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Every one of us is very good at something, no matter if it's something basic or a very niche thing. But have you ever thought about what skill you would beat many other people at? 

Well, folks on Reddit definitely thought about it when this interesting question was posted on r/AskReddit: "You get paired with 100 random humans, if you're better than all of them at something, you get 1 billion dollars. What are you choosing?" And so, they provided many intriguing answers. Today, we picked out the best ones for you to check out while you're deciding what your unbeatable skill would be. 

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#1

30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else Backing a semi truck into really tight spaces from the blindside. Very hard maneuver even for veterans but where I worked while back I did it daily. Odds are only a couple even have a cdl like me, and then I guarantee I can beat them at backing blindside. Edit: thanks for all the upvotes I'm glad to see trucking being appreciated you guys rock ✌️.

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nancy
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can barely steer a grocery cart, so I'm impressed.

Debby Keir
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just seen a 'news' video today, lorry driver in the Netherlands had to back a huge truck into a driveway. Tried several times but couldn't make the turn. Guy in the house opposite goes over, talks to the driver,. driver gets out and random guy gets in, and backs in first try. All caught on a door camera.

Ephemera Image
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've had occasion to see truckers backing huge semis into narrow alleys from single-lane streets. You guys are amazing!

TheGoodBoi
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kudos to semi truck drivers who put up with us regular vehicle drivers on a daily lol

Upstaged75
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It takes me ages to back the horse trailer just a few feet. And I'm still always crooked. :)

DennyS (denzoren)
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Much much harder than it looks. I only have a class 4 license (6500kg trucks) and I have trouble lol

LizzieBoredom
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1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a really tiny car, and no rear view mirror. I find oblivion helps my parking chi.

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Joanne Earle
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My hubby used to be an OTR trucker and amazed me w/ his backup skills! I can't even backup straight in a car!

der sebbl
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I find it easier to back a semi truck than backing my car with an attached trailer 😅

sarahsmiles
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My husband can do things like this. He can pull triples etc, it terrified me at first, but now I'm like oh yeah, that's an easy one. 😂😬

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    #2

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else Disappointing my parents.

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    DennyS (denzoren)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel like if we're measuring disappointing parents I can challenge on that score.

    Michael Largey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I felt I couldn't disappoint my parents because I never appointed them in the first place.

    Rachel Pelz
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Disappointing his/her parents is pretty hard without knowing them 😂😂

    TheGoodBoi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good jo-...oh..

    Heffalump
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Autistic man here: you have not begun to disappoint.

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    #3

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else Knowledge on Wisconsin license plate history. I'm autistic and Wisconsin license plates are my special interest, and there's so few people involved in the research of these plates that I *highly* doubt I'll not beat everyone in the group.

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    DennyS (denzoren)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always like when people have obscure knowledge like this, makes for a very interesting conversation.

    M O'Connell
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My favorite was the Sesquicentennial red-letter license plate. I don't think there are any left out in the wild anymore.

    Bexxxx
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was curious and gave it a Google….got lost down a rabbit hole for a bit there! License plate history is weirdly more interesting than I thought! http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/usa/US_WIXX.html

    Boop the Snoot. Pound the Paw.
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here’s a bit of trivia- maybe not the right word- I have a WI license plate that was stamped upside down. It got a lot of double takes. I never knew how many random people even looked at license plates!

    Cosmikid
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fun, really. How often do license plate wonks get together? You'd shine.

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    On this list, we can see things people consider themselves to be better at than, for example, 100 random people. These things range from kind of simple ones such as cooking, sports, or games to devastating ones like disappointing their parents or self-deprecation. Well, without going down that rabbit hole, let’s just say that some of these skills are way more handy in life than others. 

    While some people just trust in their skill set enough to consider themselves better than many others, some other people might simply have a superiority complex. This complex is a belief that your abilities or accomplishments are dramatically better than other people’s. It might make a person condescending, smug, or simply mean. 

    It can be caused by both low and high self-esteem, depending on the person and situation. When a person has low self-esteem, they try to hide it by exaggerating their accomplishments. On the other hand, when a person has high self-esteem, they might simply be overconfident in their achievements and abilities. Either way, both of the cases, in a way, form an unrealistic self-perception. 

