Ask Lemmy

I have a blurry photographic memory.

What I mean is that I can remember where/what an item looks like but can’t read it. This was especially lame and stressful in nursing school because during a test I could recall exactly where in the textbook or PowerPoint slide the answer was, but couldn’t “read” it from said memory. Stuff like “it was in the yellow shaded an the lower inner quarter of the page, second and third billet points” or “halfway down the page, highlighted in pink, and next to it was a graphic of the Krebs cycle” Not as helpful as you might think.

I can recognize a song with just a snippet playing. My piano teacher was apparently surprised by that.

The catch is I never remember the names, just the melody/bass 😅

I can smell fear. I always thought that was normal, because it’s used idiomatically, but the first time I said something in a group of people, they looked at me like an alien. When someone’s anxious, their sweat smells more metallic to me, like amphetamine/coke sweat (which makes sense).

I can stop my ears from ringing on command.

Predicting psychopathic behavior hasn't been based on my 401k.

This must have been terrifying for the ant.

I can crack my elbows like knuckles by just extending my arms. My brother can do it too, but I've never met anyone else who can do it.

I don't actually know if this is unusual, but I can smell when people have a respiratory illness, like a cold. It smells vaguely like the rooting hormone that you can get from a garden center.

Back in university, I studied basically all day long, which was tiresome after long sessions of study, even if with friends. My great superpower is that it used to just take me ~10 seconds of resting with my eyes closed to feel a huuuuge boost of energy that lasted for 1-2 hours. After that boost expired, I just did it again.

Incredibly useful.

That one again?

Idk what my super power is but my weakness is salt. Too much and I first lose my hearing followed by dizziness and vertigo.

I can level paintings by hand, and usually on the first try. I still always double check with a level