# What are you conceited about? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 26, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-conceited-about/763986 "2016-08-26T03:03:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-conceited-about/763986/21 "2016-08-26T18:47:16Z")
> [@BeeGee](#): > > I have great hair. It’s fine, but very abundant. It’s perfectly straight with no blow drying. If I don’t have time to let it dry or help it dry before work, I drive down the highway with the windows down partway. When I get to work, it’s kind of tangled, but when I comb it out, it’s perfectly smooth and in a straight shoulder length bob. No hairspray or product needed. It’s pewter gray with a white streak in front and I get a lot of compliments on the color. It sounds gorgeous. Is the color, including the streak, natural? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-conceited-about/763986/22 "2016-08-26T20:01:01Z")
> [@BeeGee](#): > > I have great hair. It’s fine, but very abundant. It’s perfectly straight with no blow drying. If I don’t have time to let it dry or help it dry before work, I drive down the highway with the windows down partway. When I get to work, it’s kind of tangled, but when I comb it out, it’s perfectly smooth and in a straight shoulder length bob. No hairspray or product needed. It’s pewter gray with a white streak in front and I get a lot of compliments on the color. Hey, that reminds me I could be conceited about my ability to grow long, strong fingernails. I will trade you! ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-conceited-about/763986/23 "2016-08-26T21:28:32Z")
I know everything. I even know what you’re going to say next. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-conceited-about/763986/24 "2016-08-26T22:09:18Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > I know everything. I even know what you’re going to say next. “The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain”? ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-conceited-about/763986/25 "2016-08-26T22:11:14Z")
I’m not the world’s best programmer and I’m not the world’s best writer, but when it comes to writing about programming, I’m damn near the top of the heap. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-conceited-about/763986/26 "2016-08-26T22:13:07Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > 49yo: Hair still black, still full, still bitching about the number of barber shop trips I have to make. 70yo: Hair still dark brown. I am very conceited about my husband and everything about him. Also my ability to spot inappropriate kerning (although more “cursed” than "conceited). ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-conceited-about/763986/27 "2016-08-26T22:35:45Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > “The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain”? Just as I foresaw. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-conceited-about/763986/28 "2016-08-26T23:24:03Z")
I’m conceited about my humility. No one is more humble than me. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-conceited-about/763986/29 "2016-08-26T23:39:51Z")
I’m super-efficient about all the mundane stuff I have to do, and disdainful of others that are sooooo sloooooow, like getting out of their car or picking up a few items at a store or setting up a tent or whatever. I try to not let my impatience show but it’s hard when the entire universe is conspiring to make you wait. I walk against the flow of traffic because people move out of your way when you walk toward them at high speed, whereas it’s hopeless to pass meandering, oblivious cows from behind. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-conceited-about/763986/30 "2016-08-26T23:48:36Z")
I have a horse. And four wives. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-conceited-about/763986/31 "2016-08-26T23:57:13Z")
I used to brag about scoring 800 on the verbal section of the GRE. Twice. But since I never actually went to grad school, and have instead made a career as a retail drone, I’ve sorta backed off that one. Now I talk about losing weight over the last eight months, and how many miles I ran the weekend before. My narcissism is huge, yuuuge! Nobody has greater narcissism as me! (Well, except for Trump). > [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I have really nice penmanship. Like, Declaration of Independence style script. Naturally, the one asset I possess is pretty much obsolete :mad: I am also ridiculously proud of having been born and raised in L.A. Yes, I realize I had nothing to do with it; what I actually am is incredibly grateful, but I feel like I’m surrounded by such an abundance of stupidity and unpleasantness in FL that I can be (internally) rather snobbish about it. Spencerian script makes me a little weak at the knees. Care to post a sample? ---
**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:** [August 27, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-conceited-about/763986/32 "2016-08-27T04:39:27Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I used to brag about scoring 800 on the verbal section of the GRE. Twice. I used to occasionally mention that I got 1600 on the SAT, and so did my husband and my ex. But then I realized how utterly irrelevant that is. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-conceited-about/763986/33 "2016-08-27T06:28:02Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I used to brag about scoring 800 on the verbal section of the GRE. Twice. I got 800 on math and on whatever the logic/analytical section was called (hey it was decades ago!) but you can get questions wrong and still get an 800, so that took the shine off it. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-conceited-about/763986/34 "2016-08-27T11:14:30Z")
I wear the HELL out of dresses. Also, I ve got a hat- head. I can put a metal or plastic strainer on my head, or a pillow from our couch, or even the cat, and people will say: “hmn, that looks better then it ought to.”. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-conceited-about/763986/35 "2016-08-27T11:18:33Z")
I have a lovely singing voice, a great memory for music, and I’m a very good writer. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-conceited-about/763986/36 "2016-08-27T14:49:19Z")
I took a temporary part-time job as a cashier, and turned it into permanent full time work. And when people compliment me on my speed at doing it, I get to point out I do it with only one good hand. Hell, I could be on permanent disability if I wanted to go that route. Aint gonna happen. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-conceited-about/763986/37 "2016-08-27T20:01:41Z")
> [@BeeGee](#): > > I have great hair. It’s fine, but very abundant. It’s perfectly straight with no blow drying. If I don’t have time to let it dry or help it dry before work, I drive down the highway with the windows down partway. When I get to work, it’s kind of tangled, but when I comb it out, it’s perfectly smooth and in a straight shoulder length bob. No hairspray or product needed. It’s pewter gray with a white streak in front and I get a lot of compliments on the color. Color me envious. It sounds amazing. I probably work fitness and diet into more conversations than I need to, like th OP. But I’m nowhere near where I should be, so no ab-flashing going on here. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-conceited-about/763986/38 "2016-08-28T05:15:14Z")
I dress better than anyone I know; I have a lot of clothes, and I make them look _good_, to the point where I commonly get compliments from complete strangers about my dress. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-conceited-about/763986/39 "2016-08-28T05:19:49Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I used to occasionally mention that I got 1600 on the SAT, and so did my husband and my ex. But then I realized how utterly irrelevant that is. > [@gigi](#): > > I got 800 on math and on whatever the logic/analytical section was called (hey it was decades ago!) but you can get questions wrong and still get an 800, so that took the shine off it. Yup. Thus the “_used_ to brag”. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-conceited-about/763986/40 "2016-08-28T05:23:09Z")
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