What is something you can sense that few-if-any people you know can sense? Literal answers only.

  • Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I have a heart condition that I get an ECG (electro cardiogram) done for every 6 months or so. It’s just an ultrasound on your heart. They always take mine from a bunch of different angles and a bunch of different types of pictures.

    But I was recently in the hospital and told the technician that their machine was loud. She looked baffled. I told her I can hear the ultrasound and hers is the loudest I’ve encountered. Apparently I’m the only person she’s ever done work on (or however to say that) that’s been able to hear it.

    So I guess that is my super power. Or I’m just autistic, as apparently many autists can hear very high pitched noises.

    But the ultrasound is pretty cool. The frequencies and the pitch will change depending on what photo mode they’re in. Like a doppler mode is all pewpewpewpewpew while the normal mode is all eeeeeeeeeeeee. Lol. It’s hard to explain.

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      10 hours ago

      Annoyed by the commonly imperceptible sound an ultrasound machine makes? Possibly autistic

      Facinated by how and why the machine works while it annoys you? Definitely autistic

      I joke but im exactly like this too lol.

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      14 hours ago

      I had this exact experience and tried to ask the technician about it. She didn’t understand what I was asking. I thought I was just explaining it poorly.

      Lemmy needs to stop trying to convince me I’m neurodivergent.

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      1 day ago

      That’s a wonderful superpower! I can hear cars or footsteps approaching before my friends realise them, but high-pitched electric mole traps and ticking clocks can be annoying. Listening to music with good hearing is like taking drugs though. You should check out well-mastered music, commonly going as audiophile music.

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        My friends have called me sensitive to everything. Apparently most people don’t love walking through neighborhoods just to smell other people doing laundry? Hahahaha. I love it.

        I’ve wanted some really excellent headphones for a while now, but it’s haven’t yet been at a place/time where I can pull the trigger. It will definitely happen one day

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      1 day ago

      Its seriously wild that you can do this!

      Apparently, ultrasound machines can use frequencies that start just higher than human hearing, 20kHz.

      Can you hear dog-whistles, bats, or other electronics?

      Get a hearing test and call Guiness (c:

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        44 minutes ago

        I hear bats, absolutely. I can hear electronics as well, and some are just so frustrating. I’ve never heard a dog whistle, as in I’ve literally never seen one in person, but there’s a house near to me that has a warning thing when someone approaches their yard, probably to ward off dogs? But my god, it’s loud and high. I try to avoid that route at all costs.

      • MurrayL@lemmy.world
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        18 hours ago

        Off topic, but I’ve not seen that emoticon before (unusually left-facing too!) and it’s adorable.

        • ace_garp@lemmy.world
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          1 hour ago

          It’s my favourite emoticon, the most calm and cartoony.

          I also created my own questioning emoticon about10years ago,

          what do you think of it "?