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What are you truly horrible at?

Suicidal Librarians
11-09-2004, 02:06
What activity can you just not do? For me it would have to be sewing (with a machine), I can do it, but by the time I actually figure out how to thread the freakin' thing, my Home Ec class is over and I'm miles behind everyone else. I'm also pretty awful when it comes to soccer.

Warning: Thread may not be the best for those with already low self esteem. :)
Superpower07
11-09-2004, 02:08
I am truly horrible at tolerating incompetence
Lunatic Goofballs
11-09-2004, 02:10
My brain surgery skills are definitely subpar.

I'm also very weak at Religious Piety.

But I still practice when I have free time.
Cannot think of a name
11-09-2004, 02:10
sing, dance and draw.
Suicidal Librarians
11-09-2004, 02:12
Before this thread goes any further, I do mean things that you have tried doing, but just didn't pull off.
Parratoga
11-09-2004, 02:13
Keeping my mouth shut! :p
Lunatic Goofballs
11-09-2004, 02:14
Before this thread goes any further, I do mean things that you have tried doing, but just didn't pull off.

Yeah. Duh. We don't know if we're bad at something until we tried it.

I mean, I never piloted a Space Shuttle. I might be a natural at it. :)
Johnistan
11-09-2004, 02:14
Being black
Schmeidrei
11-09-2004, 02:17
Life, in general.
Tennesee Fans
11-09-2004, 02:17
Saying hi to girls :rolleyes:



Sad Aint it :(
Superpower07
11-09-2004, 02:18
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Doorn Batask
11-09-2004, 02:20
Nothing; I am perfect.

Well... Aside from the massive ego problem. It's not a massive problem - my ego has been observed to block out the sun in Tokyo when people attempt to insult me through ICQ.
Lunatic Goofballs
11-09-2004, 02:20
Nothing; I am perfect.

Your grip on reality seems a bit weak. ;)
Doorn Batask
11-09-2004, 02:22
Your grip on reality seems a bit weak. ;)
Your reality is not good enough for me.
Lunatic Goofballs
11-09-2004, 02:29
Your reality is not good enough for me.

No problem. *points off a cliff* There's the door.
Suicidal Librarians
11-09-2004, 02:31
I saw this on a T-shirt one time: Reality is a nice place....but I wouldn't want to live there.
Lunatic Goofballs
11-09-2004, 02:34
The bottom line is: You have to live in reality. Accept it.

Your energy is much better spent warping your perception of it. Much more efficient. :D
Brittanic States
11-09-2004, 02:35
Levitation
Bad Republicans
11-09-2004, 02:41
Saying hi to girls :rolleyes:



Sad Aint it :(

Thats probably the easiest thing to do, go into the mall and try asking so many girls that even if you get rejected 100 times youll get at least one # :)
Doorn Batask
11-09-2004, 02:49
No problem. *points off a cliff* There's the door.
Your door isn't good enough for me, either. =)

The bottom line is: You have to live in reality. Accept it.

Your energy is much better spent warping your perception of it. Much more efficient. :D
Correction: I have to live in a society where reality is a commonly accepted and practiced 'fact'. You can tell me that I'm not connected to the internet using my God Machine 5000, but I do not have to conform to your ideals on this or any matter.

What do you think I'm doing with my God Machine 5000? Making cupcakes? =/
Lunatic Goofballs
11-09-2004, 02:51
Your door isn't good enough for me, either. =)


Correction: I have to live in a society where reality is a commonly accepted and practiced 'fact'. You can tell me that I'm not connected to the internet using my God Machine 5000, but I do not have to conform to your ideals on this or any matter.

What do you think I'm doing with my God Machine 5000? Making cupcakes? =/

It makes great cupcakes. You should read the instruction manual. Hard to believe that some people can't even set the clock on their God Machine yet. Sad, isn't it?
Jordaxia
11-09-2004, 02:52
Serious answer: Drawing. Can't draw unless I put a huge amount of time to it, even then it's unpredictable.

Less than serious answer: playing the "Freebird" solo on the banjo. Some would say it can't be done, but it's never stopped me trying.
Tennesee Fans
11-09-2004, 02:55
Thats probably the easiest thing to do, go into the mall and try asking so many girls that even if you get rejected 100 times youll get at least one # :)

I was on a train trip in Kyntucky and there were About 75 girls and 8 boys
and A couple of girls ask me "can we take a Photo of you." My response
"My camera dosen't Have film" Thats how girlshy I'am
Ashmoria
11-09-2004, 03:04
i really suck at keeping house

unfortunately i am a housewife

sigh
Copiosa Scotia
11-09-2004, 03:21
I am the worst basketball player in the known world.
Kryozerkia
11-09-2004, 03:24
Programming... C, PERL CGI, ASP, shell scripting...and yet, sadly, I need to be able to in order to pass and get my diploma.
Faithfull-freedom
11-09-2004, 03:25
Saying hi to girls Sad Aint it

I have that problem also, I am no good at it.
And I dont think being married has anything to do with it.
LordaeronII
11-09-2004, 03:55
Girls, I'm great at being their friends, great at approaching them and becoming friends with them, total shit at becoming anything more than such.

Anyways, more seroiusly though, hmmm....

I can't play the trombone. I suck at it. I played it for 2 years and I still sucked. I gave up now....

Also I pretty well suck at forgiving people. I'm quite (dare I say, very?) nice to friends and such, but the moment someone does something bad to me, I tend to never forgive them, even if they were a very close friend before.
New Genoa
11-09-2004, 04:34
Everything.
Suicidal Librarians
11-09-2004, 04:37
Everything.

