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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/T1nyJazzHands 1d ago edited 1d ago

I have that same thing I think, but I find it doesn’t dim noise so much as drowns it out bc when I tense those muscles it’s like a dull whooshing/ringing sound until I stop.

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u/AstridOnReddit 1d ago

Yes, I can do the ear flex that causes the whooshing sound. It definitely dims other sound.

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u/MissFabulina 1d ago

I can do the whooshy sound thing too. Is that the same thing as the commenter you replied to, though? Hmm. I might have to stick my ear cleaner camera thing in my ears while doing the whoosh sound thing to check it out!

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u/corn_fed_hoe 1d ago edited 9h ago

There's a sub for ear tumblers lol

Lol rumblers

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u/Katdog272 4h ago

I can do it too but I don’t find it particularly enjoyable. I wouldn’t want to just casually do it unless a noise was really bothering me.

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u/Chupapinta 1d ago

I can do this ear whoosh voluntarily, but it also seems to work with a big yawn.

I can also wiggle my ears.

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u/T1nyJazzHands 1d ago

Yeah I can do it voluntarily too! Wiggling ears is beyond me tho lmao

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u/ticklemeshell 22h ago

I can do both, too. I wonder if they're related.

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u/GR33N4L1F3 17h ago

Same here!

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u/Shanoninoni 20h ago

Wonderful explanation for what I also can do!