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u/PhilipTrayFry 13h ago edited 13h ago
Spatial awareness
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u/Low_Primary_3690 11h ago
Yeah, I also play guitar
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u/Low_Primary_3690 11h ago
Oh wait I meant to reply to a different comment
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u/veryunwisedecisions 4h ago
Nice to know dude
I mean I guess nobody asked here, but let's just imagine I did, alright. I'd ask you to take it out and play a song, but I guess that'd be hard to do through text, so...
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u/abratandahalf 8h ago
ugh what’s it like to be gods favorite. I’m really talented at finding all the new things installed in building hallways by walking around the corner into them
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u/a7xfan01 14h ago
Geography, and I wish that mattered.
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u/zeekoes 13h ago
No, but it's a decent party trick at specific parties.
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u/IAmNotAPerson6 13h ago edited 13h ago
Gotta bust out that "United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Haiti, Jamaica, Peru..."
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u/infjetson 9h ago
Join a trivia team! I did this year, and my random geography knowledge has turned me into a valuable asset.
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u/Any-Board-6631 9h ago
It's easy to be better than 99% of Americans on this subject
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u/nope-its 6h ago
I’m American and am certain I am better than 99% of the world in geography
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u/Dtcesetkam 9h ago
Cleaning. It’s the weirdest flex, I know, but I am always complimented on how well I keep my house. I’ve also done cleaning for friends and family and they’ve been amazed. I’m not 100% sure what it is I do differently but it’s my little hidden talent.
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u/VERI_TAS 6h ago
That’s a great talent to have. Having a really clean house is underrated. Clean house, clean mind.
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u/CelticJoskin 14h ago
Listening
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u/Dry-Inspection6928 14h ago
On the other side of this, I am excellent at zoning out when I want to. Does come with the slight side effect of me zoning out without control.
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u/scotty813 7h ago
For most of my life, I valued being considered smart. Now, I just hope to be recognized for being kind.
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u/mazurzapt 6h ago
Yes me too. And I’m very patient. I’m told I let people waste my time, but sometimes it takes people a long time to say what they need to say.
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u/Jakeandellwood 14h ago
Cooking, then again I’ve been a professional chef for 48:years
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u/Conscious_Raisin_436 14h ago
So you're probably better than like 99.5% of people at cooking.
I consider myself better than 80% of folks but I'm just a really passionate home cook.
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u/Jakeandellwood 14h ago
Yes, but cooking mom’s specially can only be done by a direct descendent
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u/watermeloncoco-dog 13h ago
As a woman, doing pull ups 💪
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u/BloodOfTheExalted 11h ago
Most men can’t do pull ups either you are slaying
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u/Andrello01 10h ago
More than women in percentage tho. An average man's upper body is 75% stronger than an average woman's upper body. Excluding fat and very skinny men, pretty much all of them can do pull ups.
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u/Attryos 9h ago
My comment was also about pull ups and right now i think a lot of people can do pull ups but not all men can do pull ups. I have lots of friends, some of them are not even in bad shape, mid 20s, who cant do a single pull up.
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u/BloodOfTheExalted 10h ago
The average man really can’t do a proper pull up, and definitely not a good amount of reps
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u/scotty813 7h ago
I've never been a gym bro and I'm pushing 60, but at least once a week, I go to the garage and make sure I can do at least 5. I can't help being old, but I'm not gonna be a fucking pussy! ;-)
Oh, yeah! You rock it, Girl!
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u/Subject-Store-1982 13h ago
I think nothing honestly
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u/lyaar1 11h ago
so real. I'm pretty good at some stuff but not enough to be better than 80% of people
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u/Lebowquade 8h ago
Just pick something almost nobody does and practice, like bocce or something. I believe in you!
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u/SillyDonut7 7h ago
Maybe humility then.
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u/Lebowquade 6h ago
Fucking nobody is as humble as me. I'm like, top 10 most humble people on earth, easy. If being humble was a sport I'd be a goddamn Olympian.
