u/Front-Ordinary7478

Why are reCAPTCHAs so bad at detecting that I'm human?

If the whole point of a reCAPTCHA is to detect that I'm human, why and how does it seem to fail so much?

I just failed around 6 different attempts of clicking various motorcycles, cars, and fire hydrants (and I could swear I did it correctly!), so I am a little salty. Why are they so bad at detecting humans and who decided this was a good idea in the first place?

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u/Front-Ordinary7478 — 5 days ago

Anyone else here feel average?

Hope this isn't breaking rule 3. But does anyone else here feel pretty average in comparison to others around them?

I mean, one of my classmates is a model, fencer for an international team, AND works with Hilary Clinton. Another classmate is the child of a billionaire from Dubai and knows ~4 different languages fluently. Another classmate that apparently built a nuclear reactor at home as a kid. It really feels like everyone here is either insanely smart, insanely wealthy, or insanely cracked.

I'm just an average kid. Average IQ, come from an average town, did some pretty average extracurriculars, and have a pretty average life. There's nothing wrong with being average - most people are - but I do feel myself struggling being around so many above average people here.

I know everyone talks about imposter syndrome here at Columbia, but to me, this doesn't feel like that. Because realistically speaking - there's a difference between me and the other kids mentioned above.

Does anyone else feel like this? I wonder how many other kids at Columbia there are that are also genuinely average.

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u/Front-Ordinary7478 — 11 days ago