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I might have some.. Well they are not really super powers, but it's weird.

I have noticed that people react weirdly when I look at them. Not the common everyday people, I don't stare people or anything.

First I thought it was nothing, but almost everyone I know have noticed it and mentioned it to me. I'm not kidding. Everytime I encounter crying babie that is not about to stop crying, I just look at them in the eyes, I don't smile, nothing, and they stop crying. They keep staring me until their parents look at me too, then I have to start smiling so I don't look like a weird guy who stares, so the babies starts smiling too. But the weird thing is, they always stop crying. I don't try to send any subliminal messages 'stop crying' or anything. Just engage with them and *boom* no more crying. It happens so often that my buddies have started mentioning about it, also my parents have mentioned it few years ago, they thought it was weird and my mom told that maybe I have a friendly face, but that's not really very true I think.

Also animals don't bite me. Vicious dogs, what ever, we engage stare down combat super battle, and they always come losers out of that one. Mostly dogs, even cats and what not. I swear they submit! Or at least stop being aggressive. The trick is not to look mean, just look at them straight in the eyes and never give up. Eventually they will start looking around a little, and then the game is mine. Also we played this game when we had lots of puppies that were wild at one point, that we tried to make them attack against each others, but they never attacked me. And they always attacked my buddies when they learned the game. I don't mean to sound like Jesus, I don't think theres anything good in this really, or that I have forces or anything, because I know that's not true. But I'm also swearing I'm not kidding. I haven't noticed any effects with adults.

I don't know, maybe I'm damien or something
I don't know what could explain it. Do you have any weird super powers?

I hope this doesn't sound like weird ufo/alien stuff, not supposed to, I don't believe in witches and what ever but .. well it's just weird.

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I have an incredibly acute sense of hearing.
I can hear when my upstairs folks are watching tv.... when its muted!


oh and those stuff.... i can do those stuff too. I always train my friend's dogs to submit to me not them. I have my ways with kids and dogs too

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Oh yeah one more. We used to play stare downs, when we look at each others eyes and you can't smile or laugh, you have to look straight to the eyes.. well you know the game. Anyway, if I thought of freaking my buddies out, they'd just quit and be little uncomfortable with my basic facial expression. I couldn't make them laugh at will, but I'm telling you making them feel very uncomfortable happened many times during some games few years ago. And if I didn't want to make them freak out, as not thinking about it, they wouldn't freak out. I hope I don't sound like those weird guys who tries to move objects with their will power, but.. I'll riks it, I know how it sounds.

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Me? Nah...but my brother *thinks* he has super powers that can make him influence people's thoughts and actions....

Evidently, we know he's just a manipulative little you-know-what.

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I swear though. Im not sure if I have good hearing.. but one things for sure: I can tell when the TV around me is turned on.

It reminds me of Family guy episode when they were talking about how dad's have this radar for thermometer. Chris tinkers with it and Peter blasts the door open asking who touched the thermometer. And his friends all come by asking if they got the same signal and peter says "false alarm".

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Oh and one thing more, I can't make the same for kids. I'm little ashamed to admit trying it, but it never works on kids. It has to be so that the other one is engaging too and not like normal situation.

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I dont like staring people in the eye, which is why most people think I dont like them. Rarely will I make an eye contact with people (when Im at job interview, REALLY REALLY old time friend and perhaps GirlFriend)

maybe thats why when I actually make eye contact, it has more significance... people are freaked by it

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CalcII, you have ways with dogs too, and kids? Hey, maybe it's simular with mine. It wouldn't be nothing really, but it happens everytime (ok maybe not 100%, but 98%).

How can you know if the TV around you is turned on if you can't hear it? Or can you hear it or what?
Sounds interesting. Maybe you have super sensitive nerves or something?

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The trick is not to look mean, just look at them straight in the eyes and never give up. Eventually they will start looking around a little, and then the game is mine.


Anyone can do this; animals don't like to be stared down for any length of time. I do it to my mom's cats all the time...

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I dont like staring people in the eye, which is why most people think I dont like them. Rarely will I make an eye contact with people (when Im at job interview, REALLY REALLY old time friend and perhaps GirlFriend)

maybe thats why when I actually make eye contact, it has more significance... people are freaked by it


Same thing! I rarely engage in eye contact with anyone, I mean the proper one. Not even with my parents, not a proper one.

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i can hear it. I guarantee you its no fluke. And its not because Tv's old and it generates high frequency either and if it is i shouldnt be hearing the upstairs TV (since wall blocks em)

Animals love me. Kids do too... until I chase them away.

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Drake, that is very true. But I'm yet to lose to any dog or cat that came across me . I know it's the way to show who's the one in control. Dogs submit faster though, cats are sometimes trickier. But I also mean the aggressive dogs too. They engage with me and trade standing up. They just don't keep barking and what ever, they start the battle of all mothers fast!

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Same thing! I rarely engage in eye contact with anyone, I mean the proper one. Not even with my parents, not a proper one.


only reason I do it in job interview is because I know Im supposed to. Thats what they are looking for.

Even old time friends I spend more than half the time staring out the window while talking. Theyre used to it so they know that its a normal thing.

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CalcII, yep same here, animals and kids like me almost instantly. Too bad it won't work with adults, that liking thing .

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then maybe u and i have the same eye contact habits... if you can call it that.

#1 things said by my girlfriends "I had no idea until u asked me out. I was afraid u werent interested in me".

I gotta start giving girls more attention.

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only reason I do it in job interview is because I know Im supposed to. Thats what they are looking for.



I don't look people in the eye to often either. In the case of job interviews I always look them straight in the mouth.

