On: The Struggling Artist at 86

[benbenolson]

No wonder he's still struggling, his art isn't good.

[jxramos → benbenolson]

Makes me think about something I recently heard from the Dirty Jobs guy about not following your passion but rather opportunity; basically he argued that passion is no guarantee that you'll actually be good at something. https://youtu.be/CVEuPmVAb8o

[dang → benbenolson]

Please don't post unsubstantive comments here.

[InternetUser → dang]

Would you have said the same if his comment was "It's a wonder he's still struggling, his art is very good."

[dang → InternetUser]

Not necessarily. Empty positive comments aren't as bad: https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html.

It would be different if we got to a point where empty positive comments were the main threat to quality on HN, but we're far from that.