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How skilled in life are you?

 
 
Reply Sun 13 Apr, 2014 09:25 am
How Many Life Skills Do You Have?
http://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/how-many-basic-skills-do-you-have

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You checked off 76 out of 100 on this list!

Congratulations on knowing everything. You’re like Joan Holloway, the Dos Equis man, and the President of the United States all rolled into one.
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ossobuco
 
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Reply Sun 13 Apr, 2014 09:42 am
@tsarstepan,
Huh. I got 76 too.
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saab
 
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Reply Sun 13 Apr, 2014 09:48 am
@tsarstepan,
Who on earth can do that?
- assemble Ikea furniture by themselves-
Got 77 out of 100
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Frank Apisa
 
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Reply Sun 13 Apr, 2014 12:04 pm
@tsarstepan,
Got a 94!
Frank Apisa
 
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Reply Sun 13 Apr, 2014 12:13 pm
@Frank Apisa,
Can’t set up a wireless network.

Do not know CPR.

Never have used a Mac.

Know nothing about FaCEBOOK.

Can’t dive worth beans.

Can’t ski.
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timur
 
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Reply Sun 13 Apr, 2014 12:24 pm
This is the only one I can't do:
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77 - I understand the terms of my heath insurance program.
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chai2
 
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Reply Sun 13 Apr, 2014 12:37 pm
89 out of 100

I guess I'm a grown up.
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Sun 13 Apr, 2014 01:28 pm
@tsarstepan,
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You checked off 48 out of 100 on this list!
I might have been a little conservative scoring

You know a lot about some things…but you’re perhaps seriously lacking in certain areas. Excusable, if you’ve been living under a rock or in a bomb shelter for the past 30 years.

After 83 years and 2 kids that turned out better than I could have hoped…..
chai2
 
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Reply Sun 13 Apr, 2014 01:33 pm
@dalehileman,
I didn't go by whether I liked doing something, but whether I could.

I don't do facebook for instance, but I know how to change my privacy settings.

I once made a website.

You don't often see me changing a tire, but I could do it.

I once put together a piece of furniture, so I guessed I could do the same with something from IKEA.


What I remembered after doing this was how my father always indicated to me how I would be a failure at life, but was at the same time unwilling to teach me how to do any of the things he knew I would fail at. When I went off on my own, I waited for the other shoe to drop for years, until I realized I'd been doing quite well thank you.

I've never come across anything in life that was that hard, if I needed to learn it, to be quite honest.
dalehileman
 
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Reply Sun 13 Apr, 2014 01:48 pm
@chai2,
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I didn't go by whether I liked doing something, but whether I could.
Yes, I supposed that's what were supposed to do

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I don't do facebook for instance, but I know how to change my privacy settings.
What privacy setting where, dotell

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I once made a website.
You're to be congratulated Chai but isn't it pretty time-consuming

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You don't often see me changing a tire, but I could do it.
My No. 1 Son recently fetched the family a shredder with 4 in. rim. Although I'm a retired electronics writer, builder and inventor while he is a highly-paid test engineer, we spent an hour trying to inflate the damn things, then finally gave up in favor of innertubes

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…...how my father always indicated to me how I would be a failure at life, ……...I waited for the other shoe to drop for years, until I realized I'd been doing quite well thank you.
A father is almost always a major trial

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I've never come across anything in life that was that hard, if I needed to learn it, to be quite honest.
Honestly, Chai, to be quite honest I can't believe you're being quite honest


Been pleasure tho chatting w/u
chai2
 
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Reply Sun 13 Apr, 2014 02:17 pm
@dalehileman,
dalehileman wrote:

A father is almost always a major trial




My father was an alcoholic sadist and rather stupid. By the time I was supposed to come to the realization in life that one's parents were smart, I had verified how little he knew.

Last time I made it up to my home state, I made a special point of pissing on his grave.
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Roberta
 
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Reply Sun 13 Apr, 2014 04:42 pm
This test is slanted toward people who drive, who have cars. I protest!!!
ossobuco
 
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Reply Sun 13 Apr, 2014 04:49 pm
@Roberta,
I found that refreshing. I find buzzfeed slanted to people who like science fiction. Maybe not this one questionaire.

Also, they're very insistent on the view that people have favorite colors. I have dealt with colors in paint and design for decades and like colors across the spectrum in different situations.
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InsuranceLady
 
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Reply Tue 15 Apr, 2014 02:22 pm
@tsarstepan,
93/100

Can't fix the faucet, ski, do a fancy dive, never tried Twitter or spilled wine on the carpet and never had to parallel park or drive a stick shift.
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anonymously99
 
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Reply Wed 16 Apr, 2014 02:56 am
@tsarstepan,
I'm 71 years of age.
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bobsal u1553115
 
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Reply Fri 18 Apr, 2014 08:27 am
96

Can't do taxes, program a smart phone, or remember to other two.
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