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only reason I do it in job interview is because I know Im supposed to. Thats what they are looking for.

Even old time friends I spend more than half the time staring out the window while talking. Theyre used to it so they know that its a normal thing.


I know exactly what you mean. I don't know what it is, but I really have to force myself to look someone to the eyes if I want it to last more than one second.

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I don't look people in the eye to often either. In the case of job interviews I always look them straight in the mouth.

ACK!


wow pretty close. I use the nose. But sometimes I let a lil smirk. I just hope that the employer things its a smile instead and Im trying to look friendly.

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I don't look people in the eye to often either.


Wow, you guys are starting to make me feel weird. I look people in the eye constantly; people have told me that it feels like I'm looking right through them. Am I a freak?

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I also have weird self control, I never usually reveal what I think with any facial expressions or body language. If I start explaining something, I use lots of body language and my face, but if it's just normal talking, I never reveal my thoughts, I don't know why!?
I don't even think about it, I just do it everytime. It's great if I have to lie or not to tell a secret, but I get that a lot too 'I didn't know you thought/wanted/etc..'.

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I have a very strange gait.

I don't know whether it gives me power, but it is unique.

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I also have weird self control, I never usually reveal what I think with any facial expressions or body language. If I start explaining something, I use lots of body language and my face, but if it's just normal talking, I never reveal my thoughts, I don't know why!?
I don't even think about it, I just do it everytime. It's great if I have to lie or not to tell a secret, but I get that a lot too 'I didn't know you thought/wanted/etc..'.


i guess we're just emotionally repressed when we were child type?

Well I dont talk completely like a Ben stein.. but I think I understadn what ur trying to say.

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Drake, So you're in the right thread! Hmm... we both quote the same guy, coincidence?

We are the eye people. We make people feel uncomfortable with our eyes, with different methods though.

People get frustrated sometimes if they explain me something and I look at them and they know I really am listening them and thinking what they're saying, but I don't give any tips or hints what I'm thinking about it. Then they go 'don't do that' 'do what?' I say... I don't give them blank stare, just that.. I have a nasty habit of not letting anyone know what I really think about it.

I once saw a documentary about interrogation and they told what gives people off and what they are looking for, so I thought about it and played with the idea to not be too easy, but's it's not fun anymore .

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Actually I make myself uncomfortable with the eye contact. its for my sake that I avoid looking. It just so happens that people tell me when i do make contact, they feel like im looking right thru them.

I can feel my neck turning whenever I make eye contact. Fourtunately for me I trained myself to resist the urge whenever I need to keep looking. (interview, whenever im angry and i wanna freak someone)

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CalcII, Nah I don't think I was. I was very lively kid. But, I have become more like this when I have got older.

It's stupid but I can't help myself, I try to look at people when they speak and figure out if they're lying or not, and how they're doing their talking, their little habits, facial expressions, tones, I try to register everything. Like a game, it's a game I like to play with myself, I just do it quite often then it would be healthy .
I try to figure people out, I don't care what they're saying so much as of how they're saying it, and what kind of body language they use, like not being able to hear sometimes and just focus on the rest of it really closely. Then I like to watch other people how they react to someones speech what ever, figure them out at the same time, but not revealing my game and openly staring people with interest in my eyes. This game has downsides too, I sometimes end up not liking someone for some reason. I just don't like them after close inspection of theri methods of communicating and being themselves. These are of course mostly strangers or acquintances.

Also I find it fascinating that some of my long time close buddies have changed some of their repeating patterns in body language or acting. Just little stuff. I don't play this game with them too mcuh though, because I actually want to listen to them too and participate in conversations

I try to find some connection with other things in body langauge and communicating and everything, like if someone uses pattern x often, it means he's lying, or that he will soon be changing into pattern y or so. It's rewarding when it succeeds!

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I don't have any superpowers

However, I am attractive to women, don't ask me why. I often have women fawn over me.

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I drive my girlfriend crazy. The last time we played I was 50/50 for the first 6 goes, and I then got the next 20 in a row.

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CalcII, Nah I don't think I was. I was very lively kid. But, I have become more like this when I have got older.

It's stupid but I can't help myself, I try to look at people when they speak and figure out if they're lying or not, and how they're doing their talking, their little habits, facial expressions, tones, I try to register everything. Like a game, it's a game I like to play with myself, I just do it quite often then it would be healthy .
I try to figure people out, I don't care what they're saying so much as of how they're saying it, and what kind of body language they use, like not being able to hear sometimes and just focus on the rest of it really closely. Then I like to watch other people how they react to someones speech what ever, figure them out at the same time, but not revealing my game and openly staring people with interest in my eyes. This game has downsides too, I sometimes end up not liking someone for some reason. I just don't like them after close inspection of theri methods of communicating and being themselves. These are of course mostly strangers or acquintances.

Also I find it fascinating that some of my long time close buddies have changed some of their repeating patterns in body language or acting. Just little stuff. I don't play this game with them too mcuh though, because I actually want to listen to them too and participate in conversations

I try to find some connection with other things in body langauge and communicating and everything, like if someone uses pattern x often, it means he's lying, or that he will soon be changing into pattern y or so. It's rewarding when it succeeds!

well i dont do that. I can never tell if someone is lying or not by just looking. I can tell by choice of their words however, so if the person is extremly prepared to lie, then they might pass my lie detector.

My strange behavior does have its benefit as well. Some people are drawn by it. My last ex-girlfriend was drawn into my weird habits. she found me interesting because she thought I was thinking deep thoughts when i wasnt making eye contacts with her.

 
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