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What's your really pointless super power?

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MyTaupeHare · 04/10/2024 16:33

I can tell, just from a photo of their face, if a person has a lisp.

I have yet to find a use for this undoubted super power.

What's your really useless super power?

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Watercoloursky · 04/10/2024 16:35

I am amazing at spotting the cake in 'Is This Cake?' on Netflix. Truly, I was at the back of the queue when superpowers were being handed out...

Watercoloursky · 04/10/2024 16:54

Watercoloursky · 04/10/2024 16:35

I am amazing at spotting the cake in 'Is This Cake?' on Netflix. Truly, I was at the back of the queue when superpowers were being handed out...

...but not amazing at remembering the shows name, it seems! 'Is It Cake?', that should be 😂

PuppyMonkey · 04/10/2024 16:56

Can say the alphabet backwards really quickly. Grin

TigerRag · 04/10/2024 16:59

I can look at you and hear you speak. But quite often can't understand a word you say

MyTaupeHare · 04/10/2024 17:16

PuppyMonkey · 04/10/2024 16:56

Can say the alphabet backwards really quickly. Grin

Welcome, Backwards Alphabet Woman!

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MyTaupeHare · 04/10/2024 17:17

TigerRag · 04/10/2024 16:59

I can look at you and hear you speak. But quite often can't understand a word you say

I'll be honest, I'm struggling to see how that is a pointless superpower.

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shivermetimbers77 · 04/10/2024 17:18

I can raise each eyebrow individually, in time to any piece of music. I also always notice when someone has had a haircut, even if it’s just a trim .. both EXTREMELY useful skills.

starsinyourpies · 04/10/2024 17:21

Swallowing pills without water.

GagaBinks · 04/10/2024 17:21

I can make one eye look forward and turn the other one into my nose.

HollywoodTease · 04/10/2024 17:21

I can write backwards. Number of times I've needed to in my life - precisely 0.

HighPrecisionGhosts · 04/10/2024 17:21

I can guess the time to the nearest 3mins.

Tenet · 04/10/2024 17:24

I can read and write easily in "mirror writing", always have been able to (if I write left-handed then it automatically comes out backwards - but everyone can read it if it's held up to a mirror).

Still waiting for an occasion for this to come in useful.

Funnily enough, my daughter can do the same. When she was learning to write, she would do this automatically (one line of forwards writing followed by one line of backwards writing). I had to explain to her that, at the end of every line, you have to go back to the left-hand side and start again writing left-to-right again. Otherwise most people can't read it. She was a bit annoyed at having to do this.

ArnieandBob · 04/10/2024 17:24

I can rest my thumb onto my wrist.

BalmyLemons · 04/10/2024 17:26

Not totally pointless but fairly, I have a VERY good sense of smell. I can usually smell what people are trying to cover up with bleach and I can smell many plants from a distance, that sort of thing.

Circumferences · 04/10/2024 17:27

Sorry I didn't mean to post a huge advert.

Sassysoonwins · 04/10/2024 17:28

shivermetimbers77 · 04/10/2024 17:18

I can raise each eyebrow individually, in time to any piece of music. I also always notice when someone has had a haircut, even if it’s just a trim .. both EXTREMELY useful skills.

We have the same eyebrow power!!! Let's go on BGT and win millions!

Arlanymor · 04/10/2024 17:29

I can make it rain by booking a hairdresser's appointment. Guaranteed on the day the appointment rolls around... boom, so do the rain clouds.

Thinking of selling my skill as insider knowledge to farmers...

MyTaupeHare · 04/10/2024 17:33

HollywoodTease · 04/10/2024 17:21

I can write backwards. Number of times I've needed to in my life - precisely 0.

What even is this trickery

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justasoul · 04/10/2024 17:33

I can smell cockroaches 🤢

MyTaupeHare · 04/10/2024 17:34

Tenet · 04/10/2024 17:24

I can read and write easily in "mirror writing", always have been able to (if I write left-handed then it automatically comes out backwards - but everyone can read it if it's held up to a mirror).

Still waiting for an occasion for this to come in useful.

Funnily enough, my daughter can do the same. When she was learning to write, she would do this automatically (one line of forwards writing followed by one line of backwards writing). I had to explain to her that, at the end of every line, you have to go back to the left-hand side and start again writing left-to-right again. Otherwise most people can't read it. She was a bit annoyed at having to do this.

More trickery!

Is that what Leonardo da Vinci did?

Amazing!

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MyTaupeHare · 04/10/2024 17:36

BalmyLemons · 04/10/2024 17:26

Not totally pointless but fairly, I have a VERY good sense of smell. I can usually smell what people are trying to cover up with bleach and I can smell many plants from a distance, that sort of thing.

You are like Wolverine - he can smell really far!

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Maltybiscuit · 04/10/2024 17:50

I can sneeze on demand , you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between and actual and a fake sneeze.
I have used this to my advantage way back when in high school to get out of certain lessons, I've yet to meet anyone else who can do it !

hildabaker · 04/10/2024 17:51

I can do the Spock sign while raising one eyebrow.

...I'll get my coat...

Whyherewego · 04/10/2024 17:54

I can't swim particularly well but I can hold my breath under water for ages. Longer than anyone I know