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What thing are you exponentially more experienced in than the average person? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Oka@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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What is the best skill you possess that makes you stand above the average person?

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[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Exponentially denotes a progression, a rate of change. You probably mean greatly or vastly

For me it would be authoring images-illustration, rendering, etc. I guess most people can answer with their job

[–] droans@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't forget to add "being pedantic" to your list!

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Being accurate with words isn't being pedantic. There was an opportunity to teach, I took it. That's it. Perhaps you got that impression because text doesn't convey intent very well. That's alright

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 year ago

. I guess most people can answer with their job

Yeah I was going to make a pithy joke about my job, but note that having any skill in a field that's at all niche puts you well above the average.

[–] stevep@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I am exponentially more experienced at swimming than the average person.

I'm actually a pretty average swimmer, so in this case the exponent is zero.

[–] opensourcedeeznuts@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

This is my biggest pet peeve. One data point can't be exponentially more than one other data point without context.

If people still want to sound "smart" because they used a fancy math word, you can say "orders of magnitude more experienced."