Talent...a myth?

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Re: Talent...a myth?

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samdance wrote:
ValMar wrote:Samdance, I have a strong feeling that you enjoy, toying with some posters, here. Go on ! :TU:
Haha I don't know what you mean :-P
It's getting a bit easy now as they are all getting a bit too wound up and hanging on my every word

Nobody is "wound up". People are replying to you, you shitbrained pudendum, becuase you continue to make a twat of yourself. Why do you assume people are angry when they insult you? It's fair description, not anger.
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I really can’t believe that a thread topic that currently does not relate to boxing in any way has received 1,386 views and 282 replies. :o
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gp. wrote:
samdance wrote:
ValMar wrote:Samdance, I have a strong feeling that you enjoy, toying with some posters, here. Go on ! :TU:
Haha I don't know what you mean :-P
It's getting a bit easy now as they are all getting a bit too wound up and hanging on my every word

Nobody is "wound up". People are replying to you, you shitbrained pudendum, becuase you continue to make a twat of yourself. Why do you assume people are angry when they insult you? It's fair description, not anger.
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Re: Talent...a myth?

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samdance wrote:
punchoutsb wrote:
Kalan wrote:
punchoutsb wrote... "If we shoot for the moon even if we miss we land among the stars"

We land nowhere... That's like shooting at a duck and hitting the moon -- since the closest star is million of times as far away as the moon.

If you're looking for a feat that will prove impossible for humans -- star travel is a good bet... It's pure fantasy -- like time travel or becoming invisible.
It's a quote, dumbass.
I don't think he/she understands metaphors
Metaphors have to make sense dumbass. We're not cavemen who thought the world was flat and the sky was a dome or "firmament." But I'm amazed at the number of people in the world who aren't aware of basic science, believe in reincarnation, think the moon landings were fake, or have other infantile ideas.
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We are limited by our potential. However, most never scratch the surface of our potentials, giving those of us with more limited potential the opportunity to excell beyond most who possess greater potential.

Of course, the argument can be made that those who fail to maximize their potential never actually possessed it. In other words, our potential is the sum of what we accomplish.
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Tanzio wrote:We are limited by our potential. However, most never scratch the surface of our potentials, giving those of us with more limited potential the opportunity to excell beyond most who possess greater potential.

Of course, the argument can be made that those who fail to maximize their potential never actually possessed it. In other words, our potential is the sum of what we accomplish.
Interesting opinion.........
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Kalan wrote:
samdance wrote:
punchoutsb wrote:
It's a quote, dumbass.
I don't think he/she understands metaphors
Metaphors have to make sense dumbass. We're not cavemen who thought the world was flat and the sky was a dome or "firmament." But I'm amazed at the number of people in the world who aren't aware of basic science, believe in reincarnation, think the moon landings were fake, or have other infantile ideas.
It's like aiming at a relevant response and then end up landing on what you just wrote.
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Tanzio wrote:We are limited by our potential. However, most never scratch the surface of our potentials, giving those of us with more limited potential the opportunity to excell beyond most who possess greater potential.

Of course, the argument can be made that those who fail to maximize their potential never actually possessed it. In other words, our potential is the sum of what we accomplish.
Love the second paragraph
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Kalan wrote:
samdance wrote:
punchoutsb wrote:
It's a quote, dumbass.
I don't think he/she understands metaphors
Metaphors have to make sense dumbass. We're not cavemen who thought the world was flat and the sky was a dome or "firmament." But I'm amazed at the number of people in the world who aren't aware of basic science, believe in reincarnation, think the moon landings were fake, or have other infantile ideas.
It's a turn of phrase kalan. You're making an arse out of yourself arguing against a figure of speech
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samdance wrote:
gp. wrote:
samdance wrote:
I understand that you would probably never become professional as you clearly have no self confidence.

Haha I currently live and work in Mallorca getting paid per show and am fully booked until November, I live looking out onto the beach and have all day to sunbathe and practice my crafts.
I would say that in my experience a lot of people envy this life.
What do you do?

I earn quite a lot of money writing computer software.

Do you even realise that Mallorca is a place where any idiot can make a living as an "entertainer"? Las Vegas it is not, mate. It's only in your head that people envy you. If you want to go and live hand to mouth in a shitty holiday resort, that's great, go ahead. Please don't make the mistake of thinking everybody wants to do it.

How do you fit that in with playing ping-pong in Stevenage, by the way? Do Bedwell fifth team lay on a private jet when they need you?
Sorry Gertrude, in all the excitement I missed this post.
I am specially a singer not any idiot can make a living doing that. I also tour the island doing different venues every night.
I never said that everyone is envious, unfortunately you made another error, but no worries I forgive you, I am basing the envy on what people say to me, maybe I'm too trusting and should always assume people are lying.

