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40 People Reveal Their Useless Superpowers That Are Somehow Cool, Funny, Or Weird "Cats love me. I've had cats come running out of side streets and houses just to say hello and get some scritches. Outdoor cats who have never interacted with me before let me pick them up, and if my partner wasn't allergic I would have adopted an army of strays who just followed me home by now.

And it's actually not completely useless - I work as a cat sitter."

252points

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OB1KENOB said:
"I can remember things I did when I was 8 months old."

-Roast-Toast- replied:
"I can forget things I did 8 minutes ago."

OB1KENOB Report

237points

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TorchFlower said:
"My daughter says she can choose what she is going to dream about every night.

She describes it as having a few scenes to choose from and she picks one. She was amazed that nobody else in the family could do this. She thought it was normal."

Silv0r replied:
"Wow, this is the best superpower and anything but useless! I'm very envious and super happy for your daughter too! It's called lucid dreaming and I've been trying to do that all my life. She needs to hold on to it! It is a gift. I have only lucid dreamed 1-2 times in my whole life where I could control it like a director."

TorchFlower Report

225points

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Adkit said:
"Severe aphantasia. Only a small percent of people with aphantasia have complete aphantasia and I'm one of those s*ckers.

I cannot picture things in my mind. At all. It's pitch black, and it never changes. Apparently, you mutants can just close your eyes and imagine whatever you want like some sort of hallucination. I don't even fully understand how that would look..."

JoeBoco7 replied:
I’m on the complete opposite end with hyperphantasia. My imagination is extremely vivid, it feels more real than real. My favorite thing to do is to create new episodes of my favorite shows and just watch it in my head.

Adkit Report

195points

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MikeT75 said:
"When I have to wrap multiple food items in aluminum foil, I have the super ability to pull my next sheet of foil and cut it to exactly to the same length and size as the last sheet, creating a stack of perfectly matching foil sheets. It amazes no one but me, and makes for a terrible party trick."

OG_ninnyhammer replied:
"That’s the most useful useless thing I’ve ever heard. Good on you."

MikeT75 Report

184points

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"(This is from actual medical/psych professionals.) I have very high observational vigilance and extremely fast information processing speed.

This can and has been extremely useful for a lot of my gal friends. If they were ever in doubt about a dude (couldn't decide if his behavior was problematic or not) they'd introduce me and watch if I reacted negatively to them.

It's useless because when you have this starting a young age it can REALLY screw you up. You start getting flooded with noticing other people's negative reactions around you when you're too young to understand that they're not because of you. F*cks up your self esteem and is a recipe for chronic depression that translates into chronic social anxiety. I'm ok now, all handled and taken care of as an adult."

reddit.com Report

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40 People Reveal Their Useless Superpowers That Are Somehow Cool, Funny, Or Weird "I can wakeup to 5-1 minutes before the alarm goes off."

saadmangube Report

156points

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Musasabi_King said:
"I have an extremely strong sense of hearing, but people think I'm hard of hearing because I can't hear them when there's any kind of background noise."

illianae replied:
"I have this too. Its like my hearing gets overflowed with information and I can't choose to not hear things. Nothing ever gets to the background noise setting."

Musasabi_King Report

154points

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Desperate-Acadia7438 Report

#10

40 People Reveal Their Useless Superpowers That Are Somehow Cool, Funny, Or Weird Desperate-Acadia7438 said:
"Not me but my mom, if they have leftovers she can pick the exact right container it’ll fit into perfectly. It’s magical."

Rodyland replied:
"I have the exact opposite of this ability. No matter what, the container I choose is always the wrong size. If I try to play it off against itself and pick a different container before putting food in it, then the original container will have been the right size after all."

144points

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#11

Ryborg6900 said:
"I can clear my mind and go up to five minutes without a single thought."

RaedwaldRex replied:
"That's something I can never seem to do. People say clear your mind and all that happens is my mind fills with ways and ideas on how can I clear my mind."

Ryborg6900 Report

140points

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#12

40 People Reveal Their Useless Superpowers That Are Somehow Cool, Funny, Or Weird "The last place I worked I could tell who had already arrived at work before me that morning by the smell(s) in the elevator. There was only one elevator as it was a small building. Kinda gross, but I freaked out a coworker because I was always right."

Dinner-is-Ruined Report

133points

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#13

40 People Reveal Their Useless Superpowers That Are Somehow Cool, Funny, Or Weird "Animals tend to like me more than the other people around. Found that out in my early thirties. Since then I now have my second dog. I'm able to form a deep bond to animals in a short amount of time. Sometimes dogs meet me and won't leave my side, even when the owner is shouting for them.

I would never say it's useless but I have several negative issues in my life that I would like to lose instead of being the animal friend."

Trumpassassin777 Report

123points

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#14

"I can cook minute rice in 58 seconds."

kratomboofer27 Report

120points

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#15

"I have an amazing memory for song lyrics. Every once in a while this helps my team win pub trivia."

Teacher_Crazy_ Report

120points

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IzzieTheStrawberry Report

#16

"I have no object permanence, and it also works on people. Basically, if I don't see people often enough I just forget them."

119points

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#17

40 People Reveal Their Useless Superpowers That Are Somehow Cool, Funny, Or Weird "I used to know when the phone (land line) would ring. I would go over the phone and wait a few seconds to pick it up before it rung. My mother was baffled by it and I also didn't understand why. Hasn't happened for the past 14 years now."

TheArtOfVEL Report

110points

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#18

"I can always tell the correct time, within 5 minutes, without looking at a clock. I just know, ya know?"