    #4

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else Not bragging or anything, but I spent YEARS training to spit tooth paste directly into the sink hole with no splash back or paste getting on the rest of the sink bowl. Bullseye every time.

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    LizzieBoredom
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can only imagine his pee precision.

    Bubba Jones
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol! When I'm done brushing it looks like I used a fire extinguisher in my bathroom.

    Christopher Glenn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Specialty drain four times normal size.

    Stevie S
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No...hits the seat every time

    Crystal Spencer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I also do this. Removed my sink stopper so I could make it work.

    Lee Banks
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our sink is fuduckered. I've learned to do this in the bathtub drain. Kinda wish we could have a betting allowed competition.

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    #5

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else Navigation with only a compass and a terrain map.

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    Cosmikid
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And there is a lot to know; like local deviation. My father taught surveying- I picked up scraps.

    Ace
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's called variation and should be marked on any decent map. Deviation is similar but caused by the object or vessel, particularly a ship, on which the magnetic compass is held. It varies with the direction the ship is facing. Fortunately most big ships have been equipped with gyroscopic compasses for at least 50 years, but we still had to learn all about it when I used to sail on them.

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    DennyS (denzoren)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A very useful skill to have at your disposal. Even just knowing how to get your bearings in an unknown area.

    ॐBoyGanesh
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I learned this in my mid-30s. I was leading overnight hikes to an active surface lava flow. The amount of vog & the constant trade wind cloud cover rules out using the stars. Also, there was no mobile reception or gps coverage. I had to plot it via map and limited visual markers. While I was able to place markers along the route, that itself changed as the flow changed course, so had to at least do waypoint setup with the markers, map & compass.

    Adrian
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Learned that as a kid. It's called orienteering.

    ZGutr
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    how do people even live without that skill

    Scusa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am so with you in the zombie-stuff- and I cook!

    Scott Rackley
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you boy scouts for teaching me!

    Queeqec
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Basic knowledge in most military jobs.

    Certainly not Dan
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OS maps in the UK are about as good as a map can get, so glad I went to scouts and was taught how to use them! Decent map and compass and you can be pretty much pin point

    Rita Radney
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have the worst sense of direction! I need this skill

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    #6

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else Self-deprication. Although, I'd probably suck at that too.

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    Cosmikid
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Buck up, kiddo. :-) And I'll tell you a SECRET. The people who truly suck at everything - never notice, never think about it. They just merrily go on their way, screwing up the entire world and going to MAGAT rallies. If you worry about it- even too much- at least you are paying attention. That will go somewhere, some day.

    Snigget
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I see what you did there! WELL DONE!!

    Michael Largey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You should stop valuing yourself by the accuracy of your spelling.

    Fortunately, there are several things people can do if they feel themselves developing a superiority complex or are told they already have one:

    • Making a list with actual accomplishments and abilities without any exaggeration;
    • Avoiding all-or-nothing thinking by trying to find balance in between;
    • Trying to feel happy for others without feeling bad about yourself;
    • Forgiving yourself for mistakes without beating yourself up. 

    If these things sound easier said than done, it’s because they are. Building a realistic sense of self takes time and work, just as any other type of mental health work does. In fact, accomplishing this by yourself might not even be achievable for some, and help from a specialist, like a therapist, might be needed. 

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    #7

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else Touching the highest possible point on a wall without jumping. I’m 6’8” so pretty good odds I’m gonna come out on top.

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    Prince Lee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    im 7'4 so i kinda get this asked a lot in some places "can you reach here? wow! can you reach there? WOW!" I'm not a TOY!

    Laura Williams
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry dude I imagine it sucks to be treated like that.

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    LizzieBoredom
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Caitlin Clark had to take a part-time job due to low salaries in the WNBA.

    Geoffrey Scott
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe, but I suspect her 20 million$ Nike endorsement deal will off set the 76k salary. I absolutely agree her base should be MUCH higher.

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    Binny Tutera
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Would you go grocery shopping with me? 🤣5’ and can’t reach stuff without asking someone.

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    #8

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else Filleting salmonids. Its literally my job, and I've been doing it for twenty years. I don't mean to toot my own horn, but I'm pretty good at it, and like any craftsman, my skill has been honed through dint of sheer repetition. I have absolutely filleted hundreds of thousands of fish in my life, and even if you're pretty good, I'm willing to bet I'm better using metrics of speed, appearance, and % of wastage.

