Your special talents, and things you can't do

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2002-12-19 01:12am

I can make my tongue a U thing, but some close relatives can too.
I can draw a pretty long, straight line ( I am artistic) there are some fellow artist who i believe can do this, not to mention make circles. Damn, what can I do? hmm.

I know. If I conentrate hard enough, i mean sweating fucking straining. i can cause a glass of water to get riples. like in jurassic park. weird shit man.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2002-12-19 01:13am

Darth Utsanomiko wrote:My long, dextrous 'magic' fingers.

'Nuff said.

Yummy...

*BOING!*

Drewcifer · Post by **Drewcifer** » 2002-12-19 01:34am

Well, I don't have magic fingers or anything like that. About the only thing I'm really good at is music. I kick ass at 'name that tune' and if I hear a song on the radio, I usually have it figured out and can play along by the second verse. Most songs I can learn by hearing once, and have even played songs live on stage that I've never heard before by following the other players. Mind you, they were mostly simple pop songs with typical chord progressions.

A list of things I'm not good at? I don't want to burden Mike's bandwidth with a list of such great magnitude

Post by **Zaia** » 2002-12-19 01:37am

Drewcifer wrote:Well, I don't have magic fingers or anything like that. About the only thing I'm really good at is music. I kick ass at 'name that tune' and if I hear a song on the radio, I usually have it figured out and can play along by the second verse. Most songs I can learn by hearing once, and have even played songs live on stage that I've never heard before by following the other players. Mind you, they were mostly simple pop songs with typical chord progressions.

Mmmmm, sexy.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2002-12-19 01:39am

DG_Cal_Wright wrote: I know. If I conentrate hard enough, i mean sweating fucking straining. i can cause a glass of water to get riples. like in jurassic park. weird shit man.

You know, it could be just you trembling from the strain and the tremors being transferred from your elbows to the table, causing the table to tremble and the water to get ripples

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2002-12-19 01:41am

Shinova wrote:
DG_Cal_Wright wrote: I know. If I conentrate hard enough, i mean sweating fucking straining. i can cause a glass of water to get riples. like in jurassic park. weird shit man.

You know, it could be just you trembling from the strain and the tremors being transferred from your elbows to the table, causing the table to tremble and the water to get ripples

Or perhaps an hallucination caused by reduced blood flow to the brain or compression of nerves by tensed muscles.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2002-12-19 01:43am

XaLEv wrote:Or perhaps an hallucination caused by reduced blood flow to the brain or compression of nerves by tensed muscles.

"I will shake the glass, with my mind!!"

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2002-12-19 01:46am

Well dg_cal's statement is debateble.

Can anyone else here do biofeedback? I'm not sure if it's actually called that, but it's the voluntary control of involuntary stuff in your body.

Drewcifer · Post by **Drewcifer** » 2002-12-19 01:56am

Zaia wrote:
Drewcifer wrote:Well, I don't have magic fingers or anything like that. About the only thing I'm really good at is music. I kick ass at 'name that tune' and if I hear a song on the radio, I usually have it figured out and can play along by the second verse. Most songs I can learn by hearing once, and have even played songs live on stage that I've never heard before by following the other players. Mind you, they were mostly simple pop songs with typical chord progressions.
Mmmmm, sexy.

Zaia, if that's sexy, I could tell you some stories that would make your toes curl

Drewcifer · Post by **Drewcifer** » 2002-12-19 01:59am

Shinova wrote:Can anyone else here do biofeedback? I'm not sure if it's actually called that, but it's the voluntary control of involuntary stuff in your body.

I don't know if this counts, but when I get headaches, I can make them go away by 'zenning out'. Not a psychic power by any means, but I can make them go away in a few minutes, just by thinking the right way.

Hyperion · Post by **Hyperion** » 2002-12-19 02:03am

well i have a large amount of things i can actually prove very easially.

fully symmetric double joints: thumbs, elbows (very useful for working on japanese cars and compaq comps), shoulders, hips, knees (they do lock because of the kneecap), and ankles (when i don't have one broken like right now)
extensive biofeedback/control: conscious control of body temp, respiratory rate, metabolic rates, heart rate, sweat glands, and a number of others that i very rarely use. (btw, i did destroy the biofeedback test thingie at the pacific science center in seattle, i made it keep going faster and faster, then it sparked and stopped. it was just a motor mounted in some kinex to look like a ferris wheel) i can easially show the things i listed, though dang near no one beleives me about the sweat glands... even my mom didn't until i did it in a store with 50-some degree ambient temp, my hands were literally dripping and i shook her hand as a point. (btw, there was no water nearby, and i was with her the whole time i was doing this.)

