Does This Ability Require Normal or Above Average Intelligence?

[Funkin']

tl;dr

Same

[IdolEyes787]

Also please no one comment on how confusing that last post just was.

[IdolEyes787]

I mean the last two posts.

[Artemis]

tl;dr

What?

For someone of such vaunted intelligence, you didn't bother to use one of the copious search engines out there to find out what this forum staple means?

ffs, it is common on many fora, and is one of the many abbreviations used.

So since your massive intelligence didn't even deign to inquire, the abbreviation is: too long;didn't read. This doesn't mean that your essay was boring as fuck (which it was) just that it was unable to keep your readers attention.
It's alright you probably get this reaction quite a bit, have you thought of entering the priesthood?

[mjmacky]

I'm just going to make an educated guess that Ellen Degenres is the white Oprah.

Before that she was a decent comedian.

[anigav]

tl;dr

Same

+ 1

[Quarterquack]

If I do all three better than you, do you think you won't get on Ellen?

Also, solving a rubik's cube is an algorithm which in speed competitions is limited by how coordinated your motor cortex is as opposed to how smart you are. It doesn't take longer than 30 seconds from a competent human. Since it's taking you 50, I'd go to the local hospital and tell them you suspect you're suffering from some kind of prolonged stroke.

Similarly multiplying large numbers is an algorithm. When it's 2 digit by 1 digit multliplication you only need to carry out three mental steps before you get to the answer. An actual gift would be doing it in 0 steps. I've met people that can't explain why they know what pi multiplied by itself is, but can recite it to 100 decimal places if need be.

[manker]

I don't think you can do any of those three things better than he can, Darky. I think you wanted OP to admire you for skills you don't actually have. I think you seek external validation from faceless internets strangers.
If I'm wrong, which has infrequently been known, see this post for what people who know that you have those skills equate with the time you spent honing them.

[Quarterquack]

I think you seek external validation from faceless internets strangers.

Validation requires an object. I have presented you with nothing.

[manker]

I think you seek external validation from faceless internets strangers.

Validation requires an object. I have presented you with nothing.

On the contrary, you have presented words. These words objectify you to your audience.
You truly would not exist in their world if you hadn't done so but now this is irrevocable.

These self-same words are the only way in which the reader can make judgements upon you.
For example, I used the sum total of inferences gleaned from your carefully considered prose and came to the conclusion that you were seeking external validation.

Which is quite sweet, in a way.