The Old Wizards who crafted those sinks are very powerful indeed. A special kind of magic is needed to dispell their enchantments and release the water. The Old Wizards have tricked us into thinking we may know the counterspell by occasionally releasing the water. But it is all an illusion. We don’t really possess the magic powers we think we do.
You probably don’t.
As soon as I sneak off to hide in my room 4 kids, 4 dogs and 2 cats decide they need to come to my room as well.
Don’t let’s discuss what happens if I need to go pee.
i have mystical powers of video gameness …you can be playing a console tablet or pc game perfectly … the minute i walk in the room it all goes to hell … pisses people off to no end
I had a friend like that. He, himself would joke that you could mix one crazy woman in a stadium of normal women and he not only would find her, they would be living together my the weekend, married in a month and divorced after six months of hell. He’s never proved that wrong.
I can find the most hidden of speed cameras. Unfortunately not in advance but rather in the mail with a better photo of me than my wedding pictures.
For a couple of years it looked like I was a super typhoon magnet. We had a more of them hit landfall within spitting distance of our new house than would hit the rest of the country. Fortunately the weather gods have gotten bored of harassing us and let us off with only replacing floors in two rooms.
I’m invisible to motion detectors.
The lights go out if movement isn’t detected after 30 minutes. I’ve found myself working in the dark many times. Waving my arms isn’t enough. I have to actually stand up and walk around. My invisibility makes doing my desk job challenging.
Maybe this was intended as a joke, but it comes across as rather hostile and personal for this light-hearted thread. And your initial post about people leaving rehab was pretty harsh, too. Please take a couple days off from posting in this thread. And I recommend you read it and get in the spirit of the thing before you post to it again.
People have remarked about The [CalMeacham] Effect* at several places I’ve worked, and at home.
I can get a machine or process working (usually a pretty complex thing), and it will continue to work as long as I’m around.
But if I leave, it suddenly stops. And if I’m not around, they can’t get it started again.
*Using my real name, of course.
This you?
I have that power too (the good one, repairing computers), as I say when people looks at me astonished by the magic: “You can’t fix a computer just by looking at it without knowing what happens inside”.
I can make a company or product go defunct within weeks just by discovering and liking it.
Stolen from here, of course: Some AI Koans
Years ago some friends and I discussed starting a market research company. We planned to name it “Kiss of Death Marketing”. We could conduct market research on your product ideas much faster & cheaper than any competitor. How?
Easy. Have your product folks pitch their new idea / gizmo / service / ad campaign to our expert panel of 4. If we love it, you’re screwed; back to the drawing board. If we hate it, run with it; you’ve got a sure-fire big hit on your hands.
We can deliver our verdict in a couple minutes flat with near total reliability. 
Sadly we never actually launched the company. It might have been a big hit. Or maybe the fact we thought it’d be a big hit means it wouldn’t be. But we didn’t do it, so maybe the opposite of that holds. DOES NOT COMPUTE!!! BOOM!!! 
Reminds me of my friend’s and my idea for a novelty museum called the Museum of Failures. It would display terrible products, business ideas, war campaigns etc. that ended in disaster. But we realized if this museum were any good then it too should fail. So we decided it’s a non-starter 
That’s great. It’s negations all the way down. 
Yep. Can’t tell you how many brands of deodorant I’ve put out of business. Maybe I just don’t stink enough? (Hint: That’s not it)
I can fade into the background without even trying. People rarely if ever remember or notice me. I figure I’m safe in a hostage situation - they’ll never even notice me.
Slightly more seriously: I can decide to wake up at a time I’ve chosen.
eg I need to be up at 3.30 am, so I wake just before 3.30.
Been doing it since I was a child: then I used to bang my head on the pillow 6 times to wake at 6am.
That’s it: apart from that I’m ordinary, and common too, just like him and the same as you. I’m everybody’s brother and son: I ain’t no different than anyone.
So it ain’t no use talkin’ to me…
I have two powers. 
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If the sky is cloudy and I wear a heavy raincoat or carry an umbrella, it will not rain.
Conversely, if I am not so burdened, there will be a downpour (usually some distance from the nearest shelter.
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If I am strolling through a city or waiting in a queue, then tourists will single me out to ask for directions.
(To be fair, I have had some pleasant conversations because of this.)
You know who we haven’t heard from in quite a while … is @kitap