IsabellaGalavant Report

103points

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#19

40 People Reveal Their Useless Superpowers That Are Somehow Cool, Funny, Or Weird "Finding 4 leaf clovers. I also have some 5 and 6 leaf ones. I just seem to have an eye for spotting the ones that don't match the pattern, and will find at least one on every country walk."

alancake Report

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#20

40 People Reveal Their Useless Superpowers That Are Somehow Cool, Funny, Or Weird "My daughter has a parking fairy, basically she can pull into a shopping centre carpark and someone will pull out in front of her so she can park.

My mother-in-law had the same power."

daftvaderV2 Report

101points

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#21

40 People Reveal Their Useless Superpowers That Are Somehow Cool, Funny, Or Weird "I am a trivia savant.

'There's many things you can do with that.'

Yeah, win $20 off of bar tabs at pub trivia.

Otherwise, I never had finger dexterity to be a 'Who Wants To Be a Millionaire' contestant, and got third when I was on Jeopardy and won $1000.

Not bitter."

BakedTatter Report

101points

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#22

"I can walk into a crowd of people and it naturally disperses. Have had this since high school, told my buddies-they laughed at me, until I walked onto a dance floor and soon had a 4ft open circle around me. They became believers. To be clear, I shower daily, wash and launder my clothes weekly, practice good hygiene, etc. I literally just walk into a crowd, and it disperses. Just did it last week at my local mall—started laughing and said, 'Shoulda video’ed it for the boys.'"

Mzunguman Report

97points

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Positive-Source8205 Report

#23

40 People Reveal Their Useless Superpowers That Are Somehow Cool, Funny, Or Weird Positive-Source8205 said:
"I can find the slowest checkout line at the grocery store."

Silv0r replied:
"Haha that's something we all have in common! Never change your first impulse decision. I always regret the change of a queue."

fkenthrowaway replied:
"The trick is to always go to the one with the least amount of old people. I try to approximate the average age of a line and go to the lowest."

93points

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#24

40 People Reveal Their Useless Superpowers That Are Somehow Cool, Funny, Or Weird "I can tell you exactly what episode of Golden Girls is coming on based on the first 10 seconds of the episode."

Nurse2e , amazon.com Report

91points

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#25

40 People Reveal Their Useless Superpowers That Are Somehow Cool, Funny, Or Weird vagabond1022 said:
"I can tell the day of the week of any day in the year just by knowing two things: the day of the week of January 1st, and the year's number."

Briffy03 replied:
"We all could do that easily if humanity just decided to go for a 13 month, each with exactly 28 days, all starting with a Monday and ending with a Sunday, and 1 free party day each year. All would be perfectly nice, and humanity could have a one single day off we could just celebrate 'humanity-day' on."

vagabond1022 Report

90points

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#26

"Making a woman love me.

Plot twist: I’m gay."

Jerm8888 Report

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#27

"I swear to god almighty I can sense death. When either someone close to me, or a very well known public figure (celebrity, politician, etc) is about to die, I can feel it. I can’t explain the feeling further than a spidey sense. I know it when I feel it, and moments after I feel it, someone f*cking dies. Either naturally or in a freak accident. I know this doesn’t sound useless, but it happens so quickly that I would have no time to do anything about it, therefore, useless. Other than being an early detection system I guess."

leebon427 Report

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#28

"I'm fantastic at killing flies and mosquitos by clapping them with my hands. Almost never miss."

throwaway4499837 Report

83points

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#29

"I've never really told anyone this before, but I think I remember being born. I've had these 'memories' my whole life. I'm in a completely enclosed space, with the space touching my skin and whole body, but not claustrophobic. Then there are moments where it's smooth, and then all... crunched up? Like a smooth piece of aluminum foil, then it's all wrinkled, then smooth again. It's dark, but also my eyes aren't open or closed. Sometimes I'll get this memory when I'm falling asleep. I can't think of anything else it could be."

drunkjulia Report

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#30

explosivepro said:
"Ability to focus on an incredibly boring and repetitive task for hours with no incentive."

Godzilla1282 replied:
"Ah. An Old School Runescape player."

explosivepro Report

77points

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#31

One_Eyed_Kitten said:
"I can move through time, but only into the future and only 1 second at a time."

Ok-Disk-2191 replied:
"I can do this also, but I've learnt that if you drink alcohol it can slow or speed time down or up."

One_Eyed_Kitten Report

73points

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#32

"I can remember and draw the floor plan of every place I’ve lived since the house I lived in until I was four years old. I can do this for the many different apartments I lived in for several years after college and could probably draw the floor plans for most of my friends’ houses and many of the houses I have looked at when house hunting."

LimeSkye Report

73points

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#33

40 People Reveal Their Useless Superpowers That Are Somehow Cool, Funny, Or Weird "Wrapping presents."

matt79361 Report

70points

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#34

"I fix tech just by being there. I've lost count of the amount of times my wife/kids/students where I teach will shout 'it doesn't work', to which I walk over, inevitably causing whatever didn't work to start working again.

Spoiler: I just make sure they were doing what they wanted to do properly and make them read any error messages."

Gavcradd Report

68points

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Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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#35

40 People Reveal Their Useless Superpowers That Are Somehow Cool, Funny, Or Weird "Being able to work continuously to the point where my perception of time might make 8 hours seem like 30 minutes AND I get my work done to clock out on time."

Rangeless Report

67points

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El Borito 1 year ago

I wouldn't call that useless.

41points

Majungasaurus 1 year ago

I’m honestly jealous

5points

ValdaDeDieu 1 year ago

It's called "Being in Flow"...

