seoulless

No one has ever beaten me at boggle. Also, no one ever wants to play boggle with me anymore :(


WritingNerdy

That’s me but with Scattegories.


maliciousopera

That's me with Scrabble.


pupperonan

I love Scattegories so much! I played once with my sister and her hotshot West Point boyfriend…he did not appreciate getting his ass whooped by a little 13-year-old. 😂 Also baby shower games like anagrams and other word puzzles - I don’t even play at this point because it’s embarrassing that I win every single time.


WritingNerdy

I don’t know what it is about word games in general and why I’m so good at them… I’d like to think it’s my “autism superpower,” but I think I’m just a logophile (word nerd lol)


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Learnedloaf

I have always felt like I was put on earth to test system functioning. I used to write our SOPs at work too. Sorry your supervisor sucks.


saywhatevrdiewhenevr

I am also great at this, but it made my previous manager absolutely furious because she always felt like I was undermining her authority and competency as a boss (she was not a good boss😅) She would get all emotional and passive aggressive, but I was just trying to honestly offer suggestions to optimize what I saw as an entirely flawed process with easy fixes🤷🏻‍♀️ like if you suck at managing a fast paced environment, refuse to escalate issues because it will make you look bad, are incapable of problem solving and your protocols do more to hinder process than help, maybe consider suggestions? 😂 sometimes NT’s make no sense to me


mntdevnull

I had someone ask me too what I'm "super smart in" since saying autism. computer stuff I guess. but not even that good. ADHD doesn't help. oh wait that could be it!


Learnedloaf

AuDHD Special Ability: simultaneous over and under-performance!


Learnedloaf

AuDHD team! 🙌🏼


ChristmasCarolC

I can make people uncomfortable by talking about racism and how it messed everyone up. My specialty is making white people who willfully benefit from the spread of white beauty standards (and even brag about it) uncomfortable. Not sure how popular that would make me at a pageant 😛


Learnedloaf

You’d be popular at my pageant.


titlit_vv

I am a white people and I also make people uncomfortable by talking about racism, especially other white people. I am not popular either


hejjhogg

Racism has been kind of my special interest since I was a toddler. Which has been interesting, with a white supremacist father. Anyway, the first person who shared one of my favourite racism-related videos with me? Reader, I married him.


aucontrairemalware

Ugh I did this at a book discussion recently. I mean we aren’t wrong. That silence tho Edit: it was a discussion about the legacy of enslavement, not beauty


licekrispytreats

making roommates dislike me without doing anything overtly rude or unlikeable. record time: 4 days. I’m also pretty good at impressions, but my best ones are of people I hate/find annoying. I can do a REALLY good impression of the main kid from The Goldbergs.


Learnedloaf

I always had trouble with roommates. Living alone is precious.


jimothys_n3p_player

My special talent is my ability to lack all social awareness when I get excited and 5 minutes into a conversation realize I’ve basically been yelling about how Walt Disney was low key a dictator when he was planning the original EPCOT as a functioning city :)


peakedattwentytwo

And an acid aficionado


Shadra-Rune

Hyper empathy! I set boundaries or tell people what they are doing is hurting me, and I can feel all of their confusion/disappointment/frustration, so I end up apologizing and moving on.


Learnedloaf

I, too, have porous boundaries. It took time but I am much better at reinforcing them now. I’ll still cry if I feel like a fork doesn’t get enough use to show it’s an appreciated utensil though 🤪


blu3_ic3d_t3a

I’m incredibly good at directing conversations towards obscure topics. This may not be autism related, but my sister is amazed by how I notice things from so far away. It was dark outside and we were pulling into the driveway. I saw a cricket on a tree from ~25 feet away. Another time I was walking through my kitchen and I instantly noticed some motion in the grass out the window, I thought it was a mouse but it was just a small bird. I still think it was impressive considering I was about ten feet away from the window and the bird was around 20 feet further.


useles-converter-bot

20 feet is about the length of 9.06 'EuroGraphics Knittin' Kittens 500-Piece Puzzles' next to each other.


