Abilities only you seem to have
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entropy said:
I used to wake up from bad dreams in a cold sweat but now if I know I'm having a bad dream I can stop it. It's like giving up on a film or TV show. Consciously I'll realise I'm having a bad dream and I'm saying to myself 'it's a bad dream, it needs to stop / wake up'.
I occasionally have super lucid dreams where weird s
t is happening and I recall telling myself 'ah, it's ok this is a dream'. So I go along with the madness and sometimes interact with whoever else is in it knowing I can't *really* come to harm even though the dreams sometimes put me in dangerous situations. Utterly bizarre but kinda fun once you're used to it. Couple of times I've done the thing of pinching myself to exit the dream and it works, but it's still weird AF, blurring the lines between reality and dreamworld.I can fold crisp/peanut packets up into little triangles without looking. This 'ability' has done fk all for me in life 
Noted a few folks mentioned the time thing. Maybe not so uncommon, seems I'm pretty good at it. During an idle evening g/f and I tried to guess 30secs, she got 25.6 I was 30.3.... internal clock fairly accurate. I find visualizing an actual clock helps. But wouldn't be surprised if 30%+ of folks can get within 2% accuracy
k all for me in life Noted a few folks mentioned the time thing. Maybe not so uncommon, seems I'm pretty good at it. During an idle evening g/f and I tried to guess 30secs, she got 25.6 I was 30.3.... internal clock fairly accurate. I find visualizing an actual clock helps. But wouldn't be surprised if 30%+ of folks can get within 2% accuracy
Edited by trackdemon on Friday 26th April 19:22
extraT said:
I think I can tell if a person is living or dead just by looking at their photograph. If a person is dead, for me the picture seems to take on a different look. I can’t describe it, but there is a type of “sadness” that the picture takes on.
To “test” I’ll look at online photos of casts of films (where just the actor and character name are shown, no other info) from the 80’s / 90’s where there is a good mix of people still alive or no longer with us. I’ll look specifically for actors I have never heard of to avoid bias and then try to guess. I’m right normally around 95% of the time.
I don’t believe in any mumbo jumbo rubbish, it’s just something I noticed.
I do this too. For me, it's like a filter over the photo.To “test” I’ll look at online photos of casts of films (where just the actor and character name are shown, no other info) from the 80’s / 90’s where there is a good mix of people still alive or no longer with us. I’ll look specifically for actors I have never heard of to avoid bias and then try to guess. I’m right normally around 95% of the time.
I don’t believe in any mumbo jumbo rubbish, it’s just something I noticed.
v9 said:
Baldchap said:
I can do most things with either hand but I cannot write with my right (wife claims I can't write with my left either, but her's is even worse!), so therefore I am not ambidextrous. Comes from growing up left handed in a right handed world.
When using tools I use the hand nearest the job (unless the tool is handed, of course). I always feel a bit sorry for standard righties, it strikes me as a sort of disability.
Reminds me of a girl I used to know many years ago who could Not only write with either hand, but could do so simultaneously, and two different things, such as a birthday card and a shopping list. Very odd character too. She was sectioned in the end for bashing my buddy over the head with a hydraulic bottle jack, because he snored. (She was his GF). When using tools I use the hand nearest the job (unless the tool is handed, of course). I always feel a bit sorry for standard righties, it strikes me as a sort of disability.
Edited by v9 on Friday 26th April 18:48
In automatics I brake with my left foot, manuals I brake with my right foot.
It's not a 'shaving tenths off my times' thing. It's an 'I have two feet' thing.
I've done it for fifty years and never made a mistake.
I will now, obviously. Now I've jinxed it. But for fifty years it was okay.
(Subconscious mental process: if your gear change hand is busy, you're in a manual, if your gear change is considerably less busy, you're in an automatic. Easy.)
It's not a 'shaving tenths off my times' thing. It's an 'I have two feet' thing.
I've done it for fifty years and never made a mistake.
I will now, obviously. Now I've jinxed it. But for fifty years it was okay.
(Subconscious mental process: if your gear change hand is busy, you're in a manual, if your gear change is considerably less busy, you're in an automatic. Easy.)
I've got the internal compass thing going on as well, can generally tell what direction is what even when inside at an unfamiliar location.
Interestingly, when I was in the Falklands (southern hemisphere) I would walk outside my building and every single fibre of my being was telling me it was north when in fact it was south. No matter how many times I looked at the map, google earth etc. it just would not 'feel' anything other than north.
A chance encounter with a New Zealand padre revealed that he also experienced something similar but for him it was in the northern hemisphere.
His hypothesis and one that I can't fault is that the certain people, in this case him and I are naturally tuned into the sun's direction of travel and other directional tells - in the UK satellite dishes are an obvious one - and after learning this, my fake north feeling finally started to dissipate.
Interestingly, when I was in the Falklands (southern hemisphere) I would walk outside my building and every single fibre of my being was telling me it was north when in fact it was south. No matter how many times I looked at the map, google earth etc. it just would not 'feel' anything other than north.