4points

Ronstantin 1 year ago

I agree. And I believe basically everyone can do this – although maybe only up to a certain level.

1point

Carter Maggard 1 year ago

That is probably one of the best I've heard. You must not get bored while doing it.

4points

Bec 1 year ago

I think a lot of highly intelligent people are able to focus for long periods. I have an Uncle who is an amazing engineer who will work all day and forget to eat

4points

Friday Van-Defoe 1 year ago

Sir Isaac Newton

0points

zMajci 1 year ago (edited)

In this context, procrastination would be my super power :)

2points

Silre 1 year ago

Hyper focus type ADD

1point

White Paper Tsuru 1 year ago

Sometimes people with ADHD have this type of hyper focus. Super handy... when it works but not something I could switch on and off.

1point

hitex 1 year ago

I wish I had this power

1point

Yourname942 1 year ago

Man I wish that was me

1point

PowellSkier 1 year ago

Sounds like hyper focus.

0points

Imaan Hawwa hafiz 1 year ago

Now this is hyperfocus

0points

Tee Rat 1 year ago

I have the opposite of this where I work for 2 hours and look at the clock to see 20 minutes has passed.

0points

Avant Garde 1 year ago

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0points

Jo 1 year ago

Please, sir, I need this

0points

Lavi Berko 1 year ago

i feel like this is similar to adhd hyper focusing.

0points

SomePeopleCallMeMaurice 1 year ago

When I freelanced as a textile designer, I’d pop out of bed and go directly into my little art studio, which was connected to my bedroom. I’d sometimes work or 7-8 hours straight without ever leaving my desk to eat or using the bathroom. I loved that job!

0points

Percabeth Forever (she/her) 1 year ago

I need this for school

-1point

ImportantHyena8664 Report

#36

"I can move my ears on command."

67points

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#37

seratoninsgone said:
"If I drop something by accident, I always somehow make the right decision to either move my foot out of the way or try and catch it with my foot."

Silv0r replied:
"The things I SHOULD catch (eggs, babies, you name it) I miss and fail badly. But things I should just let go (a 20 kg server, knife, mother-in-law), I always try to catch, haha."

seratoninsgone Report

64points

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#38

"I'm pretty good at minimizing crumbs whilst eating a crumbly cookie."

NutellaGood Report

63points

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Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#39

"My useless super power is being double jointed in my ankles to the point I can turn both my feet around facing backwards. I was given the nickname crazy legs by a few of my classmates in high school. Its useless cuz not only does it freak people out, sometimes scaring off the more faint of heart but i stopped doing it entirely because the older I get it becomes a bit mire painful when I do it though I'm still definitely able to do pull it off. Most people my age aren't impressed and honestly in hindsight teenagers are impresses by dumb crap like what I'm able to do. Adult life isn't about impressing anyone but yourself or potential employers. More importantly life isn't a popularity contest."

adomisblade Report

62points

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Acrobatic_Cat_4692 Report

#40

"I can listen to two conversations at once."

62points

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#41

"I'm an ear rumbler. If I hear something I don't like I can make a thunder sound in my ear holes."

Jedijello93 Report

38points

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#42

Fair_Ad1512 said:
"I can grab stuff with my feet. Even chopsticks!"

Silv0r replied:
"But can you eat sushi with the chopsticks you're holding with your feet? Would love to hear your results haha."

Fair_Ad1512 Report

37points

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#43

Hamburrgergirl said:
"I have accurately predicted two deaths and a birth hours before they happened. Not the craziest thing but just kind of weird."

Silv0r replied:
"Yeah that's kinda scary! So please don't tell me when I'll die or get a child. I bet you have a small black note book. Is your real name Light Yagami?"

Hamburrgergirl Report

35points

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#44

"I can elicit an angry response from my wife without trying."

dlama Report

34points

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#45

CailenBelmont said:
"I can pee in my dream without wetting myself."

Silv0r replied:
"I can't even do it awake. If I'm thinking about peeing it will just start with the flow... can't stop. Won't stop.

Scene from Scary Movie 2 comes in my head"

CailenBelmont Report

33points

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Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#46

Real-Life-CSI-Guy said:
"I can predict the future, but only when I’m joking about the prediction (like it has to be a joke where I’m not even thinking about it might be true, I can’t make a joke to try and manifest the future.)"

Silv0r replied:
"So let me get this straight... you can only predict the future when you're joking about it, and not even intentionally trying to make the prediction come true.

That's like saying you're a superhero, but you only have powers when you're not trying to use them.

Talk about a useless talent man, haha! You're awesome."

Real-Life-CSI-Guy Report

31points

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#47

"I can stop hiccups whenever I can with enough concentration."

herons8 Report

30points

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#48

"I can touch the cavity behind the uvula with the tip of my tongue.

It's only useful to more easily determine if I'm sick, as when I'm sick, that part feels more tender/inflamed."

RatherGrateful Report

29points

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Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

#49

40 People Reveal Their Useless Superpowers That Are Somehow Cool, Funny, Or Weird "My husband can build a perfect snowman in Animal Crossing every time. No tricks or guides, he just knows."

popjunkie42 , animalcrossingworld.com Report

29points

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#50

"There is an 'adult store' on the way to my in laws and my SO and I always guess how many cars will be in the parking lot. I am almost always right or one off. It’s uncanny."

flyingbye0803 Report

29points

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#51

"I'm unable to spill grape juice.