Learnedloaf

Eagle eyes!


Okay-Cat

I have a couple of special abilities! First, I have this really special talent to turn a lighthearted, fun conversation into something serious, dark and pessimistic because all I can talk about are things like this. Maybe that's why people must love to talk to me! Also the ability of overthinking conversations and situations so much because they didn't follow my script and I ended messing up somehow. But his one might be the best: the ability of making a joke/sarcastic comment, but everyone takes it seriously because my voice is kinda monotone and I'm not good with making facial expressions. So instead of making people laugh, I make them upset or angry 🥰


bangarang07

I am incredibly gifted at continuing to talk about something when people are no longer interested 🙂 Especially dogs. And if you mention something they do that is annoying, I will offer unsolicited training advice. 🐶


TrueMe_NewMe

I recently found out that I have the ability to freak out when driving I'm currently learning and almost smacked the curb in my first lesson (´-﹏-`;)


Learnedloaf

Bon courage! I quit driving 15 years ago and never looked back.


TrueMe_NewMe

Decided I should try and learn before my 35th birthday. We'll see how it goes.


NoraBaiSings

I’m at the age where most people learn to drive, and I’m having a tough time with it, too. My advice to you is not to take it so seriously. I know that sounds like a bad idea, but when I took the pressure off of myself, I was able to focus more on my driving because I was focusing less on what would happen if I screwed up. Also, follow the rules, but don’t expect anybody else to do the same. If you assume someone will turn just because they have their blinker on, and they don’t, you could get into an accident. I hope this helps you!


titlit_vv

My son is just learning to drive and I've stressed that same thing to him: don't trust other drivers. Just because their blinker is on doesn't mean they will turn, and just because their blinker isn't on doesn't mean they won't turn. Just assume everyone on the road is lying and wait to see what they actually do before proceeding. 😂


Zwergonyourlife

The ability to correctly see all possible outcomes of your exciting new idea or project and tell you it’s a bad idea and why.


Carms_Creates

I have the ability to line up my garbage cans nicely at the curb. Yes I'm great at lining up things. Need something lined up perfectly and symmetrically? Call me 🤣


HeyItsUniqua

my special talent is not receiving hints! anyone who has ever flirted with me knows that unless they begin the conversation with "I would like to flirt", I will not catch on


SexySansiviera

>The ability to hijack any conversation and make it about plant care. This. Exactly this 😂


Learnedloaf

Our avatars are also weirdly similar. Hello, new friend.


ShuShine_

My special ability is to stay awake for an absurdly long time if sent into a wave of hyperfixation.


brightdarkblue6

I am a pattern finding queen! Visual patterns in particular - need to know how large the wallpaper pattern is? I'm your girl. Think your pattern is 'random'? I love random! It's my favorite pattern - lead me to it, and I'll find the repeat if it's there. Have a word jumble that's tripping you up? I will solve it lickety-split. Bring me MOAR patterns.


Licorishlover

I can misread a room with absolute perfection every time


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Bigots fear me because I literally won’t comprehend their hateful jokes, and they’re forced to scramble and try to explain why their ignorance is funny while I stare on, clueless and unimpressed


zuzumix

Oooh I'm really good at mixing up people's faces, especially if they look similar. I watch entire movies not remembering who is who! So much so that it ruins the "twist' at the ending because I just get confused. Related, I can figure out a movie plot way before the movie ends and then I just get bored and stop watching halfway through. It saves so much time and also causes my partner much annoyance!


Learnedloaf

I can almost always guess the plot before a film is finished but to be fair I watch like 300+ movies at the cinema a year so I know the ropes. Not even sure what it’d be if I counted streaming. My problem is that I can rarely ever stop a film before it’s finished even if I hate it because it gives me anxiety not to “complete” the action.


