Straff Venture Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Hopefully I'm not repeating an old topic, but is there anything really weird and unique you can do? I am able to turn my hands 360 degrees, as well as having a knack to judge what someone's interests are just from looking at them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KChan Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Well, I mentioned this in the Lame Superpowers thread, but I have the ability to rip towel racks right out of walls without even touching them - or if I am touching them, it's only barely. Seriously. It's happened more times than I can count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straff Venture Posted October 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Well, I mentioned this in the Lame Superpowers thread, but I have the ability to rip towel racks right out of walls without even touching them - or if I am touching them, it's only barely. Seriously. It's happened more times than I can count. Uh... wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamato Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 I can read really fast. I finished Way of Kings in 2.5 hours, Harry potter 5 in a little less than 1 hour 45 min. I can skim read a Harry potter book in about 50 min. I can skim read TWOK in about 1 hour 20 min. I tested my best speed a while ago, it was around 4300 words a minuite. I was actually scared that I was a freak when I was little, until my dad said he could do it too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Yamato, do you read that fast while studying? That'd make life much easier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 I can piss people off. I'm not kidding, no matter how mild-mannered or mild you are, I can have you spitting fire within an hour. It works on almost a Smedry-Talent type level. On a side note, I can stick my feet behind my head and walk on my palms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamato Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 (edited) Brendan: Thats just how fast I read. A combination of practice and my dad's genetics makes it that way. The Way of kings was my overall record, in 2 and a half hours. I can study English, History, Japanese, and Economics about that fast, since I'm interested in them, but math makes me read waaay more slow. Like history textbook: 3.5 hours, 850-900 pages. math textbook: 6-7 hours, 500 pages. I could probably read that textbook fast If I tried, as my speed is genetic more than anything, but I get so disinterested that I literally doze off. I can process info fairly fast, so I never stop while reading either. Unless it's math. I also refuse to capitalize the word math, too much respect. Edit: I realized I had capitalized the word math!!!!! Edited October 16, 2012 by Yamato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulir Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Similar to me, Yamato. I read very fast, I haven't timed myself, but I think you are faster than me. It is really useful at school and other required readings, as I can get all the info very fast. But if I'm not interested my reading speed can drop to about 1 page per 5 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamato Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 Cool! speed readers untie! (Goddamn it, you know what I mean). It's really great, because all the people in my classes are complaining about increased workload in 11th grade, but I actually have far LESS work, because we get way more readings. I actually slow down waaay more than that when disinterested, I can go from 6-30 seconds reading a page i like, to 10 minutes reading a page out of a math thing, even though math books have half the text. I go from 10-15 times faster at everything to 2wice as slow at everything. Man, I like ranting. math (CAPATALIAZING NOT ALLOWED) is fun to hate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady_Yasha Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 Well, I mentioned this in the Lame Superpowers thread, but I have the ability to rip towel racks right out of walls without even touching them - or if I am touching them, it's only barely. Seriously. It's happened more times than I can count. Kerry's actually a bear. Is it unique that I'm capable of losing my pen(cil) so easily? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenith Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 Kerry's actually a bear. Is it unique that I'm capable of losing my pen(cil) so easily? No. I share this particular skill, and suppress it as best I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 No. I share this particular skill, and suppress it as best I can. But much like Shasta Smedry, you can never truly control it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlashWrogan Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 This may not qualify as crazy, but I have a penchant and a good ability for memorization. As an example, the last week of 8th grade I got really bored and decided to start memorizing digits of pi just for the heck of it. About 5 days later and 100 digits in I decided to give up. That was ten years ago and I can still recite 25 digits at speed without pause and I can visualize a few of the other sequences. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReaderAt2046 Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 I can read really fast. I finished Way of Kings in 2.5 hours, Harry potter 5 in a little less than 1 hour 45 min. I can skim read a Harry potter book in about 50 min. I can skim read TWOK in about 1 hour 20 min. I tested my best speed a while ago, it was around 4300 words a minuite. I was actually scared that I was a freak when I was little, until my dad said he could do it too. I read an entire book in 15 minutes. Won 20 dollars for doing it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otakon Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 I have the aggravating ( to others) ability to re-read books, re-watch movies, and re-listen to music 10-12+ times and not only enjoy it each time; but also see something new each time in the experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamato Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 How long was the book, Reader? I'm hoping not Way of kings, otherwise you are a new species that will dominate us puny humans with your speedy excellence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuri Shardweaver Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 I give legendary hugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 I dabble in speed reading but I'm no where near 4000 wpm that's some kind of superhuman talent you have there Yamato. I do well in memorisation though, I reached the Feynman point of pi back in high school, I'm in the mid 2000's now however this ability also extends to a wide range of useless facts which I bring up at every opportunity although I have no idea where I learned half of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenith Posted November 19, 2012 Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 I've found out that provided that I have a shirt/pants of some sort of soft material, I can usually stuff it in my pockets. It's pretty insane; I once stuffed some shorts into the pockets of a pair of shorts the same size. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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