Like, I literally dropped a whole damn glass of it on a white carpet once and it all stayed in that damn glass."

rocknin Report

28points

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#52

"I've trained myself to see into the third dimension. It's 'useless' because everybody who isn't missing an eye can do it naturally."

NewSuperTrios Report

28points

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"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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#53

"You know that scene in Big Bang Theory where it's all Sheldon's personalities in his head having a meeting. Instead of that every role I've ever played (dnd character, role in a musical, etc.), it is permanently stuck in my head. Sometimes, I go into a British accent just because I've played a British character."

GameMyth Report

28points

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#54

"I can tell when a dog needs to poop. This includes dogs other than my own, and I can call it anywhere from a few seconds before the deed all the way up to a few minutes. It’s a blessing, and a curse."

djdynastyhandbag Report

26points

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#55

40 People Reveal Their Useless Superpowers That Are Somehow Cool, Funny, Or Weird "In war fighting games I know the perfect angle to shot planes down without missing a single shot."

PayNo1671 Report

26points

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HonestDapperFellow Report

#56

"I have a astounding lazy eye I can use to stare to people in the eyes at once."

25points

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“All Three Shot Out Pink”: Triplets' Baby Shower Turns Sour, Pregnant Wife Wants A Divorce

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#57

"I somehow can remember random things about celebrities. I'm not particularly interested in celebrities, and it's rare that I look up anything about them. Yet somehow just random details I see on like the cover of a magazine in the checkout line of the grocery store, or something I overhear at a bar, I'll remember for years, but only about this one specific niche topic, so it's not like a real eidetic memory.

People tend to think I'm super into pop culture as a result of this random knowledge all the time. Completely useless."

TheManWithThreePlans Report

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Prestigious-Juice495 Report

#58

"I'm colourblind, so I can see all things in a different perspective than others. But I'm the only one so..."

21points

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Zealousideal_Wing833 Report

#59

"My wife calls me captain hindsight because I'm always there for a 'you didn't wanna do that, you should've done this' moment."

20points

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#60

"I can't control it, but sometimes when I'm holding something in my hand and I stop paying attention to it the object will teleport somewhere within 10 feet of me. It can be right next to me, inside something I haven't touched in 3 years, or anywhere in between."

IsaacX28 Report

20points

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#61

"Every time I go downstairs something nsfw is on the TV, could be a horror movie or the other kind of nsfw, no matter what, its every time."

MoxicleanMen Report

18points

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This lazy panda forgot to write something about itself.

This lazy panda forgot to write something about itself.

Writer on a quest to explore every corner of the world, one country at a time. Fueled by my love for Arcane, oversized hoodies, and weightlifting, I try my best to bring even more fun energy to Bored Panda. My cup of tea? Pop culture, funny content, sharing interesting facts about the world, and creating listicles for fellow Pandas. When I’m not crafting articles, my eyes are still glued to a screen — be it binge-watching my favorite shows, leveling up in video games, or learning Spanish with Duolingo. Always on the hunt for the ultimate playlist, I scour Deezer to find the right tunes to listen to while working on my creative projects.

Darja is a Content Creator at Bored Panda. She studied at the University of Westminster, where she got her Bachelor's degree in Contemporary Media Practice. She loves photography, foreign music and re-watching Forrest Gump.

Saulė is a photo editor at Bored Panda with bachelor's degree in Multimedia and Computer Design. The thing that relaxes her the best is going into YouTube rabbit hole. In her free time she loves painting, embroidering and taking walks in nature.

What do you think ?

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ОльхаКинг(AlderKing) 1 year ago

i have perfect pitch and it’s really weird but i can read sheet music like a book, can hear it in my head just by looking at it even if i’ve never heard it

19points

John Harrison 1 year ago

So jealous of this. Hopefully its something you enjoy, and not an irritant.

9points

Miss Frankfurter 1 year ago

My mom could do that too. There are a lot of musicians who can.

5points

Red Lotus 1 year ago

Like Eddy from TwoSet?

2points

AnnwylTheBloodyLovesFerghus 1 year ago

I cannot carry a tune in a bucket. But, I am super sensitive to certain musical sounds. Either high voices or very low bass, depending on the pitch. I have an actual physical reaction ranging from just a mild tingling on my scalp to full body goose bumps and electric shock-like feelings. Sometimes with heat. Usually, along my entire right side. The intensity of the response depends on the music. It was very disconcerting as a child. It made me feel so ashamed, I never told anyone about it. I remember many times when I tried to hide under my seat as it happened. I made up excuses for trying to crawl under my chair for no reason. I was well into adulthood before I talked about it. Bodies are strange.

1point

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

why are you translating Olya/Olga as Alder though?

1point

Yourname942 1 year ago

I can still smell cooked scallops in the house even after a week or so since they have been cooked. No one else in my family can. (I think I am hypersensitive to whatever chemical it has) I hate it, and it smells terrible. It is very pungent the whole time.

11points

Kill-Bunny 1 year ago

1. I can smell/sense pregnancy and also the ending of it (miscarriage, or birth). 2. I can go though the dirtiest paths and my shoes will still be clean.

10points

FantastiKitty 1 year ago

Do you work in healthcare? My grandma was able to tell someone was pregnant before they knew themselves. She was a nurse for 24 years.

1point

CanadianDimes 1 year ago

When I’m looking at an aerial photo of river systems or craters (e.g., craters on the moon or Mars) or of a footprint in damp sand, I immediately see it the wrong way around, so coming up rather than being a depression. I don’t mean I can go back and forth, I mean my brain sees it the wrong way. If I really try I can *usually* convince my brain to see it the right way but not always and, even when I do, I lose it really quickly.