You know what losers like you have to tell themselves? You know what I'm good at? I'm good at being me! [/kidding]
New Genoa
11-09-2004, 04:39
I'm in a self-centered, pity-myself mood.
Suicidal Librarians
11-09-2004, 04:40
I'm in a self-centered, pity-myself mood.

Well, considering your location, that seems expected. :)
Eridanus
11-09-2004, 04:43
Well, I'm not good at cuttin' hair. Or surgery. I have no training
Roachsylvania
11-09-2004, 06:13
Girls, I'm great at being their friends, great at approaching them and becoming friends with them, total shit at becoming anything more than such.

Yeah, that's about my experience. I'm also awful at most sports (hence some of the girl troubles), and drawing (or writing legibly, for that matter). Other than that... I'm a pretty crappy shot, but no one here seems to care much for guns anyway. Existing in the real world is sort of a problem for me. Forums are just so much better. :)
Squi
11-09-2004, 06:28
Where to begin at things I am piss-poor at?

Anything involving rhythm - I cannot keep a beat at all. Marching, dancing - forget it I am a menace. We'll leave music alone too.
New Fuglies
11-09-2004, 09:07
For me it's sports. Team sports. There is no "I" in team and im kinda self centered conceited and oh so arrogant, not to mention totally uncoordinated so it could never work. Mind you though I was a top sprinter and swimmer in my day so I'm not totally unathletic. :D
Incertonia
11-09-2004, 09:19
For me, it's singing. I can do okay if I stay within my very limited range, but there are so feww songs that fall into that range that I try to stretch it, and oh my god, I can't hit anything close to a high note. Not even remotely--it comes out somewhere between a screech and a moose's mating call.
Grishnackhistan
11-09-2004, 09:21
Drawing. And not yelling at people. And not walking into things.
Incertonia
11-09-2004, 09:30
And not walking into things.Ohh--that's me too. I have a permanent bruise on my right upper arm from a goddamn dresser that has the nerve to be in the exact same place every fucking day.
The Island of Rose
11-09-2004, 09:48
I am horrible at getting laid!

*rimshot*

Seriously. Hmmm, I cannot be honest unless I know I will not get hurt. So I'm a lieing bastard...

I can't get a date either... no I don't try, I know I'll fail, I am all-knowing, I know because I live in my mind O_o
Luckdonia
11-09-2004, 14:36
I absolutely suck at typing.If I have been typing for like an hour non-stop,I kind of get into the rythym,but mostly it will take me about half an hour to type a short email.
If i am in an internet Cafe,I see other people typing at frightening speeds and I think "are these people HUMAN?"
Or am I really THAT slow?
seriously,some people are scary they type so fast.like 100 w.p.m.+ without ever making a mistake.
The Sadistic Skinhead
11-09-2004, 15:02
I am fucking bad at maths, i cant count for shit.
Kanabia
11-09-2004, 15:18
I'm perfect.

Nah, seriously....

I can't cook for shit.
I can't play ball sports.
I can't fart loudly and succeed in blaming it on someone else.
I can't take cold showers.
I can't do the religion thing.
I can't run backwards.
I can't do the limbo.

And like seemingly everyone else in this thread, I have trouble getting women to go out with me, and even more trouble getting them to stay with me longer than a fortnight without ditching me for someone else they met at a club. Ah well.

I'm almost perfect :p
Moontian
11-09-2004, 15:46
Like so many people here on Nationstates, I am not all that good at getting a date, but great at picking up female friends. I'm at 0 from about 25 attempts so far these last 3 years.
I am an awful artist.
I do not play the guitar well at all. (But I counterbalance this with some skill with the glockenspiel and recorder.)
I am not all that fast a runner. (But I am a pretty quick walker.)
I can't throw a ball all that far. (But if the target is within range, I'm more accurate than most.)
I can't see far normally. (The reason I wear glasses.)
I don't have great conversing abilities. (I listen a whole lot better than I talk.)

There are many things I'm not good at, but I have other things to counterbalance these.
Tennesee Fans
11-09-2004, 22:28
For me it's sports. Team sports. There is no "I" in team and im kinda self centered conceited and oh so arrogant, not to mention totally uncoordinated so it could never work. Mind you though I was a top sprinter and swimmer in my day so I'm not totally unathletic. :D

Were you on the USA Olympic Basketball Team :confused:
:p
Kyosei
11-09-2004, 22:55
I'm REALLY BAD at being bad at things. Can u help me? :(
Tennesee Fans
12-09-2004, 01:42
I have that problem also, I am no good at it.
And I dont think being married has anything to do with it.

Yea,but how would you like it if a comeplete stranger saying to you "Hey there Boyfriend" :rolleyes:
Grishnackhistan
12-09-2004, 02:08
I'm REALLY BAD at being bad at things. Can u help me? :(

You're bad at not typing like an idiot.
Enodscopia
12-09-2004, 02:14
Compassion for those who do not try to help themselves.
A Dead Cat
12-09-2004, 04:44
I simply cannot hand-write. No matter how hard I try, my hand writing always comes out looking like a 5 year old's printing.
Moontian
15-09-2004, 13:38
Don't worry too much about your writing. Mine is very small, and many people don't read it easily. I find it simple enough, but I'm used to it.
And I can't write in large letters. I've tried many times, but it always comes out tiny.
Roach-Busters
16-09-2004, 06:43
Math