Here’s the rules, anyone, anywhere in the world who has an expertise or is even good at something, or has some knowledge, you can take that expertise for yourself, but they do lose it in the process.

Nobody knows it was you but the person who you stole it from, they can no longer do tasks that that level, (e.g. an artist can no longer draw but you can)

Would you do it? Could you live with the guilt or would you pick some scumbag?

I think I would take Donald Trump’s business experience, say what you want but the dude does have at least a moderate understanding of selling a product. I take that, make myself a decent living (I’m sure I can do it without conning anyone) and donate the rest, leaving him without the only skill that he really relies on. I would have to be careful though, cause if he has money, and knows who I am, he could probably hire a hitman, so I would have to steal his knowledge of his network as well

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    I would take Donald Trump’s business experience

    If taking Trump’s inheritance is an option, I would take it sans his “business acumen”. He got his dad’s money and then did worse with it than if I had followed my dad’s advice to just put it in the S&P 500 and be patient.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2021/10/11/its-official-trump-would-be-richer-if-he-had-just-invested-his-inheritance-into-the-sp500/

    I would also likely be a few felony convictions lighter.

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      9 months ago

      IDK, I think stealing material possessions isn’t in the spirit of it, I feel like it has to be mental knowledge. I came up with this while working on a painting and, being a painter, I obviously always look at other artists and wish I had their skills, I guess my ADHD brain led me to going down this rabbit hole of “what if?”

      Edit: oof, this got someone salty for some reason, Jokes on you, I’m too drunk to care

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        Maybe Donald Trump’s dad’s business acumen then? He made the money. Not sure how applicable his business knowledge from the first half of the 1900s would be to today.

        I met a guy who was a super specialized crane operator. The dude was illiterate, I met him when he asked my date to help him read the menu. But anyone in the world who needed a really heavy, expensive thing moved into a really challenging location, he was the guy and he made bank. Not that I want to be an illiterate crane operator, but my mind goes to something like that where I would be top in the world and could turn it into a surefire income.

        Or maybe consider experience one only gets with age. Like Biden, love his politics or not, he has decades of experience and is known to be a good statesmen, like actually skilled at forging relationships and getting shit to happen in DC. Transfer that experience and knowledge into me, who could build on it for another 30+ years.

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          That’s true, I bet he probably has a lot to offer mentally, even if he may not be as sharp as he was

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      I suppose also if you got consent from someone who is very old and they were okay with it that would negate the guilt, also what skills would you steal specifically, I’m curious as I don’t know who this is

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        He is the person behind TSMC. Basically, he played a massive role in the modern digital world. You’re likely holding a piece of his legacy right now as you read this.

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      Oooh never considered that, I guess dead people are valid according to the rules

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    Definitely would steal then. I’d pick a criminal, and try use it for good. Absolutely everyone has useful exp in something

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        Yea, I mean, if someone suddenly gave me his experience in everything like this I’d take it. I’m sure he’s got to have something useful too. But if I could choose I’d probably take the time to do research on which criminal I’d pick. I can’t think of anyone off the top of my head right now, but I’m sure there are people with very specific, remarkable set of skills who aren’t as high profile.

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      I remember seeing this documentary on a home invader or something and one of his “skills” was he would go to the shoreline and practice sprinting, as in sprinting away from the cops. It makes me wonder if this would be like the game prey, where you have knowledge you can copy but some of the knowledge is physical.

      For instance, lifting heavy things is a knowledge pack called “leverage” because obviously you can’t learn their physical strength, but you can learn their best practices for lifting, and thus lift heavier things

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    If it can only be from people who are alive, I’ll take David Gilmour’s talent on the guitar and with music. If dead people can also be claimed, I’ll also take Eddie Van Halen’s talent on guitar.

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      Similar here, except I’d go for John Petrucci or David Maxim Micic.

      Alternatively, I’d go broader and steal all music talent from Jordan Rudess. Amazing keyboard player, and he’s pretty awesome on guitar too.

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      Everyone’s choosing something that makes them money, and that’s as interesting as it is disheartening, though I suppose choosing someone like an artist is difficult, since there’s not a huge record of talented artists that are bad, drake maybe?