9points

Spikey Bunny 1 year ago

So you mean convex instead of concave?

0points

and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 1 year ago

I have a freakish sense of smell. I can tell the weather, season, some people by smell, and I’m a super taster. Also, I’m turning into one of those little old ladies that can tell the weather with her knees because every time there’s an atmospheric pressure change I get a little arthritis flare.

9points

Belinda Knoblock 1 year ago

I can take my socks off and roll them into a ball with my toes. The evidence shows that I do it in my sleep just as well as I do when still awake.

9points

A girl 1 year ago

Locator gift. Husband or kids misplace anything, I know where it is. And not because I put it there.

8points

Mere Cat 1 year ago

That must be a mom thing! My mom has it, and surprisingly, even with my ADD and very poor history of finding things, I have had it ever since I became a mom (well maybe after post-partum mental fog..)

2points

Lemaire 1 year ago

I can, without fail, choose the locker in the gym that is closest to the only person needing their locker at the same time as me. In other words, I can walk into an empty locker room at the start of my workout, find the locker farthest from any other locked locker, and when I return to the locker room after working out, there will be exactly one other person in the locker room, and they will be blocking access to my locker.

7points

Miss Frankfurter 1 year ago (edited)

Can remember so many patients I have looked after over 38 years of nursing. All the way back to being a patient care aid in a chronic care hospital. Name, what was wrong with them, what room they were in, particulars of so many events. As I moved on to nursing school, same thing. To this very day. 53 years later. It used to freak out my coworkers. Sometimes I could even remember significant changes in blood pressure, right down to the numbers. I can remember one of my patient’s (a critically ill one) lab work from 30 years ago. Only problem would be is if I was on the stand in a coroner’s case, there’s no way I wouldn’t remember.

6points

Laura Lett 1 year ago

I can 1:: read upside down,2:read backwards, 3: throw my voice, 4: tell if you are a bad person within 5 minutes.

6points

Seedy Vine 1 year ago

I can pick up a pen or marker and tell by its weight whether it's low on ink.

5points

CaptainDinosaur 1 year ago

I was born without wisdom teeth. I'm basically an X-Man.

5points

Shyla Bouche 1 year ago

I have the ability to make Shyla and the other soft can-openers wait on my every whim.

5points

Laura Lett 1 year ago

Yes ,Miss Bouche, is all powerful.

2points

Stardust she/her 1 year ago

One thing I can do is predict the near future. I have to whole heartedly believe that something will happen but the exact opposite ends up happening instead. I can also remember things involving numbers more easily like statistics for example.

5points

Doodles1983 1 year ago

My significant other has hypersensitive senses. Touch and smell particularly. He can create a full image in his head from touching an unknown object. Smell, he is able to tell me what stage I’m in of my cycle. Freaked me out at first but it’s useful and saves accidents.

4points

SofiaB 1 year ago

I'm known as The Baby Whisperer...I don't have any kids of my own, but other family & friends who have kids and even strangers with kids, their kids always gravitate towards me and I can get fussy babies to fall asleep within seconds of holding them. Parents are always shocked that I'm able to do this.

4points

LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago

I can pick out the most expensive item in a group without seeing any price tags. If I like it, it will be the most expensive thing in the bunch. Not that I can afford anything. Hubby loves taking me to thrift stores and garage sales to see what treasures I can find.

4points

Sky Render 1 year ago

I can pee with an erection right away, no problem. Just have to flex my vaginal opening and out it comes from the phallus like a fire hose. My typical distance doing that is about 6 or 7 feet, though it does come out in bursts. Being intersex with ambiguous genitalia is fun like that. Definitely a trick that's going to stop being interesting after I get SRS...

4points

Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago

I'm bizarrely good at picking just the right gift for people. Most notable would definitely be the guy at the local video hire joint (remember those?). We got to know each other a bit, and one day when my dog got loose he recognised him and rescued him for me. To say thanks I got him a small box of chocolates, and he said "How on earth did you know these were my favourite???"

4points

Heavy Metal Librarian 1 year ago

I'm a superrecognizer and I've never once lost a sock in the dryer.

3points

Luna Crow 1 year ago

Never once lost a sock in the dryer? That's the most difficult to believe superpower on this whole list

0points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago (edited)

hmm let me see. I can pace someone talking while typing. Not fast talkers, just regular convo speed. You can gather that BP tells me often to calm down and stop posting so fast. I can read about 700wpm, or a page in less than a minute. Useful for doing research work. Good at skimming writing and locating the key passages. Can basically read a novel in a day or two by knowing which flag words indicate I can skip the paragraph. Hmm. What else. I can read people really well. Not their emotional states (ASD) but what they "are". Like home language, preferred aesthetics/music taste, etc. Even without overt demographic markers like skintone differences. Like I can glance at someone and give their nationality. I'm right about 80% of the time. I'm not that accurate with far-east but Africa and EU, USA... easy.

3points

crowspectre (he/they) 1 year ago

As a very small child, I had a super innate sense of direction and could always tell which way the world was spinning. I live in Seattle, so it was always too grey to be able to use the sun, and now I've totally lost that. I have literally no idea which direction is which and am terrible at going places

3points

Devon Archer 1 year ago

Everything I smell I taste in my mouth, it’s both horrible and awesome. Also my brain makes up lyrics constantly to songs and it’s dumb

3points

Libstak 1 year ago (edited)

I can be thinking of a random song or obscure movie or tv show and it will play on the radio or be on the tv that day, even though i havent heard or seen it for years.