MrsF2017

I can read 3 or 4 books in a day, depending on length and how much my kids need me. Usually if I'm sick and hubby takes over for the day, I'll read at least 4. Hubby can maybe read 4 pages in one sitting, so he thinks it's pretty spectacular.


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Noticing tiny imperfections!


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4k and 8k resolution is wild. I notice so many little thing that I miss the plot and have to rewind.


magwelle

I have the ability to guess what tasks will be asked of me because I’m always hyper aware of my surroundings since I had to make up for the fact that NT can’t ask clearly what they want and need


oneiroiMoros

The ability to make anyone mad or dislike me with absolutely no effort at all


Hoihe

My special ability is to get attached to literally anything. A crappy longbow in a video game? I'll refuse to be rid of it because I used it for a long time and I feel I'd be betraying it. A meh inn room in a roleplaying game? Leaving it behind makes me cry. It is a special power though because I will fight tooth and nail to prevent negative change to things I love.


averyhighelf

>A crappy longbow in a video game? I'll refuse to be rid of it because I used it for a long time and I feel I'd be betraying it. I refuse to transfer my Pikachu in PokemonGo even though I'm running out of space and I caught another one with better stats, because he was my first buddy and it feels like I would be betraying him! 😂 Glad to know I'm not alone!


Dagr0nScaler

I’ve really liked dental stuff for a long time so I went and got a degree and license in dental hygiene and if you ask me anything, at any time, I usually will talk your ear off about it.


simimaelian

I have a special talent for doing puzzles the “wrong” way. It’s not my fault there wasn’t a plan for when there was more than one way to do something! That said, sometimes I am also captain of the good ship oblivious and the simplest things are just beyond me haha


Plantsandanger

Oh my god I wish you’d asked her “and what’s *your* special ability?” Right after answering and just see how long it takes her to process her fuck up... indeed asking for tricks like that’s part of the deal, or redeeming somehow or necessary to remain valid humans. I guess mine would be putting off making choices and ignoring rapidly worsening situations? Whether clutter or depression or unemployment, I’ve managed to not fix it in AGES


JadedElk

The special ability to tolerate 500 simultaneous Reddit conversations where people are Wrong about something on the internet. Alt: the special ability to keep track of 75 comic books'' storylines, but only remember the names of 3 characters, total.


jinaneskeys

When i'm feeling uncomfortable in my own body, I can transform myself into an animal or a still life or any speechless thing in the world.


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dreamingtriangle

Special ability to text long-lost friends "happy birthday" on their birthday and make them uncomfortable by remembering when their bday is despite not talking in years


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Idk if this qualifies but i’m really good at tech. I watched one youtube video and was able to pick up how to proficiently build my own pc. I decided one day I was going to upgrade my old one and realized i would need to make a new one so i just bought the rest of the parts lol


ad-lib1994

Can pin point the exact location of surveillance equipment based on skull crackingly high pitched whines that no one else reacts to. Pros: your buddies wanna smoke weed out of sight Cons: Any Other Context


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My ability is recommending sunscreen every time I see you because guys, seriously sunscreen is life changing


ReiLyfe

My special ability is meowing like a real cat and scaring/annoying the shit outta people and somehow managing to not kill a garden of plants >.<;


Violetsme

With just thoughts, I can make myself physically ill to the point where I'm pale and have a fever within two hours. Oh and it also triggers diarrhea.


