# How am I so special

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-so-special/817225>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 3, 2018, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-so-special/817225 "2018-07-03T13:27:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-so-special/817225/21 "2018-07-06T00:54:23Z")

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Actually no, you aren’t the only person in the world who could have helped.

There are thousands of free lance Photoshop artists out there.

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-so-special/817225/22 "2018-07-06T01:17:20Z")

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Maybe he sent that request to everyone he knows, figuring someone would step up.

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**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-so-special/817225/23 "2018-07-06T03:27:18Z")

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> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#):
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> A friend of mine recently called me and asked for my help. Specifically he asked me:
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> “Luke, I need some help and you are literally the one person on earth that can help me.”
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> I assumed he was speaking hyperbolically, he assured me he was not. Before he asked me, I could not imagine what I and I alone could help him with. But after he asked, I realized he was right.
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> I am not a famous or particularly talented person. I don’t own any one of a kind items. This is an old, close friend but one who I see only a few times a year these days.
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> I’m sure there might be several possible answers to this question but I could think of just this one. Can you guess what it might be?
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> Note: this is not a hypothetical, it actually happened.

he’s buttering you up so you’ll feel guilty if you don’t help him.

most people are manipulators and users, and they’re very good at it.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-so-special/817225/24 "2018-07-06T21:21:44Z")

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I’d guess he needed a door propped open and you are the only person he’s ever met with wedge-shaped feet. Am I close?

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