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[LordSlowpoke]

just keep trying and you'll get better eventually.

Comments like this always make me as-close-to-angry-as-I-get.
When people who are good at things assume that anyone can be good at a thing.

Most people CAN be good at most things (not at the same time obviously), and this is specifically talking about a thing most people can explicitly be good at.

Mind you, practice along isn't usually enough - it needs to be studious practice. Practicing poorly won't get you anywhere, and the whole "teacher" thing is pretty much explicitly about enabling studious practice, after all.

Spot on, GG. If you seek out the proper tools(lessons, online guides, books, or hey, even an already skilled friend), it is entirely possible(well, save for situations where it's literally impossible(person lacking both their arms wanting to draw(then again, with a little creativity...))) to gain some skill in whatever thing you want to do.

Usually if you do not have arms, you're going to use your feet for things. Well trained feet can grasp a real lot of stuff. Including brushes and pencils, I guess.

There is no excuse other than the ones you make up, and I make up one hell of a lot of excuses. Which doesn't stop me from telling people their excuses are bullshit so they take the high road and leave more room on the low road for me.

[Elephant Parade]

just keep trying and you'll get better eventually.

Comments like this always make me as-close-to-angry-as-I-get.
When people who are good at things assume that anyone can be good at a thing.

Most people CAN be good at most things (not at the same time obviously), and this is specifically talking about a thing most people can explicitly be good at.

Mind you, practice along isn't usually enough - it needs to be studious practice. Practicing poorly won't get you anywhere, and the whole "teacher" thing is pretty much explicitly about enabling studious practice, after all.

Spot on, GG. If you seek out the proper tools(lessons, online guides, books, or hey, even an already skilled friend), it is entirely possible(well, save for situations where it's literally impossible(person lacking both their arms wanting to draw(then again, with a little creativity...))) to gain some skill in whatever thing you want to do.

Usually if you do not have arms, you're going to use your feet for things. Well trained feet can grasp a real lot of stuff. Including brushes and pencils, I guess.

There is no excuse other than the ones you make up, and I make up one hell of a lot of excuses. Which doesn't stop me from telling people their excuses are bullshit so they take the high road and leave more room on the low road for me.

Things that made me happy today: LordSlowpoke using proper grammar.
I did a double take.

[LordSlowpoke]

just keep trying and you'll get better eventually.

Comments like this always make me as-close-to-angry-as-I-get.
When people who are good at things assume that anyone can be good at a thing.

Most people CAN be good at most things (not at the same time obviously), and this is specifically talking about a thing most people can explicitly be good at.

Mind you, practice along isn't usually enough - it needs to be studious practice. Practicing poorly won't get you anywhere, and the whole "teacher" thing is pretty much explicitly about enabling studious practice, after all.

Spot on, GG. If you seek out the proper tools(lessons, online guides, books, or hey, even an already skilled friend), it is entirely possible(well, save for situations where it's literally impossible(person lacking both their arms wanting to draw(then again, with a little creativity...))) to gain some skill in whatever thing you want to do.

Usually if you do not have arms, you're going to use your feet for things. Well trained feet can grasp a real lot of stuff. Including brushes and pencils, I guess.

There is no excuse other than the ones you make up, and I make up one hell of a lot of excuses. Which doesn't stop me from telling people their excuses are bullshit so they take the high road and leave more room on the low road for me.

Things that made me happy today: LordSlowpoke using proper grammar.
I did a double take.

I'm still waiting for Hanslanda to deliver me the avatar they promised.

HAAAAAAAAAAAAANS

[kaijyuu]

Everything I do well I did through hard work and the correct attitude.

Everything I don't do well just wasn't worth my time.

Everyone else who doesn't do stuff well just wasn't trying hard enough.

Everything in this post except this line was a sarcastic lie.

[Hanslanda]

It has to be a consistent, enduring change.

[LordSlowpoke]

It has to be a consistent, enduring change.

GOALPOSTS

* LordSlowpoke flips a table

[Sirus]

* Sirus puts the table back in place

That's no way for a dapper gent like yourself to behave :l

[Elephant Parade]

* Sirus puts the table back in place

That's no way for a dapper gent like yourself to behave :l

* Elephant Parade puts a tea set on the table.

Indeed. Shall we have tea?

[LordSlowpoke]

* LordSlowpoke stares at the tea set, hesitating to flip it.

...what blend?

[Elephant Parade]

* LordSlowpoke stares at the tea set, hesitating to flip it.

...what blend?

Earl Gray.

[mastahcheese]

Earl Gray.

* mastahcheese flips the table.

[LordSlowpoke]

Earl Gray.

* mastahcheese flips the table.

* LordSlowpoke flips the table in mid-air back at mastahcheese.

[Sirus]

Earl Gray.

* mastahcheese flips the table.

By Jove! What an uncouth individual.

[Xantalos]

* Xantalos intercepts and performs a perfect layup

Jeez, it's like you guys don't know how to play noneuclidean basketobject.

[Elephant Parade]

Tsk, tsk. All this table-flipping going on. It is most uncouth.