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What is that defining characteristic that sets you apart from the crowd? What is the one thing you do that nobody else you know does(or does well)?

Me? It's my ability to laugh at myself. Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm very smart and I have a gift for mathematics. There are several other skills I have and talents I possess. But what I love to do is make people laugh. And the reason why I'm so good at it is because I'm one of the people I'm trying to make laugh. And I'm willing to go to extraordinary lengths to get those laughs.

That's what sets me apart.

What about you?

The thing that makes me unique is that I am the same. What am I?

The thing that makes me unique is that I am the same. What am I?

Dull. :p

What is that defining characteristic that sets you apart from the crowd? What is the one thing you do that nobody else you know does(or does well)?

Me? It's my ability to laugh at myself. Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm very smart and I have a gift for mathematics. There are several other skills I have and talents I possess. But what I love to do is make people laugh. And the reason why I'm so good at it is because I'm one of the people I'm trying to make laugh. And I'm willing to go to extraordinary lengths to get those laughs.

That's what sets me apart.

What about you?

That's not really very defining. I laugh at you all the time.

Dull. :p

Wrong answer. Next

That's not really very defining. I laugh at you all the time.

It's the hat, isn't it?

Wrong answer. Next

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It's the hat, isn't it?

No, it's the sign pinned to your back.

I think my defining characteristics are easier to determine when i'm being definitive - the rest of the time i'm floating between a few different dominant/recessive personality traits.
If you mean how can anyone tell it's me? Sometimes that i don't like being so constrictive and throw my own behaviour for a loop - usually how i deal with person-related stress.
I dunno, could be that i have girl's hips. Or four different eye colours. Or Strange hair growth patterns. Or a way of confusing even the relatively simplest of things. Dunno. *shrug*

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Sorry but your answer wasnt in the form of a question. Next guess.

I can move my eyes independantly.

I have a nose!

i dont have anything speacial that i can think of :headbang:

I can move my eyes independantly.

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What is that defining characteristic that sets you apart from the crowd? What is the one thing you do that nobody else you know does(or does well)?

Me? It's my ability to laugh at myself. Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm very smart and I have a gift for mathematics. There are several other skills I have and talents I possess. But what I love to do is make people laugh. And the reason why I'm so good at it is because I'm one of the people I'm trying to make laugh. And I'm willing to go to extraordinary lengths to get those laughs.

That's what sets me apart.

What about you?

Heh, that sort of sounds like me.

I think that, for my age, I am very mature. I be polite to everyone, except I give constructive criticism and am sometimes perceived as rude (although I am sometimes). I also think things through and like to have different views than others, or if my view is the same, for different reasons.

I'm so worthless that my worthlessness earns a new class of its own. I think that makes me special :P

lol I have only seen one thing that makes some one who has posted in this thread special. And its the guy who can move around his eyes. Being special is something truely unique or out of the ordinary, not just being able to make someone laugh.

lol I have only seen one thing that makes some one who has posted in this thread special. And its the guy who can move around his eyes. Being special is something truely unique or out of the ordinary, not just being able to make someone laugh.

I can take three kicks to the groin from a blackbelt martial artist and stay on my feet. But not four. Is that special enough for you? :p

I can take three kicks to the groin from a blackbelt martial artist and stay on my feet. But not four. Is that special enough for you? :p

No because people can train themselves to do that. I dont supose you were born with the inate ability to resist groin shots were you?

What makes you truly special?

My Penis is over four miles long. Most of it, however, is in the 8th dimension.

No because people can train themselves to do that. I dont supose you were born with the inate ability to resist groin shots were you?


I apparently have the dubious ability to attract groin strikes. There was no formal training involved though.

My Penis is over four miles long. Most of it, however, is in the 8th dimension.

Lord only knows what's going on over there. ;)

I apparently have the dubious ability to attract groin strikes. There was no formal training involved though.

