If you have a mental handicap, my comment was not directed toward you and I hope you took no offense.
There are people with dwarfism, and there are people who are just short. The latter don't have a physical abnormality, but they still aren't as tall as tall people.
The way I'm reading this, you've discovered that yourself and a few of your friends are tall, and now you think the world is divided into tall people and dwarves.
It's more like my friends and I are of average height but discovered that through little effort we can dunk a basketball.
Then a very short dude comes by and says he's vertically handicapped and that I don't know what I'm talking about because he can't dunk a basketball to save his life.
"I'm convinced anyone can do this and the major thing stopping them is their belief that they can't do it."
If you want to now adjust that claim and say "some can do it", you better be able to tell us how to distinguish.
I'm convinced anyone can do this and the major thing stopping them is their belief that they can't do it.
Here is how I am comfortable revising it for the offended sticklers in this thread:
I'm convinced anyone (of typical mental capacity) can do this and the major thing stopping them is their belief that they can't do it.
If you can't respond to questions without getting defensive, please grow up.
This thread has given me more karma than your entire account has received in its existence. I think it's clear there is a vocal minority of people who are posting a half-dozen comments each in this thread while the vast majority at least don't find what I'm saying as offensive as you apparently do.
Oh my goodness! What was the point of saying that, really?
>I think it's clear there is a vocal minority of people who are posting a half-dozen comments each in this thread while the vast majority at least don't find what I'm saying as offensive as you apparently do.
I don't find this offensive. I'm just asking you to be technically correct with what you say, or to at least address the people who are confused by what you're saying. Apparently, that's too high of a standard for you to live up to.