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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

wait i'm a supertaster and i fucking hate ants, if that's the scent i can do it too. well i could if i didn't shitbomb the bathroom so often. but you may have legitimately helped me in my lifelong war against the ants (i'm farsighted i cannot see them until i sit down and they crawl up and bite my jibblies thank you)

[–] frezik@midwest.social 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I can make the sound of one hand clapping.

It was a thing that went around my middle school. You keep your hand at about a 90 degree angle to your arm, and then flap back and forth with your fingers loose so it hits your palm. Takes a little practice.

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[–] fungalfelidae5@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

i dont feel anything when i have caffeine. so i can drink Unfathomable amounts of tea :D

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I can turn ducks around... but only when they are in the water

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[–] RatzChatsubo@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago

I can raise my middle toe like I'm flicking you off

[–] sugarfoot00@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have two superpowers:

Mosquitoes don't find me delicious. When everyone else is getting hammered, they generally leave me alone. When I do get bit, the bites barely swell and they don't usually itch.

Rock star parking- Anywhere I go, I always check out immediately in front of the place I need to be. There's almost always an empty spot, and if there isn't there's someone just leaving that I pull into. I dunno how that helps me fight crime, but it sure would be useful if I were a bank heist getaway driver.

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[–] notarobot@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I can tell when someone is about to run a red light.

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[–] Lootboblin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I can speak Finnish.

[–] Korrok@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago

I can do the Skype notification sound with my mouth, but it's not a natural ability, a beatboxer classmate taught me during highschool. He could also mimic a cricket and that derailed more than one lesson, but he never taught me that one.

[–] Zirconium@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I could sometimes think what someone else is about to say right before they say it but I'm either delusional or really lucky

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[–] Gimpydude@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I can tell if an electric device is properly grounded or not just by touch. I don't mean getting shocked, when I run my fingers on a surface it feels differently from when it is properly grounded.

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[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I eat rice in rows like a dot matrix printer

[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I think those are the same ants in the southwest us that can find a box of cereal in a vault. Not sure if I could smell just one ant, but they are insanely smelly until you’re too hungover to pay attention and get a mouthful

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[–] alphanerd4@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Same one as everyone else’s., seeing the future.

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[–] Infynis@midwest.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

I can level paintings by hand, and usually on the first try. I still always double check with a level

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