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    Auntriarch
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sofas are currently a sore point with me. I asked Mr Auntriarch to move his swords which are stood in a corner leaning on the back of the sofa so that I could move the sofa away from the wall and see if my crochet pattern had dropped down there. Instead he decides the way forward is to get out his endoscope (yes he is a serious gadget nerd) and look there with that. 20 minutes it took. If he had just held onto his swords while I moved the sofa a few inches, it would have taken seconds...

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    Cosmikid
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Master. :-) Some people have high reps- but don't learn. Masters - pay attention. always.

    Queeqec
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guess Sushi-chefs are still laughing about that self-confidence

    Debby Keir
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gollum was pretty good with fish, too.

    LynzCatastrophe
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *me who lives on an island* you probably do beat me at it, but I have a community here who'd like to try.

    Crystal Spencer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't eat anything that used to live in the woods or the water..and most commercially farmed meats. I'm not vegan or anything, I just love animals so much that I can't get past it..I have no meat, fish or poultry cutting skills

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    #9

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else Guess what brake pad belongs to a car, so many years working at a car repair shop have benefits.

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    DennyS (denzoren)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Damn, that's a good one. It's like this guy I knew who could pinpoint a noise in seconds.

    Laura Williams
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is something I wish I could do.

    On the other side of the spectrum lies the inferiority complex. It’s when a person feels insecure and inadequate about their abilities, achievements, and daily life. Typically, they believe they're physically or mentally inferior to others, no matter if that’s actually true or not. 

    This can lead a person to either (fully or partially) withdraw from interacting with others or overcompensate their self-esteem, which can sometimes lead to an already discussed superiority complex.

    Frequently, an inferiority complex develops due to some kind of trauma, typically during childhood or sometimes later in life. Some men are more susceptible to it when they are intimidated by other men, so they feel less than due to toxic masculinity. 

    #10

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else Emo song lyrics from 2003-2007. If anyone beats me, I’ll marry them.

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    keyboardtek
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Improvise complex jazz piano styles. In the major city I lived in, only about five jazz pianists lived there. It is a very specialized body of musical knowledge that a minority of the world's population studies. While everyone else learns classical music, only a small group go further to understand jazz theory. (Yes there actually is theory to jazz, it is not just random notes!)

    Lee Banks
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Had a coworker with eidatact memory, and a fondness for that era emo. If you like dude's who also love baseball caps... Boy howdy, I know your soulmate.

    ConstantlyJon
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm already married but if we're talking a band like Emery I've got you beat I'm 100000% sure.

    GoldfishCrackers
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    😂 if you’re not in your mid 30s I’ll eat my hat.

    Cat Dragon
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *ordering bridal dress* hahahahahahahahahaha sounds like someone didnt realize who they'd be marrying.

    Rob D
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tell us your high school years, and what you were wearing, without telling us though. Lol

    Michael Largey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, that will certainly back off any competitors!

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    #11

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else Time for my Tetris 99 skills to shine 😁.

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    Bgray450
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to beat my ex at level 9-5, which was the highest back in the 90's, every time. He used to get sooooo po'd.

    Fanstacia D
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah yes. The 90s where “GiRL’s dON’T gaME oR CodE!” So many angry guys whenever a woman was better at computer tech than them.

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    Donald
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Idc what OP thinks, I'd smoke them in Tetris.

    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    RIP to my friend Jonas Neubauer, forever the World Champ of Tetris in my heart.

    Raven Greer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tetris is the most useful skill you can know as an adult.

    #12

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else Putting a iv line in or restraining an aggressive dog.

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    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm quite skilled at giving subcutaneous fluids to dogs and cats.... years of experience with my old gray girl who had kidney failure, and then even more experience when my dog Stilgar was a puppy with distemper and my cat Preacher had wet FIP as a kitten... XD

    Crystal Spencer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just learned this was a thing a few months back when my poor old guy, Tiny, got sick. For those not in the know... their skin is so loose on their back that you can inject saline under the skin and the body will absorb it and therfore not needing to stick a needle in your sick and scared dog or cat for i.v. fluids or keep them tired to the I.v. bag, etc. Very cool stuff

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    crazy_cat_notAlady
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, that's one thing I can do as well. Although I'm not very useful. Oh, cats too.

