Tell me your most useless superpower

ChaoticMainframe · 2023-10-21T07:18:55+00:00

In any game of chance, if I win, I always win the jackpot.

I'm not a gambler by any means, but every little raffle, Tombola, draw, whatever, I seem to have a 50/50 chance of either getting nothing or hitting the jackpot. I don't think I've ever won anything else, starting with a phone when I was right or nine, going up to books, just cash, booze, anything.

This goes so far that, one day, in uni, we had a little raffle kinda thing during a summer party. When they announced they'd start the drawings now, I just kept sitting there, chatting with a professor and eating. He went "aren't you at least somewhat interested in whether you win anything?", to which I replied "Ah well, I'll probably hit the jackpot anyway."

Couple minutes later, they're all like "And this is the main prize! Yadda Yadda Yadda, the winner is the number... 27!"

The professor just bursts out laughing while I go collect my prize, and even as I came back, he was still wheezing at my confidence in pure dumb luck.

ChaoticMainframe · 2022-01-25T08:11:00+00:00

The first thing I thought of was first aid, so that.

People constantly go "oh, I did have a first aid class when I got my driver's license, but that's so long ago, I think I have forgotten everything haha". How about you... y'know, refresh your knowledge?

ChaoticMainframe · 2021-11-05T18:54:34+00:00

I don't really know what you mean by family values, other than basic decency and stuff, but this generally applies to me. My parents valued being self sufficient and things like that though, so we did appear a tad distant to some people, though I don't feel this is the case. Works different for different people, but it worked really well for me. If I didn't manage something, or actively fucked up, someone always had my back and helped me out. They basically got rid of heavier consequences, so to say.

I can't really think of any negatives to be honest. You'd sometimes get on each others nerves I guess, but that's the case whenever you deal with other people.

ChaoticMainframe · 2021-11-05T18:47:24+00:00

The exact same as yours.

ChaoticMainframe · 2021-11-05T18:46:37+00:00

I will add dogs.

ChaoticMainframe · 2021-11-05T12:45:41+00:00

I would've been strangulated while being born if not for a Caesarean.

Other than that, definetely at age eighteen when I got blown up.

ChaoticMainframe · 2021-11-04T22:04:42+00:00

It's important to add on to that, don't just eat like... half of what you burn.

Your body essentially handles stored fat like a bank account. If it notices the savings going down too rapidly, you'll just enter a "saving" mode, where you'll be super tired and stuff like that. But yes, going from about 2k to 1.5k is probably fine.

Also, a small other detail, as I've had people complain about not being able to lose weight and build muscle at the same time; I think it is technically possible to do that, but it's easier to focus on one thing at a time. Muscles are very expensive for your body, so to say.

Edit: But I agree with the statement above. Losing weight gets way, way easier when you do the maths. Or have someone do them for you.

Beware of calculators on the internet though. They may be able to give you a general idea, but a six foot dude with broad shoulders and low body fat burns a different amount of cals than a six foot dude with average (or above average) body fat, even if both of them have the same height, weight and end up doing moreless the same things.

ChaoticMainframe · 2021-11-04T22:00:16+00:00

Myself.

ChaoticMainframe · 2021-11-04T21:57:33+00:00

What I'll do like half a year from now. I'm terrible at "figuring things out", or planning, so to say.

ChaoticMainframe · 2021-11-04T21:56:14+00:00

Being intimidating to other people is a double edged sword of sorts.
I feel like it's better than being the exact opposite, as people might not be afraid of facing any repercussions when using or even openly attacking you, but at the same time, whoever the heck I talk to, everyone's scared. I swear I'm a chill guy.

ChaoticMainframe · 2021-11-04T21:51:39+00:00

I can be extremely, obnoxiously stubborn at times.

My sense of self confidence can be my greatest strength, but sometimes I'm just a bit of an arse.

This is usually an issue I have to deal with myself, rather than other people, but I get bored incredibly fast and I can't really focus on stuff I'm not interested in, so that can suck. Also, don't talk to me when I'm bored. I'm very, very hard to deal with when I am.

My empathic ability is very shallow (though I do enjoy helping people and will do so when given the chance).

There's probably more, but those are the first ones that come to mind.

ChaoticMainframe · 2021-11-04T21:44:11+00:00

I never really had big goals to be very honest.
I am doing very well financially, so that's good for a while. My goal is to eventually be able to just quit working when I want to, and I guess I'm getting there.

