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submitted 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) by axont@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

Do you have any weird abilities you never trained or learned? I don't mean like superpowers, I mean more mundane things like how some people can remember long strings of numbers or how some people have perfect pitch. I bet some of y'all can fart on command.

I can attest that I have a 100% success rate in determining if a person is evil within seconds of meeting them. I don't know what that's called but it's like the thing Bruce Willis does in Unbreakable. I've successfully identified people I've thought were going to be murderers several times and I was correct. I've been able to identify racists, a guy who neglected his kids, and I was the only person in my entire family to get weird feelings about one of my uncles. He ended up getting convicted of fraud because he was stealing life insurance payouts at his insurance job. I just go off vibes and maybe I'm ignoring all the false positives I get but anecdotally I've always been correct about my weird feelings, and I often detect evil in people who are otherwise well-liked among others before they do the evil thing. I just feel it even when there's no noteworthy evidence I dunno.

So can y'all do anything cool?

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[-] axont@hexbear.net 6 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

I've met three, all three before they killed someone. All three were cases of people killing a family member too. Each time I met them I felt a very aggressive fear in my gut. I also couldn't look them directly in the eyes or anywhere around their face really. I met one because he was a regular at a store I worked at. The other two were also clients from a city job where I worked with people who were often on parole, like a public service job helping them fill out forms and apply for jobs and stuff.

I remember being the most wary I've ever felt around them. The only thing I know to compare it to is when you're in the woods and suddenly notice a snake hissing at you. Like a primordial sort of danger sense. I remember being really weirded out by how they smiled, and remember thinking their eyes didn't show emotion like most people.

I'm also willing to admit that I'm misremembering details because they would later kill someone and ask they stick out in my head. But I also remember my coworker telling me I would tense up and my voice would shake around one client. One time she came into the room and asked if everything was cool since I was so visibly nervous.

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