My gestures, if I were to make them, would be more akin to Dr. Strange’s sling ring gestures, Tony Stark’s virtual desktop gestures, or John Anderton’s virtual desktop gestures.

My old town had stop lights that were timed nearly perfectly if you went the speed limit. Only exception was when they were resetting from an emergency vehicle passing (or pedestrian).

I would wave my hand and mutter some Jedi stuff at it and it would change. People still gunned it from one light to get stopped at the next…

yes

Frequently

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I do it to the subway doors sometimes. At least once it made someone laugh pretty hard, which was nice.

Ewan McGregor does.

Considering my history with doors, yes I have tried that, along with the Thanos snap and getting in trouble for trying the kamehameha on a school bully.

only for 40 years

I don’t always use my Jedi powers, but when I do I prefer Dos Equis.

And automated paper towel dispensers… “You will give me a paper towel, now.” And they reply (in my mind), “To gibba pappa towa, now”.

I do it to get traffic lights to change before I have to brake.

I snap my fingers as I approach red traffic lights and my confirmation bias is off the charts.

I’m a below average height male and on periodic occasion I don’t trigger the motion sensing ones and it’s awkward. Now I typically always just raise my arm and wave instinctively. Not quite jedi gestures, but eh.

I just thought everybody did this…