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I seem to .ha.ve a super power - do you have one

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sashh · 30/01/2020 11:52

So yesterday my carer and I were discussing him getting a kindle. I have 2 working kindles and I suggested he get them both to look at the features / size / weight.

He was convinced they were identical so, to solve the issue he weighed them both.

I was right. One kindle is 3g lighter than the other.

So I seem to have a superpower of noticing when things are slightly lighter/heavier.

What power(s) do you have?

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Mycatismadeofstringcheese · 30/01/2020 14:49

I’m not ticklish so I win all tickle fights!

Lindy2 · 30/01/2020 14:51

I can put my hand on my children's foreheads and work out quite accurately what their temperature is before using the thermometer. I quite impressed our doctor with my amazing talent.

Strokethefurrywall · 30/01/2020 14:53

I can guess how many weeks pregnant a woman is. I don't know how, but when friends are pregnant I always know to the week. I won't have seen them for ages and then I'm all "how are you feeling, you're coming up to what, 27 weeks right?" - usually a cocked eye and "yes 27 weeks tomorrow, how did you know that?"
This usually coincides with not knowing their due dates or anything.

Obviously its a fucking useless talent and freaks the shit out of everyone but it's fun to see how often I'm correct.

wheresmymojo · 30/01/2020 14:59

I can go a really long time without needing a wee.

I've travelled all over the world (16 hour flights) and never needed to use loos on the plane.

I don't 'hold it in' I just don't need to go very often and I drink the same as anyone else.

Also useful as I don't have to deal with local toilets when in Cambodia or wherever. I can just go in the morning at the hotel and when I get back.

fleamadonna · 30/01/2020 15:03

I can vaguely accurately guess the size of a man’s penis before I see it. It’s the superpower no man wants us to have.

Although it doesn’t get much use these days.

Qcng · 30/01/2020 15:09

NC4Now
I can estimate the price of a checkout load of groceries to within £2-3
My DP is brilliant at this! I'm always out by £10 or more :(

I'm amazing at finding things, though. Even (thinking recently) things like a tiny screw from my son's remote control car, a practically invisible rubber band, I always know where remote control/mobile phone is, have never lost a sock or glove belonging to the DC. DP comments on it!
Once my Dad came to visit, cold, bc he lost his wooly hat, I said "oh, I know where your hat is, it's above your house alarm system" and it was!

QueenOfOversharing · 30/01/2020 15:12

I can assess the size of a parking space & whether my car will fit - I have got into spaces, almost touching car in front & behind. I had a DHL driver comment on my parking not that long ago - I only took one go & got straight in, even up to the kerb.

I can also attract only the complete cunty men - it's not that beneficial, but maybe the power is I keep them away from other women while I deal with them.

QueenOfOversharing · 30/01/2020 15:13

I can vaguely accurately guess the size of a man’s penis before I see it. It’s the superpower no man wants us to have.

@fleamadonna please teach me your ways!!

Livpool · 30/01/2020 15:14

@Sandsnake I can do that to!

Handy for not very much though

SaskiaRembrandt · 30/01/2020 15:15

I can tell when someone is pregnant, often before they even know. I have no idea how I can do this.

Gogreen · 30/01/2020 15:15

My super power is horrible!

If a spider is in the room, my senses go...and I turn to look at it straight away. I’m always the first to see them and I never miss....I hate it.

It would be nice for a spider to be in the room and me not notice as I’m scared of them.....but nooooooo Angry

BohoBunney · 30/01/2020 15:24

I can remember the most inane song lyrics ever.

Ask me what 6 x 7 is... nope.
What day WW2 started... nope.
Ask me to blast out Perfect Gentleman by Wyclef Jean / American Pie (full version) / anyone song I've ever listened to more than once... pass the microphone.

BohoBunney · 30/01/2020 15:26

@wheresmymojo I would KILL for that superpower! My kryptonite is my tiny, pathetic bladder. Last night (while tucked up nice and warm in bed) I had to go to the toilet 3 times in the space of about 30 minutes. I'm a liability.

Whatdayisit2 · 30/01/2020 15:29

I can spot a spider a mile off

Khione · 30/01/2020 15:35

I haven't got any but a friend's daughter who has quite a severe learning disability has got loads.
Her sight is not good, she is registered blind but never forgets a voice, she only has to meet someone once and she will never forget. It can be years later but as soon as you speak she will know who you are - and when she met you - and any conversation you had.

She can also perfectly mimic accents and can talk back to you in your own voice - which is really weird when you hear her do it to someone else but difficult to recognise when she does it to you.

RipleysCat · 30/01/2020 15:41

Amazing hearing. I can hear the cat deterrents, and those sorts of things, when other people around me are all I can’t hear anything.
Sense of smell, this is bonkers, but I can smell if a man is in a house just standing outside a house with the door open.
Am pissed off I didn’t get anything more money-making though, like being able to spot patterns in the stock market etc.

Bloodybridget · 30/01/2020 16:06

Oh I love all these super powers, and how amusingly self-deprecating people are about them! Trying to think if I have any . . not really . . spotting and straightening wonky pictures, maybe.

BeyondMyWits · 30/01/2020 16:16

I can make people quake in their boots with a single raised eyebrow. I have the power of "the look".

I can also hear my phone text "ting" sound from 2 rooms away.

YasssKween · 30/01/2020 16:27

Oh I love all these super powers, and how amusingly self-deprecating people are about them!

God I hadn't noticed til you said that but it's really interesting so many people added something they're shit at after something they're good at, unprompted! I did it too. We are taught so much to not show off / be full of ourselves it's an automatic reflex to being ourselves down a peg or two I guess. Anyway, I'll let normal service resume now!

ALongHardWinter · 30/01/2020 17:28

I can predict what the time is to the nearest minute.

MeOldBamboo · 30/01/2020 17:36

I have the power to kill random celebrities within days of mentioning their names e.g. “you don’t hear much from Nicholas Parsons these days”. Then I get messaged by people who know I have this power to blame me. I cannot do it at will. It can only be random. Heaven help Andy Summers of the Police this week...

ALongHardWinter · 30/01/2020 17:36

Oops,posted too soon. Meant to also say that I can wake up at any time that I tell myself. I've not needed to use an alarm clock for years now. I just say before I go to sleep '8 am',or whatever time,and I can guarantee that I will wake between 7.50am and 8am. Strange.

LarkDescending · 30/01/2020 17:42

As a youngster I had a spooky ability to dream the questions on exam papers the night before the exam. On one occasion I managed to dream a good answer too (a piece of French creative writing) and remember it word for word in the exam room.

I would swap that for the bladder-of-steel, though any day!

ActualHornist · 30/01/2020 17:44

I can tell the time, often to the minute, without checking

Me too!

Bringmethesunshine · 30/01/2020 17:45

I heal really well. Until I had (major) surgery at 41 I didn’t have a scar on my body