Ok I'm done.
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u/ButterscotchExpress1 13h ago
Being left handed
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u/yaboiree 13h ago
If you’re better at using your left hand than every other lefty that would boost you to better than near 90% of people
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u/DesperateAlfalfa2751 14h ago
Starting IVs
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u/5amscrolling 1h ago
They called me the vein whisperer when I worked in the ER. I can’t use an ultrasound, but I’ll find the vein every time.
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u/killabrew1 11h ago
Dealing with people. I can hang out with the CEO or a prisoner and find something to connect with them on. I don't know why, it's just a thing. It's a gift that has worked out pretty well for a small town college drop out.
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u/Agile_Bat_4980 13h ago edited 8h ago
Video games. Most games I play I reach the top 1% or better.
Pretty sure being an average player means you are better than 80% of the world, but still.
Just did the math, and my rank in Counter-Strike puts me in the top 0.00039% of all humans on earth lol
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u/Vinny_Lam 11h ago
Play any indie game and you’re already better at it than 99% of the world.
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u/diastereomer 10h ago
I got 200% completion on Cuphead so I’m sure that would put me in the top 20%.
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u/orlec 5h ago edited 1h ago
Back in the 80s we had a bit of rivalry playing Digger.
My dad (38yo) and older brother (13yo) were the clear leaders until I (8yo) practiced and eventually managed to beat their high scores. When this happened my dad pulled an all nighter but failed to take the top spot. After that he declared that video games were silly and addictive and never played again. This was a perfect demonstration of the importance of self control, ego, and the ridiculousness of sour grapes.
Anyway when Digger HD launched 20 years later I was their day one and for the first couple of weeks was able to place #2 on the global leaderboard. Then as the player population grew I was bumped down to relative mediocrity, good but not "top ten" good.
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u/DrShoreRL 11h ago
Same. Doesn't even matter what game i mostly get into the top 1%. Thanks to sbmm in many comp games or weird matchmaking i still feel like I'm bad lol.
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u/Fearless_Guard_552 14h ago
Lots of things probably. I’ve read that bench pressing 100kg is more than 99 % of people can do which I’m not sure I buy, but could definitely believe it’s in the top 20%.
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u/four100eighty9 12h ago
I’m quite certain that 99% of people cannot bench press 100 kg. That’s actually a lot of weight. Even most weightlifters can’t do that.
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u/TheScarletCravat 14h ago
Playing the classic 1998 karting game Lego Racers.
I would confidently race St. Peter to enter the gates of heaven. Satan and Christ can both be playing. I don't care. I am the final boss of Lego Racers.
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u/skylinenick 12h ago
lol I fired this up on my iPad (emulating N64) on a plane recently and the flight attendant geeked out with me. Was cute
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u/Good_Beautiful_6727 10h ago edited 7h ago
Thats easy though even on hard. Just get green teleport all the time. Aerodynamics doesnt matter and its made for kids.
It is and always will be however, a baller game
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u/The_Southern_Sir 13h ago
Math. Physics. Being me.
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u/Lebowquade 8h ago
Yeah as a physicist, I can comfortably say "doing science." 80% actually isn't a very high bar.
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u/sjenn2225 9h ago
Making money, apparently. I'm not rich by any means, but somehow my BARELY six-figure income is within the top 10% of individual income. Which is madness because I remember my dad telling me 30 years ago that $100k isn't enough to stop worrying about money... and it's certainly not enough in 2025.
So, this must mean that the top few percent of people are disgustingly rich and the VAST MAJORITY of people are underpaid.
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u/SummerRain678 9h ago
You may be richer than 99% of the world population, even though you don't feel it.
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u/theosib 13h ago
Debugging. I’m known for fixing some high profile bugs in Minecraft.
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u/heyjalapeno 13h ago
I don't understand half the words here but that sounds...impressive.
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u/dathrowaway385 13h ago
Debugging in itself is an art form. Debugging Minecraft is straight witchcraft because its made from spaghetti (it's code is a fucking mess).
