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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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RunSwimSpin · 30/12/2025 00:31

25flyby · 29/12/2025 23:54

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

The person that wrote the song is a friend. They told me but it was very obvious anyway when I heard it as it refers to a specific situation.

SmallandSpanish · 30/12/2025 00:31

I am incredible at reversing. I know it’s not ideal but I can reverse endlessly with no adjustments just by looking in one wide mirror as a guide. (Obv I check all mirrors for safety but i don’t need to). I live in the country and spend a lot of time reversing down country roads, quite often other drivers are very grateful and impressed.

Istherestilltime · 30/12/2025 00:34

SmallandSpanish · 30/12/2025 00:31

I am incredible at reversing. I know it’s not ideal but I can reverse endlessly with no adjustments just by looking in one wide mirror as a guide. (Obv I check all mirrors for safety but i don’t need to). I live in the country and spend a lot of time reversing down country roads, quite often other drivers are very grateful and impressed.

Ooh, I’m so jealous of that. I live in fear of having to reverse down country lanes near me

Anonanonay · 30/12/2025 00:36

I can speak guinea pig fluently.

TooBigForMyBoots · 30/12/2025 00:38

I hung out with the Beastie Boys.

Makemeanonymous · 30/12/2025 00:38

I'm ambidextrous.
My IQ is in the top 2% of the population.

buggermewhatnext · 30/12/2025 00:39

I’m left handed and can do the splits - I’m 52 years old

Interpink · 30/12/2025 00:39

I had/have hyperlexia and can speed read like I’m bionic. This has been of no benefit as it just made me lazy cos I knew I could read and do all my exams at the last minute. My short term memory is both awesome and rubbish, I taught myself functional Greek in 3 weeks and then forgot it all when I didn’t need it.

Apollonia1 · 30/12/2025 00:41

I’m a twin mum and always wanted to be left handed.
I pride myself on being able to park in the smallest space, and love reversing.
I love reading maps and building IKEA furniture.

CookingFatCat · 30/12/2025 00:41

I can make a great outfit out of any random clothing combination
I can cook a lovely meal from a cupboard or fridge full of random food items without a recipe.

Interpink · 30/12/2025 00:42

ManyPigeons · 30/12/2025 00:21

Oh and if I pinch my nose and close my mouth I can blow air out of my eyeball. It makes a sound.

The left one. If I can just figure out how to pull air IN then nobody would be able to suffocate me.

My friend can sniff milk and then cry it. If she’s sick, it comes out of her eye too.

Bomboclat · 30/12/2025 00:42

I am secretly fluent in Dutch. My dad was from England but my mother was dutch. I bounced between the 2 counties a lot as a child, i now live in the UK. My accent is very generic/RP/ bbc newsreader. Speaking dutch fluently isn't the worlds most useful skill, but on the rare occasion someone overhears me talking to my NL family they are always awed by my random fluent dutch speaking talent.

I think people who can play the piano are super cool. I had lessons as a child but just couldn't do it. After 2 years of lessons and zero progress my piano teacher kindly told my parents it was a lost cause and id probably be better suited to some recorder lessons instead.

Dontlletmedownbruce · 30/12/2025 00:45

I (am told) I have a gentle manner and voice and i am very polite, though im not at all quiet or shy. It held me back in a corporate work place and people looked through me. Now i work with kids and they adore me. Parents love me too. I spend a lot of time singing in my work, I don't have a great singing voice but I think I have a tone that children respond to. Also twin mum!!

Holliegee · 30/12/2025 00:47

I have dodgy thumbs that look like toes, there is a name for it - I tell people it’s because I’m related to royalty ( not so much now with all the recent shenanigans) or that it’s a traitors thumb that historically means you were capable of killing with your bare hands !!.
I also have the ability to make everything sound suggestive and therefore have to plan every sentence and reply before I speak in certain company.
i think I’m what is called an empath people randomly confide in me - not knowing I’m on the edge of insanity with my own life 😂😂.
i can take my bra off without removing my jumper first.
i can curl my tongue
i have an elf ear.

pretty sure I’ve just outed myself .

DetectiveDouche · 30/12/2025 00:47

I can draw Mr. Men-style worms to express any emotion/mood/for any occasion

Interpink · 30/12/2025 00:48

Am also a twin mum. Gave birth twice in two minutes and 3 times in 2 years.

StephensLass1977 · 30/12/2025 00:48

I hung out with The Prodigy at a late 90s party in Hammersmith.

I also have Lexical-gustatory synesthesia, like a pp.

Allisnotlost1 · 30/12/2025 00:48

Tyburnx · 29/12/2025 23:15

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

I can also taste some words. For a long time I thought everyone could do this.

Interpink · 30/12/2025 00:49

Allisnotlost1 · 30/12/2025 00:48

I can also taste some words. For a long time I thought everyone could do this.

One of my sons has synesthesia. Numbers have a gender and personality. 5 is a boy. 10 is a strong boy.

unbelievablybelievable · 30/12/2025 00:53

BendingSpoons · 29/12/2025 22:58

I have naturally dark, thick, straight hair that I never blow dry, straighten or dye (yet). I feel quite smug about all the time and effort I save. However pride comes before a fall and I suspect the greys will start to properly come soon.

DS is left-handed, with dark orange hair and utterly superb knowledge of all things space and maths. He's pretty cool!

I also have had dead straight dark hair down to my waist, no greys, never dyed, never blow dry, never straighten (but also sadly never holds a curl) and often got complements/shock at the lack of care needed. But unfortunately went bald earlier this year due to illness (not cancer) and am now sporting an awful patchy mess as it grows back.

ValBiro · 30/12/2025 00:54

I skateboard!

AppleDumplingWithCustard · 30/12/2025 00:54

I can ‘smell’ scenes on TV and in films, ie food cooking, cigarettes, fire, all sorts of things.

lavendarwillow · 30/12/2025 00:57

I have a 1989 Golf Clipper.

gillybombilly · 30/12/2025 00:58

I am left handed and ambidextrous - people can get confused when I write and draw simultaneously with both hands 😀

Butterbean21 · 30/12/2025 01:00

When I expressed I made enough for triplets from day 1. I donated 30 litres by the time he was 8 weeks old. I never had mastitis and didn't really leak i just responded really well to my pump.