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... similarities I found between me and John Carmack ... We both experimented with burglary as teenagers (he was caught; I wasn't). That's a curious phrasing
by brey 11y ago
... similarities I found between me and John Carmack ...
We both experimented with burglary as teenagers (he was caught; I wasn't).
That's a curious phrasing - echos of 'experimented with drugs' or 'experimented with my sexuality': positive, life-affirming actions, discovering your true self.
Does one discover one's inner burglar?
- melling 11y agoI think the one big difference is that he shipped. I don't think the other comparisons matter.
- mkramlich 11y ago> Does one discover one's inner burglar? "If you find yourself in the right adventure," replied Bilbo.
- anyfoo 11y agoI think it was meant to be humorous. A more obvious example: "Let's say, I, uh, experimented with incompetence at the time!"
- spiritplumber 11y agoI would steal games from stores, take them home, copy them (using this ridiculously clunky 1x IDE cd copier that had to be mounted outside the computer in a frame and held up by elastic bands, to get a decent yield), and return them. I got caught, funny enough when returning a disc rather than stealing it. This turned into my first job as the guy agreed to not make a big deal out of is if I used my Ape50 to do deliveries for him after school for a bit. After the bit ended, we decided we got along, so I kept working there afternoons until I graduated, and two years fulltime after graduation. Then the place closed because a Euronics opened two streets over, and I moved to the US for university.