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> That depressed me for a while because he should [have won]. Wow, that's a humblebrag taken to the next level.
by jimmyvalmer 6y ago
> That depressed me for a while because he should [have won].
Wow, that's a humblebrag taken to the next level.
- 1996 6y agoNo, it's accurately conveying the sadness and the loneliness when you see the right moves (in life, in work) and people being oblivious to them and ending up poor/unhappy/etc.
- jimmyvalmer 6y agoIn that case, throw the game, and let the sap win. Problem solved.
- inglor_cz 6y agoThis is a thing even without humblebrag. I am a descendant of fairly strong guys - one grandfather was a rural blacksmith, the other one started as a lumberjack before going to the (still coal powered) railway to coal the engines. I inherited quite a lot of their physique from them, which means that I can do quite good in a gym without trying much. Yes, that feels unjust. Not that I am depressed about it, but it is definitely something you ponder upon: why this guy who works so much harder than me does not see as much return on his effort?
- jimmyvalmer 6y agoThis is a thing even without humblebrag. That traits for fitness are heritable? That is "a thing"? Hmmm, you might be onto something here.
- inglor_cz 6y agoThe level of heritability of many traits is far from settled, AFAIK, and given the long shadow of Nazi racial pseudoscience, there is a certain air of suspicion around anyone who researches the topic of heritability too eagerly, at least in the West; China does not seem to have this particular taboo. And I am not even surprised, the possibility of governments latching onto this and "streaming" people towards whatever they are found to be gifted at, cannot really be dismissed.