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RebirthOfLeGenD
USA5860 Posts
On October 09 2010 18:14 Gummy wrote: I don't believe you, good sir. Please judge my character to prove this, or I will assume you only think you are good at these things. Now you are judging my character about my ability to judge your character. I will not give in to this. | ||
micronesia
United States24779 Posts
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
People on TL who practice martials arts, share my pain. Most people tend to underestimate the efficiency of martials arts. It would be like admitting "that guy is a lot stronger than I". I am short and quite skinny but heavily practiced chinese martials arts for many years. I encountered countless retards who can't admit that a guy who's 5 inches shorter and 40 pounds lighter would be the shit out of them. I assume it's a matter of pride, but fighting is like any sport or art, physical difference can't make up years of training. It's exactly like a guy who never played Brood War (or maybe played the campaign, since we all have at least a casual experience of fighting) saying to someone who played iccup for years "I have a 180 IQ and very fast hands, I must beat you so easily at Brood war". The worst part is that when you try to argue, the guy takes a Bruce Lee pose, and starts shrieking, and everyone in the group laugh at you...You can't even start getting angry or anything cuz he would just keep going with the bad jokes like "hey grandmaster, where's your legendary self control?". T_T Too bad you can't send any moron to hospital just because he believes 5 inches height > years of training. Or at least he pretends to believe it. | ||
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
For one, aside from driving (and possibly sex?) all the other components are subjective to the people who think they are good at them, so being "good" at those particular things isn't really defined. But then you writing about what you think people think they are good at is also sort of like another thing you think you are good at and... Oh my gosh I'm gonna stop. I agree with you though. I think a "good taste in music" is the worst offense. It's called musical "taste" for a reason, and honestly having a "good taste in music" is one of the most laziest accomplishments you can try to affirm. | ||
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micronesia
United States24779 Posts
On October 09 2010 18:36 endy wrote: I think you should have put "fighting", at least for males. People on TL who practice martials arts, share my pain. Most people tend to underestimate the efficiency of martials arts. It would be like admitting "that guy is a lot stronger than I". I am short and quite skinny but heavily practiced chinese martials arts for many years. I encountered countless retards who can't admit that a guy who's 5 inches shorter and 40 pounds lighter would be the shit out of them. I assume it's a matter of pride, but fighting is like any sport or art, physical difference can't make up years of training. It's exactly like a guy who never played Brood War (or maybe played the campaign, since we all have at least a casual experience of fighting) saying to someone who played iccup for years "I have a 180 IQ and very fast hands, I must beat you so easily at Brood war". The worst part is that when you try to argue, the guy takes a Bruce Lee pose, and starts shrieking, and everyone in the group laugh at you...You can't even start getting angry or anything cuz he would just keep going with the bad jokes like "hey grandmaster, where's your legendary self control?". T_T Too bad you can't send any moron to hospital just because he believes 5 inches height > years of training. Or at least he pretends to believe it. Your bw example is a great way to demonstrate how frustrating this really is. In the case of martial arts... I'd think your experience would allow you to simply keep a quiet/reserved sense of superiority. | ||
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Sephy90
United States1785 Posts
I honestly think I'm good at #2 because I've always made people laugh and I laugh about a lot of things. I also explain why I think certain things are funny too. In the end I think you'd have to meet me and tell me what you feel about my sense of humor. (This has similarities to #2 but it's different to me at the same time. I can't really explain it right now. #1 is... I don't feel like touching that subject since I'm still pretty young and have some naive thoughts at times more than a person who is older and has more life experience than I do with people. I'm can be very anti-social then there are times when I feel completely comfortable with anyone. | ||
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Terranist
United States2496 Posts
LOL the jay kay comment. that's the immediate person that came to my mind after reading the OP and seeing fuzzy hat guy. JK is all five of those observations rolled into one person. | ||
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
On October 09 2010 18:57 micronesia wrote: Your bw example is a great way to demonstrate how frustrating this really is. In the case of martial arts... I'd think your experience would allow you to simply keep a quiet/reserved sense of superiority. Yeah, it's just that I would like to be able to do a "friendly" 1v1 grudge like in BW :D But after I got frustrated so many time, I try to not even start the debate as I already know how it will end up. I think my post was relevant because people think they are good at fighting for the same reason they think they are good at sex or at driving. | ||
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Hautamaki
Canada1311 Posts
edit heh didn't see endy's post. But yeah. | ||
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Romantic
United States1844 Posts
On October 09 2010 17:10 Comeh wrote: This thread is heavily missing "Talking about Economics". Trust me. People think they are experts on this. Edit: fail at grammar. Oh Lord, this. I've had people tell me that the Fed needs to allow massive deflation because then everyone's dollars would be worth more because Ron Paul. | ||
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TyrantPotato
Australia1541 Posts
then do what you want  .however its also why alot of arrest are happening these days here. | ||
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9174 Posts
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BlackJack
United States10574 Posts
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251
United States1401 Posts
now its super smash bros brawl. | ||
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Sentenal
United States12398 Posts
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AssuredVacancy
United States1167 Posts
On October 09 2010 21:30 Sentenal wrote: Yeah, everyone thinks they are good at ssbm and ssbb. Except brawl sucks so I don't care if someone thinks they are good at brawl. it's easy to shutdown someone who thinks they're good at ssbm though. just ask them if they're able to pillar consistently with falco or shffl consistently with marth. | ||
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AirbladeOrange
United States2574 Posts
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AirbladeOrange
United States2574 Posts
On October 09 2010 17:25 Skyze wrote: shoulda used Jay Kay for the weird hat motif.. hes much cooler than whoever that guy is. ![[image loading]](http://www.mtv.co.uk/files/imagecache/300x225/files/2008/11/11/83281244.jpg) I have no idea who Jay Kay is, but his hat is pretty awesome. On October 09 2010 18:34 micronesia wrote: Ya there's a lot of things that people are overconfident about. Yesterday I was chatting with a guy about this topic and one of the things that we felt people think they are good at is teaching and/or talking about how education should be. It makes sense: everyone spends a good chunk of their life in the classroom... so obviously they are qualified to talk about it... but unfortunately they usually are just ignorant. I can't agree more with this one. As someone who has spend time in front of the classroom, it is a very easy job to do poorly and very difficult job to do well. On October 09 2010 21:09 251 wrote: For years, the number 1 answer on this family feud category was super smash bros melee now its super smash bros brawl. I'm actually going to go ahead and say I am good at smash bros melee. I have heard so many people who claim to be great at it who don't even know how to wavedash. That's why it was always fun for me to challenge all those people who told me they were good at it. Edit: Quotation mistakes. | ||
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Count9
China10928 Posts
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ironchef
Canada1350 Posts
For 2,3 its not so much the "inaccuracy" of their choice that's bothersome (because it's subjective anyway) but how convinced they are that they're 'right'. I dont necessarily believe that all choice in a subjective field are equal and viable, but it surprises me how hard it is for some people to understand subjectivity, and that their arbitrary preferences(and/or what 'everyone' likes) might not be the universally accepted Truth. #1 is sometimes a necessary evil. It's generally a quieter bias though, so a little less annoying... unless a boss/cop/job interviewer is fucking you over based on their shitty profiling skills. | ||
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