# Things you enjoy to do... but completely suck at. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 11, 2008, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-enjoy-to-do-but-completely-suck-at/472178 "2008-11-11T12:37:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-enjoy-to-do-but-completely-suck-at/472178/21 "2008-11-11T16:54:00Z")
Life. 22 years of practice hasn’t helped. Real answer: video games. I do nothing but play video games and yet I’m a mediocre player. ---
**Author:** ![discodancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@discodancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discodancer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-enjoy-to-do-but-completely-suck-at/472178/22 "2008-11-11T17:54:58Z")
Play guitar (I can’t play bar chords) Sing Play poker Tennis Golf ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-enjoy-to-do-but-completely-suck-at/472178/23 "2008-11-11T17:56:55Z")
Playing pool. I love everything about it (I always enjoyed geometry) but aside from the occasional bout of good luck, I’m pretty bad at it. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-enjoy-to-do-but-completely-suck-at/472178/24 "2008-11-11T17:57:42Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Another for drawing. The ironic thing is that I used to do calligraphy, and could easily and beautifully render letters in a variety of calligraphic alphabets. Ask me to illustrate anything with a picture, and I’d produce something that looked like it came out of a first grade art class. I did get to the point where I could “dress” my calligraphy with simple, cartoony flower-and-vine borders or Celtic knotwork, but that was about it. I do calligraphy, too. But I’m not even going to try to illustrate my letters. Oddly enough, I don’t do too bad with some concepts of drawing, like perspective, or shading. But everything still comes out looking like something an average 12YO would do. ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-enjoy-to-do-but-completely-suck-at/472178/25 "2008-11-11T18:44:04Z")
Being in relationships with women. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-enjoy-to-do-but-completely-suck-at/472178/26 "2008-11-11T19:00:10Z")
Fuck. I mean, fuck, I can’t think of anything just at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-enjoy-to-do-but-completely-suck-at/472178/27 "2008-11-11T19:01:24Z")
Playing softball. I’m out of shape and overweight and not terribly coordinated, but I just love the game. [QUOTE=overlyverbose] Playing pool. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Troy McClure SF] Playing pool. [/QUOTE] Me, three. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-enjoy-to-do-but-completely-suck-at/472178/28 "2008-11-11T19:06:33Z")
Stained glass. I made a lampshade that looked like a drunk person with cerebral palsy made it. No offense to drunk persons with cerebral palsy, who right now are probably making attractive lampshades. But I was the only person in my class who neither got cut with glass nor burned with a soldering iron. Take _that_, drunks with CP! ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-enjoy-to-do-but-completely-suck-at/472178/29 "2008-11-11T19:16:33Z")
Baseball and board games. Actually I don’t _completely_ suck at board games, but my enthusiasm for them far exceeds my skill. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-enjoy-to-do-but-completely-suck-at/472178/30 "2008-11-11T19:30:17Z")
Carpentry. I love building things, but no matter how simple or complex the task, or how much care and precision tools I have access to, my creations inevitably look like a forlorn cargo pallet fit only for a hobo’s burn barrel. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-enjoy-to-do-but-completely-suck-at/472178/31 "2008-11-11T19:44:00Z")
Karate. I’m not completely sucktastic, but it’s certainly not my forte. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-enjoy-to-do-but-completely-suck-at/472178/32 "2008-11-11T19:50:31Z")
Archery. I do have enough aim, at least, to hit the target, but anything after that is up to chance. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-enjoy-to-do-but-completely-suck-at/472178/33 "2008-11-11T19:53:59Z")
Guitar was my first thought, too… but then I realized that I actually can’t do _anything_ well. I suck. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-enjoy-to-do-but-completely-suck-at/472178/34 "2008-11-11T22:52:52Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > Real answer: video games. I do nothing but play video games and yet I’m a mediocre player. Huzzah, together we’re pwned 😛 A mate of mine couldn’t understand whey I liked playing Halo 2 multiplayer when I was so bad at it. The idea that it was a game and fun to play, didn’t seem to enter into it for him. I’m doing a bit of part time study, working towards some sort of qualification in computing. It’s interesting, I enjoy the exercises and that “Ah, I see!” moment. But I’m just an awful student, when it comes to the end bit, the exam, it all falls apart :o ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-enjoy-to-do-but-completely-suck-at/472178/35 "2008-11-11T23:08:54Z")
Honestly, I can’t think of anything I don’t do fairly well, that I keep on doing. Not being able to do it well pretty much takes the joy out of it for me. On the other hand, I keep on trying to diet, which, lately I suck at! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-enjoy-to-do-but-completely-suck-at/472178/36 "2008-11-11T23:16:00Z")
Pool ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-enjoy-to-do-but-completely-suck-at/472178/37 "2008-11-12T06:18:58Z")
I played violin and viola through high school, and I was pretty good. For my senior solo I played the first movement of Lalo’s \*Symphonie espagnole, \*which is no mean feat for a high school student. I basically haven’t played since then (45 years). I recently bought a new instrument and have started playing again. My fingers just won’t move like they used to. Even with practice I don’t have the agility/reflexes/eye-hand coordination of an 18-year-old. And my vibrato really sucks. So playing again is both fun and frustrating. ---
**Author:** ![Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckler_of_Swashing)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-enjoy-to-do-but-completely-suck-at/472178/38 "2008-11-12T08:28:34Z")
Add me to the singers and music players. I sing whenever I can get away with it but I don’t sound good at all. I have tried several musical instruments and can always master the basics eventually. But rarely can I get beyond that and though I can play through the entirety of a few (very) simple songs on my guitar - they don’t sound very much like music, they sound like someone trying very hard to do something very simple and only succeeding half the time. Besides those - **video games** again. I play a few different types but mostly I love strategy games like Starcraft, Civilization etc (strategy board games too - hooray RISK!) and while I’m pretty OK at them, I wish I was as good as the few people against/with whom I usually play. I am of average skill at my very best. I was once informed that my love of such games would give me a dating ‘edge’ with geeky men - so far I’ve been too embarrassed to reveal it lest they discover my lack of skill 😃 . So much for my edge. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-enjoy-to-do-but-completely-suck-at/472178/39 "2008-11-12T09:01:57Z")
Another mediocre musician here. It is mystifying to me how I can actually play, say, the Maple Leaf Rag, every. single. day. for 3 months and STILL can’t get through it without stumbling somewhere. And it is never the same spot twice. I don’t get it. But I do get that I _definitely_ have no potential as a professional musician. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-enjoy-to-do-but-completely-suck-at/472178/40 "2008-11-12T12:21:33Z")
Fishing. I wil spend hundreds of dollars to go deep sea fishing, and never catch a thing, and the guy standing next to me hauls them in one after another. I think it is the way I hold my mouth. I just love getting out on the ocean. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-enjoy-to-do-but-completely-suck-at/472178.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-enjoy-to-do-but-completely-suck-at/472178.md?page=3)