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32 Things Folks Consider Themselves Among The Best In The World At, As Shared In This Humble Thread
Bruce Lee once said, “I don’t fear the man who practices 10,000 different kicks. I fear the man who practices one kick 10,000 times.” In reality, of course, the great martial artist was hardly afraid of anyone, but such a focus on something almost always means being somehow close to perfection.
There is a thread on the internet, partly bragging, partly sarcastic and full of self-deprecation, where netizens tell what superpowers and unique skills they have. From driving trains to constantly choosing the wrong line at the store, from speed reading to making a really high pitched squeak sound in the back of one’s throat - please welcome to this wonderful selection made for you by Bored Panda!
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#1
Being alone without being lonely! 🎉.
Spencers slave no more 3 months ago
I've got 2 and a half so I understand.
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Spencers slave no more 3 months ago
I enjoy my own company but with 2 and a half felines it's like living with 2 teenagers and an overactive toddler.
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#2
Their, they’re, there.
#3
Picking the wrong line at the grocery store.
Ravenkbh 3 months ago
I pick the right line every time. It's those other jerks in front of me that picked the wrong one
Gregory Garcia 3 months ago
I have a favorite cashier and would rather be in her line than a shorter line. My niece's manager pulled her aside and asked her if I was bothering her. She said I was her uncle. The eyebrows and height should have given it away. 😆😆😆
Load More Replies... LollyLaLu 3 months ago
I get behind the men. They seem to want to be in & out quickly. It works.
XenoMurph 3 months ago
|Well, we don't WANT to be in and out quickly, it just happens sometimes...
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A while back, a thread appeared in the AskReddit community, the author of which, the user u/RackCitySanta, asked readers a rather provocative question, in my opinion: "What's something that you know you're better than 98% of people at?" Judging by the comments, the topic starter truly opened Pandora's box of sorts...
Judge for yourself - as of today, the thread has 4.4K upvotes and over 6.5K various comments, where the discussion goes from ways to land a plane on water to debates about whether a squirrel's guttural screech can actually scare away coyotes. Perhaps this is one of the most varied threads I've ever seen!
#4
Losing weight and keeping it off. I have lost nearly 200 pounds over 23 years ago with an iron will not to gain it back. Studies indicate I am in the 1% success rate at this point. No surgeries or injections, just diet and exercise.
#5
Giving subcutaneous injections at work. I am the queen of this.🙂. I have a special method that I use, that makes it pretty much painless for patients. One of the best moments of my day is when I give one of these shots, and the patient looks at me amazed, and says “ I didn’t even feel that!” 😎.
Huddo's sister 3 months ago
I recently had to give myself injections for the first time. Despite being warned I could end up with a lot of bruises, I didn't and it also wasn't painful at all.
#6
American Indian Law.
I haven't been a practicing attorney for a few years, but currently work in a legal-adjacent field. Multiple times I have had people come in with all sorts of ideas on how the laws work on a particular reservation.
This particular tribe has its own bar, and I'm maybe one of 200 people in the world who has taken and passed their bar exam. Needless to say, I have had to correct many a false assumption.
In fact, by the way, getting into the top 2% in any field is not such a difficult task. Let's do some math - the population of the Earth today is 8.142 billion people, so 2% of that number is actually 162.4 thousand people. That's about the size of Springfield, Missouri.
Now just imagine a Springfield where everyone from the mayor to the last homeless dude is, well, a top-notch pilot. Or a professional cook. Well, actually, a truly unique skill is being in a much lower percentile.
#7
The self awareness to know I’m prob not better than 98% of people at something.
#8
Making up fake scenarios in my head and hurting my own feelings.
#9
Overthinking, I'm the best at it for sure.
Tom Brady, as you probably know, was drafted as the overall 199th pick, but in one of his interviews, the greatest football player in history once admitted that this meant not only that NFL managers rated 198 players higher than him.
It also meant that he was stronger or luckier than thousands and thousands of footballers who were never drafted or had a chance to get into the League. From this angle, the perception becomes, you must admit, a little different.
Experts say that in order to be considered a true professional in your field, you need to devote at least 10K hours to it. Including training and work. Of course, this is an average figure - because some people achieve efficiency faster, some slower, but, in terms of a standard 40-hour work week, this is about 3.5 years.
#10
Procrastinating.
Apatheist Account2 3 months ago
I'm a great procrastinator! Or, I will be when I can be bothered to get round to it.
#11
I was taught blacksmithing at a young age. Haven't met anyone else that still does it.
#12
Kinda lame, but apparently, untying knots. My mom used to brag that I could unite any knot in under 5 minutes. Rope, twine, shoelaces, electrical cords, plastic bags, jewelry. And it's still true today. I've been challenged and timed.
