When considering my own self and what I'm good at, I've long come to the conclusion that I'm only good at being capable at a wide range of things. I'm not a standout in any one thing, but in a pretty wide range of scenarios I find myself slightly more capable than those around me.
I seriously doubt there are three things I am better at than everyone else in the world, unless you get down the the very specifics of my day to day life. Things like my cats trusting you.
18:49 5k. Not that fast by this forum's standards, but worldwide not very many are getting it done.
Pickup basketball. Of those who can beat the 18:49, there probably aren't too many that are beating me at basketball.
Writing. It's a bit subjective, but my words have been published more widely than most.
An NBA player (or college basketball player) who's a good writer and is not a big man could probably beat you at all 3.
I haven't read anything by any of these guys, but it's a given they're better than you at basketball; a sub-18:49 is surely doable for some at least. Would you say none are better writers than you?
AI Overview: Several NBA players are known for their writing abilities, with some notable examples including Kobe Bryant, who authored and produced multiple books through his company Granity Studios, and CJ McCollum, who has a journalism degree and has written for publications like Sports Illustrated and The Players' Tribune. Other players who have written or are known for their literary endeavors include Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, and Stephen Curry, who has become a New York Times bestselling author.
18:49 5k. Not that fast by this forum's standards, but worldwide not very many are getting it done.
Pickup basketball. Of those who can beat the 18:49, there probably aren't too many that are beating me at basketball.
Writing. It's a bit subjective, but my words have been published more widely than most.
An NBA player (or college basketball player) who's a good writer and is not a big man could probably beat you at all 3.
I haven't read anything by any of these guys, but it's a given they're better than you at basketball; a sub-18:49 is surely doable for some at least. Would you say none are better writers than you?
AI Overview: Several NBA players are known for their writing abilities, with some notable examples including Kobe Bryant, who authored and produced multiple books through his company Granity Studios, and CJ McCollum, who has a journalism degree and has written for publications like Sports Illustrated and The Players' Tribune. Other players who have written or are known for their literary endeavors include Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, and Stephen Curry, who has become a New York Times bestselling author.
My HS teammate beats this guy on time, writing, basketball FS
3) Typing above 170 wpm consistently with good accuracy
Wow that's crazy fast! I couldn't have told you what my wpm was so out of curiosity just took a couple online tests. I consider myself a pretty fast typer, but was only just over 90. Apparently average is 50-70 so 170 is elite.
If its an all-time thing and not the shape I'm in now:
1) Running (3:44 1500)
2) An obscure flash game from Miniclip called Red Beard. I was routinely #1 in the world on the monthly list.
3) Medicine.
There are probably a fairly decent number of doctors who have broken four in the mile, but suspect none of them have played (let alone mastered) that dumb flash game.
1. Half Marathon 1:10.42 PB. I figure this eliminates essentially 99.9% of the worlds population
2. Magic: The Gathering match.(played on the pro tour for awhile) Huge Nerd bonus points.
3. Bowling- multiple 300 games and have averaged in the 220's for a season.
Post it up. what do you got where no one else can beat you!?
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I win this.
1 - Smuggled Acid and MDMA into Ukraine 3x right before covid (beats out 99.9999% of people)
2- Have Dicky Ecklunds number and we hangout and he teaches me boxing (winning again)
3- I can speak Chinese, Russian, English, and run a 54 second 400m at 30.
4 - Built a biotech company in 90 days with ai --that now is worth about 10million, my sales funnel alone is worth between 25-50million so statistically thats like being a 2:10 marathoner--extremely rare and I dont have a MBA or Phd
5 - I don't care about your rules. I'm the coolest person here. Have fun nerds.
6- Can prove that circles are not an ideal form as plato said---which never has been suggested in 2000 years. Circles are not ideal forms--they actually fail to be ideal. Its basic topology obviously mixed with a little logic and ontology.
7-I built a PRNG last year that passed NISTs randomness and unpredictability tests---with no formal encryption training. Obviously randomness is order at infinity and "true randomness" is equal to "pure consciousness"
8--lets be honest everyone has a smart friend, or drug friend, or runner, or coding guy---I literally do it all and I speak Chinese.