Good for you. Still not unique or special. :p

Good for you. Still not unique or special. :p

How many people do you know who even bothered to find out if they could?

hmmm----I may be the only girl I know that owns and rides a motorcycle.....aaannnnddd......I can draw pretty well....oh oh oh...and I have a piercing that none of my friends have....

Good for you. Still not unique or special. :p

So, is your special ability to be an ass?

How many people do you know who even bothered to find out if they could?

:rolleyes: Does that make you special no. I dont know many people who fly planes. Does that mean that if someone says they are a pilot they are special?

So, is your special ability to be an ass?
:rolleyes:

:rolleyes: Does that make you special no. I dont know many people who fly planes. Does that mean that if someone says they are a pilot they are special?

If someone flies a pedal-powered airplane across the English Channel, is he just a pilot? Or is he special?

Why in the blue hell am I even pursuing this debate? I'm not here to impress people.

You have a higher standard of what's 'special'. Groovy.

To me, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Pop Tarts are special. I'm going to have a couple now. :)

:rolleyes:

Ooh, apparently your special ability is witty retorts!

Ooh, apparently your special ability is witty retorts!

:rolleyes: Nah I just thought you would understand that smiley stands for being sarcastic.

So, is your special ability to be an ass?

Oooh-oooh!

I have that too.

Don't know if it's unique so much as lucky, but I have a really awesome girlfriend ^_^

Though, unique, because it turns out we met eachother close to three years ago? And it turns out she's my brothers friends little sister. Crazy fun. Loves her muchly though -runs off to glomp-

Well, lets see, things which make me unique: I have a talent for creativity. Anything creative I turn my focus to, I become good at. I also have yellow eyes (for real, no contacts). Whoop dee doo.

I also have yellow eyes (for real, no contacts).

Now thats special

a nice long hummer..

I also have yellow eyes (for real, no contacts). Whoop dee doo.

Now that, is fucking cool.

I have superpowers!

...Although the therapist took 'em away.

The thing i have that sets me apart from 90% of the guys out there is that I care.

I'm highly introverted yet somehow manage to make friends everywhere, from every social group and lifestyle.

What is that defining characteristic that sets you apart from the crowd? What is the one thing you do that nobody else you know does(or does well)?


Umm, I drink gin with the Gin Fox, that's all I can think of at the moment.

Ralph Nader.

I have the remarkable ability to make people's brains fly out their ass.

Seriously, though, it's my ability to make anything seem morally justified. Which inevitably leads to the above.

Everybody thinks that they are unique and that they matter, but we are all shockingly average.

Caring more about yourself is what has kept the human race alive in the past, and I guess it's a natural instinct. However, in my opinion, everybody is just little sparks of life that light, burn and die without so much as an intriguing flicker in between.

I am so totally average it's scary. Sometimes.

My Witt,charm and sparkling personality! :D

I have a superpower, although not a particularly interesting or good one.

I can resist cold. I can happily walk around without a jacket while everyone else is rugged up. I'll shiver, and get cold, notice that I'm cold, take a deep breath, and then just....ignore it. Stop shivering, or being bothered by it.

Of course, as my housemate points out "So, you still go out in the cold, but you can trick your body into not doing the self-defence reactions, like shivering, that protect yourself. Instead you stupidly just stay out in the cold instead of putting on a jacket". Um, yeah.

So, I'm not sure how I can turn this to my monetary gain, unless Mr Freeze turns up in town. And even then, if I decided to become a superhero, well, I'd just get shot in the head. Too bad I'm not bulletproof too.

Oh, I also have the ability to attract groin-shots. Through high school, for a four year stretch, *EVERY SINGLE* game of soccer I played, I got hit in the groin. Without fail. I would avoid soccer like the plauge, but the school enforced a few matches. By the end my friends would pat me on the back and say "hope you recover soon" before the match. And no, it wasn't people intentionally aiming for me, it was a different person each time. Once it was someone on my own team, who somehow kicked the ball *backwards*.

