I'm very sorry.
Yes. Men like sports. Men watch the action movie, they eat of the beef, and enjoy to look at the bosoms. A thousand years of avenging our wrongs and that's all you've learned?
Xander ,'End of Days'
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
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
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
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
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.