What's YOUR superpower?

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I can instantly spot spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors in things which have been checked by dozens of other people. Sometimes over the course of years.

Half the time it's in commercially produced items. Everything from printed in-store signs to newspapers to books from major publishers. Large chunks of the stuff that university professors write as teaching material, too. Not to mention textbooks. Gah.

As you might imagine, this makes reading nearly anything like skateboarding down a road of potholes. I never know when the landscape is suddenly going to smack me in the face.

If only proofreading was a standalone job. Unfortunately, it's usually a single skill in other jobs (like copyediting or content writing) which I don't particularly want to be involved in.

(I've half-wondered if I should set up an internet service where people could upload documents or text for checking. $30 per thousand words, or thereabouts.)

Kind of photographic memory.
Reading maps, text, music scores with "my minds eye" - long after having studied them. A good tool in a discussion.
At age 3-4, I "saw" a graphic score , when I heard say Mozart in my head... and like some others, i could say exactly where small objects were placed - and (to my moms amusement) how to get to them through the house - step by step.

I´m a DIY person and can see parts come together and correct them in my head before drawing the project. It´s logic. Saves me a lot of mistakes.
Highly synesthetic: Hearing tones and music, when I paint - and seeing colors, when listening to, or playing music.
So, I´m both very auditive and very visual. It is a good combination in artistic work.

All in all, I´m quite satisfied with my "superpowers".

Jensen: We can sure use you around my house!

One of my superpowers is being able to mentally visualize at an extreme degree. It aids me in molecular engineering and quantum physics research projects. But, it can also be a curse at times.

When I'm on task and fixated, I can do the work of two or three people. Probably because I'm not taking time to consult, chit chat, etc., and I have an innate sense of order.

I have an uncanny sense of time. I can wake up in the middle of the night, for instance, and know what time it is before I even look at a clock.

I can spot logical inconsistencies immediately. Probably one reason why I'm not a good conversationalist, and quickly exit a conversation when someone starts spewing opinions, because I know that I'm going to offend them if I start making observations regarding their logic. This made me an excellent philosophy student, however, not that that vocation ultimately helped me very much.

Its juuuuust a ticket to N.Y. Haha!

Jensen: We can sure use you around my house!

I believe you could actually get relatively inexpensive flights from Copenhagen to NYC through Norwegian Airlines.

To be honest - my economy is in shreds, more or less - so a flight to N.Y. is a future dream....but it is a nice thought.

Yeah, very cheap - but not cheap enough for me - sadly. Not now, at least..... perhaps some time in the new year.....
Then, there´s lodging and all.

Just looking at someone I can almost always tell whether someone is a good or bad person.

I can read minds and levitate.

Two superpowers.

I’m also really observant and pick up on little details that most people miss (probably because they’re too busy socializing). That’s not really a superpower, but it’s a personal strength of mine that’s come in handy here and there.

Forgetting where I left my wallet. . . and keys. . . . and phone . . . and my head

I astonish my mom with my long term memory and to remember events in vivid detail. Also It may or may not have been real, but I believe I remember looking up at the doctors as I was born.

I'm able to walk about without freaking out about the fact that everyone is in my way.

I can out stare everyone on death row.

I can resurect an argument without even trying.