I also managed, while skiing rather fast, to hit my stock (those skiing poles you carry), which spun around through the air, landing handle-down right in front of me, with the point aiming directly at my groin. I had enough time to see what was going to happen, and realize that there was no way I could avoid it. Then it literally lifted me off my feet, the force of my not inconsiderable speed focused on about half the area of a dime coin.
When I recovered, and *ahem* checked myself, I was expecting to see blood everywhere. I am so lucky, it didn't even break the skin, I was fine the next day, there doesn't seem to be any damage whatsoever from all these groin shots.

So maybe I am bulletproof after all.

incidentally, the stock was bent at about a 30 degree angle. We couldn't straighten it even using three large men and a vice. Never underestimate the forces you can create by using lots of speed.

Everybody thinks that they are unique and that they matter, but we are all shockingly average.

Caring more about yourself is what has kept the human race alive in the past, and I guess it's a natural instinct. However, in my opinion, everybody is just little sparks of life that light, burn and die without so much as an intriguing flicker in between.

I am so totally average it's scary. Sometimes.

I'm unique because I'm me. I have my own personal thoughts that are all my own. I have my own opinions that, while sometimes being similar to others, are all my own.
None of that makes me special, however.

I'm special because I care about other people, and try to leave the world a better place than I found it. Caring about yourself might be our instincts, but it's not how we have to live our lives.

Seriously, though, it's my ability to make anything seem morally justified. Which inevitably leads to the above.
Everything *is* morally justified. It just depends on your moral framework.

Right now I am flying high on this, so-

I have a film and a ten-minute play in a festival right now and because during the first week of the festival I was running media for a different show I didn't get to see them. Tonight I watched, and a bunch of established playwrights and directors happened to be there. They all approached me and some asked for the script, one who was casting a show asked to see my cast to have them come audition. People have been commenting on the film all week (someone even took a souvineer from the film's subject, my VW Bus-which I'm not so happy about). On top of that, I had a staged reading of a full length comedy last night which was also met with great success. Structure, dialog, and character are what people seem to like the most. (I don't write very plot driven stuff) So I do that, and judging by the response-well. (myself, I'm pretty critical of what I've done-but right now I'm gonna bask in the glow and return to self-doubt tomorrow.)

Also, I have a three inch long goatee, fu-manchu and always wear a vacationer hat with a slug on it. Which makes me stand out a bit.

(yeah, I'm a writer who can't spell. Yay spell check!)

Right now I am flying high on this, so-

I have a film and a ten-minute play in a festival right now and because during the first week of the festival I was running media for a different show I didn't get to see them. Tonight I watched, and a bunch of established playwrights and directors happened to be there. They all approached me and some asked for the script, one who was casting a show asked to see my cast to have them come audition. People have been commenting on the film all week (someone even took a souvineer from the film's subject, my VW Bus-which I'm not so happy about). On top of that, I had a staged reading of a full length comedy last night which was also met with great success. Structure, dialog, and character are what people seem to like the most. (I don't write very plot driven stuff) So I do that, and judging by the response-well. (myself, I'm pretty critical of what I've done-but right now I'm gonna bask in the glow and return to self-doubt tomorrow.)

Also, I have a three inch long goatee, fu-manchu and always wear a vacationer hat with a slug on it. Which makes me stand out a bit.

(yeah, I'm a writer who can't spell. Yay spell check!)

The film/play stuff's pretty cool!

BTW, do you mean slug as in a shell-less snail type slug? What's a vacationer hat?

What is that defining characteristic that sets you apart from the crowd? What is the one thing you do that nobody else you know does(or does well)?

Me? It's my ability to laugh at myself. Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm very smart and I have a gift for mathematics. There are several other skills I have and talents I possess. But what I love to do is make people laugh. And the reason why I'm so good at it is because I'm one of the people I'm trying to make laugh. And I'm willing to go to extraordinary lengths to get those laughs.

