Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhat's something weird and mostly useless that you can do with your body?message-square241fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square241fedilink
minus-squareKongar@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 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.
minus-squareVanth@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoSamesies! But it makes me feel like I need to sneeze.
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThis is called Voluntary Nystagmus.
minus-squareKongar@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 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
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoI think we have the same talent. Does it look like your eyes are vibrating?
minus-squareKongar@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoI don’t know because I can’t see a thing when I do it ;) Edit: I suppose I should make a video of myself - just never have. Sounds like I’ve got plans for the evening :)
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoOh…then maybe we have different talents. I can see the whole world having an earthquake when I do it.
minus-squareGestrid@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThere used to be a subreddit for us. It was called /r/eyeshakers. By the way, the scientific name for the eye shake thing, IIRC, is nystagmus.
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.
Ey wobbly eye gang here
Samesies! But it makes me feel like I need to sneeze.
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
I think we have the same talent. Does it look like your eyes are vibrating?
I don’t know because I can’t see a thing when I do it ;)
Edit: I suppose I should make a video of myself - just never have. Sounds like I’ve got plans for the evening :)
Oh…then maybe we have different talents. I can see the whole world having an earthquake when I do it.
There used to be a subreddit for us. It was called /r/eyeshakers.
By the way, the scientific name for the eye shake thing, IIRC, is nystagmus.