In Mallorca there is a season as it becomes very quiet in the winter months, therefore I come back home and do a take that tribute and fit in as much table tennis as I can.

Thanks for your patience,

Apologies for the late response
Good effort Sam

Put in them golden 10000 hours and Mallorca could become Kavos or Kos

#10000=worldclass
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Ossyrules wrote:
samdance wrote:
gp. wrote:

I earn quite a lot of money writing computer software.

Do you even realise that Mallorca is a place where any idiot can make a living as an "entertainer"? Las Vegas it is not, mate. It's only in your head that people envy you. If you want to go and live hand to mouth in a shitty holiday resort, that's great, go ahead. Please don't make the mistake of thinking everybody wants to do it.

How do you fit that in with playing ping-pong in Stevenage, by the way? Do Bedwell fifth team lay on a private jet when they need you?
Sorry Gertrude, in all the excitement I missed this post.
I am specially a singer not any idiot can make a living doing that. I also tour the island doing different venues every night.
I never said that everyone is envious, unfortunately you made another error, but no worries I forgive you, I am basing the envy on what people say to me, maybe I'm too trusting and should always assume people are lying.

In Mallorca there is a season as it becomes very quiet in the winter months, therefore I come back home and do a take that tribute and fit in as much table tennis as I can.

Thanks for your patience,

Apologies for the late response
Good effort Sam

Put in them golden 10000 hours and Mallorca could become Kavos or Kos

#10000=worldclass
Haha when you respond I have no idea if you are complimenting me or taking the mick,
I'm hoping for a little from column A and a little from column B.

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ValMar wrote:
Tanzio wrote:We are limited by our potential. However, most never scratch the surface of our potentials, giving those of us with more limited potential the opportunity to excell beyond most who possess greater potential.

Of course, the argument can be made that those who fail to maximize their potential never actually possessed it. In other words, our potential is the sum of what we accomplish.
Interesting opinion.........
A great many people waste their potential.. Max Baer never learned how to box.. He claimed he wasn't interested because the fans wanted to see a fight and not a boxing match. He also said that he was never meant to be a fighter. That might be true, but with that attitude it's hard to develop superior skills. I think the Joe Louis fight convinced him he'd never be a skilled boxer. Louis advanced phenomenally in his 1st year under Blackburn. As talented as Louis was, he attributed his success to Blackburn. "I would never have been near as good if I didn't have Chappy." ... Shorter and with a much shorter reach Louis jabbed the crap out of Baer -- a little like Mikey Garcia poppin' Broner with jabs with none coming back.

Van Cliburn had phenomenally long fingers and exceptional keyboard range on the piano -- but his mother was also a gifted pianist who started teaching him at the age of 3... His mother studied under one of the greatest pianists, Arthur Friedheim... Sometimes great talent meets great opportunity.
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Kalan wrote:
ValMar wrote:
Tanzio wrote:We are limited by our potential. However, most never scratch the surface of our potentials, giving those of us with more limited potential the opportunity to excell beyond most who possess greater potential.

Of course, the argument can be made that those who fail to maximize their potential never actually possessed it. In other words, our potential is the sum of what we accomplish.
Interesting opinion.........
A great many people waste their potential.. Max Baer never learned how to box.. He claimed he wasn't interested because the fans wanted to see a fight and not a boxing match. He also said that he was never meant to be a fighter. That might be true, but with that attitude it's hard to develop superior skills. I think the Joe Louis fight convinced him he'd never be a skilled boxer. Louis advanced phenomenally in his 1st year under Blackburn. As talented as Louis was, he attributed his success to Blackburn. "I would never have been near as good if I didn't have Chappy." ... Shorter and with a much shorter reach Louis jabbed the crap out of Baer -- a little like Mikey Garcia poppin' Broner with jabs with none coming back.

Van Cliburn had phenomenally long fingers and exceptional keyboard range on the piano -- but his mother was also a gifted pianist who started teaching him at the age of 3... His mother studied under one of the greatest pianists, Arthur Friedheim... Sometimes great talent meets great opportunity.
:stop: Your BoxBuzz magic underwear is showing.
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BuzzBox will never live to see the day where he can put cohesive thoughts together... Even when he's wearing his Twinkle Pants underwear and bib.
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Kalan wrote:
samdance wrote:
punchoutsb wrote:
It's a quote, dumbass.
I don't think he/she understands metaphors
Metaphors have to make sense dumbass.
Shoot for a double digit IQ, if you fail you will still be smarter than Kalan.
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Re: Talent...a myth?

