# What do you do BADLY, but LOVE doing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 2, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-badly-but-love-doing/443689 "2008-04-02T17:19:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-badly-but-love-doing/443689/21 "2008-04-02T20:13:08Z")
[QUOTE=Astroboy14] Sex. And playing guitar. [/QUOTE] Have you tried them separately? For me, it’s the banjo. Just…can’t…make…it…sound…right. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-badly-but-love-doing/443689/22 "2008-04-02T20:28:20Z")
[Obligatory Despair.com link](http://www.despair.com/in24x30prin.html) I have this one on my office wall. It just speaks to me somehow . . . ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-badly-but-love-doing/443689/23 "2008-04-02T20:52:37Z")
Me too on the singing. But considering that even BFs (who are usually biased on these things) have cringed in pain when I uttered a single note, I’ve given up on my dreams of becoming a karaoke diva. I do a mean spoken-word version of Polyester Bride, though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-badly-but-love-doing/443689/24 "2008-04-02T20:56:48Z")
Fighting games. They’re one of my favorite kinds of videogames and I play them a ton. I feel like I should be some kind of unbeatable fighting game guru by now, but I never seem to get better no matter how often I play. I get beaten as often as I win, even against total novices. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-badly-but-love-doing/443689/25 "2008-04-02T21:04:25Z")
Snowboarding. I’ve been skiing since I was seven or eight and I’m an excellent skiier, but I suck at snowboarding just because I’ve never really learned. Everytime I’ve tried I eventually gave up and put my skis on. Snowboarding just looks so much cooler, though. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-badly-but-love-doing/443689/26 "2008-04-02T21:12:36Z")
Ditto on golf. My score is usually around 105 to 115, but there’s nothing else I would rather do in the summer, or spring or fall for that matter. Sun Nature Exercise Camaraderie Beer 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-badly-but-love-doing/443689/27 "2008-04-02T21:12:59Z")
[QUOTE=ChiefScott] Golf. [/QUOTE] It’s not so bad if you think of it as “creative landscaping while drinking.” A buddy and I used to go; we’d never keep score. Our favorite club: the “foot wedge,” because it counts as zero strokes. Unlimited mulligans. ---
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-badly-but-love-doing/443689/28 "2008-04-02T21:14:27Z")
Watching scary movies. I love watching scary movies, but cannot actually sit through the scary parts without covering my eyes. As soon as the creepy violins start, I’m hiding and asking “Is it done? Is he dead? What happened?” ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-badly-but-love-doing/443689/29 "2008-04-02T21:16:33Z")
Playing pool. I suck at it. In fact, I remember a co-worker (equally as bad at the time) and I milking a $ .50 game for like an hour because we were so bad ! ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-badly-but-love-doing/443689/30 "2008-04-02T21:16:39Z")
[QUOTE=CynicalGabe] For me it’s bowling. My highest score EVER is 171, but I love to go bowling. [/QUOTE] I saw the thread title, and bowling immediately came to mind. I suck at bowling. (How I _dream_ of bowling a 171!) I still have a blast doing it, though. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-badly-but-love-doing/443689/31 "2008-04-02T21:22:01Z")
Posting witty, entertaining, thought-provoking, and stimulating responses to SDMB threads. I don’t consider myself to be a driveby poster. Yet, I wish I could carry on indepth some of the topics found in the forums here. Then again, I don’t need to be here as it appears with some. I just want to be here. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-badly-but-love-doing/443689/32 "2008-04-02T21:26:31Z")
Pool for sure. Also playing the drums. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-badly-but-love-doing/443689/33 "2008-04-02T23:20:17Z")
Playing the guitar. I’ve always wanted to learn, and so I just bought myself one. I need lessons–the guy said that if I follow the book and the CD-rom, I should be fine. I can’t figure either one out. seriously. I can stay up on ice skates, but that’s about it–but I still enjoy doing it. Ditto knitting—I can do one stitch and even that’s a stretch. I also can’t really sing (I have a 5 note range) or dance. I can be creative and artistic to some extent, but not what I’d like to be. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-badly-but-love-doing/443689/34 "2008-04-02T23:45:58Z")
I’ve me-too’d my way through this thread. Singing, dancing, bowling, cross-country skiing, being creative in general… I’m hopelessly average to below average to downright awful. But they’re all fun. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-badly-but-love-doing/443689/35 "2008-04-03T00:42:11Z")
I also enjoy bowling, though my scores are in the Obama range. I enjoy web development, which I’m just now learning to do and am not yet any good at. And, loath as I am to admit it, six months in I still suck at my new job. I like it an my bosses are patient with me, so I figure I’ll get the hang of it one of these days. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Shroud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@The\_Shroud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Shroud)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-badly-but-love-doing/443689/36 "2008-04-03T01:13:34Z")
Thirding shooting pool. Also, running. I suck so bad at running, I broke my ankle jogging last October. I am dying to get back to it, but every time I see my doc he tells me “another 6 weeks.” ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-badly-but-love-doing/443689/37 "2008-04-03T01:21:17Z")
Posting on the SDMB! 😉 Singing, I guess. Apart from that I avoid doing things I’m not good at. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-badly-but-love-doing/443689/38 "2008-04-03T01:21:38Z")
Playing guitar. Been at it a long time, still not very good. Got some real nice guitars though. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-badly-but-love-doing/443689/39 "2008-04-03T01:52:16Z")
Playing chess. I love the game, I’m just not all that good at it. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-badly-but-love-doing/443689/40 "2008-04-03T01:59:42Z")
I love to sing along to whatever I’m listening to, but unfortunately, dogs three blocks over start howling when they hear me. Yeah, I suck. But it’s fun. Robin [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-badly-but-love-doing/443689.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-badly-but-love-doing/443689.md?page=3)