What Are Your Best Qualities?

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The thread invites participants to share and boast about their best qualities, leading to a humorous and light-hearted exchange. The discussion encompasses personal traits, self-perception, and playful exaggeration, with contributions ranging from sincere to absurd. Participants explore their qualities in a mix of serious and comedic tones.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants express a lack of notable qualities, while others highlight traits like persistence and kindness, albeit with a humorous twist.
  • One participant humorously lists an exaggerated array of qualities, including the ability to become invisible and deflect bullets, showcasing a blend of creativity and absurdity.
  • Another participant mentions their "optimistic persistence," contrasting it with stubbornness and discussing their creative hobbies.
  • Several participants engage in playful banter about physical appearances and personal traits, with references to looking like a Serta sheep and the nature of their qualities.
  • Some participants acknowledge their flaws alongside their best qualities, suggesting a complex self-view that intertwines strengths and weaknesses.
  • One participant humorously claims to be the "patron saint of lost ladybugs," indicating a whimsical approach to self-description.
  • Others express a tendency to disagree with people, framing it as a survival trait, while also sharing personal anecdotes about patience and logic.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

The discussion features a mix of agreement on the humorous nature of self-praise and disagreement on the seriousness of the qualities being discussed. Participants present competing views on their traits, with no clear consensus on what constitutes a "best quality."

Contextual Notes

Participants' claims often blend humor with self-reflection, leading to a variety of interpretations of what constitutes a quality. The exaggeration in some responses may obscure the sincerity in others, creating a complex tapestry of self-assessment.

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Individuals interested in light-hearted discussions about self-perception, humor in personal traits, or those looking for a playful exchange of qualities may find this thread engaging.

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So here is your chance to brag about your best qualities.

I don't have any.

Okay maybe one: Persistence. Once I make up my mind to do something, come hell or high water...
 
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I don't have any either.

Well, I'm nice, but I'm too nice, so that's actually a fault. :rolleyes:
 
I'm fantastic because not only am I intelligent, sexy, witty and bright, but I'm also an excellent listener, and have the desirable ability to use capital letters in all the right places. I'm strong, sensitive, good-natured and chivalrous. I can imitate most types of rodents, and talk to penguins in three different languages. I can sing, swim, dance, and swing from vines like a primordial beast.

I have the ability to become invisible, and can deflect bullets with my teeth. My dress sense is impeccable, and I never have bad breath. I am personal friends with the Loch Ness Monster. I can go for weeks without water, and can extract nutrients from sand.

I hold my drink well, and my hair never needs washing. I am good with kids and the elderly. I can fix anything, and own the world's third largest collection of screwdrivers from Christmas crackers. I am telepathic, and know how to wire a plug, even how to leave a bit extra on the Earth lead. I can cut records by hand.

My car always starts, I never lose my keys, and can tie both of my shoelaces at the same time. I'm also incredibly modest.
 
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Brewnog, if you looked like one of the Serta sheep, you'd be my dream man. :!)
 
Sorry, I didn't mention that bit.


I am Evo's dream man.
 
brewnog said:
Sorry, I didn't mention that bit.


I am Evo's dream man.
:!) :approve:
 
It's a good job you're not fussy Evo...
 
Finally! a chance to brag...

um...

yeah...

I'm smart...for my age..group

I'm funny...except when I'm on PF...

STUPID THREAD!
 
I can lock up the lower joints on 4 of my fingers and still wiggle the end bit!
I can also wiggle my ears.

(I wish I was as talented as Brewnog!)
 
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I have fantastic enemies.
 
  • #11
Ivan Seeking said:
Okay maybe one: Persistence. Once I make up my mind to do something, come hell or high water...
Some call that stubborness, but whatever tickles your pickle.

As for me, I'm so maginificant that to describe any virtues I possesses would be such a vast understatement that it would be inaccurate, you mere mortals are simply incapable of comprehending the perfection that is I.
 
  • #12
Smurf said:
Some call that stubborness, but whatever tickles your pickle.

As for me, I'm so maginificant that to describe any virtues I possesses would be such a vast understatement that it would be inaccurate, you mere mortals are simply incapable of comprehending the perfection that is I.

