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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Picking what I do for a living would be too easy so I go with hard mode and say my ability to emotionally distance myself and think objectively.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Being better at nothing. I win!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I'm in the 99, it's a draw.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

We need a tie breaker. OP

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I can turn my feet almost all the way backwards. So I'd probably do that just to upset the runner of this competition into giving me the million.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Life force (nes) gameplay. It's a scrolling arcade space shooter.

I dabble in trying to speed run it. although I'm no good at the speed running, It is such a niche game with punishing moments I would easily win high score just by playing safe.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Android debloating, fixed gear bicycle maintenance, and navigation without any tools.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Ohhh if I was in your hundred fixing bikes isn't a good one for you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Take my dog for a car ride without puking. She's an anxious mess, nobody stands a chance!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Playing F-ZERO X on Master difficulty.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Long distance cycling. Compared to the record of 1000+km (~600 miles) in 24 hours I suck, but considering 99 random people I think most won't go for more than 100 miles, so I'm good.

Or oldest stamp they own. Stamp collecting seems to be a pretty dead hobby.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Backgammon, pretty sure I'm in the top 1% of all people since it's not a super popular game and I'm a somewhat decent player.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I suppose I'd probably be the best at being literally Me.

Feels like cheating though.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Problem solving...

I've done it my whole life, at 5 years old I took apart a old kitchen timer. I broke it, but figured out what I did to break it, what broke it originally, and what I could have done to fix it.

I learned HVAC by being thrown into a truck, and learned it in the nineties.

I learned HL7, Cerner, and a bunch of other shit. Eventually becoming a technical expert for a 4 hospital system. Then I had a mental breakdown. But I can still problem solve better then 99% of them.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems unfair that I get to do the choosing.

But I would probably pick amount of time you can edge during a goon sesh

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What's your record?

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