The Self-Aggrandizement Thread

[LarksTonguesInAspic 28]

Tell us what makes you so special! Everybody has a talent, right? Are you a piano prodigy, or can you solve quadratic equations in your head? Do people tell you that you're the best marching band tuba player ever? Can you command photoshop like El Burro?

Just some rules I hope we can all stick to...

1) Be honest. Don't lie to ST, that's dishonorable even if you're the only one that knows. If you want to put up something absurd that can't be true, be creative and make sure you're upfront about it. If someone wants to pick this up as a forum game under 'silly fake bragging', that would be cool. [hint hint]

2) Be specific. No "I'm really smart" or "funny", etc. Be prepared to tell a story to illustrate what you're bragging about.

3) Keep it clean, there's minors here. 

I will refrain for a while, and let others go first. This thread spawned from a challenge by my wife to put my own arrogance in perspective, and recognize the superior qualities of others in most areas. Really! So, let 'er rip!

[Easy Bakes 253]

I finished Zork 1 without a hint guide.

[Duke87 1,070]

My IQ is 147.

Seriously, I'm not kidding. I've had it tested officially.

[amal81 3]

I finished Quake 2 and Doom 3 in a single sitting.

[BurroDiablo 222]

I can command Photoshop like El Burro...

...

I also used to live in a Georgian Manor... needless to say it was fun.

[Eastwinn 6]

I'm pretty good at guitar hero.... I've also wrote some pretty sweet stuff in Guitar Pro. To bad I can't play any of it

[your_adress_here 11]

I'm a good guitar player (in my opinion, of course).

I'm quite a good snowboarder.

My parents are wealthy.

I have ADD.

I'm sure there are other things I could put, but that's what just came to mind.

[octaves 4]

You ALL know you'll never have this hair.

[BurroDiablo 222]

Originally posted by: Brad-MacD You ALL know you'll never have this hair.quote>

Granted... but after not cutting mine for 4 years I don't think i'm gonna give up just yet ... its about 3ft long...

[granto93 4]

um, i can touch my nose with my tongue

seriously, im one of the smartest people in my school with a 94% average (not counting gym, religion etc). I can also be pretty funny at times just to keep the mood in school light. alot of people i know stress and take things way too seriously so i do what i can. mostly im in the recieving end of my own jokes I also like to think of myself as a nice person who is easy to get along with. Im not really extraordinary at anything but im easily teachable and am normally decent at most things. except for band, as soon as my mouth touched the trumpet Louis Armstrong rolled over in his grave.

[GingerBlokey 30]

I was in the top 7 in the country for GCSE English Lit. and top 6 at GCSE English Lang.

Ive never got a mark lower than an A in any essay at college yet.

[TheSixCents 0]

So Duke are you in Mensa? Somthing Higher?

[The Almighty Cheese Grater 0]

I am extremely attractive.

I am also extremely shiny.

I am just grate

[neongamer 3]

I fell off the jungle gym and when I woke up I was posting here.

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: TheSixCents So Duke are you in Mensa? Somthing Higher?quote>

Nah, I'm not a club person. I've looked at Mensa puzzles, and while I do often have an easier time solving them than those around me, I don't exactly find them "fun".

I dabbled in Sudoku for a bit, but then got bored of it since is was extremely repetitive and also rather easy.

...on the other hand, I, for whatever reason, cannot wrap my mind around Rubik's Cubes at all. I'd say it's because my strength is in logic, not forethought. I'm very intuitive when it comes to "If I do A, B happens" type things. But start including multiple steps in which what I do first determines what I can do second, and I'm not always that great at thinking more than one step ahead without some visual way of mapping things out and viewing possible outcomes beforehand. Give me a maze on paper and I can get from start to finish without too much trouble, as I'm viewing the whole picture at once. Put me in a hedge maze and all of a sudden I'm not so proficient at it, since now my field of view is very limited. But then give me a map of that hedge maze and I'll be out of there in no time. This is quite typical of someone with Asperger Syndrome: highly proficient at dealing with definite things they know, not so good at making inferences about missing information or picking up on subtleties. Very concrete and literal thinking, not that good at thinking abstractly.