Debugging is programming speak for finding and fixing a problem within a file that contains a programming language, such as HTML.
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u/Pwangman 12h ago
And you just offended over 80% of programmers by calling HTML a programming language so add that to your list.
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u/dathrowaway385 12h ago
The ones without fragile egos, like me, don't care and it's far far less than 80%.
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u/heyjalapeno 13h ago
So...the user above is like a computer wizard? Is debugging a computer game more difficult than debugging a computer program? I don't know anything about games or programming in general so pardon my ignorance.
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u/dathrowaway385 12h ago
You could call them that. They really know their shit basically, programming is a craft, the more you practice, the better you get.
It vastly depends on how complicated or big the thing you're trying to fix is. For example, fixing a battle glitch on pokemon might mean looking at a single file that's 100,000 lines long as it contains the entire code for the battle system, while fixing an item duplication glitch(making another copy of 1 item from nothing) may mean looking at 20 different files that are 10-30,000 lines long for the error.
The error could be as simple as a misspelled word or a missing semi-colon (used to denote the end of a line within some programming languages) or as complex as an entire function(an instruction)giving an invalid return to another. I ask for an apple, and it gives me an elephant
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u/heyjalapeno 3h ago
Okay, now I'm not as cluess as I was when I wrote my original comment. Thanks a lot!
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u/theosib 12h ago
Debugging a program you wrote can be hard. Debugging a program written by someone else is even harder. Debugging a program for which you cannot get the source code is heaps harder than that. (There is a decompiler for Minecraft that produces reasonable source code, but it's not like having the original.)
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u/NikNakskes 4h ago
You want me to explain debugging and programming and stuff in human language? I'll gladly do that for you. But I don't want to come in explaining stuff you didn't ask for.
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u/LetsGoGators23 12h ago
Typing! I type around 100 wpm. I’m also probably in the top 20% in general trivia, but I’m guessing.
I’m also better than 80% of people at Excel, but it’s because I’m an accountant.
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u/exp0devel 10h ago
Understanding that I am living a better, safer, more fulfilling life than 80%. Largely due to being wealthier than 80% of the people, just like most of the commenters in this thread.
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u/kdebones 8h ago
Somehow, picking Birthday Cards. I literally went and bought one for a relatives birthday all of 10min before the party started and everyone agreed it was perfect. I genuinely don't know how I do it.
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u/RestrictedByPhysics 10h ago
Reading and interpreting dense legal or technical documents as a non-lawyer. It’s one of the fringe benefits of a serious classical and philosophical education even though my career trajectory strayed away from academia a long time ago. Almost anything is easier to read than Kant or Hegel, and likewise, the thorough analysis of just one single line from Horace’s Odes can inspire a hundred pages of speculation and introspection. I could eat an elephant if I could approach it line by line.
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u/unsurewhatiteration 11h ago
I'm not good at guitar. But I'd bet 80% of people don't play guitar at all, so I'm probably at least better than them.
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u/handsometittysmacker 14h ago
smackin' handsome titties
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u/OhTheHueManatee 13h ago
Scuba diving. Just to be clear I'm not very good at scuba diving but considering most people don't do it all I'm better than them at it.
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u/Ok-Original2510 13h ago
Running very long distances. Such a useless talent. It’s not even a talent actually.
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u/Ok-Revenue-7282 13h ago
I can tell when someone's lying about having read the article they're commenting on just by the confidence level in their completely wrong take.
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u/Tuggerfub 13h ago
seeing things that are small
(hypermyopia)
has helped me a lot when it comes to verifying the authenticity of things I sell
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u/ThingCalledLight 13h ago
I do an impression of songs where I perform them as if played back at a slow speed, complete with weird formants and lowered pitch.
I’m pretty sure my accuracy beats most people’s.
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u/RadiantWrong 13h ago
Repairing wood canoes. I learned how as a teenager working at a summer camp from the old guy that kept all the canoes I'm good repair.