Interestingly, this study, published on LinkedIn, claims that depending on the generation, the number of years spent by the average worker in one job is steadily decreasing. So, while baby boomers spent more than 10 years in one job, and Gen X - from 5 to 10, millennials change jobs with a frequency of 3 to 5 years.
This still leaves the opportunity to "gain" those 10K hours, right? But Gen Z, as the authors claim, are mainly job-hoppers, changing jobs on average every one to three years. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why employers often rant about young employees? Who actually knows?
#14
Keeping secrets. And it sucks, because people are always telling me things that I don't want to know and/or have no business knowing...because they know I'm better at keeping secrets that 98% of others.
Michael Largey 3 months ago
It's perfectly safe to tell me any secret - I can't remember anything.
Bobbie McMasters 3 months ago
I am where people's secrets go to die. I will take your secret to my grave.
#15
With proof? Typing. I can type 120 wpm on a bad day, 140 on a good day. I hit well over 100 wpm on a phone too.
Lady Eowyn 3 months ago
So? So can I. Well, I'll be honest. I've got osteoarthritis in some of my fingers on each hand, so 140 is sort of off the plate. But 120 is average.
As for self-critical jokes about how some of us are better than anyone else in the world at getting into trouble or making the wrong life choice - after all, our world largely rests on self-deprecation. Just imagine if everyone around us were completely serious and entitled! Perhaps we would not want to live in such a world at all, so self-deprecating humanity will always have a chance...
#16
Hugs. I am a phenomenal hugger!
I think 🤔.
Mel in Georgia 3 months ago
There really are some people who give the best hugs! I'm not one of them, but it feels great to receive one!
#17
Driving trains. Better than 99.9% of people even.
Mel in Georgia 3 months ago
When your job is one very few people do, it's pretty easy to be better than most!
Philly Bob 3 months ago (edited)
My Dad always wanted to drive a train. He was an aerospace engineer at NASA. (re-entry systems) Go figure! (My Mom was an OB-GYN and always wanted to be a caterer which is probably why I learned to cook so well. I'd love to be a chef. I'm a multimedia specialist!)
#18
Olympic style fencing, of course. Not because I'm an excellent fencer or anything, but because it is a *wildly* uncommon sport. Here in the US for example, the total number of registered fencers - which includes very nearly everyone with anything more than a few beginner training sessions - is under 100,000 people. While it would be difficult to compile *actual* numbers the world over, and while the sport is much more popular in other countries, there is no chance that more than a fraction of a percent of the world's population has *any* fencing training.
In any case, we’ll be really glad if you read all these stories, from the truly unique to the simply sarcastic and ridiculous, mark those that you really enjoyed and, perhaps, tell us something about yourself in the comments too. In the end of the day, we’re almost certain that each of you is unique in your own way - so why not reveal this uniqueness to the world right now?
#19
Pattern recognition.
I can usually say the villain, plot and twist of a movie within the first few minutes. Sometimes I get it from the opening credits. I can sing the next lyrics of a song I’ve never heard before.
I thought I was psychic when I was younger. A lot of things happen as I predict. I ***love*** it when I’m wrong.
Mere Cat 3 months ago
I have a bit of this, not nearly as good as this person, though. But usually, I can predict punchlines of jokes, musical patterns of songs etc. I have explained the entire ending scene of a tv show before it happened (to the detail of which drawer the character opens from a not-seen-before-desk). And it gets boring. I REALLY appreciate when I do hear a surprising joke or a song doesn't go as predicted. That makes me like things not "mainstream" and look odd for most people.. And no, my ability is not good enough to be actually useful in any way..
amy lee 3 months ago
This is why Korea TV is good. It's easy less predictable for me than other programs. I get half way to books and I have to read the end... In case it's what I predict as then there's no point finishing.
Load More Replies... Paulina 3 months ago (edited)
Actually, many neurodivergent people have this type of skill. It's developed as a part of masking behavior - trying to fit in with the world and people we don't clearly understand. For example, if an autistic person has trouble understanding social cues, they might actively learn patterns of behaviors of others that will help them know how to act. Just to fit in and not be "weird". This leads to generally being more aware of patterns, non-obvious links between situations, that neurotypical persons take on instinct and feelings.
Paulina 3 months ago
Oh, and children of unstable parents get that too. From anticipating adult's behavior to prevent their anger or sadness.
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Tucker Cahooter 3 months ago (edited)
It's easy to spot the villain in shows like "Midsomer Murders". It's always the best known actor doing the gig. No big name is going onto shows like that just to make up the numbers.
#20
Being humble. Like, I'm the best at that.
UKGrandad 3 months ago
This was Trump in the run-up to the 2016 election. An interviewer told him that many Christian voters were concerned that he didn't seem very humble and he replied 'Oh, I'm humble; so humble. Nobody is more humble than Donald Trump'. Mike Pence was sat with him and his face was a picture.
