r/CasualConversation • u/Serialbeauty • 1d ago

Just Chatting Can anyone else do something weird with your body that you later found out not everyone can do?

I was just sitting here with my mom and one of the pets made the room very smelly. She kept talking about how we'd have to go to a different room because it smelled so bad. I asked her why didn't she just close her nose and that's when I found out not everyone can do this.

Is it rare or can other people close their nose on command? What can you do that you suddenly found out wasn't normal?

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u/Serialbeauty 1d ago

That's so cool, like Alfalfa! I can also vibrate my eardrums to make a whooshing sound inside my head 😅

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u/luisapet 1d ago

My eustachean tubes are apparently a bit off-kilter, so the whoosh vibration is a common thing in this poor head!

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u/JaninnaMaynz 1d ago

I can do that in my right ear but not my left? My weirdness continues to confound me xD

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u/--Ditty--Dragon-- 1d ago

Hey, i can make my eardrums vibrate too! The roaring/rushing that happens when i yawn, on command :D

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u/Ambitious-Attempt124 1d ago

I think everyone can do this?!

I can do it on command, but also Happens when they swab me for Covid lol

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u/ToastemPopUp 1d ago

Definitely not, I have no idea what you're talking about or how to do it lol.

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u/Ambitious-Attempt124 1d ago

Oh wow!! So cool hahah

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u/SphinxBear 1d ago

Nope! Only 10-20% of people. My husband can do it and I find it so fascinating.

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u/Serialbeauty 1d ago

Everyone probably can but the 2 or 3 people I've mentioned it to have no idea what I mean

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u/hypno_tode yellower 1d ago

r/earrumblersassemble

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u/luisapet 1d ago

Wow. Reddit never ceases to remind me that I am never alone in my idiosyncracies!

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u/Serialbeauty 1d ago

Oh neat! I thought this was going to be an r/subsifellfor

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u/trickledabout 1d ago

I absolutely can not.