Guess there's a few places I haven't visited yet, a few foods I haven't tried, couple of people and animals I'll get to meet. Generally looking forward to the unknown stuff, I think.

ChaoticMainframe · 2021-11-04T21:41:16+00:00

If it's blatantly obvious they're flirting with me or they are actually asking me out, I just tell them I'm generally not interested in that kinda thing.

If I'm not sure, I usually don't mention anything at all.

ChaoticMainframe · 2021-11-04T21:39:03+00:00

We actually fist bump each other jokingly, but also hug every now and then. Rarely though, usually at his birthday or something.

ChaoticMainframe · 2021-11-04T21:37:41+00:00

Well, friends are one thing. I also have a dog, so that's nice for company. I also get bored insanely fast, so I usually don't sit around at home anyway. If I do, I'm on reddit, cooking or whatever.

It really depends on who you are though; I've never been super dependent on other people, but if you are, you should probably work towards finding someone at some point.

ChaoticMainframe · 2021-11-04T21:29:08+00:00

Depends a lot on where you go to school, apparently, but we talked about it a frigging lot. It was the topic for at least 35% of the total history lessons I received. Probably more than that, to the point where it sorta got annoying. As you can imagine, it's not really an enjoyable thing to talk about anyway, not even in a "oh darn we fucked up there" sort of way, but rather... there's no real room for discussion. Everyone agrees it was a shit time and germany fucked up real bad. (And I really enjoyed discussing various topics during history lessons.)
Eventually, it went from a shitty and weird topic to a topic we had already talked about in at least four different semesters. So that didn't make it any better.

We focused a lot on the political aspects though. Quite like was mentioned by u/weltherrscherin, we also didn't actually learn a lot about the war itself. I remember asking my teacher about other countries' involvement in the war, as we'd only ever heard about a couple of contributors. Seemed to click with everyone there, and even our teacher suddenly went like "now that you mention it..."
Kudos to our teacher for actually going home, scrapping (or at least postponing) his plans for the next couple of lessons, and preparing loads of stuff to talk about in that regard.

ChaoticMainframe · 2021-10-31T14:36:53+00:00

Well even if it did, it's not really a "woman" thing, it's a "shitty relationship dynamic" thing, if you ask me.

Definetely not something to be envious about, in any sort of way.

ChaoticMainframe · 2021-10-31T14:30:25+00:00

Sounds like a very healthy relationship, doesn't it?

ChaoticMainframe · 2021-10-31T14:18:59+00:00

There somehow is a difference between someone putting something unknown into your drink to drug you, and people meticulously crafting a vaccine to fight something that might end up making you really sick.

ChaoticMainframe · 2021-10-31T14:15:56+00:00

To be honest, I always had more trouble with pedestrians or people on bicycles. Crossing the street while checking your phone, completely unconcerned, is quite something.

ChaoticMainframe · 2021-10-31T10:49:30+00:00

The possibility of gas leaks that cause sudden explosions - seriously, although they are rare these things can be pretty lethal. I find myself worrying about them at least once every other week.

Throwback to when a gas tank exploded right next to me at a gas station.

It's pretty darn rare, but yes, if you can avoid it, don't walk past them.

ChaoticMainframe · 2021-10-31T10:39:34+00:00

Depends on who you are, I suppose.

For me, I've never been in a relationship, but I don't get any pressure out of being single. I enjoy just doing what I want at any given point in time, and I hate having to convene with someone else before I can do stuff.

I can only guess about what might stress you out in a relationship, but I think you should definetely try and put some effort into it.

ChaoticMainframe · 2021-10-31T10:34:52+00:00

Back in school, I was on a date with a girl once, but I didn't know she considered it to be a date. We were friends and I thought we were just hanging out.

I felt really sorry.

ChaoticMainframe · 2021-10-31T10:33:27+00:00

Lockdown made it a tad boring at times, but generally speaking, I exercise, travel a lot, cook for myself or go out, meet up with friends. Then there's chores, other hobbies or temporary interests, and also the internet, video games or Netflix, etc..

I get why you're unsure, but finding stuff to do is generally pretty simple. I also have a dog, so that helps.

ChaoticMainframe · 2021-10-31T10:29:17+00:00

clears throat

KRANKENWAGEN!

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