    Laura Williams
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need you around me I have thin rolling viens. According to people who draw blood my skin feels tough too. Can't say I'm good at restraining a dog is something I can do.

    People from this list don't seem to suffer from an inferiority complex, do they? And about the superiority one, well, who's to say -- there might be some who exaggerated their abilities. But, hey, who's going to check? As far as we know, no one is planning to put a random group of 100 people in a room and test their skills, as was suggested in the original Reddit question. 

    Do you have any skills you think you are better at than many others? Share them with us in the comments! 

    #13

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else Procrastination.

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    Undercover
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'll comment later on that...

    Clown fish
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think I'm the queen of procrastination. I've not finished my decorating in 11yrs

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    Michael Largey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off today.

    ZGutr
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it will be a close finish but we will look at the finish photo later

    Francois
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ......... one week later .......... another week later ............. sorry I think you are wrong.

    Scout
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah - uhh - not even. I've won an Oscar!

    Brian Droste
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know. I am pretty good at procrastination myself.

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    #14

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else My mother and her friends invented a pig latin style coded language. Probably less than a dozen people have ever learned it, and most of them are in their 70s now, probably haven't thought of it in decades. I like my odds at a Ybangie (I didn't name it! Lol) competition.

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    Bgray450
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In high school my bestie's brother brought us "Gee Language," from CA to AZ. It was fun and we could say anything in front of anyone. Years later Marisa Tomei and Natasha Lyonne had a scene speaking it in a bathroom, exactly like we did, in the movie Slums of Beverly Hills. I was blown away. BTW I taught Gee to my sisters, a nephew, a couple more friends, my ex, and my kids picked it up when they were little too.

    Upstaged75
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have friends who used that when we were kids. I could never catch on to it. I was excellent at Pig Latin though. :)

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    Christopher Glenn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We learned pig latin via the three stooges. lol

    Ari Maranichi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I created multiple languages and alphabets (I have ADHD what fun) and only my friends and I can read them. I have some based on Japanese, Latin, and Mandrin.

    Noyfb noyfb
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In French it’s verlan (l’envers backward)

    Cosmikid
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I should think you could open a school! There's always high demand for obfuscatory languages!

    Boop the Snoot. Pound the Paw.
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ibi ciban spibeek jibiberbibish. Thibank yiboo vibery mibuch miby mibidible skibule pibals!

    Owiella Freddie
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hattay siay owhay iay espondray otay oldcay allcays henway tiay siay biviousoay aay camsay.

    Scout
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A friend's mom taught us "b-language." I can't speak it anymore, but we had some glorious times in Jr. & HS.

    Joanne Earle
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of Boontling, only spoken by a handful of people in the Anderson Valley, CA.

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    #15

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else Acre history. Acre is a Brazilian state, the one which I was born and live on. The population is only 830 thousand people. Hence there is only a very small chance of the random people to be from Acre and an even smaller one of them to know anything at all about it. Of course I could end up being paired with some college professor which Acre is their specialty, and I would be f****d, but since it is random that would be very unlikely.

    rafael-a , Lara Jameson Report

    Cosmikid
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anybody who is good at any history gets an upvote!

    Brian Droste
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I grew up in Mich. After 6th grade I didn't do very in school. Regret it now, but when in seventh grade the teacher was teaching us about Mich. history. For some reason I was really interested in the subject. After he was done teaching that area, he gave the class a 100 question test. As I recall, I only got 4 wrong on the test. I believe there was only two other students that did better than me. They both only missed two questions.

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    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "The population is only 830 thousand people" - that's... that's a lot of people XD

    Sunny Day
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I grew up in a town of 300 people. I think I've got the odds here....

    Márcio Miguel Pinto Júnior
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Brasil there is a joke that Acre doesn't really exists.

    #16

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else Chess. Even among chess players on lichess and [chess.com](http://chess.com) I am in the top 2-3%, so the odds that any of the 100 are better than me is fairly small. My luck, I'd get paired against Magnus...

    EricTheNerd2 , Pixabay Report

    DennyS (denzoren)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm probably in the lower 2% but it's fun. I always lose but it's still cool.

    Con O Cuinn
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Online chess is one of the most surprisingly toxic communities. The racism is unreal, I've never experienced anything close. And I lived in a loyalist area in Northern Ireland as a Catholic.

