Impressive sounding things about you that aren’t actually impressive

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Anonymous wrote:I was just about to write this. You beat me to it!

Anonymous wrote:I'm an architect. Long hours and I make next to nothing.

You know I’ve always wanted to pretend I’m an architect!

Are you Art Vanderlay?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I gave birth natural twice.

Do people think this is impressive (does it come up)? I kind of feel the opposite - it IS impressive, but people don't care, not that I talk about it.

Been done about 116 billion times by women from every era, every continent and every socioeconomic background. Not to mention every mammal that’s ever existed.

I get why it’s “significant” is a personal way… not sure it’s impressive.

it was hard as &uck. I was a former D1 runner and won some impressive races (long distance) but nothing compared to natural childbirth.

[Anonymous]

I am an ordained minister. Got it from the back of Rolling Stone in the 80’s.

I’ve performed three weddings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Iowa Writers' Workshop

My kid, currently working on a BFA in creative writing, would disagree that this is unimpressive.

My contribution to the thread is that I have a PhD and I’m published. That’s what happens when it takes too long to figure out what you want to be/do when you grow up.

[Anonymous]

My grandfather was a Supreme Court Justice. He died before I was born and apparently was a really awful father to my mom, but it still sounds impressive, I guess.

[Anonymous]

Whenever I see a wild animal when I’m on a walk, whether it’s a deer or a fox or a rabbit, they don’t run away. They stop and wag their tail or at minimum look me in the eye. They stay until I continue walking. I’ll be walking with someone else, and they’ll still do it but only look at me. It kind of freaks out the people I’m with, who generally say they’ve never seen such a thing. Clearly this isn’t impressive, but it’s an odd and intriguing thing when people experience it with me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I gave birth natural twice.

Do people think this is impressive (does it come up)? I kind of feel the opposite - it IS impressive, but people don't care, not that I talk about it.

Been done about 116 billion times by women from every era, every continent and every socioeconomic background. Not to mention every mammal that’s ever existed.

I get why it’s “significant” is a personal way… not sure it’s impressive.

it was hard as &uck. I was a former D1 runner and won some impressive races (long distance) but nothing compared to natural childbirth.

I think it really depends on the person. I did it three times including with a 10lb baby and it wasn’t that bad, my pregnancies were much worse. Maybe I was just so glad to be done that in comparison it wasn’t so bad. It was a sprint, not a marathon.

[Anonymous]

Both my undergrad and PhD research advisors went on to win Nobel Prizes in Chemistry about several years after I worked for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both my undergrad and PhD research advisors went on to win Nobel Prizes in Chemistry several years after I worked for them.

Ack. Fixed the typo.

After my PhD, I left chemistry and got a law degree.