In IM.
“There are stupid people everywhere. Tell me there are no stupid people in your office”
Me:”There are no stupid people in my office.”
“That’s not what you’ve said”
Me: “Even the very worst of my co-workers could think circles around most people”
I work with a very talented group of folks, most downright brilliant, some merely gifted. None are one dimensional, they all have varied talents and hobbies, and some are quite fascinating.
I’m not surprised by the number of one trick ponies out there. And I don’t care, really, if youre a one trick pony and you do your one trick very well, good for you. Actors tend to be very shallow and one dimensional in real life because they are by their profession blank slates on which others write stories.
I object to those one dimensional folks attempting to tell me what is true and what isn’t. If you think “Racism” when you hear “Tea Party”, you are not only wrong, you are deliberately, willfully wrong. You have chosen a “Belief” (There’s that word again, that I dislike so much) rather than choosing to learn the truth. That is definitive prejudice, and is a good candidate for being a definition of evil. it’s no different than the people who dismissed Sarah Palin out of hand because of the “education” about her they got from the MSM.
I consider myself an idiot, compared to a great number of my friends; however, sadly, I figure I’m smarter than most of the people I know.
This is not bragging, nor does it make me happy.
I’m tickled to know of some damn smart people. No – humbled. There are people in the blogs that I read that are quite obviously smart cookies. There are a couple that may seem ‘average’ (or a little above), but I spot them – I see them – they are brilliant.
Unfortunate I can’t converse with many of them – they are exposed only as little as they dare.
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Og, your point is very valid… ‘celebrity’ does NOT make one smart, and most of them are merely mouthpieces to those that will pay them $$ to do something. Having said that, the movie/TV industry is probably 90% hard left liberals, and the 10% of conservatives are hiding their beliefs to keep their jobs.
You are blessed. In the navy, I was assigned to new construction on the newest class of submarine. It was a very senior, very capable crew(the term was ‘Hand picked and selectively detailed) and I was most definitively dragging the bell curve down.
As I moved on in life, I realized how little effort it took in ‘normal’ company to shine. An extra 5% is usually 7% more than anyone else was giving, intelligence aside…
It seems to collect intellect like beans. Onlu problem is wiht great intellect, some thing else goes missing. Humiltiy was missing at my last location. Will have to see what is at my next.
There is very few worse feelings than the sinking in your guts when you realize that for all your own flaws and shortcomings the people who are supposed to be your betters are friggin morons.
Like you, I do not get a warm fuzzy feeling from that but rather a “Oh shit, we are SOOOOO fucked…” one…
I wish there was an edit function. “There is feelings” instead of “There are feelings?”
Sigh.
The grammar fairy is going to hit me with a 9 iron again.
I have never understood why actors think anyone would want to hear their opinion about anything. They are people who make a living speaking words written by someone else, in a setting created by someone else, in makeup selected and applied by someone else, wearing clothes selected for them by someone else, with emotions directed by someone else, surrounded by effects created by someone else – all for our entertainment.
Listening to what an actor thinks is like wanting to know what the President thinks when his teleprompter is turned off.
That said I work daily with a wide variety of highly educated technical people. Many of them are the most brilliant professionals in their field – in the entire world. But some of them are very much one-trick-ponys. They are brilliant in their field, but outside of that area of expertise they are frightening to be around. Some of them have multiple degrees and IQs in the 180+ range and have done things professionally that would amaze and confound us mere mortals. But I would not trust them to put a stamp on an envelop and mail it, or to put a new windshield wiper on their car without screwing it up. These guys always wonder why when I have a work problem that I need to talk through with someone I don’t seek out the super smart genius types. I go talk to the technicians with the associate degree and the 35 years experience turning the geniuses ideas into reality. I go looking for the guys that can understand the highly technical concepts, but still know which way to turn the wrench, and when it is appropriate to just use a little duct tape instead of designing a part. I talk to the guys who can carry on a conversation with a genius and a nine year old – at the same time. I go look for advice from they guys who don’t talk shop outside the shop because they have too many other interests they would rather talk about – their hobbies, families, friends, charities, etc. Those guys are the true multi-dimensional, texture rich, full of life individuals who if they can’t help with your problem will sit down over a beer with you and share a good laugh at your expense.
Now the frightening part of my job. In the last two weeks three young engineers have wandered into may office looking for help. I have listened to them, and then told them to go “talk to John down in the shop, he might have some ideas.” All three of them told me, that they already did that – and he sent them to see me.
Crap! I think John is getting ready to retire and is training the new guys to get along without him. But who am I gonna call when he is gone?