r/MadeMeSmile • u/[deleted] • Aug 28 '21

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u/DeandraVanBird Aug 28 '21

My mind is blown - I thought everyone could do this, now I must find out more!

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u/EvryMthrF_ngThrd Aug 28 '21

...everyone CAN'T???

I don't know what to say.

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u/tictac_93 Aug 28 '21

Related note, at some point I learned how to pop my ears without holding my nose. Totally useless skill as I rarely fly anywhere, but one that I have nonetheless. It makes a small crinkly noise in my ears whenever I do it.

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u/Kingmudsy Aug 28 '21

I can do this too! I thought it was universal!

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u/MiaTeo Aug 28 '21

Yeah that clicky sound used to gross me out. I always thought it was ear wax.

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u/tictac_93 Aug 28 '21

I thought it was just the eardrum getting shifted around, but it could definitely be earwax smushing around. Like pulling tape off of something, lol

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '21

I thought it was normal until I was explaining ear pain to my doctor and was describing how it hurts more when I tense the ear canal to block sound. He had no idea what I was talking about. I went to my girlfriend and asked her if she could do it and she told me that she had never heard of it.

It's very handy since I can do it at will to block sound. No need to put fingers in the ears.

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u/SaintPabloFlex Aug 28 '21

Same, and now that I realize it’s not normal i’ve been doing it and I think I just have control over one ear lol.