What are your strengths/weaknesses? (elitist thread)

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11-15-2008, 05:29 PM
Renton

What are your strengths/weaknesses? (elitist thread)

What is a job/activity in which you are more proficient and skillful than the vast majority of people? By vast majority, I mean you are in the top 5 percentile of skill. If its a specialized activity, like poker for example, then only count people who actually play poker, i.e. are you in the top 5% of people who play poker. If its a general thing like intelligence or physical fitness, then count all people.

I'm also asking the opposite question. What is an aspect of yourself that you need improvement on, or are downright terrible at?

Fill out the following form:

Skills you believe yourself to be in the 95th percentile or higher (up to three maximum:)
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Skills you believe yourself to be in the 80th to 95th percentile:
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Skills you believe yourself to be in the 5th to 20th percentile:
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Skills you believe yourself to be in the 0th to 5th percentile:
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11-15-2008, 05:39 PM
a500lbgorilla

Odd question, but I don't think any of my skills "define" me. My body limits/enables me, my accumulated knowledge accents/augments me. It's kinda like splitting vocabulary hairs but I don't like the question as phrased.
11-15-2008, 05:50 PM
Renton

Re: What defines you? (possibly will become an elitist thre

Skills you believe yourself to be in the 95th percentile or higher (up to three maximum:)

1. Bass Guitar: Although I can definitely improve, I consider myself to be an excellent bassplayer. I've become rusty in the past couple of years, but its something that I demonstrated a talent for from the very beginning and got really good, really quickly.

2. Architecture: This is what I'm getting my degree in. I'll be graduating most likely very near to the head of my class.

Skills you believe yourself to be in the 80th to 95th percentile:

1. Intelligence: I'm no genius, but I do try to stay informed. I'm constantly look up words in the dictionary so my vocabulary is always expanding. I don't watch much television, etc.

2. Poker: I'm pretty good at poker. My real strength is in articulating my thoughts with clear methodology, which is probably why I'm somewhat better at telling people how to play then playing myself.

Skills you believe yourself to be in the 5th to 20th percentile:

1. Short-term memory: I don't even smoke pot, but for some reason I've always been an absent-minded person.

2. Temperament: I tend to be way too pessimistic. I complain a lot.

Skills you believe yourself to be in the 0th to 5th percentile:

1. Physical Fitness: I'm not like a total fat-ass or anything, but I'm definitely not fit. I never exercise, walking up three flights practically winds me. I'm tired all the time, I eat like shit. This is probably the area in which I could improve the most.
11-15-2008, 05:54 PM
a500lbgorilla

yah, i don't like this thread because you're really listing "symptomes" of who you are but not really getting at the core of who you are.
11-15-2008, 05:58 PM
Renton

Quote:

Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla

yah, i don't like this thread because you're really listing "symptomes" of who you are but not really getting at the core of who you are.

so you don't believe the positive and negative extremes of your persona are what represent you?

Wouldn't your quick capsule description of Howard Hughes be "that brilliant eccentric?"
11-15-2008, 05:59 PM
a500lbgorilla

yah, but who cares about what represents you and who cares about the quick capsule descriptions of you?

edit atleast I don't care about those things with respect to myself
11-15-2008, 06:02 PM
a500lbgorilla

it's an odd topic because a lot of the words were using probably aren't robust enough for the ideas we're trying to share.
11-15-2008, 07:34 PM
bigspenda73

Re: What defines you? (possibly will become an elitist thre

Skills you believe yourself to be in the 95th percentile or higher (up to three maximum:)

1. Golf

2. Teaching

3. Pokerz

Skills you believe yourself to be in the 80th to 95th percentile:

1. Athletics

2. Intelligence

3. Writing

Skills you believe yourself to be in the 5th to 20th percentile:

1. Basket-weaving

2. Crocheting

Skills you believe yourself to be in the 0th to 5th percentile:

1. Dick Sucking

2. Lesbian 4somes
11-15-2008, 07:49 PM

99 percentile:
irc trolling

95 percentile:
poker (I'd say 95% are fish anyway)
note that I'm probably bottom 50% of the regs
starcraft (top 5% of those who play, not top 5% of people on battle.net probably though)
warcraft 3 (although it's close, a lot of people are straight up terrible so I can say I'm top 5% among those who play, but not in top 5% of those who actually ladder/league)
intelligence, I have 120-140 IQ depending on test, ez 95%

