(dammit that should say "invent neocubism," though he obviously didn't invest in it yet either.)

Jesus, that scene —

There are times when I've had to advise peers that they need to stop trying to be Picasso their first time out the gate — "Picasso didn't invest neocubism with his first painting; he started out sketching still lifes of fruit bowls like everyone else" — so if that's what you mean then I can see your point. Nobody…

Your image reminds me of anti-tank dogs —

The good news is they're not all Gravity's Rainbow.

I think you're missing the spirit of the advice. You want to read a type of story so unusual or outdated that it's not already on the local Barnes & Noble shelf, right? But you don't want to read a bad book of that type. You want to read a kickass book of that type.

Why?

There's a difference between visionary and genius, and I'm really, really not trying to give Mr. Musk more credit than he deserves, but — there is no burden on me to prove the status-quo conceit that Elon Musk is the man behind the four innovations I've named (not the Oculus or Leap Motion, which from word one I've…

*sob*

How about a yarn heist involving all the mothers? — a story in which a group of moms get together and enact an Oceans 11 style robbery of the world's most expensive collection of rare yarns...?

Sorry about that. I'm forced to go around and apologize for a troll that decided to impersonate me and pick fights with strangers. I guess he wins?

(heh. sigh. I'd just like to point out, this was an impersonator trying to slander me because I made the mistake of engaging a troll. Some of it is passingly interesting, but it's not my opinion and I didn't write this. Just for the record.)

I've been impersonated by a particularly unhappy troll. I'm really sorry about that. Please don't do anything to yourself with any gardening equipment on my behalf.

So you're saying, SpaceX and Paypal and Tesla Motors and the Hyperloop were potentially hindered in their development by him? Do you have anything to back this up other than mistrust of popular figures?

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Okay, now you have my username and icon... That's an interesting choice.

I'll go so far as to add:

Your point is that you enjoy telling people they aren't funny or original, right?

Haha, ok. I back down. A) it's not throwaway by any means. B) Beyond that, it's necessary for the story. I never meant otherwise — I was just thinking of "single scenes that bug me" not "scenes that you could cut out and the movie would be better for the loss." C) I'm not trying to say the message or thought behind…

Still posting! Just like you! I can keep this up all day. It's kind of getting fun.