    Scusa
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have two beautiful chess boards - guess what - no one knows how to play or wants to be taught When I try to teach now - my skills are weak, certainly not comparable in anyway to you I miss chess And no - I will not do it on-line

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    #17

    Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi taxonomy.

    Osrs_Salame Report

    Cosmikid
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    LOL!! My tribe!! And happy Scleroderma aurantia to you!

    Cee Ford
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No clue. But your enthusiasm made me smile!

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    ConstantlyJon
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I only kinda know what two of those words mean.

    #18

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else Ice hockey. Most people don’t know how to skate let alone play the sport well.

    No-Ad7899 , Andy Hall Report

    LizzieBoredom
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It combines figure skating, and boxing.

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel that I have the background for hockey. I had many time-outs as a child.

    DennyS (denzoren)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I live in the tropics, I definitely can't skate lol.

    Kali Chaos
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think this is heavily contingent on where you're from.

    keyboardtek
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most boys who grow up in cold northern climates play hockey. Not at all uncommon.

    Michael MacKinnon
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, for starters, if you're referring to it as ice hockey, you're probably not from Canada.

    nottheactualphoto
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like when people say "snow skiing." In both cases it's the default, so no need to specify.

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    Marc
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unless you're actually Gretzky, suck it.

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    #19

    Properly operating a nuclear reactor.

    athomasflynn Report

    Nika Strokappe
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Would you really want to be in a competition like this with 100 random people. I'm pretty sure the rest of the world would prefer this competition to not happen 😂

    TheGoodBoi
    Community Member
    Premium
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's the fun in that?? I always do it the wrong way :D

    Cynnyr
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dammit, I was gonna say that!

    Kraneia The Dancing Dryad
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is one skill you can happily keep to yourself thank you... ;)

    Eric Williams
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Um...what happens if I push that button then that one??

    Bobby
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm guessing this person was in the navy on a carrier or sub

    retro_junkie
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably. But also possible OP went through SRO license training at a nuclear power plant. My husband retired from the navy (nuclear subs) and went into commercial nuclear power and most of the people he worked with were in the navy but there were a few who didn't. Just really smart people who love physics and engineering lol!

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    #20

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else Talking Catalan. The odds of anyone in that group randomly being better than me at that are incredibly small. Edit: Well, butter by back and call me a biscuit! Thanks for the karma fellow minority language speakers and other simpsthizers.

    No-Vehicle5447 , Pixabay Report

    Bexxxx
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “In total, about 7.3 million people speak Catalan and 9.8 million people understand the language.” “Currently, Catalan is spoken in the Aragon, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Murcia and Valencia autonomous communities of Spain, the country of Andorra, the Roussillon region of France, and the city of Alghero in Sardinia, Italy.“

    RosenCranzLives
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Y'mean no one in that little Barcelona town speaks at all?

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    Brian Droste
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never heard that phrase before. Butter my back and call me a biscuit.

    Upstaged75
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm pretty sure everyone who lives in Catalonia speaks it quite expertly.

    Notme
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They’re probably not a native English-speaker so cut them some slack.

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    Nitka Tsar
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone is full of themselves.

    Nizumi
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tell me you're a American male between the ages of 15 and 22 without saying you're a American male between the ages of 15 and 22...

    ॐBoyGanesh
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I dated a guy when I spent 8 months in Barcelona. I spoke Spanish, but he didn’t. It was interesting to say the least.

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    #21

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else Ultra running a 100k or 100 miler.

    somedude-83 , Chander R Report

    Diana
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sherrie Konkle ran 200 miles Aug. 2023 in A Race for the Ages. She's my cousin. She's also over 60.

    Fuzzy-Me
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Big difference between 100k and 100 miles.

    Lene
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My bf's sister does this on a regular basis with her running club! She's even been in the local newspaper because of it. She's 43, has two kids, and struggles with stress. She still do these 100km runs!

    Just-A-Black-Cat-Lover
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    M-M-MILER!!?!??!!? I can run one mile hurdling, but that's probably it...

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    #22

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else Counting in binary really fast with my fingers I discovered I could do this 3 years ago It's like an involuntary tic now. It's so entertaining.

    foetidum_cacas , cottonbro studio Report

    Cosmikid
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So... can you count in base 17? There's a tribe that used Base 17, before the missionaries...

