Are You Better Than Average? (credit card, computer, driving, words)

[stan4]

Some of that stuff I suck at...like getting dressed up. Or remembering names of people I just met.

But I spell really well and I am crazy about being on time.

I haven't changed many diapers and I have a hard time sleeping because of my schedule.

Funny poll!

[Twinkle Toes]

Originally Posted by jtur88

Which of these thing can you do better than the average person?

DANCE!!! You didn't list dance!!!

[stan4]

Oooooh...I really can't dance.

[paladinking]

cook, read a map,save money....

[GloryB]

Originally Posted by cruxan

i agree it sounds to confusing to me,, but i see where he's coming from.. but it's to hard to determine who's a better than average cook. some people like italian some peps like mexican some like oriental,, it's just to hard to compare something like cooking everybody has different taste and different methods of preparing and cooking the food.. even driving is hard to compare,, say i drive for 20 years and never get into a accident, that doesn't mean i'm a better driver than say driver guy x that got into 3 accidents in a 20 year span, for one the accidents might not have been his fault, and driver x could have done nothing to prepair him or her self for the accidents.. i believe everybody can do something better than average..but the list would be a mile long. just look at savant's they can be amazing at certain accomplishments like memory drawing, musical,learning languages etc.. but on the other hand they need someone to tie their shoes or drive them to some funktion..

even some criminals are better than average, some get caught, some don't

Wow cruxan..... you really made this much more complicated than it actually is.

It is an easy poll about your opinion of what and what not you think you are better than average at.

[Bluw]

Was bull*****ing listed!! I'm really good at that!!

[GloryB]

Originally Posted by Blutime

Was bull*****ing listed!! I'm really good at that!!

Sure. You could have checked off everything on the list.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by beachmel

Actually, some folks who are great with numbers and are also excellent spellers, have a "photographic" memory. I'm the family phone directory and the speller, as well. I don't see the numbers or words as anything other than they are. For me, I can actually "see" the numbers as numbers and the words written out as words. When doing complex math problems, I can see the numbers as a problem...in my mind! Incidentally, a dead giveaway of a person with a photographic memory? If they close their eyes while remembering something......they probably have a photographic memory. They are actually searching for and "hopefully" finding the imagine in their brain! They've stored it there for later retrieval.

It doesn't work that well for me with math, but with spelling it does. I used to ask people how they could possibly have trouble spelling a word, when, if you've read the word once, all you have to do is call it up on that little screen inside your forehead and you can SEE how it is spelled. I got a lot of funny looks when I said that, so I don't say it anymore.

People don't realize how much is stored, though, and sometimes, if you are having trouble remembering something, just let it go and it will come to you eventually. Yesterday a website was trying to prompt me to enter the phone number I used when I'd set up my account. The phone number was the house phone from where I lived three moves ago, and I could not remember it. I just put it aside, and about an hour later, it came floating to the forefront of my mind, and not only did I remember it, but I could see the numbers appear on the forehead screen at the same time.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by studedude

Looks like a lot of people can play basketball better than they think they can.

I definitely did NOT click that one, and I'm 6 feet and one-half inch tall. I've been hearing "Do you play basketball?" all my life!

No, because I sucked at it!

[beachmel]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

It doesn't work that well for me with math, but with spelling it does. I used to ask people how they could possibly have trouble spelling a word, when, if you've read the word once, all you have to do is call it up on that little screen inside your forehead and you can SEE how it is spelled. I got a lot of funny looks when I said that, so I don't say it anymore.

People don't realize how much is stored, though, and sometimes, if you are having trouble remembering something, just let it go and it will come to you eventually. Yesterday a website was trying to prompt me to enter the phone number I used when I'd set up my account. The phone number was the house phone from where I lived three moves ago, and I could not remember it. I just put it aside, and about an hour later, it came floating to the forefront of my mind, and not only did I remember it, but I could see the numbers appear on the forehead screen at the same time.

Yes, I used to say that too....and people, including my kids would look at me like "WHAT are you TALKING about?" Of course, my kids would actually SAY that! LOL WHAT screen? What do you MEAN? I'd try to get them to visualize the words. I do understand now, that everyone doesn't have that "gift/ability". Like you though, I never could understand how someone couldn't just go back through their mind and retrieve a word, if they'd ever seen it before.

It's the same way with scrambled words. They just sort themselves out....like reverse dyslexia. LOL Playing music is the same way with me though. When I'm playing the piano, I "transport" to some other place....depending on the mood of the music. It's usually someplace in nature......on the water in a boat, sitting by the rapids of a river, the sun breaking through clouds, soaring like a bird, a dark and stormy night. LOL Odd for many to understand I suppose, but there it is.