Poll: Ever been amazed at something you did... while you weren't paying attention?
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I have always had really good reflexes when it comes to grabbing/swatting things out of the air when they are randomnly throwm at me, even when I'm not even looking.
But one of the coolest things I ever did...
In college me and my roommates built a water baloon launcher, It's pretty much a great big sling shot. We had it mounted on our upstairs balcony, so nobody could see it. On it's first night of completion we decided to break it in the moment it was done. It was getting dark out so we figured it would be safe to fire one off in any direction. I was elected to launch the first baloon. We lived in a Cul de-sac right off of campus, I decided to aim straight down the road towards an intersection. Well as fate would have it a campus bike cop just happend to be dart into that very intersection, and he just happend to be occupying the same spaceas the recently airborn water balloon. Yeah, for as tough as they like to seem, they are no match for a high velocity water balloon, it knocked his ass right off the bike.
Heh, good times.
But one of the coolest things I ever did...
In college me and my roommates built a water baloon launcher, It's pretty much a great big sling shot. We had it mounted on our upstairs balcony, so nobody could see it. On it's first night of completion we decided to break it in the moment it was done. It was getting dark out so we figured it would be safe to fire one off in any direction. I was elected to launch the first baloon. We lived in a Cul de-sac right off of campus, I decided to aim straight down the road towards an intersection. Well as fate would have it a campus bike cop just happend to be dart into that very intersection, and he just happend to be occupying the same spaceas the recently airborn water balloon. Yeah, for as tough as they like to seem, they are no match for a high velocity water balloon, it knocked his ass right off the bike.
Heh, good times.
I do it a lot when I play games.
Like my mom will start asking me to do something or start talking to me and I'll talk back while just pressing buttons on instinct, then I'll look back at the game and I'll have killed some boss without trying to.
Like my mom will start asking me to do something or start talking to me and I'll talk back while just pressing buttons on instinct, then I'll look back at the game and I'll have killed some boss without trying to.
This was back in high school. School sports, we played baseball that time (the European, true version of it) and I was the front catcher,a bout 4-5 meters in front of the hitter. He was one of those really sporty guys who lived and breathed pumping weights etc. He hits the ball and it comes straight for my face. Straight. For. My. Face. All I have time to think of is OHSHI! and close my eyes in anticipation of pain, before I hear the bang of the ball hitting my leather glove. I open my eyes and realize I'm doing a one-handed bridge, bending backwards away from the hitter, and caught the ball by pure freaking reflex and some self-preservation instincts. Then I realize the ground is actually a hard gravel, my hand begins to hurt from supporting the weight of my upper body and I collapse on the ground.
Half the class was looking at me like I was the second coming of Jesus. And the guy who hit the ball? Jaw hanging open. Then he shook his head and admitted it was pretty awesome. Before hitting a home run with his next swing of the bat.
We lost that game, but man did I feel good.
Half the class was looking at me like I was the second coming of Jesus. And the guy who hit the ball? Jaw hanging open. Then he shook his head and admitted it was pretty awesome. Before hitting a home run with his next swing of the bat.
We lost that game, but man did I feel good.
I was stood trying to fire a stone at one of my friends, when another one threw a stone at me just as I fired.
The stones collided in mid-air, one hit my friend in the face and the other hit another one of my friends in the back of the head. It was awesome!.
The stones collided in mid-air, one hit my friend in the face and the other hit another one of my friends in the back of the head. It was awesome!.
Well, since I picked the second option I will share my experience. It happened while I was talking to some douchebag. I was holding a cup of coffee(in a ceramic cup or whatever it was made out of) and he was whining about something. A statement he said really annoyed the crap out of me so as I listened I was slowly sqeezed the cup harder. And then suddenly the cup just broke although for the first few seconds I was totally amazed that I did that it didn't last long for there was scalding hot coffe on my crotch and my left hand was bleeding.
The first time I was drunk. Really, really drunk.
We were playing Trivial Pursuit for some really insane reason. The questions feel quite though when sober, but when you're actually drunk? Insanity.
But here's the kicker. I was the most drunk out of us, so drunk in fact that I lost half my turns because I was at the toilet throwing up. And I still end up winning. Guess that was karma saying 'you know, you're going to feel really awful come morning. Here's a little consolation'
We were playing Trivial Pursuit for some really insane reason. The questions feel quite though when sober, but when you're actually drunk? Insanity.
But here's the kicker. I was the most drunk out of us, so drunk in fact that I lost half my turns because I was at the toilet throwing up. And I still end up winning. Guess that was karma saying 'you know, you're going to feel really awful come morning. Here's a little consolation'
I sometimes catch things before I've even realized they're falling. It really weirds me out when I become conscious of having done so.
I have an uncanny knack for avoiding things that are thrown at me. Even if I don't catch it, I can often hit something away from me. It doesn't usually work if something is thrown from behind me, so I guess I have to see it happen, even if I'm not consciously looking.
I also sometimes space out while driving and arrive (safely) at my desired location without a memory of the drive. I know I'm fully aware of traffic and stop lights when this happens, but it's compartmentalized into an area of my brain that isn't consciously concentrating on the drive.
I have an uncanny knack for avoiding things that are thrown at me. Even if I don't catch it, I can often hit something away from me. It doesn't usually work if something is thrown from behind me, so I guess I have to see it happen, even if I'm not consciously looking.
I also sometimes space out while driving and arrive (safely) at my desired location without a memory of the drive. I know I'm fully aware of traffic and stop lights when this happens, but it's compartmentalized into an area of my brain that isn't consciously concentrating on the drive.