Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 months agoWhat's something weird and mostly useless that you can do with your body?message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhat's something weird and mostly useless that you can do with your body?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareKongar@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 months agoI can twitch my eyeballs left and right really fast, and not just a little bit - but most of the way. Completely grosses people out when I do it. Edit: I can even do circles, but not as fast as left and right.
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoThis is called Voluntary Nystagmus.
minus-squareKongar@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoNeat! Thanks for the name/info. I’m the only person I’ve ever met who can do this. It’s apparently somewhat more common than I thought. I’m an old man, but I still do it specifically to my sister because she cannot stand it. /sibling rivalry lives on
I can twitch my eyeballs left and right really fast, and not just a little bit - but most of the way.
Completely grosses people out when I do it.
Edit: I can even do circles, but not as fast as left and right.
This is called Voluntary Nystagmus.
Neat! Thanks for the name/info.
I’m the only person I’ve ever met who can do this. It’s apparently somewhat more common than I thought.
I’m an old man, but I still do it specifically to my sister because she cannot stand it. /sibling rivalry lives on