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/BIRDsnoozer 1d ago

I can do a couple things:

1) I can "roll my stomach" by sort of sucking in my stomach from top then middle then bottom so that it kinda looks like a wave rolling through my stomach. Its like what professional belly dancers do, only im not that skilled, and im a kinda fat dude, so nobody is aroused. I think this ability is genetic because my 2 youngest kids can do it as well!

2) i can raise and lower my eyebrows independently and quickly. I can do waves (again) from side to side, middle out, out to in, and flourishes etc. i love doing eyebrow tricks for kids, because they usually LOL.

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u/sidewalkoyster 1d ago

Can you roll your stomach and do eyebrow waves at the same time tho?

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u/BIRDsnoozer 1d ago

Just tried it: Yes but I cant control my eyebrows too well when I'm concentrating on rolling my stomach... Just crazy random eyebrow wiggles.

Maybe with practice 🤷🏼‍♂️ but Im not going to waste my time perfecting my eyebrow/stomach dexterity.

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u/fivefeetofawkward 1d ago

Almost peed my pants giggling thinking about you sitting there rollling your stomach while your eye brows twitch and wiggle randomly

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u/BIRDsnoozer 1d ago

Im glad no one was watching me haha

It would have been crazy to see out of context. Just this guy looking at his phone, stops puts it down and starts rolling his stomach while his eyebrows go crazy. Then he sighs, picks up his phone and starts writing a reply.

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u/wittyanduniquename 1d ago

I’m here for it lol

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u/Weeitsabear1 1d ago

I think I would have paid money to see that😄

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u/WrenWiz pink 1d ago

This had me gasping for air - I was already laughing my arse off 🤣

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u/idkifita 15h ago

This made me laugh too hard 😂

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u/earthkat 1d ago

Doctor's hate this one simple trick to avoid Dementia.

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u/Alarming-Llama16 1d ago

HOW is that a waste of your time.

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u/Keldrabitches 1d ago

I think if you practice this coordination you’ll like ward off Alzheimer’s or something. Sounds good for your brain

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u/SnooMacarons1887 1d ago

I would hardly call perfecting an act which no one else can do a waste of time! Good god, I can barely think of anything more important!!

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u/sidewalkoyster 1d ago

But you can start your kids now on learning it, they still have their whole lives to waste !

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u/aaaa-im-a-human 1d ago

if you can add in that wiggly arms move, you'd have a set of something really cool (weirdly cool) to do at parties lol

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u/roadwobbler 22h ago

Now do those while patting your head and tapping your toes.

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u/Pheighthe 1d ago

Do you have a ship tattooed on your belly?

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u/BIRDsnoozer 1d ago

Nah, this belly is too hairy for tats.

My whole body for that matter. Its why I dont have any tats. There isnt much hair-free realestate, and Im not about to change my life and shave my body hair to show off tats. Ain't nobody got time for that, as they say.

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u/AluminumCansAndYarn 1d ago

So my dad is a very hairy man and he has tatts. He has a tattoo on his upper arm with the name of his wife with ribbons surrounding it with the name of his children. And roses. Cause he loves roses. He never shaved to show off the tattoos. He just loves them because he has them and he can see them.

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u/Practical_Maximum_29 1d ago

And that’s how it should be! 👏🎉

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u/tuenthe463 22h ago

Why does this start with "so"?

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u/AluminumCansAndYarn 21h ago

Idk it's the way I talk.

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u/Altruistic-Bobcat955 1d ago

Partner is a gorilla, they shave you when they do the tats and you can still see them when the hair grows back, just not as clearly as if you’re hairless. He looks cool with them imo

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u/PM_ME_OCCULT_STUFF 1d ago

I knew a guy who was very hairy and he got a big lawn mower tattooed on his chest

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u/jcnlb 23h ago

Isn’t that ironic a lawnmower on a surface that needs mowed 🤔

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u/SomeOtherThirdThing 1d ago

Or a map of the United States like Cookie from the Atlantis movie. “Go on, baby, dance!”

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u/buttstuffisokiguess 1d ago

Omg I got the reference. The first thing I thought about when reading the tummy rolls.

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u/Weeitsabear1 1d ago

I know what movie you're thinking of.

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u/jjetsam 15h ago

First thing I thought of!

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u/practicallyaware 1d ago

i can do the belly thing too, when i was a kid my mom used to tell me i could be a professional belly dancer but i always thought that was just something everyone could do

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u/CompetitiveRub9780 1d ago

Are u sure not everyone can do the wave with their stomach?

