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> I was so totally ignorant of his awesomeness that I'm ashamed. I would speculate it's likely it made for a much more interesting conversation for both of you
by dpwm 8y ago
> I was so totally ignorant of his awesomeness that I'm ashamed.
I would speculate it's likely it made for a much more interesting conversation for both of you than if you had been aware of his accomplishments. You also got a much more interesting anecdote as a result of that.
FWIW I hadn't heard of him until your comment. I suspect for every one person I have heard of there's at least a hundred I haven't heard of whose accomplishments are no less great.
Unless you are a narcissist, it must really suck to be so famous that you can never have a conversation with anybody in a symmetric fashion.
- batlegdotcom 8y agoI haven't been able to buy a working voltmeter in this zip code. Not sure what is wrong with the instructions despite using Home Depot. I have read the Army Survival Guide. I am looking for 4 hour work week but my lawyer and bother in law said everyone signs non-competes that last for 2 years. As pro se in person I would just say indentured servitude is illegal in the 13 colonies. I am a narcissist. You may delete this comment. I will just file for stored and useless (unemployment) like everyone else. -SKT
- TomVDB 8y agoIn my college days, I often hitchhiked to places instead of taking the train. It was just more fun to talk to people of various kinds. One day on my way back from a trade show about the future of technology (1992?), I get picked up by this chain smoking hippy guy in an old beat up Ford Escort. We had a pleasant conversation. And then it suddenly hit me that I was talking to a famous (in my country) radio comedian. And that’s where the conversation stopped. It was exactly as you described: I just felt embarrassed talking about mundane stuff like the full color flat LCD panels that were so cool. What do you say to somebody like that?