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

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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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Longanddrawnout · 29/12/2025 23:20

Not sure if it fits with this but I went from a teen mum that no one thought would amount to anything to a very successful higher rate tax payer, own home etc. I love telling people how old my DD is because people are always shocked.

Also love telling people I’m vegan and have been since I was a child pretty much as my parents were both veggie - no idea why 🤣

HRTQueen · 29/12/2025 23:21

I have the ability to stay very calm in really high stressful moments

children always warm to me especially little girls they come up and talk to me

I am really good at remembering what people have said in conversations, I remember dates and also I can flick back in a book and pinpoint where I read something (page and where on the page) but can’t necessarily remember the story/information read 😬

Ladamesansmerci · 29/12/2025 23:21

I can speak some Mandarin Chinese.

I know a lot about board games, and I'm good at them.

I got 100% on my dissertation!

bushproblems · 29/12/2025 23:22

I am the best at accents and impressions

AmyDuPlantier · 29/12/2025 23:24

I can play the drums. And I complete the NY times crossword every day. I’m a happy little nerd.

TheChosenTwo · 29/12/2025 23:27

I’m a fucking brilliant parker 😂 I drive a big truck and can reverse it into small spaces without hogging the space next to it and with space to get out. Reverse parking and parallel parking are my superpowers!

I think growing twins is very cool indeed op,
had 3 separates and that felt like an endurance! 😎

DesperatePanda · 29/12/2025 23:27

Tyburnx · 29/12/2025 23:15

I have a really wierd type of synesthesia, I can smell numbers and taste certain words

Ooh, I have synthesesia too, but the more common colour-grapheme one. Also calendar-space synthesesia.

ProseccoandPizza · 29/12/2025 23:29

I’m left handed as is my only sibling. Both my partner and work bestie are too! At one point 3/4 of my work team were all lefties.

my best friend is a twin mum and it’s definitely a super power!

ChasingTheDuck · 29/12/2025 23:31

I can get people at work to do anything I want. Even if they don't work directly for me. Doesn't matter the level they are either. I can just get people on board and they want to help. It's a massive skill that's helped me smash my career.

Came from nothing, like dirt poor, social services involved growing up, all my cousins are on job seekers/dont work etc. (same as all my family) and managed to build said ace career and now a higher rate tax payer. With a life very unrecognisable from what I grew up in.

I can gleek! (Although that's only cool probably to pre-teens and less acceptable at work)

wavyseas · 29/12/2025 23:32

I can do the Rubik’s cube.

Thesummer · 29/12/2025 23:33

I am incredibly good at the game Articulate - both as the describer and the guesser.

FrangipaniBlue · 29/12/2025 23:36

I do Long Triathlon and have represented my country at age-group level.

TokyoSushi · 29/12/2025 23:37

I can come across as fairly ditzy/scatty but in fact I am COO of 2 companies and have an exceptional knowledge of current affairs and randomly Premier League football. I also grew up on a very average Merseyside estate.

All of the above means I have an excellent ability to fit into a really wide range of situations, Boardrooms, football sidelines and many things in between! 😄

PoppyWarrior · 29/12/2025 23:39

DustyMaiden · 29/12/2025 23:16

I never lose my temper, have never shouted at anyone. Children and animals come to me like I’m the pied piper.

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

I'm mega impressed!

clary · 29/12/2025 23:42

I know loads (and loads) of random facts. I mean it’s never got me anywhere much but someone introduced me to a friend the other day as “the cleverest person I know” which (while clearly bollux) made me feel a bit fancy :)

(Random fact example: I can recite the names, regnal numbers and dates of the kings and queens of England/UK from William I. Why? this is no use in my life!)

ETA: Oooh I am also dead good at articulate, but only when playing with DD – we spend a lot of time together (I drive her to work) and we are clearly in sync).

Also my DD, while she can neither click fingers, wink, nor raise an eyebrow, can do the shamrock thing with her tongue which always freaks people out.

amibeingaknob · 29/12/2025 23:43

I have two masters degrees and a successful business, but the thing I am most proud of was I managed to breastfeed 2 of my 4 children until they were 4. The first two it was soooo hard and I gave up after a few weeks. With my other 2 I was so determined and I managed it. Felt like a massive achievement, I was so proud.

I also always have randoms just pour out all their problems and life stories randomly to me. They always say they don't know why they are sharing with me, I dont either, but I like that people feel safe sharing things with me.

I know absolutely everything about tudor history. I think that makes me pretty cool - I know most would highly disagree. 😂

RunSwimSpin · 29/12/2025 23:43

I can speak 3 languages fluently.

I have lived in 6 countries.

There are a few lines in a famous song that are about me.

I remember phone numbers and car registrations years later.

VimesandhisCardboardBoots · 29/12/2025 23:44

I am supernaturally calm, and I extend calmness to other people. I have shouted precisely twice in the last 20 years and that was only because I needed to be heard above other people in order to stop someone doing something dangerous.

Anothercoffeex · 29/12/2025 23:47

im blunt say it how i see it, i dont faff around peoples feelings.
Oh and im single and child free.
If i was any better i would be god.

Bushwoolie · 29/12/2025 23:54

I'm really good at anything I try. I can do all sorts of crafting from baking to crochet. I can cut and dye hair but have never trained. I retain knowledge really well and have extremely good memory recall. I'm the secret weapon you need in a general knowledge quizz!

If I didn't have raging ADHD, I'd have already taken over the world. I can do the things, I just don't know how to stick at them long enough for it to be worth a damn.

25flyby · 29/12/2025 23:54

@RunSwimSpin
Sounds v cool! How do you know about the song and why are they writing about you?

Wheretogowhen · 29/12/2025 23:54

My good taste!

DustyOwl · 29/12/2025 23:56

I look good in any hat and I’m a kick ass dancer (and even if I’m not, I don’t care what I look like so I really go for it).

I was also in a coma for a quite a while, it’s pretty cool that I woke up.

Istherestilltime · 29/12/2025 23:57

I’m a leftie and I have a very high IQ. Just wish I could use those superpowers for good rather than evil 👹

Istherestilltime · 29/12/2025 23:59

Tyburnx · 29/12/2025 23:15

I have a really wierd type of synesthesia, I can smell numbers and taste certain words

Are you Sheldon Cooper?