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Random Thoughts: The Art of Being Bad at Something

ChibiChonk

July 23, 2026

1–2 minutes

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Are you absolutely terrible at something? Let me let you in on a little secret.

I am terrible at video games.

This blog started off as a gamer site. Yep. You read that right. Filthy Casuals was actually a gamer site dedicated to gaming. I used to be a hobbyist streamer. The whole premise was the simple fact I was average gamer, at best, but loved gaming. I wanted to erase the stigma that you had to be super awesome at gaming to love it.

Anyhow — I am terrible at video games. Super terrible. I have a goodest, bestest gaming buddy that is absolutely patient with me. Honestly, I don’t see how he can stand gaming with me, but he does it. He’s my gaming angel LOL.

Humility. Being absolutely terrible at gaming has taught me a great deal of humility. I am perfectly honest with myself and others regarding the level of my skill.

I have a great deal of perseverance. Being absolutely terrible has fostered a great deal of perseverance. I don’t give up easily.

I don’t quit easily. I don’t quit every easily. Being terrible at video games has taught me to not be a quitter. Even when I suck at something.

Courage. Yeah. Takes a lot of courage to admit you suck at something.

Self-Awareness. One of the things I’ve learned is a lot of self-awareness. I’m very self-aware that I’m terrible at gaming at that brings my anxiety down when I start a game with someone. I can confidently announce my skill level and not be embarrassed about it.

Being terrible at something builds a lot of character. It isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Sure, success is great and something we should strive for, but failure isn’t something we should always avoid.

2 responses to “Random Thoughts: The Art of Being Bad at Something”

momomanamu

July 25, 2026 at 1:39 pm

Lol, I can definitely relate, though I experienced this through my whole life. See, it’s not that I’m bad at a lot of things, I’m just average. At everything. This might have been fine, a lot of people are average. That’s why it’s called “average”, but I have an older sister that’s not average, she’s Stellar! Everything you could define as perfection, she’s that. Beautiful? She was an adorable child that grew into a pretty teen that grew into a gorgeous woman. She was a runway model. Smart? She graduated high school at 16! Athletic? She was a local champion figure skater. Charming? Witty? She was the center of every room, and hobbied as a stand up comedian. Artistic? She was an award winning poet. You name it she was perfect at it. And I was not. So at a young age I learned to just stop comparing myself to other people. She was herself, and I was myself. There’s always going to be someone that’s better at you at something, it’s a great big world with billions of people. I just focus on little by little getting better at what I love, and learning from my mistakes, and if someone is better, maybe I could learn from what their doing. Though I will admit that I tend to go after things that my sister wasn’t doing. Like drawing, I drew a lot as a kid and I still love drawing, and my sister has no interest in it, so my art is never compared to her’s.

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1. ChibiChonk
  
  July 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
  
  That sounds rough! I was always compared to my older sister so I can relate.
  
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