Talented, skilled, however you want to define it.

5/11/2014 12:49:56 AM

Define good... Is it in comparison to others? to your peers or internationally? What makes you "good" at something.

Was Mr. Burns "Good"

5/11/2014 2:20:31 AM

I am the glue that holds TWW together

and I make a mean chicken parmesan

5/11/2014 9:13:42 AM

drinkin (and gettin drunk)

5/11/2014 10:13:23 AM

I'm good with most things.

5/11/2014 10:15:40 AM

Flexibility
Carrying heavy things
Being cheerful
Taking timed multiple choice tests on subjects that are vaguely familiar
Evaluating, organizing/synthesizing things and information
Word jumbles

I'm slowly getting better at listening and perspective-taking. But, in the meantime, I've made dramatic improvements in the realms of minding my bidness and keeping my mouth shut. So, instead of feeling stupid for saying something, now I mainly feel stupid for thinking something.

5/11/2014 11:57:41 AM

i can cook a hamburger

5/11/2014 8:29:09 PM

Learning languages

5/11/2014 8:49:28 PM

i think you can consider yourself good at something when others come to you for help and advice when they want to do it.

i feel like i'm pretty good at grilling and smoking. not like competition level, but definitely better than the average american. of course, every dude who has ever burned a chicken leg thinks he's a grill master, so whatever.

i'm a pretty average shot, but folks usually come to me with their reloading questions. i've spent a good bit of time researching and practicing and i would consider myself good at it.

i can hold my own at fishing as well. i didn't really feel like fishing after my dad died, so i haven't been in about a year. starting to get the dust off my gear and get back into it now.

but i've spent so much time doing these things that i'd be pretty embarrassed if i wasn't relatively good at them.

5/11/2014 8:57:00 PM

I'm good at not worrying about shit.

5/11/2014 9:08:59 PM

I am good at baking cupcakes and making icing.
And tending babies.
And taking pictures. (But not editing them)
And growing herbs.



I might be great at taking care of kids aged 2-5...but not awesome.

5/12/2014 7:44:39 AM

Not ending sentences and questions in prepositions.

5/12/2014 11:29:20 AM

cooking / grilling
tasting (beer, wine, food) - thought about going for a somm certification
writing / editing academic or professional papers
school
trivia
jet skiing (stand up)
snowboarding
guitar

also, I am the fucking Jenga master.

5/12/2014 11:47:24 AM

Teaching (which is helpful in my profession)
Cooking certain things (NC BBQ, chili, etc)
Procrastinating (i'll finish this list later)

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5/12/2014 11:50:48 AM

IT's all relative.

But I'm pretty good at juggling a soccer ball, spinning a basketball on my finger and devil sticks.

5/12/2014 11:53:04 AM

devils sticks really?

5/12/2014 12:52:02 PM

I haven't held any in close to two decades, but i was pretty good back then, and bet I could pick them up and pick-up where i left off. I was also really good with a pogo-poll and could do shove-its and nose-picks on edges. And I can do the whole criss-cross thing with a jump rope. I was never very good at doing the kid-n-play thing of jumping through my own leg though. BUt I could do the Hammer (Running Man)

5/12/2014 12:59:31 PM

since jenga master was mentioned, i must admit that i am the uno master. regular uno. not uno stacko or whatever the other uno that spits cards at you is.....uno attack?

5/12/2014 1:00:38 PM

public speaking
healthy cooking

5/12/2014 1:03:56 PM

rook

5/12/2014 1:09:14 PM

Juggling. I can do tons of 3-ball tricks, stable 4 ball patterns, and am working on 5 balls/clubs/rings. And contact juggling as well, but not as good at that yet. Joggling too. Did a 5k with 3 balls, only 2 drops, 30:15.

And props to devil sticks. Love playing around with those and diabolos.

5/12/2014 1:09:35 PM

i didnt know devil sticks were still a thing, thats all.

neat.

5/12/2014 1:12:35 PM

I honestly didn't either, I can't recall the last time i saw any. But this has prompted me to look for a cheap set online. Upon a very cursory look, they all have the big fluff-balls on the end, which I didn't like.

5/12/2014 1:15:36 PM

Those are Luna Sticks.

Go here for the good shit:
http://www.toddsmith.com/devil.shtml

5/12/2014 1:16:56 PM

I'm a better driver than 95% of the people I know.

That's really all I've got

5/12/2014 1:18:17 PM

I forgot to mention how awesome I am at pointing out the Dunning-Kruger effect.

5/12/2014 1:22:25 PM

Pool
Ping-Pong
Beer Pong
Flip Cup
Driving
Fucking

5/12/2014 1:39:39 PM

forgot about bar sports.
darts
pool
bowling
disc golf

5/12/2014 1:54:58 PM

teaching anything i am good at
academic teaching
cooking (certain items)
learning languages
looking after kids
taking standardized tests
driving

5/12/2014 1:55:42 PM

observation and detection skills

5/12/2014 3:03:20 PM

I am great at being average at a lot of things!