i can also move my ears both independantly and together (but that's common), as well as being able to twist my tongue upside down in either direction without help from the teeth, and i do have the unnerving (to most people) ability to independantly focus my eyes (and sometimes with heavy concentration, even move the eyes independantly) again very easy for me to show.

among some of the other fun little things: i do see better at night than during the day. my hearing is a might whacked out, i can hear a dogwhistle, but am tone deaf across a good portion of the normal hearing range.

btw, the stuff i can do, mainly the biofeedback, gives me an immense pain and damage tolerance over those which cannot do this, it also allows me to handle higher and lower ambient temps than others without discomfort.

things i can't do (probably more of a "havn't learned" thing though): snap fingers, gleek (this one still bugs me, i can change the saliva output at will, but still can't gleek), or whistle.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2002-12-19 02:07am

Hyperion wrote:well i have a large amount of things i can actually prove very easially.

fully symmetric double joints: thumbs, elbows (very useful for working on japanese cars and compaq comps), shoulders, hips, knees (they do lock because of the kneecap), and ankles (when i don't have one broken like right now)
extensive biofeedback/control: conscious control of body temp, respiratory rate, metabolic rates, heart rate, sweat glands, and a number of others that i very rarely use. (btw, i did destroy the biofeedback test thingie at the pacific science center in seattle, i made it keep going faster and faster, then it sparked and stopped. it was just a motor mounted in some kinex to look like a ferris wheel) i can easially show the things i listed, though dang near no one beleives me about the sweat glands... even my mom didn't until i did it in a store with 50-some degree ambient temp, my hands were literally dripping and i shook her hand as a point. (btw, there was no water nearby, and i was with her the whole time i was doing this.)

i can also move my ears both independantly and together (but that's common), as well as being able to twist my tongue upside down in either direction without help from the teeth, and i do have the unnerving (to most people) ability to independantly focus my eyes (and sometimes with heavy concentration, even move the eyes independantly) again very easy for me to show.

among some of the other fun little things: i do see better at night than during the day. my hearing is a might whacked out, i can hear a dogwhistle, but am tone deaf across a good portion of the normal hearing range.

btw, the stuff i can do, mainly the biofeedback, gives me an immense pain and damage tolerance over those which cannot do this, it also allows me to handle higher and lower ambient temps than others without discomfort.

things i can't do (probably more of a "havn't learned" thing though): snap fingers, gleek (this one still bugs me, i can change the saliva output at will, but still can't gleek), or whistle.

You'd be quite a lot of fun in bed....

Hyperion · Post by **Hyperion** » 2002-12-19 02:30am

the only thing you'd have to worry about is if i decided to just drop into a sort of fugue state like i did on the family's vacation 2 years ago... colder than a cucumber for almost 2 weeks with the exception of eating once every 2 days and using the can and taking showers.

but in general if i'm having fun i won't do that... and yes, you are right, i probably would be fun in bed...

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2002-12-19 02:35am

Hyperion wrote:the only thing you'd have to worry about is if i decided to just drop into a sort of fugue state like i did on the family's vacation 2 years ago... colder than a cucumber for almost 2 weeks with the exception of eating once every 2 days and using the can and taking showers.

but in general if i'm having fun i won't do that... and yes, you are right, i probably would be fun in bed...

KewL!

Wanna come down to New Orleans?

Post by **Coyote** » 2002-12-19 02:35am

Art-- I can think up something in my head, then draw it from every angle and perspective and have it stay consistent the whole time. I think this is normal and natural but so many of my art & cartoonist buddies are amazed at it.

What they're also amazed at is that I can regiment my art to deadlines and actually stick to them.

Cannot: Math (anything having to do with numbers, even the most simple of computations, I am helpless. And music. I have no ability for rhythm or tune at all.

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2002-12-19 02:43am

Damnit. You guys are assholes. The typical response was supposed to be,

Really?!? and a bunch of astonished shit like that. In which case I would reply

'No, not really. I can't back that up.'

Like Dr. Evil from Austin Powers. Holy fuck.

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2002-12-19 06:26am

My special abilities...Hmm...

