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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 40 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Now that is a superpower. I've always thought the ability to see fast was such an interesting skill.

Think about it: you could go to the Olympics in a skillful sport like fencing or boxing, and defeat every opponent without much formal training simply because you can see them telegraph their moves. No anticipation or planning required, you just watch them come to you.

Do you do any competitive sport?

[–] VivianRixia@piefed.social 50 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Though just because you can see such fine movements doesn't mean you can react fast enough to stop it. You'd just see your loss coming from a mile away.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 27 points 6 days ago

"awww shiiiiitttt I'm about to be punched in the face"

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"Ouch!"

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 days ago

True, but with some training you'd learn to anticipate as well. Pairing that with your Uchiha eyes, and you'd be unstoppable

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 11 points 6 days ago

I used to be able to do this as well until I got into my 30s and my vision naturally degraded.

Was quite good at FPS games, paintballing... the first time I went to a rifle range for an introductory shooting class, the instructor suggested i look into a shooting scholarship due to my exceptional fine motor control and visual acuity... I had very fast reaction times in martial arts (Karate), but being naturally timid and having a skinny twink build kind of cancelled that out.

The reality is most people think you are delusional, and if your family/friends are authoritarian, they'll try to get you mentally evaluated as seeing hallucinations.

Its less Superman and more Xmen being persecuted for being different.

[–] Spendrill@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago

No, I have very poor hand eye co-ordination. Every time I have tried to play table tennis people have been on the floor laughing at how poor my reactions are. My eyes are just very sensitive to light.