Summed up: Show me the whole picture and I can figure out basically anything. Show me a small part of the picture and expect me to try and anticipate the rest without actually seeing it first and I'm not much better than your average Joe (or at least I don't think so).

[LarksTonguesInAspic 28]

Very interesting, Duke. I have similar issues, they were generally attributed to ADD/ADHD for me. My parents never told me anything, I figured out in my 30s what was screwing me up in so many ways all those years. C'est la vie, the past cannot be undone. When I finally toot my own horn later on, I'll elaborate.

[Mulefisk 15]

I'm a devil in photoshop, and the music I write is sexy.

[ilikehotdogsalot 307]

*tries to think of something witty*

Hm...

[Zwabberaar 18]

No one can sweep floors like I can.

[wir3d 2]

No one can walk like me!! And can do a 5X5X5 Rubik's cube. Ha beat that!!

[patriots_1228 51]

well im a pretty resourceful qb (like flutie)

have great hands (like moss)

i have an amazing jump shot (like tyrese rice)

and I have a 12 inch er...TV?

if you don't get that last one, you need to spend less time in physics club.

[SimRabbit 48]

its ironic how Mensa means "dumb girl" in spanish. You can look it up.

I almost blew up my school lab once. im still proud of that.

[screamingman12 30]

Let's see here:
I'm A+ Certified (hoping to get CCNA/CCENT and Linux+ sometime)
Very good at problem solving
Am able to look at things and predict results in the near and distant futures
Am probably the only teenager who hasn't had their mind deluted with rap music, fast food, and general steriotypical American culture
Take a great interest in urban planning, more specifically, transit enginnering
Thinks that lobbying needs to be banned
Take a great interest in programming and hope to start writing an OS soon

[SimRabbit 48]

OMG YOU JUST REACHED THE 666 MARK

screamingman12

Urbanite

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  (sorry for the caps)

i can see you are very diffrent from any teenager, hope to see some software from you in the future.

[Callbat 8]

Accomplished (sort of) violinist speaking here

1-No that is not an F sharp it is a B Flat!

2-No its an A Sharp!

1-Same thing smart one!

[rugar12 0]

Originally posted by: Duke87 My IQ is 147.

Seriously, I'm not kidding. I've had it tested officially.quote>

Damn, you have me beat by a few points. 

Hmm, what makes me special...

I am able to grasp concepts faster than most people.

I am hyper-competitive (which can get annoying during certain activities, such as driving).

I am also highly dangerous from beyond the arc on a basketball court.

[fukuda 351]

I'm mediocre at some things and bad doing everything else

[Mulefisk 15]

Originally posted by: Callbat Accomplished (sort of) violinist speaking here

1-No that is not an F sharp it is a B Flat!

2-No its an A Sharp!

1-Same thing smart one!quote>

Are you person 1 or 2? Because A# isn't the same as Bb. On a piano, yes, but not on a violin.

[Smarty218 2]

I am Fithy stinking rich... or at least my parents are.

I also beat Star Wars Battlefront II, Republic Commando and Lego Star Wars II all in 28 hours.

[___idiotbox 0]

Originally posted by: Eastwinn I'm pretty good at guitar hero....quote>

That's an understatement

Let's see.... I'm a very fast reader and a great writer. I can draw really well, and I excel at portraits. I do get really good grades but I also like to challenge myself in school so, sometimes the grades aren't A's.  I know a lot about music, but really... I only know a lot about rock/metal music. I know pretty much everything about The Sims 2 because my life is based around that game And most importantly, I have a wonderful family, and amazing brothers and sisters that are my best friends.

Yeah, that's it. I don't like to brag about myself because there really isn't much to brag about...