Anonymous
Post 05/18/2023 00:30     Subject: Re:Impressive sounding things about you that aren’t actually impressive
Anonymous wrote:I can perform a side aerial, front handspring, roundoff & one handed cartwheels on either hand


I’ve read 7 pages of this thread. This is the only one I am in awe about. I grab both stair rails to walk down my stairs. I’m so jealous!
Anonymous
Post 05/18/2023 00:16     Subject: Impressive sounding things about you that aren’t actually impressive
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:99th percentile on every standardized test I ever took, 1600 SATs, scholarship student at a top prep school, then double HYPS degrees, lucrative professional career.

I have zero ambition and am exceptionally lazy. I never studied, never worked hard even once. Relatively certain I couldn’t handle any meaningful adversity. Sheer dumb luck that I got handed a mind that made things really easy, and on balance I probably underachieved with it.

I’m impressed by my kid who has to work his butt off to just get by in school. I never could have done that.


Are you attractive too?


No, not especially. Had a few good years in college and my early 20s. But like I said, lazy and apathetic.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2023 23:41     Subject: Re:Impressive sounding things about you that aren’t actually impressive
Anonymous wrote:I have 40-50 peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals.

Niche field, 22 years in my career, nowhere near as many papers as my more accomplished colleagues, and I’m in the middle of the author list on probably half of them.


I have 20-30 peer-reviewed publications in a niche field too. I suppose I'm nationally known among a really, really tiny group of experts, and I'm nowhere near the top of that pile.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2023 23:15     Subject: Re:Impressive sounding things about you that aren’t actually impressive
I have 40-50 peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals.

Niche field, 22 years in my career, nowhere near as many papers as my more accomplished colleagues, and I’m in the middle of the author list on probably half of them.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2023 22:53     Subject: Re:Impressive sounding things about you that aren’t actually impressive
I can fold a fitted sheet and make it approximately the same size as its matching non fitted sheet.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2023 22:39     Subject: Impressive sounding things about you that aren’t actually impressive
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I can fold a fitted sheet.


Me too! I watched a how-to video on it a long time ago and now I’m a pro at it.


+1. I learned how to do it watching you tube videos. It’s easy!
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2023 22:26     Subject: Re:Impressive sounding things about you that aren’t actually impressive
Anonymous wrote:My decertation PHD was on the half life of charmed particles.


Omg I would love to hear about that. - NASA PP
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2023 22:24     Subject: Re:Impressive sounding things about you that aren’t actually impressive
Anonymous wrote:My decertation PHD was on the half life of charmed particles.


Sorry, PHD dissertation LOL
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2023 22:23     Subject: Re:Impressive sounding things about you that aren’t actually impressive
My decertation PHD was on the half life of charmed particles.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2023 22:20     Subject: Impressive sounding things about you that aren’t actually impressive
Anonymous wrote:I can fold a fitted sheet.


This is actually impressive.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2023 22:18     Subject: Impressive sounding things about you that aren’t actually impressive
Perfect LSAT score and I can fold a fitted sheet!
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2023 22:15     Subject: Impressive sounding things about you that aren’t actually impressive
I am feeling much more impressed with myself after reading this thread given that I, too, can fold a fitted sheet.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2023 22:12     Subject: Impressive sounding things about you that aren’t actually impressive
Anonymous wrote:Porn star


Impressive.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2023 22:09     Subject: Impressive sounding things about you that aren’t actually impressive
Another child prodigy here with no drive. I did mediocre in college and basically couldn’t wait to get married, have kids and be a SAHM. Now that my kids are older I work in a school, but if we had more money I wouldn’t work at all. I could literally spend the whole day reading and putzing around the house and be perfectly happy. I amazed by people who seem to enjoy/thrive on hard work and stress.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2023 21:51     Subject: Impressive sounding things about you that aren’t actually impressive
Anonymous wrote:99th percentile on every standardized test I ever took, 1600 SATs, scholarship student at a top prep school, then double HYPS degrees, lucrative professional career.

I have zero ambition and am exceptionally lazy. I never studied, never worked hard even once. Relatively certain I couldn’t handle any meaningful adversity. Sheer dumb luck that I got handed a mind that made things really easy, and on balance I probably underachieved with it.

I’m impressed by my kid who has to work his butt off to just get by in school. I never could have done that.


Are you attractive too?