That's what sets me apart.

What about you?

I wont wear any colour other than black. I'm ignorant while still intelligent and I'll go to great lengths to make sure that I get a decent education (outside of school).

Gift for mathematics? That's great. A lot of people these days hate mathematics because of all the thinking involved (not me). I love it and plan on going into mathematics as a career. You?

What is that defining characteristic that sets you apart from the crowd? What is the one thing you do that nobody else you know does(or does well)?
The fact that I decide to be happy, regardless of circumstances, the wide range of skills and talents I have developed over the years, and the fact that I will tell you the unvarnished truth. :D

The film/play stuff's pretty cool!
Thank you :)

BTW, do you mean slug as in a shell-less snail type slug? What's a vacationer hat?

This is the zen slug:
http://gis.ucsc.edu/html/bananaSlugThink.gif
And this is a Vacationer hat:
http://frankiesbbq.com/fishhatfront_small.jpg

my exceptional intelligence and talent for maths and science, combined with my capability to be very confused (as in saying "i'll go to the bar now", then going to the garage to fetch my shoes and stopping halfway thinking about what i was doing, and starting something else; or simply closing the door before trying to go through it) and the occasional 'hyperfocusing' when i simply spend up to 10 hours straight very concentrated on something - sometimes without being disturbed by people asking me things.

I wont wear any colour other than black. I'm ignorant while still intelligent and I'll go to great lengths to make sure that I get a decent education (outside of school).

Gift for mathematics? That's great. A lot of people these days hate mathematics because of all the thinking involved (not me). I love it and plan on going into mathematics as a career. You?

The ignorance and intelligence thing is somewhat of a contradiction in terms, CC.

Me? I'm the most sarcastic, cynical person I know! That's gotta be special.

I've walked into every hard surface in my house with at least one body part.

Go me!

I've walked into every hard surface in my house with at least one body part.

Go me!

Go Troon! Doin' it for the clumsy people (me included)! I have a tendency to bash my kneecaps on our coffee table.

Go Troon! Doin' it for the clumsy people (me included)! I have a tendency to bash my kneecaps on our coffee table.

I smashed my shoulder against a door because I started moving forwards before I'd opened it fully.

I cut all my knuckles because I punched a wall as I ran to the bathroom (missed the doorway).

I also bashed my mouth with the front door, because I opened it at myself and then moved my head in the wrong direction...

And some people get the impression that I'm clever... *shakes head in disbelief*

;) I could brag about various accomplishments or character traits, but I don't think that's what really makes me special......

I think every person on earth is special and has a fascinating backstory. So that means I'm special too. ;)

I can do that too earth's orbit.

But i think im special because i can actually fit my tongue inside(not just touch) my nose i can make my shoulder blades stand in the air and i have an undershot jaw. ;)

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Sorry...

I smashed my shoulder against a door because I started moving forwards before I'd opened it fully.

I cut all my knuckles because I punched a wall as I ran to the bathroom (missed the doorway).

I also bashed my mouth with the front door, because I opened it at myself and then moved my head in the wrong direction...

And some people get the impression that I'm clever... *shakes head in disbelief*

Very impressive, Troon. That doesn't mean you're not clever, just not co-ordinated is all! :p

Very impressive, Troon. That doesn't mean you're not clever, just not co-ordinated is all! :p

If you say so.

It does give me something to talk about at social occasions. People will say something and I'll be able to come back with

"Yeah, but I nearly knocked out my teeth by walking into a door!"

Forgot about that story! I was playing Softball at school. The ball was rolling along the ground (fairly quickly, I must say) towards me. I stooped down and put my glove down to get it.

The ball takes the following route:

Glove -> Arm -> Mouth

It managed to make my teeth scrape away my inner lip. There was a fair amount of blood.

I couldn't stop laughing.

I can move my eyes independantly.

