Sounds like you have a higher ratio of cones to rods than most people. I feel for your friend with the UV sensitivity ... that would suck so much.
My little peculiarities have never resulted in much other than endless hours of entertainment. Because I seldom do things with only one eye open, and my color vision is fine with both eyes, it just hasn't bothered me.
About the only time it can be ... well, maybe a little annoying ... is when I am in a really scary movie and sort of peeking at the screen out of one eye, or when I am lying on my side watching tv ... like almost asleep ... and just open one eye to watch for a bit. Watching people's skin go all strange colors does tend to detract some from the film.
Other "oddities" are as follows:
Normal body temp for me is 97.2 F
I never had several of my permanent teeth, so my baby teeth didn't fall out in those spots
My skin does not react to certain enzymes and chemicals that normally damage skin, however, it is otherwise supersensitive
Several of my body chemistry values are way out of normal range (blood sugar is almost constantly in the 50-80 range, potassium is always low, cholesterol is ridiculously low)
Already mentioned the eye anomoly
I hear at a slightly broader range of frequencies than most adults
I heal from injuries very fast (in general)
and scar tissue, when it does form, is usually very soft and pliable.
And, no .... I don't have super human powers, and no ... I am not an alien. I just have a number of things about me that do not lie in the "usual" spot on the bell curve.
The body temp thing has probably caused me the most trouble. As a little kid, I could be a sick as a dog, and the school nurse would refuse to send me home because my temperature was 98.6F. If she had understood that I had a 1.4 degree temperature, the equivalent of 100F in any of her other charges, I would have been sent home in a heartbeat.
I learned early on that LIFE is not always very fair.
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Originally Posted by nekokami
Ah. Much is explained.
I had a coworker once who could see into the UV range, and saw other colors rather differently from most people. He had to abandon his intended career in computer engineering after his first visit to a fab plant where he was exposed to the kinds of UV lamps they use for photoetching the silicon. The lighting was very painful. 
I see unusually well in the dark (enough to startle people who see me reading with insufficient lighting), but also have no problem with sunlight. But a few years back I discovered that I don't have as much contrast perception in medium light situations as other people. We were all looking at some boats crossing a lake, and others could see where the wake was, whereas I couldn't. I think this has a negative impact on my enjoyment of my eink screen, unfortunately.  A higher-contrast screen is one of the few enhancements that could push me into an early device upgrade. |