3points

SofiaB 1 year ago

OMG Same!! It always freaks me out when that happens too! It makes me wonder if life really is a computer simulation or something...

1point

ValdaDeDieu 1 year ago

If a bunch of you go missing, I'll know the CIA found you. Send me a telepathic message and I promise I'll send you good thoughts.

3points

Ephemeral Mochi 1 year ago

Oooh! Ooooh! I can inflict a stabbing pain in my shoulder or inner elbow by simply thinking about needles! (I have severe trypanophobia to the point where sometimes the spots on my arm where shots or blood draws happen start feeling like there's needles in them by simply being exposed to air)

3points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

so bizarre! put on youtube?

0points

marvellady 1 year ago

If some one gives me a quote from and Harry Potter book, I can tell you the book it was said in, who said it, and in what context. Same goes for Marvel movies

3points

NatalieC 1 year ago

I am an empath in the sense that I can tell when someone around me is angry.

2points

Amy Face 1 year ago

These are fascinating

2points

siddik sid 1 year ago

I don't misplace things at all .Even on a busy day or when I'm tired or sleepy my mind subconsciously places all the things at their respective place without me thinking abt it

2points

Luna W. 1 year ago

I have typos jump out at me. I don't even have to really read/understand the text; I just read a page "diagonally" and immediately spot typos. It works in both English and German, the 2 languages I'm fluent in.

2points

JayCee 1 year ago

I can write a novel in under 2 weeks and change nothing but a few typos. I think of a premise, watch the film of it in my head, and type what happens... but it's not healthy the way I binge write, so I don't do it often. I also do not tell other people because I have found it just makes people angry. Like, if I worked for 5 years and still had an unfinished book, this would p**s me off, too.

2points

Randi (she/they/he) 1 year ago

My useless superpower is gorlin’s sign (being able to touch top of nose with tongue. I’m yet to meet anybody else that can do this.

2points

Natalie Bohrteller 1 year ago

My cousin can do this too. Should I introduce you?😄

0points

Michael H 1 year ago

Me: I type absurdly fast. Far faster than I talk. Probably in the top 20 in the world. My mom: she never used an alarm. She would lay down, think 'I'm waking up at 5:15 am,' and would magically wake up at the exact minute. Autistic guy I was a caregiver for: you could tell him any date in the last 500 years and he could instantly tell you what day of the week it was.

2points

DeoManus Argentem 1 year ago

I can tell what time it is while lying in bed with my eyes closed in the morning based on the sound of which vehicle is started up in my condo building's parking lot for who's headed to work... I deeply dislike loud vehicles :(

2points

Ashen Mccann (They/Them) 1 year ago

whenever i go to someone's house and they have pets, whatever the animal is, they love me. i think its just my cat, because dogs specifically love me most...

2points

talliloo 1 year ago

not me but my dad. he has a bond with all animals. animals tend to trust him the point of approaching him. wild birds will sometimes light on him and stay. he used to work part time at a camping area for fun. deer would come up to him and hang around. the campers would ask to pet 'his' deer and he would tell them sure, if you can catch them. that was the wild animals. the pets we have owned idolized him and we don't exist when he walks into the house. this also goes to bees. too. when he would work next to a hive and they would get bothered he would talk to them, tell them he was not going to bother them and to go away. interestingly, they would stick around the hive and occasionally light on him. i am a little like this but not to his degree. helped when i worked at a zoo with the smaller animals. we call him papa doolittle

2points

porgsarecool 1 year ago (edited)

i have constant deja vu and feel after something happens i had thought about it before and forgot

1point

Vicky Reimerink 1 year ago

My superpower is that I can close my ears, so that I want hear anything. And back on again wenenever I want.

1point

Stephanie Chapman 1 year ago

A song will pop into my head and the next time I turn on the radio it will often be that song.

1point

T5n 1 year ago (edited)

I have three : Animals are almost always very calm around me. Skittish horses, rescue dogs, wild deer, you name it. I also tend to be more observant of animal behavior and am able to fairly accurately predict their actions. I have a 85-95% success rate depending on the species I also have an absurdly good sense of smell. It’s a nice ability but it has its disadvantages I can also completely override my senses to make myself sense things that aren’t there. I usually use this to feel a warm rain and the sensation of rocking on a boat as a method of relaxation.

1point

Effseven Six 1 year ago

I guess one of my things is being able to tell if something us off center, even by an eighth of an inch.

1point

John Harrison 1 year ago

My superpower is I can tell which of these commenters are talking about legitimate personal characteristics that are perfectly explainable, like "Pets love me!", and which ones have read too many books from the New Age section.

1point

Rick Seiden 1 year ago

It doesn't happen every time, but when someone is having an issue with their computer, and they call me over, the problem goes away without doing anything. People in my family have said to me, more than once, "Can you come look at this so it stops happening?" I've even had it happen over Zoom calls. It's not entirely useless, and I know comformation bias makes it happen more often in my head than it really does, but it happens more often with me than with other people.

1point

Your local pyromaniac 1 year ago

my superpower is that I am the supreme lord of trinkets. I've had things from home openly out in the halls, and they have never once been confiscated.

1point

Your local pyromaniac 1 year ago

my sister can also smell marshmallows from outside of the package.

2points

𝖇𝖎 𝖌𝖔𝖙𝖍 𝖖𝖚𝖊𝖊𝖓 1 year ago

I love it and I have a pretty cool type of skill where I'll just talk to someone and in at least 2 minutes we're already good friends. and when I go up to an animal, like any type of animal carnivores, omnivores, strays, herbivore, house pet, any type and it just loves me.

