What special ability do you posess that most people don’t have?

  • @[email protected]
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    471 year ago

    I have an uncanny ability to figure out the optimal size container to use to store leftovers. Kneel before my power!

    • million
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      71 year ago

      I am your nemesis, I inevitably dirty several containers trying to find the right size.

      We can fight when I am done doing the dishes.

      • @[email protected]
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        51 year ago

        Lol, my wife just ends up using an obscenely large container for the tiniest bit of left overs.

    • Scott
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      61 year ago

      But can you find the correct lid to that Tupperware?

  • @[email protected]
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    421 year ago

    I can tell whether a food has milk in it simply by eating it and waiting a few minutes.

    It’s kind of a shitty superpower, to be honest.

    • TheRealKuni
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      11 year ago

      This is similar to mine. I can detect the presence of nickel in an alloy at a certain concentration by how much it makes my skin tingle. Prolonged contact will result in a rash.

  • feinstruktur
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    231 year ago

    Took me a while to realize that this is actually a real life superpower, but - I can fix things. Throw it away? Meh… Repairing, upcycling? Bring it on!

    • doc
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      61 year ago

      Me too! The older I get the more I find fixing things is not as common as I thought. Just the other day I was at a friend’s place and they were struggling opening a window. Five minutes later it was fixed. The sash spring fell off, super simple fix. They were cursing at it for months without any effort to figure it out, but that’s most people it seems.

      • feinstruktur
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        21 year ago

        Of course! That just show’s that you’re very good at extracting information of other’s explanations and are able to understand the nature of things. Very valuable!

  • @Boiglenoight
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    221 year ago

    Being unphased by traumatic situations. At least right away. If a loved one dies or there’s a terrorist attack, I feel nothing until usually months go by. It then hits me randomly and I get as upset as you’d expect one to at the beginning.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 year ago

      I have a similar reaction to things. Unfortunately, it often causes people to look at me to figure shit out in the moment. Just because I’m not freaking out doesn’t mean I know a damn thing about the correct course of action right now.

      • @Boiglenoight
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        31 year ago

        I get a different reaction. People see me as disturbed or heartless, I get “What is wrong with you” and “Don’t you feel anything right now?” One time I responded with honesty. Bad call brother. I try to look upset, but it probably resembles the same level of concern one might show when trying to determine the perpetrator of an especially offensive fart.

    • Memento Mori
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      31 year ago

      This is a totally normal response. Check out the book The Other Side of Sadness by George Bonanno if you want to learn more!

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠
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    181 year ago

    Apparently, lucid dreaming. Been doing it my whole life, requires no effort to initiate.

    • Maldreamer141
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      61 year ago

      Man it takes me maintaining a dream journal, some MILD affirmations now and then and about 15 Reality check per day to even get atleast one lucid dream in a week and when i get busy and couldnt keep up with my dream journal and reality check, i would need to start from scratch to get to that previous level and that could mean month gap between lucid dreams.

  • @[email protected]
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    171 year ago

    I know when a timer or alarm I set is about to go off. This sometimes works for timers I thought I set, so it’s kind of useful.

    For alarms, It means I wake up a minute before the alarm

  • Naterbugg
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    171 year ago

    Being able to lose anything I put my hands on. Not a good power, but it’s all I got.

  • @TeaHands
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    151 year ago

    Creepily excellent memory…although only for things that are pointless or people would really rather I didn’t remember.

    • @cloffwrangler
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      21 year ago

      Same. I remember so much minutia but forget more important things.

  • AstralWeekends
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    141 year ago

    I have really good reflexes for catching things that are falling. I don’t even have to think about it - if something is falling near me that’s catchable, my hand will just reach out and catch it 9/10 times. Seems I can override it for dangerous things like kitchen knives. Most of the time, nobody ever sees it happen, so it’s also a hidden talent, lol.

    • @[email protected]
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      121 year ago

      Are you me?

      One time I was DM-ing for a group of friends, it was late and we were drunk. One of my friends had left a glass behind my dm screen were I couldn’t see it (but I knew it was there). I don’t remember exactly how, but he bumped the screen and the cup fell from the table

      Somehow my hand jumped in an arc going over the screen and under the table to be exactly were the glass was on its way to the floor and I catch it

      It’s one of my favorite memories

  • @[email protected]
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    141 year ago

    I forget the plots of movies and books fairly fast, and I’m able to enjoy them “for the first time” many times.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      That’s amazing! I always wished there was a pill or something that could give me amnesia for a fee hours so I could enjoy something for the first time again.

  • @[email protected]
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    141 year ago

    I find that I’m really calm in emergency situations. When someone (including myself) gets hurt, I have a way of being the guardian in the room that stays calm and gets things done.

    I broke my wrist pretty bad at the start of the year, to the point that I had surgery done and now have a metal plate and 7-8 screws. When it happened, I was oddly in fucking zen mode–despite the pain. I called my wife calmly, instructed someone to call an ambulance for me (made sure to specify non-emergency since it was a closed fracture), and made jokes at the hospital and in the ambulance. I was even taking selfies during all of the hospital procedures so that I could document it.

    Outside of that, I’m an anxiety and ADHD-riddled mess that can barely make a decision on what snack to eat, and feels like he’s productive at nothing.

    • Scott
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      61 year ago

      This sounds like my fiancé. She’s also riddled with anxiety and adhd which actually makes sense. She spends everyday and every moment bouncing around in her head analyzing every little thing and possibility that when something does actually happen she’s ready for it.

  • TheLonelyDude2049
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    131 year ago

    Maybe self-learning. I always learn new stuff using the Internet by myself without asking anyone.