The Easiest Thing You Suck At?

[ChristineES]

I am a total klutz. I had a lot of ear infections as a baby, so I think that may have caused me to not have good equilibrium. I, for example, walk at an angle and the person walking with me has to keep moving to the other side (no one but my husband actually complains about this). Riding a bike makes me dizzy.
It's rather embarrassing that have trouble with those things when no one else appears to have that problem.

 

[freethinker44]

Psychology, anthropology, and biology all teach us that humans are social creatures, but I just don't get why. It's beyond me.

Because back when we were hunter/gatherers being a member of a group was essential to survival.

 

[Penumbra]

I'm awful at playing music, even with practice. I'm also terrible at learning to speak other languages, even with education.

I know nothing about my car. I work as an engineer including rather hands-on electrical and mechanical work, but I can't do anything on my car except check the oil and antifreeze fluid. Like I can explain how a car works, but I wouldn't touch anything on it because I don't know how to do anything and have just decided that I'll keep it out of mind. The first time I helped someone jump start a car, I had an electrical engineering degree but was unsure how to do it.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

I suck at being on time and getting things done on time. I'm nearly always late, nearly always procrastinate, and nearly always get things done late. I also suck at following the rules, which is related to not doing things on time. I've spent a lifetime pushing and bending the rules and seeing them as not applying to me, so I have no problem ignorings rules or time limits I see as arbitrary. Fortunately (or perhaps, unfortunately), I'm good at bending and breaking rules without suffering consequences.

 

[`mud]

I suck at making sentences into meaningful thoughts,
or at saying them out loud amid the breveren.
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Oh...I just suck.
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'mud

 

[Vinayaka]

I am so bad at music that at the teacher's institute session on 'Music for Dummies' I derailed the whole thing because everyone kept laughing at my ineptitude. I guess my idea of a keeping a beat was more like a random number generator.

 

[Debater Slayer]

I'm rarely able to memorize roads and constantly forget the way to places I frequently go to. I'm even worse at describing roads to people or showing them the way to places.

Another (albeit relatively minor) thing I suck at is showering without taking too much time. I usually spend a lot of time in the shower because I enjoy the warm water, making all sorts of random humming noises until the water goes cold. It tends to annoy people.

 

[Penumbra]

Another (albeit relatively minor) thing I suck at is showering without taking too much time. I usually spend a lot of time in the shower because I enjoy the warm water, making all sorts of random humming noises until the water goes cold. It tends to annoy people.

I have that same problem.

I normally conserve energy and all that but for showers, I take long ones and generally two per day (always one in the morning, often one at night). It's my alone time where I think to myself in peace and enjoy the warm water and nice lavender scents.

 

[Penumbra]

I'm rarely able to memorize roads and constantly forget the way to places I frequently go to. I'm even worse at describing roads to people or showing them the way to places.

Actually I have that same problem too. This is creepy.

My co-workers make fun of me because I never want to drive anywhere for lunch, don't know how to get to places, and don't remember or pay attention on how to get to places when someone else drives. My navigation is awful, and it's compounded by the fact that I don't care to address it.

 

[freethinker44]

I suck at remembering faces. I could know a person for years and then they get a haircut, or grow a beard, or gain/lose a little weight, etc, and I've never seen them before in my life. I mean, there's not even a hint of familiarity. Makes keeping up with old friends difficult, they just think I'm an insincere dick. Sometimes I can't even recognize a person if they put a hat on.

 

[DreadFish]

I suck at socialization and doing things quickly.

I just dont usually have much to say to people in person, and if I try to do something fast, I just end up doing it at a normal person's normal pace

Because of this, I say I have chronic latency issues because I consistently arrive places about 5-10 minutes late. If I want to arrive somewhere on time, I try to get there early.

 

[Badran]

I have a problem keeping my end of conversations with strangers. Especially people like cab drivers, clerks at shops, waiters, etc. Usually, when they say something to me it's generic and aimed at passing the time, but for some reason i struggle with coming up with responses to those things quickly enough. So what happens often is that i just smile or fake a mild laugh, and hope that they don't say anything else.

Unfortunately, many times it ends up being just the beginning of a string of generic stuff, to which i keep smiling, while struggling deeply to come up with anything. When i do come up with something, i almost always think "WTF did i just say?" afterwards.

Like many people, i also have a problem with not laughing when something mildly unfortunate happens to someone, like if they trip or something. I try to restrain it, but that moment of total lack of control makes me laugh almost every time (even when it happens to me), and sometimes at incredibly unacceptable contexts.

Two other things i mentioned before are, i suck at using public bathrooms (a very serious struggle for me), and apparently suck at making that heart gesture with the hand thing. i can't seem to do it without shaking and making the angles too severe.

 

[DreadFish]

I have a problem keeping my end of conversations with strangers. Especially people like cab drivers, clerks at shops, waiters, etc. Usually, when they say something to me it's generic and aimed at passing the time, but for some reason i struggle with coming up with responses to those things quickly enough. So what happens often is that i just smile or fake a mild laugh, and hope that they don't say anything else.

Unfortunately, many times it ends up being just the beginning of a string of generic stuff, to which i keep smiling, while struggling deeply to come up with anything. When i do come up with something, i almost always think "WTF did i just say?" afterwards.

Like many people, i also have a problem with not laughing when something mildly unfortunate happens to someone, like if they trip or something. I try to restrain it, but that moment of total lack of control makes me laugh almost every time (even when it happens to me), and sometimes at incredibly unacceptable contexts.

These things.

Id like to think that I've gotten pretty good at making sounds and facial expressions that make other people think that im actually engaged in the conversation.

I swear, I genuinely struggle with conversation with people I dont know very well. When it's close friends, I dont give a ****, so it's no problem.

 

[Penumbra]

I don't laugh when people fall down and stuff, but I smile involuntarily when someone is angry at me and is expressing it.

Which naturally makes everything worse.

 

[Tumah]

I'm really bad at expressing myself in posts the first time around. I usually end up posting without making sure I'm saying what I mean. Then once I post, I realized I've made some critical error and the race is on to see if I can fix it before someone responds to me.

I can't imagine it would be too difficult to read my post before posting.

 

[Kerr]

I sometimes forget simple words. Like "carrot". Ironically I had very high grades in both English and Swedish, lol.

I have also had so little social experience I have no idea how to handle trivial social situations.

 

[Kerr]

I think the Swdish words for "pink" and "purple" should be switched. Its not that I dont see the difference, I just think their names are a better fit for the other color, if that make sense. Used to have huge problems knowing which color is called what because of this, but then I learned to think that if I think one name fits one color, its the other name thats correct. So its a lot better now.

And now I realize I dont know which English name belongs to which color. Could someone enlighten me?

 

[9Westy9]

Pretty much all forms of physical labour

 

[illykitty]

Socialising and cleaning are the two things that spring to mind.

 

[Badran]

And now I realize I dont know which English name belongs to which color. Could someone enlighten me?

This is Pink, and this is Purple.

Your struggle reminded me of something. I can't memorize all organization of alphabetical letters without singing them in my head first. Sure, i know D is after C, and you can ask me that any time and i'll tell you. Even that G is after F, and some other key points all through. I obviously know that P is before Q, for example.

But ask me what's the letter before H for example, or what's the letters before and after S, and other such questions, and i need to sing it quick in my head first just to make sure. The same is true for Arabic alphabet, only it's even harder for me there, somehow.