1point

Shyla Bouche 1 year ago

I can pee, any time, anywhere. If I moved to a desert, it would be a swamp within a week.

1point

Verinder of the Valley 1 year ago

I have a very very very vivid imagination. I have the ability to trick myself into believing I am experiencing something when I am not. Its like a filter, and I can see every situation that way. It's like I am actually, visually seeing it. It's hard pulling myself back to reality. Sometimes I like to think the reality I experience is just a product of my imagination, and true reality is the things I dream up. Also, it can be unnerving realizing what you see is not what others see, and is not reality, when you think it is. It can be terrifying, bieng able to lie to all of your senses, not just sight, at the same time.

1point

B.Nelson 1 year ago

My mom can hear her students swearing or talking about her 20 to 30 feet away in the classroom. She calls them her mom ears. My sister has the ability to display the greatest mother look of all time even though she has never been a mom. I have issues with hyper vigilance mostly based on my hearing so I can hear creepy things that I don't want to hear which is why I have several white noise makers in my room.

1point

Beruthiel45 1 year ago

People are so interesting. 👍😊

1point

Marisol L. Banks 1 year ago

I can bring people to a business. If I go to a store or restaurant or any place involving customers, and it’s empty, within a few minutes of me being there other people will start showing up. Before I leave it’s full.

1point

Coolwhip 1 year ago

I can smell really well. I can smell if gas is left on on the stove, I can smell things going bad before anybody else, I can smell what somebody cooked even if I wasn't in the house but just the smell of their clothes, I can smell animals in a house before they even pop up. I even remember smells very well, so I'm big on perfumes and colognes. My dad says I can smell s**t before people have to s**t lol.

0points

Bisexual Axolotls 1 year ago

I can "skip time", although I probably won't know what happened. Basically I can zone out, but still be completely functional. Sometimes I remember what happened while I was out, but in third person/like it happened to someone else, sometime it's just a blank space. I sadly can't control it

0points

Booker 1 year ago

My daughter, also ADD, occasionally has brain-dumps over common words. A conversation with her boyfriend, "It's like a moose, only without antlers and lives in the desert." "A camel?" "That's it!"

0points

Booker 1 year ago

My daughter, also ADD, tried to describe an animal that was like a moose only doesn't have antlers and lives in the desert. Her boyfriend, a camel? That's it! Another time, a food that's like Cheerios but with tomato sauce. BF, Spaghetti-O's? Yes!

0points

FantastiKitty 1 year ago

I can tell if someone used my bathroom by the smell. Yay...

0points

Anne S. 1 year ago

I can tell you if your suitcase is under or over the 50lb limit. I'm correct within 1-2lbs.

0points

TMoxraaar 1 year ago

I find four-clear clovers all the time.

0points

M Waite 1 year ago

I can tell if you brain trauma or mental illness just by looking at someone's face ir stand next to them, even with no apparent signs. They feel like a very strong, almost violent river going down a hole; I'll have an image of it as well. Their eyes look different, as though they are coming out of their head a little and the eye has missing. Deep depression feels/looks like their eyes are drowning in their body. Mostly useless because I do not work in social services or the mentally ill. I used to read out to people who were like this to make rhem feel better or help in some way. It's caused too many problems. Other than depression. I use it to stay away from them

0points

M Waite 1 year ago

Please ignore obvious errors. I was typing it in a very small window on my phone.

0points

Loki’sPet01 1 year ago

I can sometimes predict stuff like today as an example I told my mom the two brothers would be at the gym at the same time as us. My mom said they weren't there. I was right. I still don't know how I knew

0points

DC 1 year ago (edited)

I am 40 years old. I still can hear the devices aiming at scaring off weasles and martins and those ... Actually, I am pretty happy that my ears are doing so well for my age - so far, I still have a reason not to give in and accept noise, like mp3, as substitute for music. FLAC is way better, also it's more efficient than Wavesound files, ... so, that's my way to go. Aside the old ones I converted before I had a programm that could convert into FLAC (I threw all my CDs on a HDD to have them all on one remote's call - pretty handy with >30k songs, ...). Anyway, that's about all. I tried to convince myself I was unable to vomit, but I just took a ten year break from actually doing it, then drank spoiled ice tea - just 3 weeks over the date, what would go wrong? Well, that did go wrong... + to the ears again - I never listened to max volume on headphones, restricted myself about that pretty rigid, although I do enjoy loud music ... never tinkered around, never had any injuries, no infections in an age that I would remember today, ... luck and care? Seems, that and genetics.

0points

Will Cable 1 year ago

Can NOT winning anything in a competition count :)

0points

Paige Booke Reed 1 year ago

I can fly, but only a few inches off the ground, and only for a few seconds before I fall.

0points

Adam Zad 1 year ago

Flying is easy. Just throw yourself at the ground and miss.

4points

Bec 1 year ago

I de-tract people. If I am at an event, I can sit at a table and people will fill all the other tables and not sit with me, or when we go to restaurant, the are we are sat in will empty out. Unfortunately, it also works on the waitstaff and we have a hard time getting served.