I call it optimistic persistence. I have the same quality, I don't give up on something or someone I am dedicated to. Stubborness is when someone refuses to see the other side of something out of gratifying their willful ego.

I have a wide streak of creativity. Beadwork, patchwork quilts and decoupage are serious hobbies of mine, and I pursue them with a passion. I must be good at it because I get told to sell my stuff frequently, but my reply to those who tell me this is, "Can you supply me with the time?".

My work ethic is very professional. I take whatever job I hold seriously, even if I don't like it.

Faults?-Thickheaded, impulsive, overly emotional, and moody.
 
  • #13
I crush people who disagree with me, those who i CAN physically harm

I respect manliness above anything else. (don't take that the wrong way)
 
  • #14
I am a fantastic enemy.
 
  • #15
Smurf said:
but whatever tickles your pickle.

Also, my pickle is not ticklish.
 
  • #16
Aww come on now, you just havn't tickled it the right way yet.
 
  • #17
I think you are taking this dress thing waaaaayyyyy too serious.
 
  • #18
My genetic makeup is extraordinary
 
  • #19
brewnog said:
I'm fantastic because not only am I intelligent, sexy, witty and bright, but I'm also an excellent listener, and have the desirable ability to use capital letters in all the right places. I'm strong, sensitive, good-natured and chivalrous. I can imitate most types of rodents, and talk to penguins in three different languages. I can sing, swim, dance, and swing from vines like a primordial beast.

I have the ability to become invisible, and can deflect bullets with my teeth. My dress sense is impeccable, and I never have bad breath. I am personal friends with the Loch Ness Monster. I can go for weeks without water, and can extract nutrients from sand.

I hold my drink well, and my hair never needs washing. I am good with kids and the elderly. I can fix anything, and own the world's third largest collection of screwdrivers from Christmas crackers. I am telepathic, and know how to wire a plug, even how to leave a bit extra on the Earth lead. I can cut records by hand.

My car always starts, I never lose my keys, and can tie both of my shoelaces at the same time. I'm also incredibly modest.
Either the foregoing is true, or he's English. It's hard to tell the difference sometimes.
 
  • #20
Danger said:
Either the foregoing is true, or he's English. It's hard to tell the difference sometimes.
And he looks like a Serta sheep. :!)
 
  • #21
Evo said:
And he looks like a Serta sheep. :!)
Luckily, I knew him before the transformation, so we're both safe.
 
  • #22
I generally disagree with people. :approve:
 
  • #23
Dr.Brain said:
I generally disagree with people. :approve:
That's an exceptional survival trait. Your tribe will prosper.
 
  • #24
I'm clumsy, self-centered, dorky, forgetful, i have a tendency to wear strange things. I'm manipultaive, immature, irresponsible, delusional and easily confused. Oh, and i have a pretty smile...

I think I'm sooo great.
 
  • #25
Gale17 said:
I think I'm sooo great.

You left out temptress. :blushing:

Come on, what are your best qualities?
 
  • #26
I am the patron saint of lost ladybugs. If they become stranded indoors I always help them get back outside.
 
  • #27
Ivan Seeking said:
You left out temptress. :blushing:

Come on, what are your best qualities?

Oh ya... temptress... i thought maybe that was covered by self-centered, manipulative, immature and irresponsible... but perhaps its worth noting on its own.

Anyways, my real best qualities... umm... really, some people love certain things about me that others hate. so, my best qualities are also my worst.. i think my list is pretty comprehensive. I could probably add a few things... meh
 
  • #28
There are times when it goes right out the window but I tend to be very logical about everything. It really annoys the girlfriends though so maybe not such a good trait.
 
  • #29
Evo said:
Brewnog, if you looked like one of the Serta sheep, you'd be my dream man. :!)
Mine too! :!)... :rolleyes: the serta sheep are really cute.
 
  • #30
Math Is Hard said:
I am the patron saint of lost ladybugs. If they become stranded indoors I always help them get back outside.
My hero! I do this too.

To answer the original question, I have a lot of patience with people. Objects get me upset sometimes, but I can be very patient with people.
 

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