Poll: Compare Amongst Yourselves

[thefourthvine]

makesmewannadie is visiting me, and we got to talking, as we often do. (Okay. Full disclosure: the actual challenge would be making us shut the fuck up.) And one thing we talked about reminded me of a poll I'd considered posting lo these many moons ago, to test a hypothesis that I can't very well tell you beforehand. (Bias is death to informal and statistically skewed LJ polls, my friends.)

So, first, let me just say: hey, it'd be cool if you'd take this poll. I would love you and stuff.

Second - when I say "your friends list," I mean the portion of your friends list that you read regularly - your default reading filter, if you have one, or the whole list if that's how you read. (If you don't read your friends list at all, this poll is not going to be a good fit for you.) My point is, I want you to consider the people you know the best. (Which is not to say you necessarily know them well, of course.) And when I say "the average," I mean your own personally assessed average of this trait over your friends list.

And, seriously, there are no bad answers here. I'm only wondering where you fit into your own mental picture of your friends list for these particular variables. I know you may not have great data for all these questions; just give me your first reaction, and I will of course love you forever.

ETA: Please don't go back to change your answers after you've finished the poll and seen the results! (Unless you think of something you want to add to the text box, or you've decided shoes are more important than almost-cock. Those questions are weighty and take long consideration; I understand that.)



[Poll #931955]

Comments

[thefourthvine.livejournal.com]

How marked the majorities are, and how they vary from one question to another.

Truly, deeply fascinating. My number-fixated parts are all entranced.

And how I found myself fudging or outright lying on some questions, because I just *could not* rate myself above my friends at them.

You're not the only one who has said that, but - really, be proud of who you are! Speaking as a person on your friends list - it's okay to say you're smarter and more creative and more ethical, or whatever. You're allowed to be good at things, and you're allowed to be better at them, too.

[doire]

It is very hard to do though. I remember needing to rank my skills on an application form and saying "average" for calculation because I compared myself to those who could. I was then taken aside by my referee and told to put "expert".

Then there's creativity. I create spreadsheets. I look at them and they are good. Practically everyone else looks and goes "huh?" Does this make me less creative than a writer who's work is accessible to more people? It does make me feel less creative.