tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17679499.post8981561367167918647..comments2024-03-23T01:38:00.651+00:00Comments on Vicious Imagery: Bluffing [or, possibly, riffing]DAVID BISHOPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342376036664282348noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17679499.post-62832978156487865352009-06-11T00:51:05.719+01:002009-06-11T00:51:05.719+01:00The difference between bullshitting and lying:
Yo...The difference between bullshitting and lying:<br /><br />You're lying if you say something is true when you know that it isn't.<br /><br />You're bullshitting if you say something is true when you don't know if it is or not.<br /><br />So Jason was following in the grand tradition of bullshitting when he said he could design crossword puzzles. He'd have been lying if he'd spent years trying to design crossword puzzles and knew he wouldn't be up to the task.<br /><br />All writers are bullshitters. You don't know you can't do something until you've failed at it.<br /><br />Oh, and there's one other difference been bullshitters and liars. Bullshitters occasionally get found out. Liars <i> always</i> get found out.Jonny Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08376145372318937306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17679499.post-87031707301883568452009-06-10T09:18:13.951+01:002009-06-10T09:18:13.951+01:00Yeah, bluffing. "Do you know how to integrate...Yeah, bluffing. "Do you know how to integrate web services?" "Yes!" ohgodohgodohgodohgodohgodohgod.<br /><br />Usually works out alright in the end - usually "they" haven't a clue what they're talking about anyway - the bluffers leading the bluffed?<br /><br />Maybe not.<br /><br />Today's word verification is "spordrot" Yes indeed, no one wants to get rotting of the spord.Adaddinsanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10577587188266580561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17679499.post-31317172306958222212009-06-10T08:44:11.317+01:002009-06-10T08:44:11.317+01:00Bluffing definitely has its merits. About eight y...Bluffing definitely has its merits. About eight years ago, someone at heat magazine casually asked if I could design crossword puzzles. "Yes I can," I said confidently, then ran away shrieking about how I didn't have the slightest clue how to design crossword puzzles. And I'm still designing theirs now.<br /><br />That conversation was on the 'phone.Jason Arnopphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876042845400963850noreply@blogger.com