# Strange abilities you seem to have **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 16, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-abilities-you-seem-to-have/760066 "2016-07-16T18:44:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-abilities-you-seem-to-have/760066/21 "2016-07-17T02:04:27Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Me, i have the uncanny ability to bring out the worst in people. I understand you also have the superpower of running over people’s (read: asshole’s) toes with your wheelchair, and totally getting away with it by pretending it was an accident. I have a friend with this ability, and it is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-abilities-you-seem-to-have/760066/22 "2016-07-17T02:11:11Z")
I can make ice melt just by putting it in a glass… ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-abilities-you-seem-to-have/760066/23 "2016-07-17T02:11:38Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I understand you also have the superpower of running over people’s (read: asshole’s) toes with your wheelchair, and totally getting away with it by pretending it was an accident. I have a friend with this ability, and it is awesome. No. Your friend just sounds like a jerk. I never pretend it was an accident. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-abilities-you-seem-to-have/760066/24 "2016-07-17T02:15:54Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I can fix software bugs just by looking at the computer when someone tries to reproduce the problem. I can repair electronics with my mere presence. Until I leave the room. ---
**Author:** ![Always\_thinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Always\_thinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Always_thinking)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-abilities-you-seem-to-have/760066/25 "2016-07-17T02:38:01Z")
This has happened to me too many times not to notice. I suddenly think of someone from my past who I haven’t thought of for years. I wonder what they are up to so I google them and find out they have died! I am not that old to be reading that many obits. It’s probably happened to me about 7 times. Too many not to be weirded out. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-abilities-you-seem-to-have/760066/26 "2016-07-17T02:40:03Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I can repair electronics with my mere presence. Until I leave the room. I know someone with the opposite ability. ---
**Author:** ![Always\_thinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Always\_thinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Always_thinking)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-abilities-you-seem-to-have/760066/27 "2016-07-17T02:43:13Z")
I have also heard from IT people the comment- ‘I have never seen this before’ - way too many times- when dealing with my many computer issues. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-abilities-you-seem-to-have/760066/28 "2016-07-17T02:44:56Z")
Not me, but my husband. If he leaves the continental U.S., the weather _at home_ inevitably turns horrible, or something awful happens. There will be a blizzard, or a hurricane, or a blazing heat wave. He was visiting relatives in Ukraine and Russia in September 2001. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-abilities-you-seem-to-have/760066/29 "2016-07-17T02:53:17Z")
> [@Always\_thinking](#): > > I have also heard from IT people the comment- ‘I have never seen this before’ - way too many times- when dealing with my many computer issues. \ Yup, we know about you. ---
**Author:** ![Always\_thinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Always\_thinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Always_thinking)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-abilities-you-seem-to-have/760066/30 "2016-07-17T02:54:51Z")
That was my sister’s problem. Worse than me!:o ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-abilities-you-seem-to-have/760066/31 "2016-07-17T03:16:27Z")
Oh, I forgot. I’m responsible for The Leafs losing. When I don’t watch, they somehow win. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-abilities-you-seem-to-have/760066/32 "2016-07-17T04:03:57Z")
I prevent snow from falling in St. Petersburg, Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-abilities-you-seem-to-have/760066/33 "2016-07-17T04:06:54Z")
I’m some sort of reverse focus group. If I like a new product, it’s sure to be discontinued within the month. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-abilities-you-seem-to-have/760066/34 "2016-07-17T04:24:08Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I can fix software bugs just by looking at the computer when someone tries to reproduce the problem. Waves wildly … I can do this, I can do this… ↑↑↑ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-abilities-you-seem-to-have/760066/35 "2016-07-17T04:30:40Z")
> [@Mr\_Downtown](#): > > I’m some sort of reverse focus group. If I like a new product, it’s sure to be discontinued within the month. My wife complains about doing this all the time. She gets plum indignant about it. She can walk into an empty thrift store and it will be so crowded in 93 seconds that she has to leave. She thinks she might try to make a bit of money by doing this up & down the drag a few days a week. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-abilities-you-seem-to-have/760066/36 "2016-07-17T04:51:55Z")
I can make a cold sore appear on my lip for any picture taking occasion. I can make it rain for any eagerly anticipated outdoor event. I can make my pups turn incontinent just by having guests come over and then giving them an unexpected tour of the house. I can make something instantly go on sale just by buying it spontaneously. I can make any horror movie suck by simply looking forward to seeing it. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-abilities-you-seem-to-have/760066/37 "2016-07-17T08:25:22Z")
My book club can make it rain by planning a meeting at the beach. Last year was one of the hottest driest summers on record. I think our July and August meetings were the only days it rained all summer. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-abilities-you-seem-to-have/760066/38 "2016-07-17T08:57:34Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Oh, I forgot. I’m responsible for The Leafs losing. When I don’t watch, they somehow win. I had a roommate who seemed to think she could actually affect the outcome of football games she watched on TV by shouting at the screen. I don’t think it was true, though. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-abilities-you-seem-to-have/760066/39 "2016-07-17T09:20:04Z")
If I light a fire in the fireplace and _watch it_ until it catches, the fire will just peter out and I’ll need to start it again with more paper and kindling…often numerous times. If I light it and walk away…it will magically light up and get all the wood going too! Fair dinkum. ---
**Author:** ![Nebulous\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8dc957/32.png) [@Nebulous\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nebulous_1)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-abilities-you-seem-to-have/760066/40 "2016-07-17T09:26:56Z")
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