I have hyperphantasia, which means that I'm able to visualize things in my mind in a way that it looks exactly the same as it would in real life. If I see a puzzle that requires spatial reasoning, I can rotate it and manipulate it in 3D space in my mind.
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I have that too but I use it daily.
I use it as a software developer and visualize code like it's a factory.
it allows me to debug problems effectively and generally gets me an answer before anyone else can.
I've also used it to do any kind of diagnostic, be it mechanical or medical.
it's an OP skill tbh.
I remember about 80% you tell me about you (if I’m listening) I won’t tell you what I know about you in order to not creep you out.
Do you remember their name too ?
Absolutely not. Only their faces
I have found a person like me
I can die in peace from now on
I'm very good at remembering people's birthdays. I stopped "using" it cause I think it creeps people out a bit, but at least with people I like it's always nice to remember to congratulate them without relying on social media.
I'm shit with names though.
Have you had a situation where you remembered someones birthday only to twists their neme?
walking into a room and forgetting why I entered
I use that skill every single day
Sling staff.
Lock picking.
Skydiving.
Laying ceramic tile.
How many of those can you do at once?
I can lay ten-inch hexagonal porcelain tile while freefalling, actually. But I need to use a premixed adhesive.
Does the tile survive impact in one piece?
No, but this is a desired result of the technique.
Resolving IRQ conflicts on ISA devices
Somewhat relatedly, I still have the MSDN Windows 2000 license key memorized.
Needless to say, I have not had to install Windows 2000 on anything for quite some time.
Cool, I had a Win98 one memorized for years but it's gone now.
And of course there's...
95 is easy, you can use all zeroes or all ones and it would pass the algorithm check and let you install. There was no online check requirement, unlike XP.
98 you could do 12345-12345-12345-12345-12345 or some similar variant as I recall, so I never bothered knowing an "actual" key for those.
XP and above could be trivially bypassed with software, so the whole thing was moot after that. Silly technology.
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Still remember the sound blaster config?
220,5,1,5 or something similar
I can vomit on command at most times without sticking a finger down my throat etc. I feel like that scientifically inaccurate dinosaur from the original Jurassic Park.
Mister Neon evolved!
He learned "Vomit"!
I'm a PC filler Pokemon that would rather be a Digimon. I don't know what that means, but it's the truth.
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I am reasonably acrobatic. I only get to use it when people are drunk and get the sudden urge to watch someone do a backflip.
Much lower level, but I'm over 50 and can do a great cartwheel. Was at a concert and these little kids were sitting in a line, one by one doing a cartwheel, I came and joined their line and when my turn came did the cartwheel they were just delighted, it was so cute.
Not otherwise acrobatic, a one trick pony. But it has very occasionally been a good trick.
Yeah, kids losing their mind (in a good way) is quite wholesome.
I can see magic eye pictures instantly. Like, at a glance.
never in my life have those worked for me. My family used to infuriate me talking about what they saw and telling me to relax my eyes. WTF is relax your eyes!
If all they ever told you was to relax your eyes then it's not surprising they don't work for you, that's not very helpful! Feel free to skip the rest of this if you don't want advice on how to get them to work.
For me, the best way to get them to work is to cross my eyes and let my gaze drift out of focus. When I was a kid I read a tip in a book to press your nose up to the book, look at the picture, and keep them in that position as you pull away. That works well for me too if I'm having trouble doing it on my own.
I can do the out of focus thing on command, but even with the other tips you gave here i could never see it.
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There was a video game back in the 1990s (Magic Carpet by Bullfrog) that was first person shoot that had a mode that would run the game in that "magic eye" 3D. I could only see it if the player was standing still, but you should see if you could see it 3D in real time. I've never met anyone that could.
Yup, totally could. Loved that game. Would get the Meteor power, then erase the map!
Because of how it was coded, it was really hard to emulate. Haven't tried in years.
Magic Carpet also had red/blue 3d mode that worked pretty good!
I know how to do home canning, and making sure it's safe. I just don't get to do it often because it's energy intensive on the me so it's something I do about twice a year.
Sex.
I use it once every fifteen years.
I'm top notch at oral and love to do it, but I married a woman who doesn't like it ten years ago. So much waste.
I can create massive research papers overnight.
I know kung fu (wing chun). I am however years out of practice, and also glad its not something i use very often.
Woo! Same, bud!
I wish I had a school near me. Its been a long time.
Back in the 80s I knew Wang Chung.
artificial / forced burping. i used it a lot as a kid to graciously avoid broccoli and other dinner socializations.
the gracious part only works on family though.
Unscrambling mixed-up words. I can usually do 5-letter ones on sight, 6-letters might take a minute, or at least a few seconds. Recently while watching Young Sheldon I was surprised to see a closeup of a Jumble that Meemaw was working on - which I'm still not sure was real because one of the words was POINT, which can also be PINTO. The Jumble people are usually careful to avoid words with multiple solutions, because certain letters in each word become the source for a longer final jumble, so having them unambiguously in the correct positions matters.
Ability to kill 7 different ways with a fruit loop
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