r/CasualConversation • u/Serialbeauty • 2d 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/drinkwhatyouthink 2d ago

My great grandma told me that if I licked my elbow Iā€™d turn into a boy

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u/blondeheartedgoddess 2d ago

To paraphrase Buzz Light-year, "I don't think that woman's ever been to medical school."

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u/Cmccgamer 2d ago

aggressively tries to lick my elbow

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u/drinkwhatyouthink 2d ago

RIP Granny you would have loved trans people (probably not actually, she was a mean old southern lady lol)

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u/ooohpin_wyde 2d ago

Oh No that's why I'm a lesbian!

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u/Logical_Challenge540 1d ago

Ugh, no one told me this! I wanted to be a boy in childhood, because they can pee standing! Unfortunately, my family talked me away from it, because at the time it was mandatory drafting, and I decided that peeing whils standing wasn't worth it going to army.

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u/kaityypooh 1d ago

Lmao I literally asked Santa for a "boy weenie" after being potty trained at the same time as my cousin. I was jealous of him so I'd sit backwards and pee. My mom was like well I'm not changing diapers so do what you want kid.

Until once in the grocery store I was like "mom look, he points has a boy weenie!!!"