What's the closest thing you have to a superpower?

[peterwalkley]

I have the opposite super power. I can only get lost.

Which thread did you really want to reply on then

 

[Martynt74]

You don't know each other but you both randomly look at the clock at 13:37 each day? We have the plot for the next M. Night Shyamalan movie!

Haha i think the general consensus is that because those numbers stand out to nerds it's acknowledged. Whereas looking at the clock and seeing 18:12 5 times a week would be instantly forgotten because it doesn't signify anything.

 

[AndyT]

I DO THIS TOO!

It freaks me out.

No joke, I also do this too and it also freaked me out for a while.

My superpower is probably procrastination and avoiding tasks for a long time, and then pulling it out of the bag at the 11th hour, albeit with lots of self inflicted stress and unnecessary all-nighters.

 

[Mason-]

I don't think I have one. We've played skribbl.io (pictionary) at work since lockdown began every Friday, and I've won every time, is that a power?

Probably not actually a lot of the people I work with English isn't their first language.

 

[potatolord]

My wife would sense the disturbance in the Force instantly and be after you with a carving knife.

I would have also put a large spatula the wrong way around in your knife drawer, jamming it.

Now you know how that happens...

 

[SexyGreyFox]

if I know the chords/music to a song on either guitar or keyboards I can imagine my band playing it and what they need to play and vocal harmonies.
If I'm playing guitar/keyboards in real life then I can hear the whole band fully.
I've worked with many musicians who can only hear their instrument and also don't know if they're playing out of key which is strange.

 

[Mr Badger]

No joke, I also do this too and it also freaked me out for a while.

My superpower is probably procrastination and avoiding tasks for a long time, and then pulling it out of the bag at the 11th hour, albeit with lots of self inflicted stress and unnecessary all-nighters.

I keep meaning to procrastinate, but I never seem to get around to it.

 

[Tombstone]

The closest thing I have to a superpower is that insects do not and never have, stung or bitten me. Not once in my life, despite wandering around bare armed/legged in many tropical countries, been bitten or stung by any creature. No matter where I am they just dont do it, no idea why, I've had them land on me, run about on my skin and then just fly off. I guess I either have some odd oil in my skin (entirely possible given my ancestry) or I am utterly repugnant to them

 

[Gerard]

Being able to stink the bog out to an unbelievable degree after taking a dump.

 

[LOAM]

My sense of smell is incredible. I once smelled that a lightbulb was about to pop in another room by a faint metallic smell I picked up. I even said to the missus I could smell it and a bulb would pop in a few minutes.

Wife thinks I should have been one of those tea blend experts.

 

[chaparral]

What's your superpower?

Wasting lots of money on buying stuff I really no need

 

[Diddums]

Wasting lots of money on buying stuff I really no need

Don't think anyone can trump @mrk for that accolade though

 

[mrk]

Don't think anyone can trump @mrk for that accolade though

Have you never checked the shelf life of your monies?? Gotta use them while they're still ripe.

Jokes aside, you best explain this accusation else the paddle gets brought out, again

 

[Captain]

My immune system, I don’t ever get ill.

 

[Diddums]

Have you never checked the shelf life of your monies?? Gotta use them while they're still ripe.

Jokes aside, you best explain this accusation else the paddle gets brought out, again

I mean, you've got @Raymond Lin to beat but you're not doing too badly

yes, this is a challenge

 

[mrk]

You do realise not all of those replies are items bought right? Some of them were arguments with Lin, others were replying to people

 

[Gtiracer]

I'm pretty good at estimating time. Like if someone ask me how long it has been since something happened I can answer pretty specifically

also I have a weird habit of remembering car number plates that I've seen on cars that I like or friends cars etc

 

[Shoza]

My immune system, I don’t ever get ill.

Ditto. Years 3-11 in school without a single day off. I’ve had no sickness days off or really anything more than a sniffle at work since 2004…

 

[HangTime]

My family & friends will tell you I'm a human GPS, drop me off anywhere and I'll know which way to go.
If we're on holiday I can look at a Google Satellite of the area and it stays in my brain.

Just seen that @Semple has the same super power.
Fight.

I'm the opposite, very poor at unaided (i.e. no maps or other guidance) navigation. Go to a new town, leave car in a car park, go and get some lunch, no idea how to get back to the car exactly. I'll usually have some vague idea of the overall direction to go in but I could walk down a street parallel to the car park and just keep going without realising until I double-back, and then turn left instead of right and find myself lost somewhere.

Thankfully much less of an issue these days with smartphones, but when I was a student I even missed trains because I couldn't find the train station and stuff like that.

 

[HangTime]

when watching a TV show and I wonder how far in I am, I am often within 60 seconds of my guess

Yeah my wife gets annoyed when she asks "how long is left?" (on the TV show, pipe down at the back!) and I'll just guess it meaning she'll grab the remote to check and usually not far off. Although it's complicated a bit with these random length episodes you get on streaming services.