I can make babies cry just by talking to them.
Seemingly all animals like me or are friendly towards me.
I can overstretch my fingers and I can rotate my feet almost 270° against each other.

Cpt_Frank · Post by **Cpt_Frank** » 2002-12-19 06:38am

I can cross my legs behind my head.
I guess I can even blow myself in that position although I haven't tried it out yet.

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2002-12-19 07:06am

I'm rather flexible; I can easily sit in the lotus position, as well as the 'butterfly' position (soles together, knees apart and on the ground, forehead on heels). I can roll my tongue into a u shape but not a w shape like some can. I can't lick my elbows or put my feet behind my head. I can't touch my tongue to my nose. I can raise my right eyebrow alone but not the left. I can sometimes flare my irises, make them widen and close repeatedly. I can tense certain muscles in my pelvic region rapidly, in a weak but rather nice imitation of an orgasm.

That's all I can think of.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2002-12-19 07:48am

Cpt_Frank wrote:I can cross my legs behind my head.
I guess I can even blow myself in that position although I haven't tried it out yet.

If i could do that i'd never leave my house again.

My one and only skill is my ability to go hours during sex with out cumming.

Boba Fett · Post by **Boba Fett** » 2002-12-19 09:30am

Darth Pounder wrote:
Cpt_Frank wrote:I can cross my legs behind my head.
I guess I can even blow myself in that position although I haven't tried it out yet.
If i could do that i'd never leave my house again.

My one and only skill is my ability to go hours during sex with out cumming.

LOL

My funniest capability is that I can immitate almost any persons voice.

Number one hit is the voice of Vader from SW. Dudes I'm working with my sister and every day I have to play Vader's voice.

The other thing is that my bones can't break...or at least it never happened till now. Which is funny because I usually make "acrobatic" jumps with my ski.
Another time I was riding my bike down from a mountain when I catched the local bus. From the back...
My skull didn't broke but the back plate of the bus was bashed-in...

Although the next day on an airplane was terrible because of the headache!

I can twist or turn my tongue whichever position pleases my girlfriend...I think 100% of the humanity could do it, they just don't have enough sex to pratice with.

To extend the length of sex without having ejaculation is also not a big deal if you're capable to focus on something else for a couple of seconds at the "critical" moment.

When I go to any bar/dance club/concert/coffe-bar etc. I don't have to do anything, if I'm alone it's pretty sure that sooner or later a girl will come there and ask for fire or say something...and from there she's an easy target. It's weird because I'm not those typical handsome guy...
The trick is in the eyes!!! Use your eyes wisely and it will solve the "how to get in contact with her/him?" question.

Oh and the most important is:

That every new person I met will open up 100% after ten minutes of talking. Even if the person hates me, in our arguments he/she will tell me such things that otherwise wouldn't tell to anyone else.

Post by **Zaia** » 2002-12-19 03:03pm

Drewcifer wrote:
Zaia wrote:Mmmmm, sexy.
Zaia, if that's sexy, I could tell you some stories that would make your toes curl

Oh? Ok. *waits patiently*

nechronius · Post by **nechronius** » 2002-12-19 03:44pm

I've been speaking Spanish since 1976 and I still can't trill my R's like in the word "perro" or "burrito." There, an admission of failure never to be spoken ever again.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2002-12-19 04:03pm

nechronius wrote:I've been speaking Spanish since 1976 and I still can't trill my R's like in the word "perro" or "burrito." There, an admission of failure never to be spoken ever again.

Ouch. My boyfriend can speak perfect Spanish and good Portuguese. He can even modify his accent at will to sound Cuban, Mexican, Americano, or Native Spanish (yes there's an audible difference there). It sure startles the shit out of people when he starts talking to a latino boy in perfect Spanish...

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2002-12-19 04:30pm

I think I might be the anti-Coyote.

I can do maths - well, I've fallen out of practice, so I probably can't anymore, but I've always had a natural talent for it, so in school I was the only girl who could compete with the top mathematically able boys, so the one that seriously lost out when they split the maths classes into single sex (if I wanted to be in an all girls maths class, i wouls have gone to an all girls school) I also got an A for maths A Level with minimal effort on my part. (didn't take further maths because I was doing too many sciences)

I can't do art. I can make scientific sketches of objects right in front of me, sometimes very well, but I cannot draw anything from memory or imagination.

I can wriggle my ears, but I'm not at all bendy. I always lose at Twister. But they let me play for my short skirts, stockings, and refusal to take of my heels.