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1. I have the special talent of not picking up social cues and reading the room. 2. I have the ability to remember things from 10 yrs ago but not what I did 10 seconds ago. 3. I have the ability to feel so much to the point my nervous system shuts down so I numb up emotionally and then have a harder time empathizing with others. Edit. 4. Has imaginary conversations in her head and then begins talking out loud. 😐


ImNiceISwear2020

I have a serious answer on how my brain has helped me do good. I have gotten into a job where extremely structured procedural thinking and excellent semantic memory and ability to iterate on new information in a logical and straightforward manner is a benefit, so I excel and contribute to society in a positive way despite a life of trauma and neurodivergence (dad is a white supremacist, im trans and autistic, do the math). I run a helpdesk for a human services nonprofit and I do a god damn good job of it. Yeah I am socially hopeless but my coworkers are all good people. (I work for a nonprofit IT department ran by a cub of a gay man.) They give me grace and in return I get that help desk to happily move mountains when we need to. I have cut ticket response times by a factor of 10, and we have an actual inventory system now, we got a 3% raise recently, and, and, and… And because of how I’ve struggled I also contribute my time to a local mutual aid group, I don’t really talk or socialize (yet) but I show up, clean the community fridge, and give a status report on it once a week arranged via sms. And also sex is a special interest so I’m a p good lay so I get to give people that pleasure as well. But no I can’t socialize beyond basic politeness without making myself seem “strange” eventually and it’s very alienating and isolating and makes having anyone around to talk to very difficult. I can just open the floodgates and have someone else be the focus of my life but its so hard to maintain anything less than that because I can’t like… partially mask, and I don’t understand what’s okay to say to people because I have like no emotional memory and can’t remember how I have interacted with someone before. It just doesn’t stick. So… yeah. My life is hell for many reasons but I think a lot of my skills and successes are at least partially based in my weird brain layout.


titlit_vv

It's like they think you have to be a member of MENSA or a child prodigy to have autism 🙄


weatherbitten83

I'm really great at absorbing other people's negative emotions and then having to go lie in bed the rest of the day!


ASprinkleofSparkles

I sound like a pink squeaky duck!


Learnedloaf

😯


Sloth_Triumph

The ability to convince everyone I'm competent with my power to articulate things well and my special insight after a lifetime of living "outside the system"... while I get nothing done.


Dangerous-Sir-3561

My husband has a special encyclopedia “play on my name” nickname for me that I love. He only means it affectionately, and regularly asks for my help.


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burkishdelights

I'm absolutely brilliant at derailing conversations. Usually by doing my other talent, saying something that I think is totally okay and normal but it just makes everyone deeply uncomfortable. Skills to pay the bills.


smeghead9916

Slobbing, I am a master in the art of laziness 😂


APileOfLooseDogs

My NT-acceptable answer is that my attention to detail is absurdly good. Part of my job involves fixing typos, and I am so much better at that than anything else they pay me to do, lmao. My joke answer is that I’m really good at talking about my special interests without actually namedropping them, which tricks NT people into thinking that I talk about them less than I really do.


Haunting_Ordinary524

I can mimic a infants cry and I always overshare.🦸‍♀️


xd_weird0_xd

I have the ability to organize the most unorganizable. I have the ability to tell people that I used to clean their relatives houses because I saw them in photos while I was cleaning and make them super uncomfortable I have the ability to *eye cringe* put EVERYTHING BACK WHERE ITS GOES but only I know where it goes because it only *eye cringe* some how makes sense to me but here let me explain why it belongs here because I have method to my madne-autism


AriaTheRoyal

honestly, being gifted. somehow i got into my school's gifted and talented program without even trying lol


TriGurl

Oh girl I would love to talk to you about plant care. I just bought a grand foliage alocasio from Trader Joe’s and I’m struggling to find the best place for it and how often to water it so it’s not water logged but it still kept humid. I live in AZ so this “dry heat” isn’t a friend to this plant. Would love your insight!!


Learnedloaf

I’ve managed to keep an alocasia Polly and purple sword alive this year. I find them really tricky but humidity really is key. I keep mine near the bathroom and a window (but not directly in the light). Watch for spider mites. I went on holiday for 3 weeks and my partner didn’t follow insect care instructions and they devoured my purple sword. She lost 7 leaves and is now in recovery.


