What is the best skill you possess that makes you stand above the average person?

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    2 years ago

    Statistical modeling.

    And yes, I am miffed about the use of the word “exponential” in this post’s title.

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    stand above the average person?

    Kinda opposite of the prompt:

    Scuba!

    Lots of divers will tell you that buouancy control is difficult for most divers. Mine is absolutely good. I teach underwater photography and can hover within a fraction of an inch over a super silty bottom while swimming backwards and taking video without stirring up anything.

    I have other instructors and professionals come to me for buoyancy training.

  • Iraglassceiling [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    Pole dancing! I’ve taught professionally for like 15 years.

    Btw this instance is about to be exposed to amazing pole fitness content, prepare yourselves.

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    Since the Reddit blackout I decided to learn how to solve a Rubik’s Cube. My best time for solving one so far is 82 seconds. I know it’s no world record but the average person can’t solve a Rubik’s cube so I’m way more experienced.

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    Besides my professional skills, which are so boring they’re not worth mentioning, I’m good at snapping my fingers? I can do both hands really fast.
    Also, standing on one leg, having internal monologues that can last for hours and other useless skills :)

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.net
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    If I was to base it off people I know IRL, it’d be video games. But against the collective of gamers on the internet, I don’t even rank. :/

    Well… I guess that’s just skill. Experience, though… Many streamers and gamers are a fraction of my age, and I’ve been gaming since as far back as I remember.

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    Exponentially denotes a progression, a rate of change. You probably mean greatly or vastly

    For me it would be authoring images-illustration, rendering, etc. I guess most people can answer with their job

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    Math (I’m a graduate student). And “exponentially more experienced than the average” means nothing as exponential is a progression, not a comparison between two values.

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    So you’re asking people what they do for a living?

    Doing something for 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week makes you a lot better at that thing than other people.

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      Actually doing something for 40 hours a week is truly remarkable. People waste so much time, me included.

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        2 years ago

        Man I’m so good at sleeping though. I get at least 5 hours a night, so that’s 40 a week! Woohoo!

        /s

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          2 years ago

          Where do you get an 8-day week? I want one (assuming it’s an extra break day not work day…).

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    By feel I can identify 20 lb, 24 lb, 28 lb, 65 lb cover, 110 lb cover, and 12 pt matte paper. I’m increasingly impressed by people’s business cards as a result, as it is often much, much heavier than 12 pt matte.

    Using comparison I can distinguish 80 lb semi-gloss cover, 100 lb semi-gloss cover, 8 pt gloss, 10 pt gloss, and 12 pt gloss. (But then again, most people could, given multiple choices rather than a free-response question.)

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      2 years ago

      “Look at that subtle off-white colouring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my god, it even has a watermark.”

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    Pretty much everything. The average person can’t read and write, can’t swim, can’t run or hold a steering wheel with two hands, because the average person doesn’t have two legs and two arms, etc

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      2 years ago

      It’s not difficult if you have a multi-thousand dollar freeze drying machine. It is difficult if you have less money than that and try to build your own…