• specialseaweed@sh.itjust.works
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    26 days ago

    My brother is a plumber. The guy knows his shit. He’s been doing it a long time and he works hard as hell and he can talk you to death about piping a 40 story building. He also works for all his friends and family for free on the weekends. I act as his helper sometimes and his focus and attention to detail is amazing.

    And he still has imposter syndrome sometimes.

    He asked me how the fuck guys like Elon Musk can talk about stuff like they know what they’re talking about because it’s impossible to know everything about everything in a lifetime.

    My brother, Elon is a dishonorable piece of shit that is too stupid to know he’s stupid.

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      26 days ago

      It’s quite common with people who are incredibly successful, they figure:
      “Hell, I’m successful in xyz, I must be really smart at everything. Everyone should listen to what I have to say about everything because I made it, and that means I clearly know better than everyone else!”

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      26 days ago

      i don’t understand the disconnect here, Elon was just born with money vs your brother learning a skill, and you didn’t even explain what your grievance was.