Besides playing the guitar, what's something many people claim they can "do" but are beginners at best?
- Give massages.
— shipintheday - Run a business or be self employed.
— moration - Photography
— StormDrainClown - Si yo hablo Spanish
— nichoals421 - ‘Computers’
— ConstantlySlippery - Surf
You paid an instructor to push you into waves at Waikiki on vacation 3 years ago. You may have stood up a few times.
— buzzboy7 - Write.
*I can complete a two paragraph memo in passable business English so here's how you should fix the fourth draft of your 375 page novel...*
— doublestitch - Drive
— IM3dpenguin - Make a good Fantastic Four reboot.
— rodan44 - Most people who can "weld" can't weld for shit.
— he_who_melts_the_rod - Teach. I've been a teacher for 15 years and I'm still learning how how to do it every day. Anyone who tells you they know how to do it right are fooling themselves.
— fizdup - Fight. Omfg some people will go miles out of their way to convince you theyre dangerous.
Edit: to everyone replying with "im trained in x martial art for x years and i still lose", we're talking about *you* here.
He who knows, need not speak. He who must speak, doesn't know.
— lurklurklurkPOST - Write or tell a story. It's hard to write well and to come up with a plot that is interesting while also avoiding plotholes and common tropes. Good writers make it look effortless but sitting down and trying yourself is another matter.
— pajamakitten