r/AskReddit 1d ago

What’s a skill almost everyone thinks they’re good at until they meet someone who’s actually great at it?

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u/LotusPrince 21h ago

My dad's advice, which has always stuck with me, is to pretend that every single other person on the road is a terrible driver.

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u/Ildskalli 18h ago

What need is there to pretend, however?

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u/Assimve 17h ago

If you move to Ohio you won't have to pretend.

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u/cornyloveee13 14h ago

Can confirm, I'm a delivery driver and someone clipped the mirror off my van just two days ago in Madison. Bc he almost rear-ended me and had to swerve into the oncoming lane of traffic.

Then he just kept going.

(Yes, he was driving a lifted truck.)

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u/Assimve 7h ago

Just look at the amount of tire marks left on perfectly straight curbs.

Not in a curve or while you would be turning either; I am talking about 1/4 mile long straight areas with crisscrossing black tire marks all over the curbs.

That's not even taking any of the other insane crap you see daily in Ohio into consideration.

I watched a woman drive over a curb, into a mailbox, keep going, then start looking at her phone again before we made it to the red light a minute later.

And the average driver here doesn't know how to accelerate to the speed limit to merge onto the interstate (I refer to them as speed bumps), won't turn right on red without written permission from the president (no matter how clear it is), couldn't figure out how to use a center lane turn lane if you paid them in gold bars to do it, and swing into the opposite lane as if they are driving a semi truck pulling 2 trailers when making a basic turn.

No Austin/Karen, you don't need to move a full car width over to turn into the parking lot, you just need to learn to drive better.

/RantOver

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u/Ok-Can-936 8h ago

"Assume everyone is an ahole" was my father's go to phrase 😆

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u/Assimve 7h ago

'If you assume there road is full of blind assholes you will stay alive longer.'

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u/Hamster-Food 8h ago

Assume everyone on the road is an assassin sent from the future to kill you and make it look like an accident.