    Bobby
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't do more than a quick Google search, and the only reference I could find to that is a reddit post making the claim with no source. I'm really interested in number theory and have never heard of a culture using a prime base system other than binary. Plenty of examples of base 12 and 20 out there, the Babylonians used sexigesimal(base 60) the biggest commonality is all of the bases have multiple factors. Those factors are a big part of why it's easy for us to count by 2s and 5s in base 10

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    Eric Williams
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are 10 kinds of people. Those that understand binary and those that don't.

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've started giving my age in hexadecimal. It's great to be 49 again!

    Ms. Mack
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can count past twenty without using my fingers and toes...

    Auntriarch
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to be able to count in base 12 and 20 in the same sum... Then came decimalisation

    Noyfb noyfb
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The US system of inches, feet and yards is awful, but the old British currency system was diabolical, worse even than Roman numerals.

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    #23

    Knowledge of ww1! I'm a tour guide in the area.

    stanksnax Report

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Long hike from Ypres to Tannenberg, isn't it?

    Shaunn Munn
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How dangerous are the red zones? Are people/animals still setting off ordinance?

    Laura Williams
    Community Member
    Premium
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grandson all wars seriously the child knows way too much.

    Somethingpenguin
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    (sarcasm cuz people get offended too easily at this point) I can beat him in wars

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    #24

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else Skeet shooting.

    ShriekingMuppet , JBLM MWR Report

    #25

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else I'd be confident that I'm better than them all at maintaining a consistent TTRPGs group for longer than all of them. I've been a DM for 24 years, I had one group for 13 years, and this group for 11. It's not always the same game/campaign, but we always meet up to play.

    KhaosElement , Karthik Balakrishnan Report

    Blaze Onyx
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish I had half of this talent!

    Zaach
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would've challenged you in 1985 but, sigh, lost contact with my group of 15 years (old style D&D and Traveler)

    Meaghan Buchanan
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of my professors from my MA program has been running a D&D game for 40 straight years.....

    Meaghan Buchanan
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of my professors from grad school has been running a D&D game for 40 straight years....

    The Rogue Adventurers.
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've had the same group (and one long running campaign among others) for a bit more than 8 years now, hope to keep it going

    #26

    Knowledge about jellyfishes, specifically of the class Cnidaria.

    Different-Call-5653 Report

    #27

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else Astrophotography. I'm not even that good, but among 100 randomly chosen people, only a handful will even have a telescope (and that's probably generous). And among those, I'm probably the only one with a camera adapter.

    Vercassivelaunos , Benjaminrobyn Jespersen Report

    Eric Williams
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah. You just haven't looked around hard enough.

    Fuzzy-Me
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He said "100 randomly chosen people", which precludes looking hard. Since I doubt that more than 1% of people have a telescope camera adapter, it is his statement would hold true.

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    weatherwitch
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe where you are located that's the case but there are some superb ones in the UK. My friends husband is also one too 😊

    Tobie Lynn
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm in that category, I'm very bad at it but love to practice. I have a canon 90D

    #28

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else A pub quiz on the life and times of myself.

    Candid_Zebra1297 , ELEVATE Report

    #29

    Taking standardized tests is pretty high on that list. I'd also roll the dice on taekwondo forms. In fact, I'd roll the dice on running role-playing games, too.

    linuxphoney Report

    Bexxxx
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Add rolling dice to your list too!

    usernameorwhatever
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t want brag, but I want to share. On my state tests I was always 99 or 100 percentile, which means I was better than 99 or 100 people who took the same test. I usually got perfect scores on the state tests. I also joined a quiz bowl team with team members who had no experience, and we won against at least 100 teams in Texas, so we went to Indiana for nationals. (This is when I was a freshman, and it was a “senior” level event) I also get perfect scores on the exams for the other team I do, and the coaches at Texas A&M have walked up to me and said my test scores are unheard of. Memorization and test taking are definitely my top skills. I’d like to challenge this person to a battle of testing.

    Chris Keller
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Test taking was my superpower back in school days. Above 1/2 of 1%

    Hmmm hmmmm
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can do taekwondo. We talking WTF or ITF

    Pollywog
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm pretty good at standardized tests. Always scored in the upper percentile.

