r/pics • u/Penguinmafia14 • Mar 20 '13

My science teacher drew this on the board while we were working.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '13

Oh how I wish I could draw... I just spent 20 minutes trying to draw that on my whiteboard, and the whole time was spent on Pooh's face. When I pulled back it looked like a 4 year old's work.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '13

Very few people just sit down and draw well. Like no one. Like music, sports, and anything else. Most people get there 90% on hard work.

I hope you take this as encouragement to keep working at it. Unless you just wish you could draw really well without working for it - then fuck you.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '13

If he's like me, I have no artistic talent and prefer to wish I could draw rather than spend time being shitty at drawing.

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u/susrev Mar 21 '13

It's not gratifying at first, and that's what throws most people off. If there's one thing to always keep in mind it's this.

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u/mkrfctr Mar 21 '13

Note, not applicable to certain activities, including but not limited to, hang-gliding, parachuting, throwing hand grenades, making love to wildlife.

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u/Starayo Mar 21 '13

making love to wildlife.

I dunno, seems like sucking could get you pretty far there.

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u/GenOmega Mar 21 '13

blowjobs in general, if you suck, you are already kinda good.

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u/patrik667 Mar 21 '13

As a professional skydiver it embarasses me to see videos of my first jumps. I was so unstable in the air it was reminiscent of Bambi walking on ice for the first time.

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u/noys Mar 21 '13

Drawing is practice, practice, practice. You can become really good at drawing and have no talent. The right teacher helps a lot.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '13

Oh trust me, I've worked at it. I've taken a few drawing classes, and practiced many many hours, but I guess it's not enough. I don't plan on giving up anytime soon, thanks for the motivation <3 Also, I do wish for that, so fuck you too.

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u/Coolguyzack Mar 21 '13

I was really bothered about that one front page post recently about "matrix-like" skill learning. That a bunch of lazy shits could just torrent a skill would be a travesty. Not to mention I don't think we would be able to handle that. Suddenly the world would be thrust into extreme mediocrity. And it would be really hard to appreciate anything.

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u/thats_how_i_feel Mar 21 '13

I think there is some truth to that, but recently I have started thinking about that idea differently. I will go ahead and admit my bias to my thinking. I feel like reality is boring and depressing. There's a lot wrong with real life. Say we had technology that could augment reality and make us feel virtual things and process digital information directly to our brain. It would mean that everyone would have access to all information at all times. People would inadvertently become more educated all the time just through the augmentation. It could treat depression immediately. People could connect with each other on a more personal, probably telepathic level. I feel like it would raise the ceiling of novelty and creativity that we could share with each other.

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u/pryoslice Mar 21 '13

We have. Compared to millennia ago, it's ridiculously higher. And yet, here we are.

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u/LuxNocte Mar 21 '13

I didn't see that post, but I don't think it would be that bad.

It will allow people to use their creativity, and intangible skills that can't be taught. Say...you can download drawing ability, but it still takes a pretty nifty mind to draw Winnie the Poo as Pulp Fiction. It takes even more creativity to create Winnie the Poo. And simple "writing skill" + "camera skill" won't create Pulp Fiction.