I'm very sorry.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
Jesse - Nov 26, 2011 8:24:59 am PST #8608 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Steph L. - Nov 26, 2011 8:44:49 am PST #8609 of 30001
That which does not kill you should RUN
Bobby McFerrin is maybe the biggest argument for talent I can imagine. You tell me that anyone could do what he does with enough practice.
Michael Jordan.
flea - Nov 26, 2011 8:47:03 am PST #8610 of 30001
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Michael Jordan can sing?
Allyson - Nov 26, 2011 8:48:08 am PST #8611 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
You tell me that anyone could do what he does with enough practice.
I don't know. I believe, without any freakin evidence at all to support it, that he has a genetic component or components (talent) mixed with a life of encouragement and discipline, and some plain old chance coming in to play where someone with some power said, "hey, that's cool, let's record him doing that!".
But I have no proof of the genetic component. It's a theory.
Jesse - Nov 26, 2011 8:52:30 am PST #8612 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Can things be innate without being genetic?
Typo Boy - Nov 26, 2011 8:54:14 am PST #8613 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Sure - diet and environment before you are born. Also there is a formal word (Allyson might remember) for stuff that is not directly genetic but a result of other stuff that is.
Steph L. - Nov 26, 2011 8:55:49 am PST #8614 of 30001
That which does not kill you should RUN
Michael Jordan can sing?
Like an angel.
I thought we were talking about talent in general, not just talent within artistic spheres.
bon bon - Nov 26, 2011 9:01:41 am PST #8615 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
It doesn't count, because he's lead with four other dudes.
Allyson - Nov 26, 2011 9:04:40 am PST #8616 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Can things be innate without being genetic?
IDK. I'm unsure what the difference is. I think the problem is that talent is often described as being something supernatural, when it appears to be just natural.
Consuela - Nov 26, 2011 9:08:09 am PST #8617 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Epigenetic!
I was trying to remember the word yesterday.