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Name 1 thing that you think makes you secretly better/cooler than everyone else (lighthearted)

549 replies

Chicky6 · 29/12/2025 22:47

Just for fun!
One thing that I feel just makes me superior than most is that I am a twin mum. Can’t really explain it except that I feel like superwoman for growing 2 babies myself at once

one thing that will make me think you are cooler than most of if you’re left handed, no idea why, I just know I always wanted to be left handed when I was a kid😂

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Yogabearmous · 30/12/2025 10:27

I have a fantastic episodic memory. I can recall everything, where it was and what people were wearing. I’d be great at blackmail! 😂

Liveinthewoods80 · 30/12/2025 10:28

Lardychops · 29/12/2025 23:02

I’m a twin mum
I can speak Spanish
During my Masters degree I was approached by MI5
When I was 18 I had a brief fling with someone is now mega star famous on the telly all the time -they were only 21 and a nobody civilian then.

Oooh how exciting... come on, tell us who the celeb is!

Kellph83 · 30/12/2025 10:32

I can listen to a song once and know the lyrics perfectly the next time it plays.
I am also a very good judge of character, and can tell what someone’s about the first time I meet them. (Every time what I’ve said, has come true)

LadyDanburysHat · 30/12/2025 10:32

I had two home births, one so fast that there was no midwife there in time, and no pain relief.

gabsdot45 · 30/12/2025 10:32

I adopted my kids.
When I remember the paperwork, stress and everything else we went through to do it. TWICE, I can't believe we did it.
I do think this fact makes me slightly interesting.

k1233 · 30/12/2025 10:32

Unexpectedromantic · 30/12/2025 09:58

@rabbitwoman I have the flip side of your DH's superpower - I have been observed just being near electronics, and they fail. Inexplicably die or corrupt. I am completely banned from going into the hardware spaces or using shared drives at work because simply being in them can change/corrupt/delete files, even if I have not interacted with that part of the drive at all. There are spreadsheets that coworkers will update on my behalf to protect the data, as I was observed going into the sheet and doing absolutely nothing. However, it immediately catastrophically failed, losing months of data because it all vanished, including the back ups. My work used to laugh, thinking it was just a coincidence, but repeated issues and failures time and time again they now have a 'just in case' approach. They now have me with a brick of a phone and a old old old laptop.

Whenever I go into work, the tap card entry system always seems to go down, as does the aircon. My online bank account always has problems or glitches, as does the payroll system, so I always have issues getting paid. You also don't need to be in direct contact with me, for me to mess up your system. If you are talking on the phone with me, for example, poor people in call centres who are just trying to sort out something minor or book something for me...... and suddenly systems start to play up and go down.

My IT department has a nickname for me WOWO (it's the sign-in on my deskphone), it stands for a 'Walking one woman outage'

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You could have a career in scammer prevention. Make yourself a target and fry their systems. Not sure who you can reach out to so they can fully utilise your unique power!

colapepsi · 30/12/2025 10:33

I can cold read people to the point people think I am psychic. (I'm not)

It probably helped that I worked in psychiatry for many years. If you want any information from someone, I can wheedle it out of them in 5 mins

Bundleflower · 30/12/2025 10:33

I seldom get anything wrong on the 1% club.

I think the poster that got approached by MI5 wins this thread though. That’s seriously cool.

BrickBiscuit · 30/12/2025 10:34

People still talk wistfully about Concorde, the aircraft. Maybe they saw or heard it fly over, like reading about it or had the Airfix kit. I don't always mention it, but I made a number of return flights across the Atlantic on it in the '80s. I was broke, but had the coolest job ever.

Danceparty55 · 30/12/2025 10:35

I can spot an autistic person a mile off. Sometimes a decade or so later they announce their diagnosis… I refrain from telling them now (lesson learned from my younger self 🤦🏻‍♀️)

I am phenomenal figurative to literal language translator. A walking idiom dictionary.

Splendidlydidy · 30/12/2025 10:35

I’m brilliant at naming a tune, either pop or classical. With classical even if I don’t know the piece I can name the composer.

moonplop · 30/12/2025 10:36

Its a running joke with my friends that I could be a private detective.

I can find details/info on anyone, even if I only have a first name for them and nothing else. Its a great party trick

BrickBiscuit · 30/12/2025 10:37

Splendidlydidy · 30/12/2025 10:35

I’m brilliant at naming a tune, either pop or classical. With classical even if I don’t know the piece I can name the composer.

Perfect pitch too?

Theseventhmagpie · 30/12/2025 10:37

I’m mostly kind, fun and engaging but truly terrifying when crossed.

JohnofWessex · 30/12/2025 10:37

I was on the engine controls for the last ever departure from a UK port by a UK flag passenger only steam turbine driven Cross Channel ferry on a scheduled sailing.

Elsvieta · 30/12/2025 10:38

PonkyPonky · 30/12/2025 08:06

My son thinks he’s the coolest because he was born en caul (in the sack). I told him in some cultures they believe this means you’ll never drown

You should encourage him to read "Oscar and Lucinda". Or maybe not...

I've heard that sailors used to pay a lot for a caul. They thought if you just had one with you then you couldn't drown - didn't have to be your own!

Alpacajigsaw · 30/12/2025 10:39

I am left handed. I do like being a left hander. Being right handed is boring, although my husband just says I’m “awkward”.

LilyCandelabra · 30/12/2025 10:40

I was an extra in The Princess Bride and you can briefly see my cute teenage face.
Also left handed.

Alpacajigsaw · 30/12/2025 10:40

Oh I had a baby born in the caul too

VioletandMauve · 30/12/2025 10:40

I’m 63 and doing a PhD. I’m also a twin mum 😊

Flibberteegibbet · 30/12/2025 10:41

Not in the slightest bit unique but I think it’s pretty cool - I brought a chick back from the brink of death by putting him in my cleavage for a couple of hours. He went on to become a beautiful cockerel but unfortunately a fox took him 😕

My superpower though is being able to hold a conversation with someone - looking at them - whilst continuing to type about something completely unrelated. It freaks people out for some weird reason 🤣

clarepetal · 30/12/2025 10:43

TomatoSandwiches · 30/12/2025 00:08

I am ambidextrous and used to make 3ltrs of breastmilk every day, lots of it was donated for the 6 months DS was in hospital for, the nurses called me Daisy.

Moo.

3litres! That is amazing!!! I'm well impressed

blackrabbitwhiterabbit · 30/12/2025 10:46

PoppyWarrior · 29/12/2025 23:39

Bloody hell!! That's not cool that's a fucking super power!

I'm mega impressed!

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Me too, and I'm a teacher.

It seems to drive people mad.

Echobelly · 30/12/2025 10:47

I have never hated my body or how I look. I feel sad that this should be exceptional, but apparently it's something of a superpower (I am short, flat chested, have big scars on my legs and am totally unexceptional looking face wise, so it's not because I'm gorgeous and have an amazing body, just I've never cared about it)

Shamesame · 30/12/2025 10:47

Since I was young I’ve always read books incredibly quickly

I have a very good memory - can recall conversations and dates in the diary and our plans as a family without writing anything down

I am excellent in job interviews and have got every job I’ve interviewed for in the last 15 years.