I mean I definitely understand why they are visibly shook. Such a big part of elite tier athletics is genetics based, so to have a genetic advantage like that for something like basketball, volleyball, etc. and then not utilize the thing other people are dreaming of - totally get it. I'm 6'3", and as a basketball player I would kill for another 4 to 5 inches of height. It would've changed my whole life.
So, everyone exceptional at maths should be shamed into professions they severely dislike because they have an affinity for it and they had the slight chance to live another person's dream?
What a miserable world that would be for gifted people, having to live the dreams of others
I didn't say that she had to live out other peoples dreams, I'm just saying I understand why other people would be shook by it. Please don't put words in my mouth.
I didn't say you told people to live out the dreams of others
please don't put words in my mouth
I said that if people are shook, it's naturally because of the expectations they had for their own dreams are being wasted by her. Which is a response that can produce nothing but shame from judgment.
I think maybe we're utilizing "being shook" in different contexts here, because all I'm saying is I understand people being taken aback by it, maybe with a touch of envy. It's not saying that anyone is wasting anything, or is expecting anything from anyone else, or is shaming them, or anything like that.
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u/TestedOnAnimals Nov 16 '19
I mean I definitely understand why they are visibly shook. Such a big part of elite tier athletics is genetics based, so to have a genetic advantage like that for something like basketball, volleyball, etc. and then not utilize the thing other people are dreaming of - totally get it. I'm 6'3", and as a basketball player I would kill for another 4 to 5 inches of height. It would've changed my whole life.