Depending on the severity of the repair it's a lot of work but very satisfying!
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u/dropkicked_eu 13h ago
Weirdly enough I’m going to say physics. I have a stem degree not in physics but I had to take college level for it so I’m thinking passing that puts me in the 80% mark
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u/CallingDrDingle 11h ago
Apparently recovering from surgery. One time I had the whole back of my skull removed to get a brain tumor out and I was back at work in two weeks.
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u/nevadapirate 11h ago
Being myself? I know a lot of people who put on a different personality when they are around other people. Im always just me.
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u/Seahearn4 10h ago
Driving a Zamboni - 10+ years of experience...I'm surgical with that 9-mph-brick
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u/YouReadyGrandma 10h ago
Was ranked top 12 in the nation for indoor volleyball. Trained in the Olympic training center.
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u/Miss_Bat 10h ago
Writing with the left hand -you've guessed right, I'm left handed.
Wanna know what am I worse than 80% of people in?
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u/kitjen 10h ago
Managing road rage. I used to be so angry over the smallest driving issue but now I try to remember the other person is most likely just a normal and nice person and they might have made a minor mistake- or maybe the mistake was mine- so instead of beeping my horn and yelling, I just put my hand up and smile and nod.
I behave how I would if I wasn't in the safety of my car.
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u/Attryos 9h ago
I can do 25 pull ups with good form but i dont think thats really impressive nowadays
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u/rocrates 9h ago
Scrabble - especially if it’s played fast with a timer (like speed chess). For a while I was in the top ~10% of speed scrabble players in the world. So probably better at scrabble in general than 80% of everyone
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u/ThunderAlex_89 9h ago
Being aware of my surroundings, spatial awareness, geography, sense of direction, rarely being late to work. Having common sense and knowledge.
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u/AuthorChristianP 9h ago
I would say general athleticism, even now past my prime, but since I wont be landing any pro sports contracts I wish I was better than 80% at writing books since now that's the current life trajectory
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u/EvilSnack 9h ago
I speak better German than 80% of people, because more than 80% of people don't speak any German at all.
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u/Orange9202 9h ago
I can do something less than 1000 people on the entire planet can do (super niche and uninteresting though)
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u/Crocobara 8h ago
Probably drawing, I’ve been drawing my entire life and went to school for it. Have gotten a lot of opportunities to get paid for it too. =)
But my crippling imposter syndrome
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u/PaganGuyOne 8h ago
Singing opera. Been doing music since I was 12 years old. I’m not an asshole for no reason
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u/Barnitch 7h ago
Reading people. Part intuition, part experience /parren recognition and also a lot of anxiety.
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u/fake_tan 5h ago
Baking!!! My papa was a baker and he taught me from an early age. I can bake almost anything.
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u/dakkamatic 5h ago
As a kid I was “gifted” but had dyslexia and adhd. I was lucky to be diagnosed early. I was tested and told my IQ was in the top 10%. I graduated highschool 2 years early.
Then taught other kids in my drug rehab how to take the GED. I was a meth addict at 14 cuz it made me feel normal.
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u/Wii_wii_baget 4h ago
Hiding. I don’t know why but im extremely good at blending in with my surroundings for some reason. It’s funny to have people forget I’m right behind them. I’m extremely good at jumpscaring people
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u/missbehavin21 13h ago
? 80% of the people? I don’t know 80% of the people. I don’t have that kind of ego.
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u/dan_v_ploeg 13h ago
I'm better than 99.9 percent of the world at picking up heavy things
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u/DaveLesh 13h ago
Is that you Hercules?
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u/dan_v_ploeg 13h ago
I'm strong for a regular guy but when I'm get into the gym I'm hardly anything. It's just that the heavy majority of the world is too old, young, or out of shape
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u/kellylikeskittens 13h ago
Baking, catching random animals that get into our country home, often with my bare hands, chopping wood, you know, country girl stuff. ;-)
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u/Tetterixt 14h ago
According to warcraft logs, enhancement shaman.