Your greatest weakness becomes your greatest strength. How is your life different?
imagine a slider on a video game going way in the other direction, that is. this isn't like one of those philosophy riddle things
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Alcohol is addicted to me.
"If you've managed to quit alcohol - your greatest weakness - perhaps you've already found your greatest strength."
- Gandalf the Grey
I mean, in a way, it can't quit you...
Partial disability from a car breaking my neck and back, causing issues with posture :: I have super human strength and endurance I use to fuck up cars for fun
Ah takes me back so many years!
The game is "Street Fighter II", in case you have a senior moment like I did.
What really happened:
https://www.windows93.net/#!kof93
gameplay video: https://youtu.be/LNGWs8ypDDY
You’re not fighting E. Honda, you’re fighting A Honda.
It’s all in the packet.
My greatest strength is already also my greatest weakness: hyper focus from ADHD.
I’m now on time. People notice my punctuality, no one actually cares.
My greatest weakness is my passivity and inability to make decisions so honestly I have no idea.
You would become an incredible and charismatic leader, always capable of picking the right choice and carrying everyone forward.
That'd be pretty nice
You now have the ability and drive to always make decisions. Are they good ones? Who knows but they are decisions
I become a social butterfly with insane levels of charisma.
Nightclub promotions? Is that still a job or did AI influencers take over it after Covid?
Now I am immortal god.
A lot of people read this as "your greatest weakness is now gone" which makes sense given the video game slider analogy
Meanwhile I'm here like "how do I somehow, hilariously, become unstoppable by means of procrastinating everything"?
But I did think of it: significantly extend my lifespan by procrastinating dying :]
It's not a fortunate power, but time stops for everyone and everything until you are doing something that's even slightly productive.
The cosmic burden of knowing that all of time relies on you getting off the couch, grabbing a shower, and getting done whatever tedious chore you've been putting off. Constantly.
Not a boon, but a curse.
thanks i'm pretty sure you just gave my assigned personal hell demon ideas 💀
I’m a jack of all trades, master of none:m; so I’ll be a virtuoso of one thing.
Jack of all trade isn't a weakness.
-Sincerely, a jack of all trade.
Having my head chopped off now makes me stronger and more alive.
Every head chopped would spawn three heads
I am procrastinate and don't fully commit to things: I am well planned and finish everything I lay my hands on.
I am happy and enjoy every moment of life.
I'm very forgetful, so I guess in this scenario I have an eidetic memory. I become one of those weird guys who wins every game show due to my fantastic recall of everything I've ever read, seen or heard.
I guess my head becomes invincible and nothing can hurt it and I feel no pain in my head, ever?
I'm gonna be social and charismatic af
I have always said if I could re-roll my stats I would trade whatever amount of intelligence I supposedly have to be dumb as a box of fucking rocks with a ludicrous amount of charisma.
I break everything I touch -> I fix everything I touch
The other day I saw the clock in the bathroom stop working. I swapped the batteries and it stopped working entirely.
According to the rules of the post, you are now confident, persuasive, and loved!
And the best thing of all... it doesn't just have to be a fantasy. These are all qualities that can be learned, practiced, and refined over time. It's not easy, but it can become a reality!
I guess with no fear of confrontation, or being rejected, you'd be a great sociopath/politician/CEO? Positive angle is you might be rich
I'm undepressable and I don't have ADHD anymore
All those walls and furnitures will miss you ricocheting off them.
WHERE DID YOU PUT THE CAMERAS
i can walk again :)
My gremlins that used to crawl over every inch of my home taking things apart, leaving things in senseless places, and constantly asking for food, a listening ear and a hug - are now helping me out around the house, listening when I need another perspective and generally helping keep me out of trouble.
TL;DR - Just parenthood, if all goes to plan...
Narrator: "It didn't go to plan."
I become capable of doing everything I want to, when I want to do it, instead of overthinking and second guessing myself.
I then work my way up to becoming an uploaded intelligence and abolishing capitalism. /s
The world is invaded by day walker vampires somehow. Most of the human population is dead or turned, those remaining live under a cloud of distrust and paranoia - anyone could be a vampire. even the people you know could've been turned since you last saw them.
I don't notice. Because of social anxiety, I stayed indoors.
I feel like I'm reading a description of myself.
Well, now that I don't absolutely suck at talking to strangers and don't fumble my words, my life just got a lot easier.
I go from being a socially awkward and unattractive virgin to suddenly being able to pull multiple women in a night.
Pro Tip: Women dont typically respond well to being "pulled".
Ok, please do indulge me on this one, because this whole subject is an enigma to me and has been mentally eating at me over the years.
How do men and women meet in a nightclub and then end up having a one-night stand?
Part of the reason I don't like clubbing is that it triggers feelings of jealousy within me.
I have a friend, let's just call him Matt. Whenever I've been out with Matt, women have always thrown themselves at him whereas my experiences by comparison have led to nothing but rejection.
There is nothing particularly special about Matt. He's a year younger than me, looks about average for someone in their early thirties, yet has infinitely more rizz. I can't put my finger on it.
I become responsible
God I need this one.
Not my weakness becoming a strength, but going away and now I am a different person, my inverse? But my strengths do not become weaknesses?
Disorganization is my bane, and a complete inability to multitask, so I guess I would either be obsessive/compulsive or would be able to be an executive assistant or politician.
I can never be angry. Hmm guess I would change my career to be some guy who teaches seminars or does anger management sessions. Or maybe IT for the DMV.
"If you strike me down, I will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine."
Instead of being guilt-ridden and terrified of making mistakes, especially if they might cause harm to others, I get... antisocial personality disorder? Fuck.
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I can digest any food at all without bloating, gas or suddenly urgent toilet trips.
I'm suddenly a prolific businesswoman and a CEO of my own corporation with millions of employees and I am thriving in life.
If this happened then everyone would be a CEO but where would the millions of workers be?
They are all CEOs now too.
Somehow, my indifference to heights means I control the known universe. Nobody, least of all me, knows why or how.
Ask me about our plans for next week or what that person said at work last month! I now remember everything!!
I get rich.
I'm not really sure what my biggest weakness is, but I'll just say its my crippling fear of asking people for stuff. So now, either people ask me for things, or whatever I ask other people to do is immediately done? More confusing than a strength I'd say.