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Hey Pandas, What Are Your Weirdest Abilities (Closed)

Everyone has some kind of ability.

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#1

I can smell cancer.
My grandmother had breast cancer for almost 10 years and never told anyone.
We only found out on her death bed as the nurses examined her.
I only lived a few doors away and could smell it every time I visited but, I didn’t realise what the smell was until I visited a friend a couple years later who also had breast cancer, the same smell, no one els could smell it and it destroyed me inside. Maybe I could have saved my Gran? Still haunts me everyday.

Final score:

11points

Davis the Un-Greatest 2 years ago

I’m sorry for your loss.

8points

#2

Specific people's voices have textures. I don't really know how to describe it because it's not even everyone, but sometimes I'll meet someone and their voice will have a feeling. Example: Julie Andrews's feels like the cardboard a tissue box is made out of, Emma Watson's feels like the texture of a Ziploc bag, and Ariana Grande's voice feels like if you were to stick your hands into a fish tank full of water and touch the glass on the inside. All of these are oddly specific but I did my best to describe them 😂😂

Final score:

11points

LunaLovegood987

Otter 2 years ago

Sounds like a synesthesia! To me, numbers have colors, for what that's worth.

5points

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#3

I don’t think this counts, but I have very vivid, detailed dreams with decent plots on the regular. I usually jot them down when I wake up and turn them into written stories later. My longest dream-inspired story ended up being over 200 pages. I’d bet that over 50% of my Google drive storage is being taken up by random Google docs with dream stories at this point. I rarely go back and read them, I should probably delete them lol.

Final score:

8points

Emmie The Squirrel Queen

Steph 2 years ago

Don't delete! This is such a treasure!!!

4points

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#4

I can draw with both hands at once, and they look identical.

Final score:

6points

Deutschland Mädchen 2 years ago

Ooh ambidextrous?

1point

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#5

I spell words backwards, in my mind, automatically
Sdrow
Lleps
Dnim
Yllacitamotua
Tce

Final score:

5points

Deutschland Mädchen 2 years ago

I thought I was the only one! Can you also anagram them in your head? Like rearrange the letters?

4points

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#6

I can read something, space out on something else and be able to understand and remember what I read.

I can also have a conversation with someone, back and forth, but my mind will derail onto a different topic in my head but I'll still hold the conversation and not remember what it was about.

I can also write something down without thinking about what I'm writing.

This is all due to being in a class where it was mainly copying notes off of the chalkboard for hours, and a need to self-destress from social anxiety.

Final score:

5points

MyOpinionHasBeenServed

MyOpinionHasBeenServed (Submission author) 2 years ago (edited)

Oh, and I can also smell x-rays. Smell like metal.

2points

#7

I can play the recorder with my nose

Final score:

5points

Emmie Jensen 2 years ago

I'm JOHN CENA *bo do bo doooo*

3points

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#8

I remember names super easy and match them up to faces easily too. I know a ton of people's names in my school and on like 10 people know who I am.

I can make a story out of any random thing ever.

I can also picture anything in my head if I've seen it.

Final score:

4points

Deutschland Mädchen 2 years ago

That's awesome. I need you to become my best friend and come with me whenever someone introduces themselves to me because I will forget their name three seconds after they say it.

1point

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#9

This is really really odd. But I can taste sickness in water. (Colds, flu’s and other basic sicknesses) I can taste the sickness in someone else’s cup before they are even aware that they are sick. I don’t know how but it’s happened before multiple times after drinking from a sick persons cup. I can also taste my own sickness.

Final score:

4points

June’s Very Own

Otter 2 years ago

Why are you drinking from sick people's cups???

4points

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#10

I'm really bad at whistling, but instead I can produce noises that soudn like a synthesizer by vibrating my lower lip against my upper teeth. My friend calls it "the mouth horn".

Final score:

3points

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#11

I can reach my nosetip with my tongue. Useful for distracting annoyed kids or entertaining drunk buddies. :)

Final score:

3points

Steph 2 years ago

Such a valuable talent to make people laugh! Absolutely no irony!!! You never know how important it could become to trigger a little smile!!

2points

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#12

When I worked as a software developer, I would sometimes encounter a problem that I couldn’t figure out right away. Every time I would ‘sleep’ it off I would dream about the problem and wake up knowing how to solve it. This happened pretty consistently so I started to relax and not stress knowing that I would have it solved the next day.
Kinda weird, but maybe not so rare.

Final score:

3points

Deutschland Mädchen 2 years ago

I will give you my geometry textbook and you can take a nap and then help me with my homework

3points

#13

Dogs seem to love me

Final score:

3points

Ozacoter 2 years ago

Best power ever:)

4points

#14

I sometimes have prophetic dreams. I usually forget about them when I wake up but then some time later I am hit with a strong sense of deja vu and everything just comes back. I've kind of gotten used to it but it used to make me feel really weird like idk I can't describe it but you know just like really strong deja vu.

Final score:

2points

Deutschland Mädchen

Redemption Rose 2 years ago

Same here! It doesn’t happen often, though. Sometimes when I have prophetic dreams they don’t come to pass for years. In those instances the deja vu hits with full force. It’s a strange sensation.

1point

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#15

I have a hitchhiker thumb

Final score:

2points

#16

i have perfect pitch (or at least really really close)

Final score:

2points

#17

I can tell which year (not exact year but if it's from the 1980s, 2000s, ect) a movie is from. Not TV shows though, for some reason.

Final score:

1point

The Witch Doctor

#18

I can tell you how much you talk with one lolk. At your face. Post images and try me.

Final score:

1point

Cookie Panda 2 years ago

Does a cartoon count? Like a Bitmoji or whatever they are called?

0points

#19

Being psychic (runs in the family) I will never forget a face and instantly know where and when I have seen it. I can sketch the face from mind for most people to recognize the person by the distinct features; this helps me a lot, since I have NO, ABSOLUTELY NO memory for names. In fact most names sound very much alike to me

Final score:

1point

GaeFrog 2 years ago

Do you have a selectively photographic memory? Idk if that is even a thing but it sounds like it is

1point

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#20

I can dream of events that will happen the next day exactly as they happened in the dream. Tell me in the comments if you want details!

Final score:

1point

Steph 2 years ago

These dreams are psychic/prophetic powers. It means you are strongly connected to a "collective" intelligence. We (every existing living) is part of this. We, together, ARE the collective intelligence. This is why telepathy works. You just dock on or tune in. You can practice to do some selective tuning. DÉJÀ VUs are a different phenomenon, nothing to do with being clairvoyant. ESP, on the other hand, can be trained

1point

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#21

I genuinely have a lot of trouble snapping normally, but I can “snap” with my pinky and my thumb well-
Mainly on my right (non dominant hand)

Final score:

1point

moose man 2 years ago

YOOOOOO ANOTHER LEFTY LETS GOOOOOOOO

0points

#22

I have the superpower of always being in the middle. Awesome right? My partner hates me so much. But if he needs to be in x place I will move there a few seconds before he moves.

Final score:

0points

Shona

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Hi there! I'm Gabrielė, but you can also catch me responding to Gab, Gabi, Gabert, or Gabe – take your pick. Professionally, I'm the senior community manager over at Bored Panda, helping people share their awesome work and connecting artists with a worldwide audience. Beyond work, you'll catch me traveling, listening to vinyl and diving into movies, art exhibitions, and concerts. I'm a culture buff at heart, always eager to explore and embrace the richness of the human experience.

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