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I think I’m developing superpowers

44 replies

Ponderingwindow · 11/02/2025 21:06

My static shocks are escalating beyond normal levels. Sometimes I go to touch something and I shock myself 4 times in a row. I shocked myself on a granite kitchen counter top. I shock people when I touch them. Often the static shocks are producing visible sparks.

should I use my powers for good or evil? What should my name be?

and of course it’s not just that it’s very dry in my house and my slippers are generating static electricity when I walk across the floor. THAT would be a ridiculously simple explanation that is no fun at all.

OP posts:
BatFeminist · 11/02/2025 21:15

mine is being the only person able to find things
its miraculous

Ponderingwindow · 11/02/2025 22:04

That is a good superpower. I bet you can find lost jumpers on the sofa and cartons of milk in the refrigerator.

OP posts:
Gloriainextremis · 11/02/2025 22:10

OP - if you come across a cat, please don't touch it. For the benefit of all concerned. 😂

YouDeserveBetterSoAskForIt · 11/02/2025 22:13

Ugh. That is one of the things I don't miss about being in the UK.

If we had the radiators on at home, I would shock everything and everyone. My poor cats got the brunt of it.

Something about having the radiators on made it go out of control lol.

I reckon I could have killed a fly with my fingertip if I'd caught one.... Maybe a very niche superpower lol

maudelovesharold · 11/02/2025 22:20

should I use my powers for good or evil? What should my name be?

Oh, good, I think. You could be like a walking defibrillator - Shockwoman! 💔⚡️

Icantfindanewname · 11/02/2025 22:24

My superpower is the ability to change a toilet roll. I'm away from home shortly for a few nights. I will be holding a training course and requiring somebody, ANYBODY, to demonstrate they are competent before I leave 🙄😡

Bouldersandrocks · 11/02/2025 22:53

My superpower is being able to speak into the third dimension! Whenever I ask the DC to get dressed for school, the sounds waves seem to be resonating within another realm.

NewHeaven · 11/02/2025 22:57

Could you do something about the big tango toddler in the oval office over the pond with your shocking superpowers?! The,way his hair lies across his scalp as a massive comb over is doing my head in.

Bouldersandrocks · 11/02/2025 22:57

Icantfindanewname · 11/02/2025 22:24

My superpower is the ability to change a toilet roll. I'm away from home shortly for a few nights. I will be holding a training course and requiring somebody, ANYBODY, to demonstrate they are competent before I leave 🙄😡

Ahh.. a rare bãno goddess, compassionate to the needs of others!

Happyhippos123 · 11/02/2025 22:58

I think you should be one of those modern supervillans who actually do good with their powers.

I think you should set up a website where victims of unfairness can request you to shock the person who wronged them. I might have a couple of names for you.

Icantfindanewname · 11/02/2025 23:10

Oh oh oh. Do you think a quick zap to a sensitive area will aid the training? If so, what are your daily rates? 😂

Perhaps it could also help dispell the myth of the fridge/dishwasher/washing machine/shopping delivery fairy 🤔

PandaTime · 11/02/2025 23:46

Gloriainextremis · 11/02/2025 22:10

OP - if you come across a cat, please don't touch it. For the benefit of all concerned. 😂

My cat has a favourite furry blanket. I can always tell when she has been pawing at her favourite furry blanket because I get electrocuted and sparks fly off her when I touch her fuzzy head.

Ponderingwindow · 12/02/2025 02:15

Shockwoman
coming to rid your homes of those who don’t replace the paper

OP posts:
WearyAuldWumman · 12/02/2025 02:21

Lightning Girl/Woman

FortuneFaded · 12/02/2025 02:23

Electra! Zapping your bills and restarting hearts is all in a days work!

FortuneFaded · 12/02/2025 02:28

Can someone get Edna Mode on the blower, you need a fabulous superhero costume darling. No capes!

Evidemment · 12/02/2025 02:34

You definitely need a modern artsy name to go with modern artsy villain status in sticking up for the wronged

STATIQUE

Cupcakes2035 · 12/02/2025 02:34

mines being bond, but without the offical training, more like jason bourne, the training is there but not there if that makes sense,

BreadInCaptivity · 12/02/2025 02:43

My superpower is that as long as I am the last person to bed, when the family wakes in the morning up the house is tidy, the sofa cushions are plumped up, dishwasher emptied and curtains open.

Nobody else in my family seems to have this superpower having tested it in many occasions.

🤷‍♀️

AlmostAJillSandwich · 12/02/2025 02:45

I got bitten by a snake a few weeks back, still waiting to "Peter Parker" into Snake Woman........

DeadsoulsAngel · 12/02/2025 03:41

Gloriainextremis · 11/02/2025 22:10

OP - if you come across a cat, please don't touch it. For the benefit of all concerned. 😂

This is a serious point. I touched my kitten and…. She has curly whiskers!

Ok, she was actually born with curly whiskers but they’re exceptionally cool so I’m taking the credit for them 😂 She wouldn’t want too many other curly whiskered cats out there though, so remember OP, no touching 🐈‍⬛

Edited for typo/autocorrect fail 🙂

liveforsummer · 12/02/2025 07:31

If you become tired of your powers, you need to make sure you are wearing natural fibres. I have a bit of a fear of electric shocks 😅 so am careful of my clothing!

PinkCatInATree · 16/02/2025 07:41

I am fat, grey haired, and over 50. I am invisible.

Flozle · 16/02/2025 10:03

My superpower is being able to fit an entire body weeks grocery shop into an allegedly full fridge and freezer.

Of course, the secret that my husband doesn't know, is that nothing is fixed to the shelf: things can be rearranged to make morse space! 🙄

Floatlikeafeather2 · 16/02/2025 12:37

My mother shared your power and sometimes used it for entertainment purposes - my father used to ask her to keep the lights off when she undressed so he could enjoy the light show. She did dress exclusively in crimplene trousers, nylon tights and acrylic jumpers though.