What are you bad at?

[Nidoking's icon Nidoking Nidoking]

What are some things you're notably terrible at that you've actually given effort? Any common skills you failed to learn?

I never learned to ride a bike, and I'm probably as bad at math as anyone you'll ever meet.

 

[Jakye]

Am bad at focusing..if I could study for 4 hours straight I wouldn't have a problem with anything really

 

[lil_thang]

existing comfortably. i require a razorthin balance of things just to maintain normal baseline functionality. i don't know what the balance is to exceed normal functionality and i'd like to be able to figure out how to get there again.

otherwise yeah i can't ride bike either lol and i am terrible at puzzles in games despite trying. baba is you defeated me, barely even got past 1st island.

 

[Boo Man]

remembering things
one of my work mates has caught on and thinks its hilarious to ask me what i had for dinner the night before

 

[ciro64]

Paying attention to things I'm not passionate about

 

[OmegaPunch's icon OmegaPunch OmegaPunch]

I've always been horrible at biology, no matter how much I try to get better at it.
And I'm also pretty bad at puzzles.

Paying attention to things I'm not passionate about

Same.

 

[fake-kun]

Everything.

 

[Azazelivae]

Working on something without a guide.

Why can't you think for yourself respectfully ma'am i spend at least 6 years to just be Science Olympic Kids, the only way that i can do something is to do it with a guide.

Except Games, that just because it's fun.

 

[Deleted member 884]

At living, mostly. Then everything else, name a thing I'll tell you I'm bad at it.

 

[LiberoVulpesLiberoVulpes's icon]

God knew i would be too powerful if i was good at math, so i got nerfed.

 

[Aziamuth]

I believe every hurdle can be surpassed with enough practice. I feel like I've gotten a lot better at fighting games compared to how I was before, for example. Keep going and you'll get there.

That being said, my brain can't handle most rhythm games (such as Osu!, Theathrythm and Guitar Hero) on the hardest difficulties. I can handle the more unconventional ones such as Hi-Fi Rush or Everhood, since they are not purely based on rhythm, but the real ones... my god

 

[AncientBehemoth]

Life and existing in general.

 

[PSVitaForever]

Wow, after reading so many people is bad at just existing, I won't feel embarassed / ashamed anymore by saying that I HAD to learn the basic of cooking but I'm totally bad at it, even after many months.

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Oh, and I'm also bad in puzzle games, I've given up on a Layton game after the very first puzzles.

 

[Kamako]

Lying, doing voice impressions, whistling, handling anger, loving myself, dieting, the list goes on and on and on

 

[Cu-Neo]

Maths, and online vs modes in shooters like the ones you can find in COD.

 

[Deleted member 99901]

I never learned to ride a bike, and I'm probably as bad at math as anyone you'll ever meet.

Whoa. It's like looking into a mirror. In my case I get the pleasure of having a brother who rides bikes and excels at math.

 

[RageBurner]

Math has always been something of a weak point. I also have a low tolerance for people that are purposefully disruptive.

 

[pr0xy]

I'm terrible at FPS and fighting games in general, and I struggle to keep promises I make to myself.

 

[MegaHiro91]

Other have said "living" and "existing" and I relate. A day doesn't go by where I don't pummel myself for being a failure at life, while comparing myself to the rest of the world and people my age who have families, kids, jobs etc. All the things I OUGHTA have at my age. I even look at kids and think: "Don't worry kiddo, you're gonna be just fine. You're gonna have a future for sure, because it takes a failure of astronomical proportions to be as bad at life as me". It's like life is this game that comes natural to everyone else. Everyone else has figured out the secret sauce. They get educated, they get a job, they go out and find a cute girl to fall in love with, they have kids, they establish a healthy family life etc ect ... and then there's me. An example of the straight opposite.

Other than that, I'm bad at math, could never figure it out. I also never learned whistling with my fingers. In Danish we call whistling with just your mouth "fløjte" and with your fingers "pifte", I don't know if English has the same distinction.

 

[otogirisou]

everything

 

[Bonkers225]

Being nice to customers. Never again, and never did since.

 

[lil_thang]

once you've worked customer service you become the least annoying customer ever. even if you're angry at some shit you realize it would just be shooting the messenger. i dealt with some bitterly terrible horrible people when in customer service.

 

[Den MDM Den MDM]

I'm terrible at fighting games and at handling emotions lmao

 

[oxyhime]

Other than that, I'm bad at math, could never figure it out. I also never learned whistling with my fingers. In Danish we call whistling with just your mouth "fløjte" and with your fingers "pifte", I don't know if English has the same distinction.

Comparison is the enemy of satisfaction. If you want something, eventually, you need to figure out what your own path towards it looks like, and find out what you needed along the way. "I want to marry then sire offspring to continue the bloodline" is an external pressure before it is an internal one.

But I'm still not convinced that "pifte" is not a large-scale prank that's being played on me specifically. (Btw, love that Danish has two verbs for to differentiate types of whistling, none of the languages I knew did)

Oh, and I'm bad at fighting games.

 

[RustySK]

Structure and discipline.
Dont't get me wrong, when the need arises, I can be a hard as hell worker - as a freelancer, I kind of have to be - and I'm conceited enough to think myself fairly competent at the things I care about, but keeping up a system, studying or working in a structured manner when I don't have the motivation or passion needed at that moment?
That's just not happening. No matter how much I try.