Skip to content
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • World
  • Users
  • Groups
Skins
  • Light
  • Brite
  • Cerulean
  • Cosmo
  • Flatly
  • Journal
  • Litera
  • Lumen
  • Lux
  • Materia
  • Minty
  • Morph
  • Pulse
  • Sandstone
  • Simplex
  • Sketchy
  • Spacelab
  • United
  • Yeti
  • Zephyr
  • Dark
  • Cyborg
  • Darkly
  • Quartz
  • Slate
  • Solar
  • Superhero
  • Vapor

  • Default (No Skin)
  • No Skin
Collapse
Brand Logo

agnos.is Forums

  1. Home
  2. Ask Lemmy
  3. What's your superpower?

What's your superpower?

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Ask Lemmy
asklemmy
369 Posts 210 Posters 0 Views
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • A [email protected]

    Hypermobility can have side-effects. If your diet isn't right or you live in a very warm or very cold area, it can affect your tissues. If I'm not mistaken it can sporadically be linked to auto-immune diseases.

    sxan@midwest.socialS This user is from outside of this forum
    sxan@midwest.socialS This user is from outside of this forum
    [email protected]
    wrote on last edited by
    #41

    And autoimmune diseases suck. We don't really understand them, have no good treatments, and some are disfiguring and ultimately fatal.

    It's never a good time when your body is attacking it's own tissues.

    1 Reply Last reply
    0
    • B [email protected]

      In a room full of power supplies i was the only one able to find which one was still powering something, because apparently out of the ~20 people that tried before me, i was the only one that could hear the transformer whine.

      Also a general annoyance since i need to charge my phone in another room if i want to sleep without simulating tinnitus.

      S This user is from outside of this forum
      S This user is from outside of this forum
      [email protected]
      wrote on last edited by
      #42

      My solution to the charger wine was to get a better quality one. I find branded ones don't have that issue anywhere near as much.

      1 Reply Last reply
      0
      • interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zoneI [email protected]
        This post did not contain any content.
        O This user is from outside of this forum
        O This user is from outside of this forum
        [email protected]
        wrote on last edited by
        #43

        I constantly drop stuff and catch it mid-flight like a spiderman and there's never anyone seeing it.

        1 Reply Last reply
        0
        • interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zoneI [email protected]
          This post did not contain any content.
          stopjoiningwars@discuss.onlineS This user is from outside of this forum
          stopjoiningwars@discuss.onlineS This user is from outside of this forum
          [email protected]
          wrote on last edited by
          #44

          I can whistle both ways, without a tonal shift. So I can basically breathe as I whistle and do it indefinitely. Full control, too, because of years of doing it.

          F antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.comA Q 3 Replies Last reply
          0
          • H [email protected]

            I have special ability to fall asleep quick if deciding to take a nap during office hours.

            Unfortunately, it's not effective going to sleep in the evening

            F This user is from outside of this forum
            F This user is from outside of this forum
            [email protected]
            wrote on last edited by
            #45

            Have you considered working night shifts?

            H 1 Reply Last reply
            0
            • interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zoneI [email protected]

              I can repressurize my ears without yawning, just by flexing a muscle. Even less useful, I can focus my eyes to different distances without using the finger trick, which comes in handy never.

              D This user is from outside of this forum
              D This user is from outside of this forum
              [email protected]
              wrote on last edited by
              #46

              I thought everyone could do this and always wondered why people complained about having to pop their ears

              1 Reply Last reply
              0
              • interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zoneI [email protected]
                This post did not contain any content.
                D This user is from outside of this forum
                D This user is from outside of this forum
                [email protected]
                wrote on last edited by
                #47

                I can stop hiccups at will. Whenever I get a hiccup, I just stop.

                S 1 Reply Last reply
                0
                • interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zoneI [email protected]
                  This post did not contain any content.
                  little8lost@lemmy.worldL This user is from outside of this forum
                  little8lost@lemmy.worldL This user is from outside of this forum
                  [email protected]
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #48

                  i can make some weird sounds that sounds like suffering by closing my nose and then try to "breath out the closed nose and then opening something at the throat"
                  Dont use it often because it actually hurts, even more without training.
                  But i never met someone who can do it too

                  1 Reply Last reply
                  0
                  • falkerie71@sh.itjust.worksF [email protected]

                    Are there any music pieces that are your favorite because of synesthesia? Or pieces that you couldn't enjoy because of it?
                    I'd also imagine that watching movies must be a very different experience for you too haha.

                    S This user is from outside of this forum
                    S This user is from outside of this forum
                    [email protected]
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #49

                    I prefer music without vocals. Not sure if the Synesthesia is the cause. But my Synesthesia doesn't trigger on voices, which is an interesting way of showing that speech and sounds are processed differently in the brain.

                    The only way that voices trigger my synesthesia is when I can't speak the language and it's all just "gibberish noise" for me

                    falkerie71@sh.itjust.worksF blisterexe@lemmy.zipB 2 Replies Last reply
                    0
                    • D [email protected]

                      I can stop hiccups at will. Whenever I get a hiccup, I just stop.

                      S This user is from outside of this forum
                      S This user is from outside of this forum
                      [email protected]
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #50

                      I learned this. The trick is to force yourself to do it. And your body goes "now I don't want to anymore"

                      D G 2 Replies Last reply
                      0
                      • S [email protected]

                        Synesthesia. I can see music. It's fun.