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samdance wrote:
Tony1244 wrote:
samdance wrote:
Glad you enjoyed it as much as I have Tony

I don't take these things personally. I'm from a family where we all call each other idiots. :lol:

If I think a statement is ridiculous, regardless of whether it was "a joke," I'll say it, and expect the same in return.
You're a gentleman, I look forward to our next debate

I don't know about that, but no reason to get too worked up because someone has an unusual (perhaps stupid) opinion, or because they are pretending to.
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Re: Talent...a myth?

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Tanzio wrote:
Kalan wrote:
ValMar wrote:
Interesting opinion.........
A great many people waste their potential.. Max Baer never learned how to box.. He claimed he wasn't interested because the fans wanted to see a fight and not a boxing match. He also said that he was never meant to be a fighter. That might be true, but with that attitude it's hard to develop superior skills. I think the Joe Louis fight convinced him he'd never be a skilled boxer. Louis advanced phenomenally in his 1st year under Blackburn. As talented as Louis was, he attributed his success to Blackburn. "I would never have been near as good if I didn't have Chappy." ... Shorter and with a much shorter reach Louis jabbed the crap out of Baer -- a little like Mikey Garcia poppin' Broner with jabs with none coming back.

Van Cliburn had phenomenally long fingers and exceptional keyboard range on the piano -- but his mother was also a gifted pianist who started teaching him at the age of 3... His mother studied under one of the greatest pianists, Arthur Friedheim... Sometimes great talent meets great opportunity.
:stop: Your BoxBuzz magic underwear is showing.
Tanzio, my friend ???
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Tony1244 wrote:
samdance wrote:
Tony1244 wrote:

I don't take these things personally. I'm from a family where we all call each other idiots. :lol:

If I think a statement is ridiculous, regardless of whether it was "a joke," I'll say it, and expect the same in return.
You're a gentleman, I look forward to our next debate

I don't know about that, but no reason to get too worked up because someone has an unusual (perhaps stupid) opinion, or because they are pretending to.

What I meant was I don't know about me being a gentleman. :OhYes: I always look forward to good debates.
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Ossyrules wrote:
Kalan wrote:
samdance wrote:
I don't think he/she understands metaphors
Metaphors have to make sense dumbass. We're not cavemen who thought the world was flat and the sky was a dome or "firmament." But I'm amazed at the number of people in the world who aren't aware of basic science, believe in reincarnation, think the moon landings were fake, or have other infantile ideas.
It's a turn of phrase kalan. You're making an arse out of yourself arguing against a figure of speech
It's an extremely idiotic turn of phrase. A figure of speech is "It's raining cats and dogs." When is the last time you heard it??? You haven't heard it in decades because it sounds so stupid. But it could literally rain cats and dogs if they were swept up by by a whirlwind and came down with the rain. Anybody with any knowledge of the universe knows the relationship between our moon and the stars and there's no connection there other than they're celestial bodies.
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Kalan wrote:
Ossyrules wrote:
Kalan wrote:
Metaphors have to make sense dumbass. We're not cavemen who thought the world was flat and the sky was a dome or "firmament." But I'm amazed at the number of people in the world who aren't aware of basic science, believe in reincarnation, think the moon landings were fake, or have other infantile ideas.
It's a turn of phrase kalan. You're making an arse out of yourself arguing against a figure of speech
It's an extremely idiotic turn of phrase. A figure of speech is "It's raining cats and dogs." When is the last time you heard it??? You haven't heard it in decades because it sounds so stupid. But it could literally rain cats and dogs if they were swept up by by a whirlwind and came down with the rain. Anybody with any knowledge of the universe knows the relationship between our moon and the stars and there's no connection there other than they're celestial bodies.
I hope you can see the irony in you calling anything idiotic :lol:
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Re: Talent...a myth?

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punchoutsb, you have the comprehension of a doorpost.
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Kalan wrote:punchoutsb, you have the comprehension of a doorpost.
If that were true I'd still be 3x smarter than you :clap:
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It is true.. Your math and English also suck... You're using a multiplication sign when fractions are required -- and use [as smart] rather than smarter.
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Kalan wrote:It is true.. Your math and English also suck... You're using a multiplication sign when fractions are required -- and use [as smart] rather than smarter.
Im going to take you off ignore so I can skull*fornicate you to death.
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Kalan wrote:It is true.. Your math and English also suck... You're using a multiplication sign when fractions are required -- and use [as smart] rather than smarter.
:lol:

It's so ironic it's sad.

Multiplication sign :lol: :lol: :lol:
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