I mean, what's wrong with admitting that you are not an expert at everything?
That's a good point, we can't all be John Hodgman.
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - Jul 01, 2009 12:09:58 pm PDT #26898 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
-t - Jul 01, 2009 12:10:33 pm PDT #26899 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hodgman. No e.
msbelle - Jul 01, 2009 12:11:10 pm PDT #26900 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
If I haven't killed or maimed someone before the day ends, I will be shocked.
Gudanov - Jul 01, 2009 12:11:15 pm PDT #26901 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
Hodgman. No e.
I have no idea what you are talking about.
tommyrot - Jul 01, 2009 12:12:50 pm PDT #26902 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I have no idea what you are talking about.
Are you dissing book knowledge, and instead basing your assertion on life experience?
Juliebird - Jul 01, 2009 12:13:15 pm PDT #26903 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
The funniest part of all of this (and by funny, I mean bash your head against a wall) is that part of his rhetoric is "I have no problem saying "I don't know". You can't know everything, and if you do, you need to get a life. That's why there's books."
Just accidentally hit a link bashing NJ and New Jersey lovers. Have even half the people who hate on the Garden State ever been here?
Toddson - Jul 01, 2009 12:14:02 pm PDT #26904 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
raises hand
Polter-Cow - Jul 01, 2009 12:14:58 pm PDT #26905 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
And if you counter with information from a respected book or college education, he'll simply shake his head and dis book-knowledge. He's got the life experience, yo.
Like Kanye!
-t - Jul 01, 2009 12:16:15 pm PDT #26906 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I sometimes spout totally redundant and unnecessary information for no reason. I'm surprised you have noticed that before now.
t /innocent whistling
tommyrot - Jul 01, 2009 12:17:48 pm PDT #26907 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The funniest part of all of this (and by funny, I mean bash your head against a wall) is that part of his rhetoric is "I have no problem saying "I don't know". You can't know everything, and if you do, you need to get a life. That's why there's books."
Argh.
OK, this is not really the same thing, but I had a friend who once gave us all this speech about how open he was to criticism (even though he wasn't). He said that we should just tell him whenever he was being an asshole, because that would be OK. But in reality he would get all freaked out whenever anyone criticized him for anything. So in this area anyway, his self image was 180 degrees off of the reality.
This has caused much head-banging-against-walls for his friends over the years....