21 Things People Thought They Were Good at Until Someone Else Did It Better

‘Turns out I’m not so good…’
21 Things People Thought They Were Good at Until Someone Else Did It Better

We’ve all got hidden talents. Maybe you’ve got a stupid human trick, or you rock the mic at karaoke, or people always tell you that you make the best damn popsicles they’ve ever tasted. It might not be much, or even enough to cash in on, but it’s your unique thing that you’re good at.

Well, if that’s true for you, never meet someone who’s actually good at it. Sure, we’re all aware of the existence of pop stars, but there are even top-level karaoke contests that, no matter how big a fish you are in your little tiki-themed pond, would eat you alive.

That’s why user dropcase asked r/AskReddit, “What did you think you were really good at until you saw someone who was actually really good at it?”

Bob_Droll 6y ago Table-tennis. We had a table at work, and so I started playing any time I could, with whoever I could. I'd played a little when I was a kid, so picked it back up quickly and started getting half decent. Eventually, I started playing with one coworker fairly regularly. Не was good, no doubt. At first he was clearly just volleying with me, not actually putting it away when he'd get the chance. This made it more fun for me to be sure, and offered me great practice. Anyway, after about a year, I'd gotten to the
Insecurity-Guard . 6y ago Having sex with my wife.
ClownfishSoup 6y ago Avoiding work. I thought I was good at it. Then I had kids. They are a whole 'nother level of work avoidance.
 6y ago Disc golf. Thought I was hot shit til I went to the world championship.
survivalguyledeuce . 6y ago 0 Edited 6y ago I am a better whistler than maybe 98% of the population but compared to a world class whistler i sound like a corpse fart.
ProfessorGigs . 6y ago As a 23 year old birder, it's humbling to be beside a retired 70+ year old who can see birds where none seem to be... and IDENTIFY them!
mcSibiss . 6y ago I thought I was pretty good at Tetris. People who saw me play were quite impressed. Then I started playing Tetris 99. Turns out I'm not that good...
 6y ago Guitar Hero. I never met anyone who could beat me, then I saw a dude on youtube 100% Bark at the Moon with his back to the screen and I'm done.
NotCato . 6y ago Video games. Every time I find a game I feel like I'm REALLY good at, I always find a close friend that's x100 better than me in that game.
marshmelloman12 . 6y ago Ultimate frisbee. I thought I was amazing based of high school gym class. Then I got to University.
JosePawz 6y ago Excel. I could create some charts and pivots that looked good.. or so I thought until I saw everything the rain man of excel and VB could do in our office.
 . 6y ago Driving. Everyone thinks they're a good driver. Sit along with a professional driver as they go through a course, and then try to do the same? So humbling.
logicalbomb . 6y ago Fighting, I won a shit ton of Amateur MMA bouts and a few professional, but then I met someone who beat the fucking brakes off of me for like 3 rounds and then choked my ass out. Turns out, I am pretty okay at it, but I am no World Champion lol
Turn_Taking 6y ago . Edited 6y ago Reading. I thought I knew how to read and that's all there was. Then I went to college and realized profs like really know how to read and I was super humbled that a skill we are all assumed to either have or not have is a very dynamic and complex thing us humans can do.
gemgirlkay . 6y ago I thought I was really good at cup stacking. I could put up and take down a tower in 30 seconds. Well then I decided to look at videos of other people cup stacking. What people do with cup stacking is incredible. Anyway I no longer consider myself good at cup stacking.
TheLastBison 6y ago My dad likes gardening and loves his plumeria. Не has about 30. Не recently found a local plumeria club on Facebook and went to a meetup. Не was the only one there with less than 100. My mother has stopped complaining about him having too many plumeria.
InRustWeTrust . 6y ago Ping pong. I made the mistake of playing an old guy that hangs out at one of the bars and he fucking wrecked me. It wasn't even close, he returned all of my best serves effortlessly and would put the craziest spin on all of his shots. Не gave me good advice afterwards and told me I play too fast for my own good, I bought him a drink and shamefully went back to my friends.
ImmodestPolitician 6y ago 8 ball and 9ball. I had a table at home and would practice while watching tv. No one could beat me. In college I'd play a $1 a ball, everyone owed me money. Then I played someone that regularly entered tournaments. I was lucky if I got to shoot because he was running the table every game.
raibk 6y ago Edited 6y ago Hiking. I honestly thought I'd be one tough motherfucker, canceling my apartment and going into the big wide world of Scandinavia, faroe and Iceland with only my backpack and sleeping outside. Then I met a guy who just came back from a 700km glacier hike at - 40c in Greenland who came to faroes just to recover. Sadly that guy became my partner, and he had shown me in so many occasions of what my body is literally not able to endure, that I had to readjust my whole self image. I eat more chocolate
Darnitol1 6y ago Okay I'll jump in. In my late 20's I had never lost a single game of Scrabble in my life. I have a pretty large vocabulary and a talent for pattern matching, so I was always able to come up with very long words and find high bonuses to place them on. (The true Scrabble players are already laughing at me.) Well I was looking for something to do with my time and decided to try the local Scrabble club. I'll cut to the chase: I didn't win a single game. I didn't even present a challenge
RotaryLyfe 6y ago I build cars as a hobby. And when mean build cars, I modify cosmetically and mechanically for all forms of racing for myself and with my husband. My grandfather taught me everything I know about cars from when I was a child, and getting dirty and oily hands from helping him growing up. I love all types, but my main focus are building drift builds. I taught myself how to drift, how to control my car by making it lose control, while I still contained control of its power when it broke traction. I practiced on the

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