                        Also, being resistant to pain killers. Not so fun (takes ages to get drunk, and I woke up 3 times during a surgery)

                        B This user is from outside of this forum
                        B This user is from outside of this forum
                        [email protected]
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #51

                        Being resistant to pain killers and anesthesia is a bitch... Drinking is indeed no fun and very expensive, I also woke up multiple times during various surgeries. Also, dentistry is also a major bitch....

                        1 Reply Last reply
                        0
                        • interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zoneI [email protected]

                          I can repressurize my ears without yawning, just by flexing a muscle. Even less useful, I can focus my eyes to different distances without using the finger trick, which comes in handy never.

                          freshlight@sh.itjust.worksF This user is from outside of this forum
                          freshlight@sh.itjust.worksF This user is from outside of this forum
                          [email protected]
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #52

                          Brother 😎

                          1 Reply Last reply
                          0
                          • A [email protected]

                            I can hear CRT screens. They emit a high pitch noise that nobody else in my family can hear, I assume most people actually can hear it but never noticed it. My family used to think I was crazy or had tinnitus (jury's still out on both) until they tested me by making me close my eyes and tell them if the TV was on while turning it off and on at random, with sound off. It was a weird test from my perspective, since I could hear it fine anyway.
                            So far I haven't noticed a decay due to age, but if it had little use when CRTs were widespread, it's now completely useless.

                            S This user is from outside of this forum
                            S This user is from outside of this forum
                            [email protected]
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #53

                            I too have significantly more sensitive hearing than seemingly just most people, and can hear and often get annoyed by high pitched but low decibel sounds, very often caused by electronics, off balance high speed fans, etc.

                            Got gaslit about it by my family as well.

                            You may wanna look into an autism diagnosis, autists often have this kind of thing going on.

                            You'd think it would be called super hearing, but instead its often everyone without heigtened senses calling you delusional.

                            Same thing happened to me when I described seeing the entoptic blue field phenomenon to my family, but not knowing the fancy name for it because I was 11. Family got very concerned I was hallucinating, the reality is I am just more attentive to reality than they are.

                            Q A T N 4 Replies Last reply
                            0
                            • interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zoneI [email protected]
                              This post did not contain any content.
                              N This user is from outside of this forum
                              N This user is from outside of this forum
                              [email protected]
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #54

                              I just learned from another thread that mine is... fantasizing smells and flavors, and being able to mentally combine them to know what two ingredients will taste like together before I combine them. Apparently not everyone can do this?

                              B infynis@midwest.socialI W N M 5 Replies Last reply
                              0
                              • S [email protected]

                                I prefer music without vocals. Not sure if the Synesthesia is the cause. But my Synesthesia doesn't trigger on voices, which is an interesting way of showing that speech and sounds are processed differently in the brain.

                                The only way that voices trigger my synesthesia is when I can't speak the language and it's all just "gibberish noise" for me

                                falkerie71@sh.itjust.worksF This user is from outside of this forum
                                falkerie71@sh.itjust.worksF This user is from outside of this forum
                                [email protected]
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #55

                                That's interesting! Thanks for the reply!

                                1 Reply Last reply
                                0
                                • adam_y@lemmy.worldA [email protected]

                                  I can fall asleep, near instantly, at will.

                                  I call it my time machine function.

                                  ambiguousprops@lemmy.todayA This user is from outside of this forum
                                  ambiguousprops@lemmy.todayA This user is from outside of this forum
                                  [email protected]
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #56

                                  But never suddenly, out of your control, right? As long as it's not narcolepsy, I would appreciate it if you gave me that skill.

                                  adam_y@lemmy.worldA 1 Reply Last reply
                                  0
                                  • Z [email protected]

                                    Ear rumbling was gonna be my superpower. And I can indeed also use this to some extent to repressurize my ears.

                                    N This user is from outside of this forum
                                    N This user is from outside of this forum
                                    [email protected]
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #57

                                    I can rumble, but have never needed to repressurize my ears - they're "leaky".

                                    1 Reply Last reply
                                    0
                                    • interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zoneI [email protected]
                                      This post did not contain any content.
                                      N This user is from outside of this forum
                                      N This user is from outside of this forum
                                      [email protected]
                                      wrote on last edited by [email protected]
                                      #58

                                      deleted

                                      1 Reply Last reply
                                      0
                                      • interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zoneI [email protected]
                                        This post did not contain any content.
                                        ambiguousprops@lemmy.todayA This user is from outside of this forum
                                        ambiguousprops@lemmy.todayA This user is from outside of this forum
                                        [email protected]
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #59

                                        My knee makes horrible, disturbing crackling and popping sounds when I move it, even just a little bit. It doesn't hurt at all, and grosses out anyone who is unfortunate enough to hear it. I especially enjoy telling family members to "listen to this" and then slowly extending my leg out.

                                        I shattered the upper portion of my tibia while bouldering to get this ability. I asked my surgeon about it (my tibia/knee required a total of 3 surgeries to repair) and they told me it was likely scar tissue, and would persist.

                                        1 Reply Last reply
                                        0
                                        • S [email protected]

                                          I learned this. The trick is to force yourself to do it. And your body goes "now I don't want to anymore"

                                          D This user is from outside of this forum
                                          D This user is from outside of this forum
                                          [email protected]
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #60

                                          1 Reply Last reply
                                          0
                                          Reply
                                          • Reply as topic
                                          Log in to reply
                                          • Oldest to Newest
                                          • Newest to Oldest
                                          • Most Votes


                                          • Login

                                          • Login or register to search.
                                          • First post
                                            Last post
                                          0
                                          • Categories
                                          • Recent
                                          • Tags
                                          • Popular
                                          • World
                                          • Users
                                          • Groups