2010-12-05, 06:21 AM
I read your entire post, and my response stands.
I have a better metaphor for you, think of this: your great grandfather had to walk to school, through the snow, with shoddily made shoes, and didn't have lunch because they were destitute, while you ride in a car - with heat - then eat lunch, get some snacks, go home, and clackity clack away at a computer. Does your grandfather resent you? Of course not. He's happy for your easy time and hopes that it gets even easier. That's because your grandfather, unlike you, doesn't resent everyone. Does that mean you don't know how to walk? No, of course not, that's ridiculous - we don't assume you're some kind of inbred moron just because you didn't have to demonstrate your ability to do something as frequently.
Hopefully you understand because your explanation is both unrealistic and shows a fundamental inability to grasp the key issue here. To help you with that, I'll sum it up: levels = time. More of one is more of the other; being a high level means nothing. It never will, no matter what you think, and I couldn't care less if those who come after me have an easier time. In fact, as logic dictates, those who come second and learn from the mistakes of their predecessors must have an easier time. If they don't, then they're stupid.
I have a better metaphor for you, think of this: your great grandfather had to walk to school, through the snow, with shoddily made shoes, and didn't have lunch because they were destitute, while you ride in a car - with heat - then eat lunch, get some snacks, go home, and clackity clack away at a computer. Does your grandfather resent you? Of course not. He's happy for your easy time and hopes that it gets even easier. That's because your grandfather, unlike you, doesn't resent everyone. Does that mean you don't know how to walk? No, of course not, that's ridiculous - we don't assume you're some kind of inbred moron just because you didn't have to demonstrate your ability to do something as frequently.
Hopefully you understand because your explanation is both unrealistic and shows a fundamental inability to grasp the key issue here. To help you with that, I'll sum it up: levels = time. More of one is more of the other; being a high level means nothing. It never will, no matter what you think, and I couldn't care less if those who come after me have an easier time. In fact, as logic dictates, those who come second and learn from the mistakes of their predecessors must have an easier time. If they don't, then they're stupid.