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> You don't need to be a genius to be a ballet dancer. You just need to apply yourself a tiny little bit to do whatever it is you are trying to do. Come on now
by nvarsj 14y ago
> You don't need to be a genius to be a ballet dancer. You just need to apply yourself a tiny little bit to do whatever it is you are trying to do.
Come on now, this is a false equivalency. It's far easier to use a computer than be a ballet dancer.
- debacle 14y agoIf you pretend to be a ballet dancer when you know nothing about ballet dancing, you're pretty freaking stupid. When you are the country's authority on ballet dancing, you're grossly negligent and should be fed to mice.
- alexholehouse 14y agoThis is probably my favorite comment of all time on the internet.
- aes256 14y agoSecretaries of State are not intended to be authorities on their respective subjects. The decisions they make are typically completely abstracted from any technical matters, and they have a wide range of expert opinion to call upon when necessary. You could apply the same criticism to pretty much anyone in a managerial position. I can guarantee you there are high-ranking executives in leading IT companies who have less practical knowledge of computing than the average 13-year-old.
- DanBC 14y agoIt's far easier for you to use a computer, because you have used computers. Remember when user manuals used to tell people what "ctrl c" meant" ('Hold down the "control key, then press and release the c key, then release the control key') - or Microsoft's animation of ctrl-alt-del to login? I used ballet dancing because people start young, with simple steps, and build up. This is kind of how computer users work. You might think that searching the web, selecting software, downloading and installing that software is easy and merely a sequence of simple steps. But that bit of ballet? That's just a sequence of steps strung together.
- 3amOpsGuy 14y ago>> I used ballet because people start young More than 75% of the British population has access to the Internet[1] today. Less than 0.5% of the sampled population had participated in ballet at least once in the course of a year, in the most recent survey year I could find[2]. There are less similarities than there are differences in the computing / Internet to ballet comparison. I don't feel it's a useful argument. 1. http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/rdit2/internet-access-quarterly-update/2011-q4/art-internet-access-q4.html http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/rdit2/internet-access-quarterl... 2. http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/TP_Y5FiguresArts.xls http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/TP_Y5FiguresArts.x...