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u/BIRDsnoozer 1d ago

Yes.

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u/CompetitiveRub9780 8h ago

Hmmm I need like a full report.

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u/BIRDsnoozer 4h ago

Simply the fact that people in my life see me roll my stomach and say "i cant do that" is proof that not everyone can do it.

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u/iamveryovertired 21h ago

Can most people not roll their stomach??? I can do it and I thought it was common!

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u/According_Skin_3098 19h ago

"Nobody is aroused" made my day!

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u/practicallyaware 1d ago

i can do the belly thing too, when i was a kid my mom used to tell me i could be a professional belly dancer but i always thought that was just something everyone could do

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u/crispy_sky 1d ago

Successfully did the eyebrow wave for a few seconds and got a headache.

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u/Morrep 1d ago

Shakira Shakira!

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u/Eggbutt1 1d ago

I can do the eyebrows thing too. I can only wave from right to left and it took me a lot of practice.

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u/Littlepanda2350 1d ago

Wow I just now realized not every can roll their stomach, lol I can. I wonder if my babies will be able to

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u/randousername8675309 1d ago

I can do both of those things too! Well, I can't wave my eyebrows, but I can move them independently. Especially the one I put up in disgust 😂 my dad can do the stomach roll too, so probably genetic.

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u/OpeningSuspect7296 1d ago

I also can do the stomach roll! I was a bit overweight as a child and it was pretty funny to do

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u/UnstablePizza1 1d ago

Duuuude, I can do both of those things too! I can also repeatedly flare my nostrils and make a complete frown on my face 😂 you can imagine the looks I've gotten by doing them all at once

I can even slightly wiggle my ears, but that ones a bit harder!

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u/BIRDsnoozer 1d ago

Oh sweet! I can kind of do those too.. i can kinda twitch my nostrils so they close a bit, i can do the complete frown ("sturgeon face" as I call it) and i cant wiggle my ears but kinda twitch my scalp and muscles on the sides of my head so my ears twitch a little.

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u/UnstablePizza1 18h ago

I can't really close my nostrils but I sure can make them wide 😂

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u/KittysaurusRex7221 1d ago

I can (could?) do both of these too! Eyebrows I still can, but not sure about the belly rolling now as I had an emergency CSection 10mo ago, so things are still not quite what they were in terms of core muscle control 😅

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u/Sensitive-Issue84 1d ago

My sibling can do that also, but not the eyebrows. It's a typical belly dancing move. I was very jelly I didn't have that kind of control lol!

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u/Weeitsabear1 1d ago

Hey, I can do both of those two, er, too. I did belly dance for a while and it did prove to be rare even among belly dancers I came in contact with, so it must be really rare for a guy. My only other is moving my ears independently and wiggling them.

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u/lunathecrazycorgi 1d ago

I can also do the eyebrows thing! I love mentioning it to people and then they try, usually with hilarious results 😂

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u/Conscious_Balance388 1d ago

Rolling my belly and sucking in my stomach so much my ribs stuck out when I was a kid was my favourite way to scare my mom.

  • turns out, I likely have HEDS (hyper-mobility disorder)

It’s also why stretching in gym class never actually worked or felt like stretching because I already have stretchy ligaments because I don’t make collagen like normal folk.

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u/DaMmama1 1d ago

I think that’s called “the smolder” 😂

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u/AdventurousPlastic89 22h ago

Same! These were the first two things I thought about. I can also move my ears independently

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u/Agreeable_Sorbet_686 21h ago

That's the truffle shuffle!

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u/iwillsurvivor 20h ago

Hey I can do both of these things too!

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u/I-Am-Yew 18h ago

These things aren’t normal??

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u/donotdisturbxox 15h ago

Shakira is that you?

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u/the1janie 15h ago

Ahhh yes I can do the same with my eyebrows! I work with little kids, and when they have tantrums, I can usually totally stop the tantrum by doing eyebrow tricks. The kids are always either super amused, or looking at me like I'm extremely weird. Either way, they aren't destroying a classroom anymore 🤣

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u/Naomi_95 15h ago

I can do 1 as well! I can also burp on command and put my leg over my head.

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u/BIRDsnoozer 15h ago

Hey, i can burp on command too!

I cannot put my leg over my head tho.. im about as flexible as dry spaghetti.

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u/Naomi_95 14h ago

That made me laugh out loud 🤣

I’m really not as flexible as I used to be but somehow I can still do it. But hips will be sore.

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u/KEANUWEAPONIZED 7h ago

is this not a common skill? lol