A chance encounter with a New Zealand padre revealed that he also experienced something similar but for him it was in the northern hemisphere.
His hypothesis and one that I can't fault is that the certain people, in this case him and I are naturally tuned into the sun's direction of travel and other directional tells - in the UK satellite dishes are an obvious one - and after learning this, my fake north feeling finally started to dissipate.
Correvor said:
Pitre said:
I'm left footed and write with my left hand. I can't do either thing with my right.
However, I play guitar, hold a cricket bat/tennis racquet/table tennis bat/snooker cue/gun etc etc with my right, can't do it left-handed.
I paint pictures with my left hand and paint walls/ceilings with my right. I use an airbrush in my right hand, steadied with my left.
I am not ambidextrous.
SimilarHowever, I play guitar, hold a cricket bat/tennis racquet/table tennis bat/snooker cue/gun etc etc with my right, can't do it left-handed.
I paint pictures with my left hand and paint walls/ceilings with my right. I use an airbrush in my right hand, steadied with my left.
I am not ambidextrous.
Edited by Pitre on Friday 26th April 14:08
Right footed, play cricket and golf right handed
Left handed for writing, snooker
Can play tennis or table tennis with both and have a great LH backhand and RH forehand but anything coming to my left side isn't getting returned well.
Use a mix of left and right for different tools but it only feels natural in one hand.
t hand eye co-ordination)I frequently swap knives and forks between hands and both ways feel totally normal
Mrs BC has given up moaning about it in restaurants (she’s unfortunately not given up moaning about anything else but theres still time)
I'm left handed for writing. When I was young I used to write with both hands, b with the left and d with the right. Teachers made me choose a side.
I'm right handed for sports like tennis. Again I started out playing only forehands by swapping hands but was persuaded to choose. So a double handed backhand became my best shot.
All of this allowed me to get a national ranking in Belgium of about 15000 so I was still st whichever hand I used.
I'm right handed for sports like tennis. Again I started out playing only forehands by swapping hands but was persuaded to choose. So a double handed backhand became my best shot.
All of this allowed me to get a national ranking in Belgium of about 15000 so I was still s
t whichever hand I used. I am curiously good at dealing calmly with angry people, disputes and confrontations. I can’t explain why or how, I just seem to have a way of dealing with situations others find very difficult.
As a result people keep trying to put me in charge, in almost every aspect of my life. I’ve had enough of being charge though and now try to hide in the background. This is surprisingly difficult…
As a result people keep trying to put me in charge, in almost every aspect of my life. I’ve had enough of being charge though and now try to hide in the background. This is surprisingly difficult…
DickyC said:
In automatics I brake with my left foot, manuals I brake with my right foot.
It's not a 'shaving tenths off my times' thing. It's an 'I have two feet' thing.
I've done it for fifty years and never made a mistake.
I will now, obviously. Now I've jinxed it. But for fifty years it was okay.
(Subconscious mental process: if your gear change hand is busy, you're in a manual, if your gear change is considerably less busy, you're in an automatic. Easy.)
I do this too! Had to drive an auto yesterday (loaner) and just feels natural to LFB. Good skill to have, so I like driving autos to keep *the feel* in that foot. Driving with both feels smoother to me as you can blur the lines between throttle and brake more effectively. It's strange how folks can jump into a kart where you have no choice but to lfb, but doing it in a road car seems alien....It's not a 'shaving tenths off my times' thing. It's an 'I have two feet' thing.
I've done it for fifty years and never made a mistake.
I will now, obviously. Now I've jinxed it. But for fifty years it was okay.
(Subconscious mental process: if your gear change hand is busy, you're in a manual, if your gear change is considerably less busy, you're in an automatic. Easy.)
v9 said:
I have voluntary control over my tensor tympani muscle. ‘Very rare’ according to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensor_tympani_muscl...
It is my superpower.
Ditto. It's like the ear twitching ability.It is my superpower.
I can turn through pages in a book really quickly using my left hand doing a continuous rolling of the pages through my fingers (almost like coin rolling over your knuckles) never seen anyone else ever do it.
As an aside i’m right hand dominant but left eye dominant. Draw, write, saw, throw, bat, hammer, play guitar right handed. Shoot, use a bow and arrow and point left handed
As an aside i’m right hand dominant but left eye dominant. Draw, write, saw, throw, bat, hammer, play guitar right handed. Shoot, use a bow and arrow and point left handed
Edited by oddball1313 on Friday 26th April 22:10
along with the built in compass and being able to go in and of dreams
Hypersensitive smell. I can track smells and identify them early. Its handy sometimes but a nightmare other times. Had to see a specialist when I was a kid about it (actually about eating habits but they identified it as the issue).
Hypersensitive smell. I can track smells and identify them early. Its handy sometimes but a nightmare other times. Had to see a specialist when I was a kid about it (actually about eating habits but they identified it as the issue).
Edited by bazza white on Saturday 27th April 13:39
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