LollyLaLu 3 months ago
Yeah, the orange one! He's a piece of work or a piece of something...
Load More Replies... UKGrandad 3 months ago
🎶 Oh Lord, it's hard to be humble / when you're perfect in every way. / I can't wait to look in the mirror / 'cos I get better looking each day. / To know me is to love me / I must be one hell of a man. / Oh Lord, it's hard to be humble/ but I'm doing the best that I can. 🎶
Philly Bob 3 months ago
Mirror mirror on the shelf, who's more handsome than myself!
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#21
I’m really good at making people smile, very quickly.
Arthur Waite 3 months ago
And here, I read the caption, then the first and second comment, and I smile. It really IS that easy! What a wonderful skill.
#22
Making a really high pitched squeak sound in the back of my throat that makes coyotes bark back at me.
Serena Myers 3 months ago
Never having encountered a coyote (they are very rare in the UK, XD) I tried to practice this and only succeeded in waking the cat up!
#23
There are around 800,000 certificates pilots in the US and I’m one of them. With a population of 330,000,000 people in the US, that makes me better than at least 99.7% of people in the US at flying airplanes.
Jamie Peterson 3 months ago
The current population of the United States of America is 347,538,693 as of Saturday, August 23, 2025, based on Worldometer's elaboration of the latest United Nations data1. https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/us-population/#:~:text=The%20current%20population%20of%20the,the%20latest%20United%20Nations%20data1.
#24
Tetris.
Philly Bob 3 months ago (edited)
Tetris taught me how to perfectly fill a shopping cart, load a dishwasher and pack the gear of 5 piece rock band into a Subaru. I make the most use out of available space.
#25
I hate it but grading comics and cards. I can take a 10 second look at a comic or baseball/mtg/Pokémon card and give you an exact grade it would received from a professional company and I’ve never had training. Last I checked I’be done it for about 400ish products and been right 99% of the time. It’s my one innate talent and it has no use at all since I don’t collect or get involved with em anymore And it’s not really marketable in a way that actually makes decent money.
#26
Pissing off my wife.
Michael Largey 3 months ago
Well, naturally the OP would be better at that than 98% of the population. 98% of the population has no contact at all with his wife.
Panda McPandaface 3 months ago
His wife knows a LOT of people! 2% of the population is 140,000,000.
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Fixing planes? But only bc I suspect most ppl can’t do it at all.
#28
Lucid dreaming Which of course is rather useless.
Sally Moen 3 months ago
Useful if you write them down right after waking. Use them for your screenplay or book
#29
Not panicking in stressful situations.
Lady Eowyn 3 months ago
I'm good in a crisis. I melt into a noodle once the professionals (i.e. paramedics) are on the scene.
Gregory Garcia 3 months ago
Why downvote this? Have some upvotes. i'm not a professional, but god and the government always put me where I need to be, and sometimes I save lives just by knowing what to do.
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Unfortunately, due to statistics and matchmaking, I know I'm in the 98th percentile for several video games.
#32
Powerpoint presentations. Let me give ya'll a few tips:
- ALWAYS use a BLACK background with WHITE text. If I catch you using a white background with black text, or any other color background with a text color that blends into the background, I will manifest in your closet and take a s**t in it.
- NEVER have more that SIX (6) items onscreen at once. The human brain can only keep track of up to 6 things at once. Try it. Once you get past 6 items, your brain has to manually count them to even keep track of how many there are. And by "items," I don't just mean pictures - I mean blocks of text, too.
- Speaking of text, STOP PUTTING GIANT WALLS OF TEXT IN YOUR PRESENTATION. Your presentation is supposed to *add* to your speech. You're not supposed to read off of it like notes, and if the audience has to pause and read off your slides, then they're not paying attention to your speech. All text should be a minimal summary of what you're saying. The less text you have, the better. You also shouldn't have to squint to read said text.
- All images should be high-quality. No grainy-a*s jpgs that you had to resize to fit the screen. If you can see pixels, it's a bad quality image.
- 9 times out of 10 you do NOT need titles for your slides. I know it's included as a default in most presentation design programs, but it is not necessary. It doesn't add anything, and usually just draws audience attention away from your speech.
- You gotta have charisma when giving a speech. No mumbling, no monotone, don't talk too fast or too slow, recover quickly when you stumble over your words, and try not to look nervous. And LOOK at the audience, don't just read off your notes. If you have an accent or a speech impediment...just try your best.
Rosie Bannister 3 months ago
white text on black? you MONSTER!!! that is the opposite of easy to read
Jenny 3 months ago
I always have dark mode enabled on all sites where I don't have to pay for the privilege. I find it less harsh on my light-sensitive eyes.
