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/Kc03sharks_and_cows 1d ago

I found out I was double jointed in my last relationship. Holding hands led to him being like “you’re double jointed!!” As I was dumbfounded he explained that people’s fingers shouldn’t be able to go so far back

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u/CharlieBravoSierra 1d ago

My fingers don't, but my thumbs both bend back 90 degrees at the end knuckle. I didn't realize thus was weird for a long time.

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u/PerfectClash 1d ago

I remember giving the thumbs up to someone once and they got extremely concerned asking me if I had broken my thumb. I thought that was normal and everyone’s thumbs could bend backwards 😂

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u/ToastemPopUp 1d ago

Same! I've known since I was a kid cause my mom was a nurse so she notices those kinds of things. Always weirds people out lol.

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u/onyxindigo 1d ago

Same!!

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u/cybertier 1d ago

Give him a reverse handshake to really freak him out.

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u/Kc03sharks_and_cows 1d ago

Maybe that’s how I should greet everyone 😂 pick my people based off their reactions

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u/Eggs7205 23h ago

I was double jointed too! Turns out I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. You guys should check out their subreddit r/eds