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heh, cool:p

me, nothing special :(

Let me se now:

I can discuss Pre socretic philosophy and Quantum Mechanics, but so can many others. I am good player of chess and bridge and American Footbal, but this too others manage. I can program in Cobol (a rare talent nowadays) and I can make people laugh - unusual but not unique. What then is unique about me:

My cat obeys me!

What then is unique about me:

My cat obeys me!
Oh, well done!

What then is unique about me:

My cat obeys me!
Alien Born is a witch! Burn him!
Everybody knows that being able to order cats around is a sure sign of witchcraft!

:p

I am the only real person in the world. Other people, their feelings, their hopes and dreams, animals and birds, nations and indeed time itself, are all figments of my imagination. There is no god, there is only me.

I, also, can move my eyes indepenantly of each other.

Hmmm...

Besides the fact that I'm the Supreme Ruler of the Universe:

My other defining characteristics include that

1) I am a cruel, compassionate, callous, insensitive, funny, sarcastic, rude, intelligent, cowardly person. As most of you have already discerned.

2) I am an idiot. (Ok, it's not unique, most people are, but still...)

3) I can focus on one thing for 24 hours nonstop, but can't concentrate on another for 6 minutes.

4) I've been described as "an enigmatic, conceited, paradoxical, and just downright strange" person.

5) I am an A+ student whose highest ever grade was a C–. Or is it the other way around?

6) My speech is populated by both American, British, and 133714|\| 3xpr35510|\|z.

~Czardas, Supreme Ruler of the Universe

I am the only real person in the world. Other people, their feelings, their hopes and dreams, animals and birds, nations and indeed time itself, are all figments of my imagination. There is no god, there is only me.

I, also, can move my eyes indepenantly of each other.That's really funny!

~Czardas, Supreme Ruler of the Universe

My genetic code. While 99.9999R% just like any other human or great ape, I am that different from any other lifeform as to make me unique and under natural conditions, irreproduceable.

Alien Born is a witch! Burn him!
Everybody knows that being able to order cats around is a sure sign of witchcraft!

:p
Actually, I was under the impression discussig pre-socratic philosophy was a sign of witchcraft...Oh Belgium, man! I'm confused now. I'm going to have to lie down.

I can pound nails almost three inches into my sinuses. I can stop an electric fan with my tongue. I'm a walking freakshow!

there is nothing special about me whatsoever, i think that makes me fairly unique

there is nothing special about me whatsoever, i think that makes me fairly unique

You're TInk, you silly girl: that's what makes you special! :)

:fluffle:

I have a superpower, although not a particularly interesting or good one.

I can resist cold. I can happily walk around without a jacket while everyone else is rugged up. I'll shiver, and get cold, notice that I'm cold, take a deep breath, and then just....ignore it. Stop shivering, or being bothered by it.

Of course, as my housemate points out "So, you still go out in the cold, but you can trick your body into not doing the self-defence reactions, like shivering, that protect yourself. Instead you stupidly just stay out in the cold instead of putting on a jacket". Um, yeah.


Me, I hate the cold, but I can withstand heat better than anyone else I know. I wear the thickest jackets I can find, and this conversation often happens in classes during the summer:

Teacher: "Er...didn't someone say it was roasting in here?"
Me: "Yeah, I think so."
Teacher: "So why have you got that jacket on?"
*Class looks at me dressed in a jacket similar to the Eskimos*
Me: "It's hot?"

Unusuall, and handy in global warming.

I can also stratch any point on my back. Even the place that people can't reach. That makes me pretty unique.

there is nothing special about me whatsoever, i think that makes me fairly unique

I would argue that you've used more fluffles than anyone else on the face of the Earth, which would make you slightly special.

Only slightly, mind. :p

there is nothing special about me whatsoever, i think that makes me fairly uniqueYou're special because your postcount is exactly 11,035 at this moment and no-one else's is. :D

~Czardas, Supreme Ruler of the Universe