I'm the most interesting poster on letsrun---you're welcome. I'm always here--and goodnight. And my girlfriends obviously all super models, and im 6'4" 200lbs. And yes running 54 at 195-200lbs is easy.
9 - I doesn't function in systems--- I built new ones. Next.
1. Farting...#1..don't even try it. You don/t want ANY of this 2. Treading water....world class.....real talk. 3. Beat Boxing...I taught the fat boys the proper method. Full stop, no cap.
If its an all-time thing and not the shape I'm in now:
1) Running (3:44 1500)
2) An obscure flash game from Miniclip called Red Beard. I was routinely #1 in the world on the monthly list.
3) Medicine.
There are probably a fairly decent number of doctors who have broken four in the mile, but suspect none of them have played (let alone mastered) that dumb flash game.
I'm wondering how much experience of flash games Roger Bannister had ...
1. Half Marathon 1:10.42 PB. I figure this eliminates essentially 99.9% of the worlds population
2. Magic: The Gathering match.(played on the pro tour for awhile) Huge Nerd bonus points.
3. Bowling- multiple 300 games and have averaged in the 220's for a season.
Post it up. what do you got where no one else can beat you!?
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I win this.
1 - Smuggled Acid and MDMA into Ukraine 3x right before covid (beats out 99.9999% of people)
2- Have Dicky Ecklunds number and we hangout and he teaches me boxing (winning again)
3- I can speak Chinese, Russian, English, and run a 54 second 400m at 30.
4 - Built a biotech company in 90 days with ai --that now is worth about 10million, my sales funnel alone is worth between 25-50million so statistically thats like being a 2:10 marathoner--extremely rare and I dont have a MBA or Phd
5 - I don't care about your rules. I'm the coolest person here. Have fun nerds.
6- Can prove that circles are not an ideal form as plato said---which never has been suggested in 2000 years. Circles are not ideal forms--they actually fail to be ideal. Its basic topology obviously mixed with a little logic and ontology.
7-I built a PRNG last year that passed NISTs randomness and unpredictability tests---with no formal encryption training. Obviously randomness is order at infinity and "true randomness" is equal to "pure consciousness"
8--lets be honest everyone has a smart friend, or drug friend, or runner, or coding guy---I literally do it all and I speak Chinese.
I'm the most interesting poster on letsrun---you're welcome. I'm always here--and goodnight. And my girlfriends obviously all super models, and im 6'4" 200lbs. And yes running 54 at 195-200lbs is easy.
9 - I doesn't function in systems--- I built new ones. Next.
All of these things are less impressive than coaching at a small school in San Antonio, 31:50 10k, physical altercation with a white house official
1) Piano (Classical) - can play Chopin's 1st and 4th ballades and ~10 other pieces from memory (total time est. 1 hour or so), eliminates at least 99% of the population (the other 1% is playing in international competitions :skull:)
2) Geography - currently sitting at ~3,750 geography cards on Quizlet and counting (I deleted a couple hundred in the past though so probably at 4K+); regularly play random geography quizzes (flags, bird's-eye view of cities, capitals, second/third-largest cities on )
3) Diet - running probably made me crazy for some reason but I eat super plain (ex: I recently stopped using instant oatmeal packs with my breakfast in favor of making quick oats to cut out unnecessary added sugar in my diet) and basically never eat out (only when traveling and physically unable to cook) because 1) too expensive for my broke @$$ and 2) extreme taste aversion/Garcia effect due to multiple food poisoning experiences in the past
A rather unusual triad, however I figured I would share since this seemed like a fun thread!
3) Typing above 170 wpm consistently with good accuracy
Can't beat your 1) because I'm a slow distance runner. 2) Close here. 3) Probably the most interesting. Except maybe my junior year college roommate who basically never left the room and was likely a redditor, I have never seen anyone type faster than me, so this would be an interesting typing battle (albeit I am probably somewhat washed right now ha ha)!