Do you ever just get incredibly self-conscious about the little things in life that you’re bad at? Like, unreasonably worried about it? As though when you die, your eulogy will just be someone listing all the stuff you couldn’t do right?
It’s helpful to take a step back and realize that everybody sucks at something, and honestly, it’s fine. Have a laugh at it and move on. Like these folks did when they self-admitted which skills they were “hilariously bad” at.
What are you hilariously bad at?
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There were over 13 thousand comments. Since you’ve got stuff to do today, here are just 15. Do any of them ring true for you?
1. It’s hard to keep these things under wraps.
Wrapping gifts. It looks like an angry drunk person’s attempt every time.
– PlatypusSchnitzel
2. I myself was once a 0-point-turner.
If you watched me try to parallel park, you’d be convinced I was f*cking with you.
I don’t even come close. And I’m trying really hard.
– mst28
3. Speeling is diffacult.
Spelling.
My goal is to spell a word, not correctly, but correctly enough so that the predictive text can figure it out, and can show me the real spelling of the word.
I often fail even at that though, so my last resort is always Google…
– JuiceBox1
4. Stephen Sondheim is a damn liar.
Under threat of death I still wouldn’t be able to whistle.
I’ve read the tips, I’ve practiced, I’m still basically just spitting or forcefully breathing through pursed lips with no noise at all.
– Berdiiie
5. This one will get you in trouble.
Remembering dates, even my own birthday.
– D-Rez
6. Know what I mean?
Winking. I CANNOT wink for the life of me.
My friends are constantly harassing me for my inability to wink. It’s awful.
Why can so many people just shut one eye?! It seems so simple, yet I just CANT.
– nev_ertheless
7. We don’t all have rhythm.
Dancing. I genuinely cannot coordinate my body to do it
– odoms365
8. I can feel the panicked-pocket-pat just reading this.
Finding my keys, wallet, and phone right before I have to leave
– foreverlovetheq22
9. Sometimes things don’t go swimmingly.
Swimming. I look like a hopelessly drunk emu flapping about like it’s having a seizure
– E_r-29
10. This is a real neurological phenomenon, you’re not alone.
Distinghuising left and right.
When somebody says to go left or to go right I just get a brainfart.
Friends and family just point out the way now for me.
I wrote L and R on my hands during the lessons for my drivers license.
– Brouldy
11. The ice we skate is gettin’ pretty thin.
Ice skating.
I literally just fall on my ass immediately.
– colder-beef
12. DIY? D-I-why?
Fixing things.
Even with YouTube videos literally stepping me through it, I still manage to fuck things up.
– irishamerican
13. When you’re so bad you invent a new form of spectator sport.
Golfing. I went to the drive range with my dad once, I was so terrible other people stopped playing just to watch me suck.
People who were paying to be there decided I was more entertaining than playing.
– shabutaru118
14. Some human flaws are universal.
I’m really bad at measuring the right amount of pasta. It just doesn’t work.
– EmilyyCo
15. Keep at it – you’ll get it.
Drawing straight lines ~ damn it
– fugumagoo
How many of those are true for you? I got a score of 7, which isn’t great, but there are also a couple on the list that I used to be quite bad at but I got better with practice. So, yanno, don’t give up!
What was your score?
Tell us in the comments.