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Gregory Garcia 3 months ago (edited)
I was never a DI, but I was raised by Nam vets and I can be heard across noisy rooms without having to shout, just project
Tucker Cahooter 3 months ago
I remember in the mid 90s someone creating a Powerpoint with the fly-in animation (I think that's what they call that effect). And they added a screeching tyres sound effect to it. Funny the first time but even they were regretting it after the tenth instance
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Apatheist Account2 3 months ago
According to the stats, I'm in the top 1% for comment upvotes on BP.
Ellinor she/they/elle 3 months ago
I'm a really good baker. Like reaaally good. I often don't try new recipes (because I don't like change) but when I do then there is a 97% chance that it will be amazingly good. I'm known around to be the "good baker" so I always bring something to parties (and that's also great to make people like me really fast !)
Michael Largey 3 months ago
Knowing what time it is. Wake me up in the middle of the night, and I can tell you the time within ten minutes.
Mel in Georgia 3 months ago
It's weird, but I'm really good at estimating volume. Like picking out a container that will fit something. People will say, "Oh, that's never going to fit," and I'll prove them wrong!
Devin Schmitt 3 months ago
I have the complementary skill: If I pick a container you can be sure that it is exactly the wrong size.
Load More Replies... Mere Cat 3 months ago (edited)
I haven't met anyone with as many useless face muscle talents as me. I can raise and lower my both eyebrows individually and move them in a wave or however I want, I can widen and "squint" (?) my nostrils, cross my eyes and move them one at a time to the sides, vibrate my eyes, do about any little tongue trick I've seen and some extra, move my scalp, move each of my ears separately, tighten my eardrums (to make that rumbling sound in my head and turn down volume from environment), close my nose from inside so that I can't taste (smell) food/drink in my mouth. And because of the neanderthal shape of my brows, I can hide my upper eyelashes under my brow fold by frowning in a specific way, if that makes sense to anyone. I think this is not all but no one is going to read this, anyway :P
Mel in Georgia 3 months ago
I did and think that's amazing! Party tricks!
Load More Replies... Lene 3 months ago
I'm really good at jigsaw puzzles. Turns out I am very intelligent when it comes to shape- and pattern recognition. Actuallyvbetter/faster than 99% of the population. 🤷♀️
Philly Bob 3 months ago
Not only that but you're probably great at picking out the "B" in those columns of 1000 8s! (I know I can! Can you find the cat? heck yeah! Within seconds.
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Lee Gilliland 3 months ago
I can always tell magnetic north. Not true north, magnetic north, and yes, we tested it. Or rather the USAF did.
Michael Largey 3 months ago
Baseball players who hit more home runs than 98% of the players often have more strike-outs than 98% of the players as well.
Apatheist Account2 3 months ago
According to the stats, I'm in the top 1% for comment upvotes on BP.
Ellinor she/they/elle 3 months ago
I'm a really good baker. Like reaaally good. I often don't try new recipes (because I don't like change) but when I do then there is a 97% chance that it will be amazingly good. I'm known around to be the "good baker" so I always bring something to parties (and that's also great to make people like me really fast !)
Michael Largey 3 months ago
Knowing what time it is. Wake me up in the middle of the night, and I can tell you the time within ten minutes.
Mel in Georgia 3 months ago
It's weird, but I'm really good at estimating volume. Like picking out a container that will fit something. People will say, "Oh, that's never going to fit," and I'll prove them wrong!
Devin Schmitt 3 months ago
I have the complementary skill: If I pick a container you can be sure that it is exactly the wrong size.
Load More Replies... Mere Cat 3 months ago (edited)
I haven't met anyone with as many useless face muscle talents as me. I can raise and lower my both eyebrows individually and move them in a wave or however I want, I can widen and "squint" (?) my nostrils, cross my eyes and move them one at a time to the sides, vibrate my eyes, do about any little tongue trick I've seen and some extra, move my scalp, move each of my ears separately, tighten my eardrums (to make that rumbling sound in my head and turn down volume from environment), close my nose from inside so that I can't taste (smell) food/drink in my mouth. And because of the neanderthal shape of my brows, I can hide my upper eyelashes under my brow fold by frowning in a specific way, if that makes sense to anyone. I think this is not all but no one is going to read this, anyway :P
Mel in Georgia 3 months ago
I did and think that's amazing! Party tricks!
Load More Replies... Lene 3 months ago
I'm really good at jigsaw puzzles. Turns out I am very intelligent when it comes to shape- and pattern recognition. Actuallyvbetter/faster than 99% of the population. 🤷♀️
Philly Bob 3 months ago
Not only that but you're probably great at picking out the "B" in those columns of 1000 8s! (I know I can! Can you find the cat? heck yeah! Within seconds.
Load More Replies... Lee Gilliland 3 months ago
I can always tell magnetic north. Not true north, magnetic north, and yes, we tested it. Or rather the USAF did.
Michael Largey 3 months ago
Baseball players who hit more home runs than 98% of the players often have more strike-outs than 98% of the players as well.
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