0points

FluffyPanda 1 year ago

Not really a superpower, but my dreams have told the future. One time, I dreamed that me, my mom, and my brother were getting out of the car to go to school, and my mom informed my brother that he would have to stay home for a week. The next morning, I woke up, and his whole class had covid. He had to stay home for a week. It’s happened on a smaller scale a few other occasions but I think it’s cool. I can also hear voices when Im super relaxed, as if someone is next to me saying them. That might just be a mental illness thing though lol. But I’ve been told it means I’m intact with my unconscious mind

0points

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ОльхаКинг(AlderKing) 1 year ago

i have perfect pitch and it’s really weird but i can read sheet music like a book, can hear it in my head just by looking at it even if i’ve never heard it

19points

John Harrison 1 year ago

So jealous of this. Hopefully its something you enjoy, and not an irritant.

9points

Miss Frankfurter 1 year ago

My mom could do that too. There are a lot of musicians who can.

5points

Red Lotus 1 year ago

Like Eddy from TwoSet?

2points

AnnwylTheBloodyLovesFerghus 1 year ago

1point

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

why are you translating Olya/Olga as Alder though?

1point

Yourname942 1 year ago

11points

Kill-Bunny 1 year ago

1. I can smell/sense pregnancy and also the ending of it (miscarriage, or birth). 2. I can go though the dirtiest paths and my shoes will still be clean.

10points

FantastiKitty 1 year ago

Do you work in healthcare? My grandma was able to tell someone was pregnant before they knew themselves. She was a nurse for 24 years.

1point

CanadianDimes 1 year ago

9points

Spikey Bunny 1 year ago

So you mean convex instead of concave?

0points

and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 1 year ago

9points

Belinda Knoblock 1 year ago

I can take my socks off and roll them into a ball with my toes. The evidence shows that I do it in my sleep just as well as I do when still awake.

9points

A girl 1 year ago

Locator gift. Husband or kids misplace anything, I know where it is. And not because I put it there.

8points

Mere Cat 1 year ago

2points

Lemaire 1 year ago

7points

Miss Frankfurter 1 year ago (edited)

6points

Laura Lett 1 year ago

I can 1:: read upside down,2:read backwards, 3: throw my voice, 4: tell if you are a bad person within 5 minutes.

6points

Seedy Vine 1 year ago

I can pick up a pen or marker and tell by its weight whether it's low on ink.

5points

CaptainDinosaur 1 year ago

I was born without wisdom teeth. I'm basically an X-Man.

5points

Shyla Bouche 1 year ago

I have the ability to make Shyla and the other soft can-openers wait on my every whim.

5points

Laura Lett 1 year ago

Yes ,Miss Bouche, is all powerful.

2points

Stardust she/her 1 year ago

5points

Doodles1983 1 year ago

4points

SofiaB 1 year ago

4points

LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago

4points

Sky Render 1 year ago

4points

Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago

4points

Heavy Metal Librarian 1 year ago

I'm a superrecognizer and I've never once lost a sock in the dryer.

3points

Luna Crow 1 year ago

Never once lost a sock in the dryer? That's the most difficult to believe superpower on this whole list

0points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago (edited)

3points

crowspectre (he/they) 1 year ago

3points

Devon Archer 1 year ago

Everything I smell I taste in my mouth, it’s both horrible and awesome. Also my brain makes up lyrics constantly to songs and it’s dumb

3points

Libstak 1 year ago (edited)

I can be thinking of a random song or obscure movie or tv show and it will play on the radio or be on the tv that day, even though i havent heard or seen it for years.

3points

SofiaB 1 year ago

OMG Same!! It always freaks me out when that happens too! It makes me wonder if life really is a computer simulation or something...

1point

ValdaDeDieu 1 year ago

If a bunch of you go missing, I'll know the CIA found you. Send me a telepathic message and I promise I'll send you good thoughts.

3points

Ephemeral Mochi 1 year ago

3points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

so bizarre! put on youtube?

0points

marvellady 1 year ago

If some one gives me a quote from and Harry Potter book, I can tell you the book it was said in, who said it, and in what context. Same goes for Marvel movies

3points

NatalieC 1 year ago

I am an empath in the sense that I can tell when someone around me is angry.

2points

Amy Face 1 year ago

These are fascinating

2points

siddik sid 1 year ago

I don't misplace things at all .Even on a busy day or when I'm tired or sleepy my mind subconsciously places all the things at their respective place without me thinking abt it

2points

Luna W. 1 year ago

2points

JayCee 1 year ago

2points

Randi (she/they/he) 1 year ago

My useless superpower is gorlin’s sign (being able to touch top of nose with tongue. I’m yet to meet anybody else that can do this.

2points

Natalie Bohrteller 1 year ago

My cousin can do this too. Should I introduce you?😄

0points

Michael H 1 year ago

2points

DeoManus Argentem 1 year ago

2points

Ashen Mccann (They/Them) 1 year ago

whenever i go to someone's house and they have pets, whatever the animal is, they love me. i think its just my cat, because dogs specifically love me most...

2points

talliloo 1 year ago

2points

porgsarecool 1 year ago (edited)

i have constant deja vu and feel after something happens i had thought about it before and forgot

1point

Vicky Reimerink 1 year ago

My superpower is that I can close my ears, so that I want hear anything. And back on again wenenever I want.

1point

Stephanie Chapman 1 year ago

A song will pop into my head and the next time I turn on the radio it will often be that song.

1point

T5n 1 year ago (edited)

1point

Effseven Six 1 year ago

I guess one of my things is being able to tell if something us off center, even by an eighth of an inch.

1point

John Harrison 1 year ago

1point

Rick Seiden 1 year ago

1point

Your local pyromaniac 1 year ago

my superpower is that I am the supreme lord of trinkets. I've had things from home openly out in the halls, and they have never once been confiscated.

1point

Your local pyromaniac 1 year ago

my sister can also smell marshmallows from outside of the package.

2points