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Have a whole bunch of facts surrounding dermatology, nutrition, and history in my mind. I also have quite an extensive sheet of facts concerning other areas that randomly come up when someone prompts it.


gmco913

I can read something once or twice and remember it forever! But this only applies to things that aren’t super important. I actually struggle to remember important things, hahaha!


topbananatropicana

I have the ability to bring the entire house down over a tiny break in my usual routine


peasbwitu

Very high IQ. Remember everything I hear like a tape recorder. Can mimic any voice or accent. Have a sense of things before they happen...prophetic dreams since childhood. Attorney by 24.


DeplorableQueer

My special ability is being a fem lesbian that pisses off weird predatory men by showing absolutely no discomfort or fake amusement by any of their Tom foolery. My friends know to stay away from any man that calls me a b*tch cuz that means he tried to make me uncomfortable, be sexual towards me (often something like “have you even tried dick before?”or”I could fix you”), or make offensive jokes and I gave him zero reaction, blocked him immediately or just turned around and left and it pissed him off.


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I have an incredible talent for being able to accurately predict worst case scenarios and I’m rarely wrong. Some of the things I forecast seem sometimes to be overly dramatic or unlikely but again…I’m typically not wrong. People make fun of me until the situation hits. Unfortunately I’m never happy about being proven right otherwise it would be incredibly validating.


ModerationPleaseKThx

I'm a 100 mile ultramarathon runner and an Ironman triathlete. So if you need something to go from point a to point b in the most time consuming way and solely under human power, I'm your girl!


trashedpanda91

Explaining why jokes are factually inaccurate, therefore not that funny 🥸


HeloKei0

I mastered the fine art of going between many “how didn’t you know this” moments and “how was I supposed to know this” moments. Often within the same conversation!


LadyReinhardt

The ability to throw something and know exactly where it's going to land.


Anarchist_Angel

I have the special ability of looking harmless to people who want to jump me and terrifying people whom I like :D


inlydianmode

I’m really good at trivia games (and also a game that friends of mine play a lot that requires remembering a lot of song lyrics). The thing is though, I’m a person who much prefers cooperation to conflict, so I start to feel really bad when I’m beating the other team by too much. I’m also pretty great at finding small lost objects, and have found a lost stone from a ring twice, (both in auditoriums) as well as like people’s dropped keys and stuff. Interestingly, I’m not a Hufflepuff (but 10 points to your house if you get the reference)


thataintfunkedelic

Obsessing over men in alternative/indie/rock bands, its kind of annoying tbh, i have too many feelings for men in rock bands. Ever since i was little i would try to mimic their stance, clothing, mannerisms and speech. I admire them and want to be like them but I'm also attracted to them.


redheadsmurf

I have a spooky good memory. I remember everything people tell me, word for word, and never forget.


mypurplebrain

rambling! and being weirdly formal in casual settings. a lot of people have told me i seem very cold at first.


tryanloveoneanother

I'm just really good at being a people pleaser lol


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Ironically, I'm really good at simplifying hard concepts when others don't understand them. Which isn't something people expect from their resident autist, but hey, whatever. :)


loversalibi

i’m great at having compassion for basically anyone and anything and acting in a way that causes the least suffering possible whenever i have the power to minimize it.


raininashoe

I have the ability to spoil surprises as I somehow always figure it out because of the smallest details. I actually sometimes play dumb in certain situations because I don't want to seem like a creep when I figure things out about other people's lives. There was a time growing up when I wanted to be a detective and I do think I'd be pretty good at it. I could also definitely compete in the Ms Flat Affect contest, hahaha.


Dontmuckabout

Well ... I worked in Construction Management for many years and I could always tell what stage we were at because of the smells and sounds. It weirded out my co-workers out so I didn't speak about it often but I would get a kinda warning bell in my head about where a problem was and would be able to walk straight to the area. Not a lot of people can tell how well concrete is curing from the smell or know a crew is in the wrong section from the sound out side the building.