Better Than & Wedding Gifts

Is there something you are better at than 80% of people you know? Dangerous Dave talks about an online poll that explores that question. Plus, experiences and cash is what people want for their wedding.

Episode Transcript

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This, he's deeper in the dinwith dangerous day. You know, sometimes
there's too much emphasis on being thebest, but it's also better than being
the worst. Right Sometimes you needto be in the eighty percent tile.
Somebody's talking online about the things thatthey're better at than eighty percent of people
that they know. Some of thebest responses include picking the lowest line in

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the store. If you're good atthat, good for you. I like
to pick the fastest line in thestore. Chess person said, I'm not
that good, but eighty percent.That's a pretty low bar. Looking directly
in the face while you're talking andnot hearing a single thing. Having a
very good internal clock, not needingto wake up to an alarm, handwriting
not good for me. Other thingspeople think they're better at than eighty percent

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of the people they know. Mindingtheir own business, finding misplaced commas and
sentences, parallel parking, I'm prettygood at that one, blowing tinily spit
bubbles off the tip of their tongue, untangling things, a person said,
corded headphones, Christmas lights, tendyneck chains, you name it, I
can do it. How about throwinga frisbee? Complaning also made the list,
and someone said, I have anodd talent for judging volume. I

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can look at a pot of leftoversoup and know exactly what is in the
container, and I know which containerto put it in, so take up
minimum space. Now that is atalent, because that's all I do is
take up space deeper in the two. Well, it's wedding season, ladies
and gentlemen, and our physical weddinggifts an outdated idea like here's some steak

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knives or a toaster. You're welcome. Well, a new poll found fifty
six percent of us have contributed toa honeymoon fund instead giving cold hard cash
to pay for an experience of somekind. Thirty percent say cash is there,
now go to wedding gift. Topfour experiences that would like to receive
as a wedding gift. An adventurelike a hot air, balloon rider,

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skydiving, so I guess something likeyou could die in anyway. The freedom
to choose your own experience was alsois known as cash. Something relaxing like
a couple's massage or spot package,or a getaway like staying at a resort
or nice hotels. So hardly anyoneis willing to pay for the whole experience.
So most people say their wedding giftbudget is one hundred and fifty dollars
or less. Around third people sayfifty two one hundred dollars. Yes,

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I will give you an experience.The experience is me showing up at the
reception to me again for another episodeof Deeper in the Den with dangerous Daved
right here.