What are you good at?

[Corpsey]

I did an online autism test and came out just on the threshold, so I guess I'm like an autistic Blade: half autist, half human.

Cancelled

 

[Corpsey]

This thread is an abortion, clearly.

A better thread might be - 'What are you good at?'

I basically want to turn this into a giant group therapy session, all for the wank bank.

 

[version]

I'm wary of considering myself an expert at anything because there's always something you don't know. I probably know a lot about Pynchon, but the thought of having him as my Mastermind subject fills me with dread.

 

[version]

There's nothing in which I'm confident I can't be caught out or found wanting.

 

[version]

I love that you can change thread titles on the new Dissensus. I'm now convinced it's better in every way.

 

[entertainment]

That's the thing. At which point do you consider yourself an expert? There's always going to be folks who knows more about certain things. To be an veritible expert, you'll have to channel your time and energy into one thing. That narrow field of interest is not for me, I know that.

Version you're likely in the 999th permillage for Pynchon knowledga among the general population. That counts for something.

 

[version]

Maybe I should establish myself in the Pynchon cottage industry.

 

[version]

It's so lame being an expert on someone else's work though. It's like being an impressionist or a tribute act.

 

[Corpsey]

I suppose it depends how that expertise manifests itself.

I certainly respect people who write books about authors, for example. Or about anything, really. The author of the worst book in the world has still got more willpower than I have.

 

[Corpsey]

I always wished I was good at throwing things. But I'm terrible. Limp wristed, throw things the wrong direction and a pathetic distance. It never seemed like something anyone learned, either. Some people can just hurl things halfway to the moon.

 

[entertainment]

There are probably fewer experts and more jacks of all trades individuals being produced now. Everytime I read about the origin story of some great artist or scientist or whatever, it's always something like, 'his fascination with minerals was evident right from the birth, he spent every breating moment looking at minerals, studying them...'

I didn't have that with anything, I'm bored after a day and look for something new because there's always something new available.

 

[Leo]

businesspeople declare themselves experts all the time, a matter of survival. there's an entire industry around "thought leadership": message development, white papers, conference speaking gigs. as George castanza said, "it's not a lie if you believe it."

 

[droid]

I can throw a ragga 7" onto a spindle adaptor on the decks from 2 metres.

 

[mixed_biscuits]

I can do around-the-worlds.

 

[Corpsey]

I can throw a ragga 7" onto a spindle adaptor on the decks from 2 metres.

Video evidence needed.

 

[Corpsey]

I can do around-the-worlds.

What does that mean?

 

[luka]

its a football trick

 

[version]

Video evidence needed.

A video of droid dripping with sweat, barely able to stand, appears hours later... "first try!" he gasps before crumpling to the ground, the 7" still rattling on the platter.

 

[luka]

 

[version]

It's also a yo-yo trick.