5/12/2014 3:19:48 PM

Teaching
Cooking
Dancing
Word Stuff (morphology, -play, etc)
Acrobatics/agility
Body language
Going without sleep
Connecting with others

5/12/2014 6:53:52 PM

Quote :

"i think you can consider yourself good at something when others come to you for help and advice when they want to do it. i feel like i'm pretty good at grilling and smoking. not like competition level, but definitely better than the average american. of course, every dude who has ever burned a chicken leg thinks he's a grill master, so whatever. i'm a pretty average shot, but folks usually come to me with their reloading questions. i've spent a good bit of time researching and practicing and i would consider myself good at it. i can hold my own at fishing as well. i didn't really feel like fishing after my dad died, so i haven't been in about a year. starting to get the dust off my gear and get back into it now. but i've spent so much time doing these things that i'd be pretty embarrassed if i wasn't relatively good at them"

I read this in Ron Swanson's voice and it made me smile.

I'm pretty good at looking at something and determining if it will fit in another space.
I'm good cleaning.
I'm good at taking x-rays.
I'm good at sounding sincere.

5/12/2014 9:41:44 PM

^I love packing tracks and such for moving; it's like 3-D Tetris

5/12/2014 9:46:05 PM

Quote :

"I'm pretty good at looking at something and determining if it will fit in another space."

I suck so bad at this.

5/12/2014 9:48:57 PM

I am really good at being a little better than decent at a lot of things. I will get really into something and go at it full speed and learn all I can right before I get to the point where I would be an expert I lose interest and go on to the next thing. Working on cars, guns, reloading, grilling, cooking, lifting weights, nutrition, work related things, handyman stuff around the house, computers, etc. All things I know more about than your average joe but not enough to be an expert by any means.

5/12/2014 9:58:44 PM

I'm really, really good at scraping the resin out of a bowl with a paper-clip. I've never met anybody who could get 75% of the resin that I get.

5/12/2014 11:35:37 PM

i'm good at navigating the ATL airport. and at making manhattans. i think that's all i got.

5/13/2014 9:24:15 AM

Quote :

"^I love packing tracks and such for moving; it's like 3-D Tetris "

oh man. i used to work at UPS and i was the wall building master. (well, until shit hit the fan... seriously nightmares with boxes flying at you were common)

5/13/2014 9:40:09 AM

Spades
Cats
Video Games
Sarcasm
Science
Writing
Cooking
Running
Procrastination
Emotional Stability
Sex
Patience
Creativity

5/13/2014 9:54:14 AM

rock climbing

prob other stuff too, but that one way more than anything else

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5/13/2014 10:20:40 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=XtMy5IBmX7E

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5/13/2014 11:06:13 AM

I think I'm good at a lot of things...so I'm just going to list all of the things I feel I'm really good-to-great at:

High Volume Bartending
Yard Work
Basic Breakfast for small groups (I can make a ton of diner quality pancakes, bacon/sausage, and any style of eggs for 5-10 people...consistently)
Diffusing confrontational situations
Relationship advice
Writing heartfelt letters

I think that might be it.

5/13/2014 11:55:28 AM

I have a hard time putting things into perspective sometimes (in comparison to the average joe vs professionals vs icons etc.)

For example: guitar. When I compare myself to any of my favorite guitar players I actually suck, but I also recorded two label-backed albums so in the grand scheme of things I guess I can say I am decent.

Interior design and residential architecture design. Not sure that I could ever make a full-time career out of it or anything but I really enjoy it and have a lot of friends and co-workers who have asked me for advice.

There are other things I would have counted years ago but I either don't do them anymore or am not/wouldn't be good at them anymore. :/

5/13/2014 1:02:59 PM

I can shoot fast. I'll shoot 100% in police qualifications and I usually get all my shots off when everyone else is only halfway through. It's about the only thing I'm fast at.

I'm good at knife making as long as speed isn't factored into that.

5/13/2014 1:18:26 PM

singing

5/13/2014 2:22:51 PM

http://youtu.be/_0Sg9gD05fI

5/13/2014 3:01:41 PM

I am motherfucking EXCELLENT at failing.

5/13/2014 4:40:26 PM

Maybe better than the average population:

Fixing bikes
Riding bikes
Swimming
Raising animals
Sewing things in a utilitarian fashion
Being the calm center of reason
Good 'nurse face' when shit is going downhill on my patients
Planning things

Things I suck at:
running
budgeting for vacation
drumming
mowing the lawn
finishing projects with no hard deadline

5/16/2014 11:18:07 AM