    #30

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else Solving a Rubik's cube quickly. I'm not that fast, but I reckon the odds are in my favour.

    stephengc , Byron Sullivan Report

    Rahul Pawa
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This would be mine as well. I can usually solve one in about 60 seconds. That's nowhere near the record, but probably still faster than most people.

    Ace
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some of us have never been able to do so without referring to the 'cheat sheet'. I think at one point in the 80s I'd pretty much memorised it, but it was still always very laborious.

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    keyboardtek
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That skill, plus five dollars will get you a cup of coffee.

    Chrysanthe O'Fleur
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My son has been timed at 40 seconds. He uses an algorithm to do it.

    Wang Zhuang
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have never, ever been able to solve a Rubik's cube :(

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    #31

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else Physics.

    d*cktaker1000101 , Monstera Production Report

    Shannon Matthews
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Serious props to physics majors! My undergrad daughter is a 3rd year physics major studying quantum physics 2 and statistical mechanics. Pretty sure my brain would leak out if I even tried to understand it.

    Tempest
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imma have my friend (who’s got a PhD in physics and only talks in physics) join the competition in my place. ;) then we’re gonna share the prize.

    Cosmikid
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    lol!! I notice you do not elaborate. That's probably good confirmation!

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    #32

    Guess what number I’m thinking of. Best of 7 rounds.

    bloodontheblade Report

    Cosmikid
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's fun. I win at rock-paper-scissors around 7/10 - similar, do you think?

    PrettyJoyBird
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    (Clears throat - Snapes voice) three hundred & ninety four

    #33

    Performing my obscure venezuelan town's accent.

    wjmmerea Report

    Bexxxx
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ve been trying to learn how to do a mid-Atlantic accent (aka old time radio American accent) and I’m getting quite good at it 😌

    #34

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else We're playing super smash bros melee.

    Disastrous_Visit9319 , Pixabay Report

    LadyRougarou
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh it's on!! One of my fav games I probably have close to 1500 hrs in playing atm lol I'm also here for the MK players lol any challengers??

    LakotaWolf (she/her)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I haven't dared try the new game XD I grew up playing the original in the 90s, but from what I've heard, the new MK game is pretty good.

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    #35

    Climbing.

    toronto_taffy Report

    Lydsylou (she/her)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I also enjoy climbing and I'm quite good at it

    veryvenasaur
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I assume you mean rock climbing. Speed, Bouldering or Sport/top-rope climbing I like sport mostly though I'm ok at speed.

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    #36

    Magic The Gathering. I'm pretty confident 😌.

    ExtraReborn Report

    Julia Mckinney
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've never played Magic The Gathering but will always be grateful to it for the money to buy our house (we bought stock in 1993 at $4 per share, sold some at $50 and then a few years later at $250 per share. The person we sold it to at $250 a share got close to $1000 a share the next year).

    The Doom Song
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Upvote for magic the gathering! My partner plays and it's an extremely complex game!

    Me.
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All mtg pandas: what's your best deck?

    #37

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else Starcraft 2, my Diamond 1 rank is higher than any other person there.

    Myrnalinbd , RDNE Stock project Report

    LakotaWolf (she/her)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ByuN, sOs, Serral, Dark, Rogue, Life, and PartinG would like to have a word XD

    #38

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else Yeah bro they ain't beating me in a minecraft nodebuff/builduhc 1v1 on 1.7.10 on a practise server thats all im saying, make it a 1000 people even.

    Ok_Outside6235 , Oberon Copeland @veryinformed.com Report

    #39

    30 People Shared Unusual Things They Can Do Better Than Anybody Else First person shooter games, I'd even let them vote on which one.

    D-Rez , Maxime Doré Report

    DennyS (denzoren)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'll have to take your work for it, I get simulation sickness so I'm out before the game even starts.

    Clown fish
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't play driving games because I get car sick lol

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    #40

    Pokemon trivia, 1/100 chance of getting a random geek but im all for it baby.

    Motor-Ad92 Report

    veryvenasaur
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm almost certain I could beat op since I can identify almost any pokemon by their silhouette the only exception are pokemon that look exactly like a different pokemon say finizen and palifin or maybe voltorb and electrode. Plus I can name every gym leader, elite 4 member, champion, rival, professor, and player character. I spend way too much time thinking about pokemon. on that note what's everyone's favorite pokemon? mine is obviously venusaur but I also really like espeon, talonflame, and klingklang.