80-95:
flashflashrevolution.com hartlin rapes my face at it
maybe not even top 80%, but I'm at least ranked in top 1000 so idk

bottom 20:
cooking
bottom 5:
athletics because I can only bench half of my weight
11-15-2008, 07:56 PM
a500lbgorilla

Quote:

Originally Posted by iopq

bottom 20:
cooking
bottom 5:
athletics because I can only bench half of my weight

practice? I don't understand the point of these things. These are skills or talents you can gain with time.
11-15-2008, 08:20 PM
thizzSantaCruz

This thread is pretty ridiculous?
11-15-2008, 08:22 PM
a500lbgorilla

well, the one useful thing to take from it is how poorly people understand themselves. :/
11-15-2008, 08:27 PM
thizzSantaCruz

Yea like honestly what is this, a thread so you can brag about what your great in....
11-15-2008, 08:40 PM
Renton

Quote:

Originally Posted by thizzSantaCruz

Yea like honestly what is this, a thread so you can brag about what your great in....

yeah and its also a thread where you can state what you are bad at
11-15-2008, 09:01 PM
thizzSantaCruz

people have incentives not to list what there worst at and a lot of them probably don't even realize that they're that bad at it. I doubt anyone is going to put sex in there bottom 5%, but statistics say that 1 in every 20 members is gonna be a bottom feeder in that department. but yea didnt mean to derail.
11-15-2008, 09:12 PM
spoonitnow

Skills you believe yourself to be in the 95th percentile or higher (up to three maximum:)
"Intelligence" (Mensa, etc.)
Teaching
Sex

Skills you believe yourself to be in the 80th to 95th percentile:
Chess
Wrestling
Mathematics

Skills you believe yourself to be in the 5th to 20th percentile:
Spanish
Bowling
Keeping my mouth shut

Skills you believe yourself to be in the 0th to 5th percentile:
Skating of any sort (includes skateboards)
Swimming
Cooking
11-15-2008, 09:40 PM
a500lbgorilla

Skills in 95+
being fluid
understanding systems
abstract thinking
understanding
identifying faults and short comings (I'm not phenominal, but everyone usually sucks at this!)
being a student or thirst for knowledge
talking over people
being both social and extremely internalized at the same time/talking to or at myself with people around (ppl seem to like it)
an appreciation for being human and alive

skills in 80-95
an appreciation for the misguidedness of this exercise
swimming like fish
being a fun guy to hang out with
being an interesting guy to have a drink with
quickly acclimating myself to any "environment"
understanding "good" and "evil"

skills in 5-20
desire for accomplishment within the confines of a world which I either don't fully understand or can't bring myself to cope with it's identifiable (to me!) shortcomings.
hand-eye coordination
spatial understanding (I get lost like woah!)
listening (not just hearing and figuring but truly following)

skills in the 0-5
appreciating this exercise
allowing anyone extremely close to me to be wrong (when I feel I know they're wrong!)
fighting (I have never cared to fight, nor do I think any fight between anyone aged 21 or under is less than a hilarious commentary on all parties. Life experience limits this bullet point.)
truly and deeply caring (maybe these words don'y carry the same weight with you as I intend! I have loved but what does it really mean to care!?)
accomplishing anything alone
taking the second step (the first is usually easy. this is very abstract!)
11-15-2008, 09:46 PM
a500lbgorilla

Quote:

allowing anyone extremely close to me to be wrong (when I feel I know they're wrong!)

My roomate said, "haha I love that one because it's so fcking true!"

Then he inspired me to add:

95+

hearing the world around me and imagining it rather than seeing it. (my eyes focus on nothing!)

and thusly

0-5
eye contact (under conscious effort, I'm alright but I always feel something in my gut that doesn't agree with eye contact. I don't understand it and a lot of people say they don't notice after I point it out to them.)
11-15-2008, 10:11 PM
a500lbgorilla

aaand: 80-95

being proud of the shit that comes out of my mouth!
11-15-2008, 10:18 PM
swiggidy

Quote:

Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla

aaand: 80-95

being proud of the shit that comes out of my mouth!

You shit out your mouth? That's gross.
11-15-2008, 10:51 PM
a500lbgorilla

UR GROSS ZERO SPADES!