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

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Well, I can’t say I would want to steal someone’s talent/expertise, even if it was someone vile.

    That being said, I still want to play along.

    Here’s my reasoning for not picking some kind of asshole with a money making skillset. I’m too fucking old to deal with that shit. I don’t want the stress, don’t need the stress, and I am old enough that by the time I made enough to really matter, I wouldn’t be able to do much but pass it on.

    So, instead, I want a skill/talent that I’ve never had even a little drop of success picking up. That’s music. I have tried keyboards, guitar, computer based things, singing, etc. I just can’t manage to wrap my head around anything well enough to make music. Closest I ever got was making beats, which I was actually okay at, but not good enough to be useful.

    So, next criteria is that whoever I steal from has to be old enough that I’ll get more time with their gift than they statistically have left. Ideally, they would be past the point where their abilities are useful to them as a performer making a living.

    So, I’d rob Clapton of his guitar playing, and/or Robert Plant’s vocal ability. They’re both old enough that I’m probably going to be able to use the gifts longer than they would, and are masters of their instruments. Since Clapton is also a bit of a douche, that might make someone else happy. I think I’d err on the side of singing if I’m limited by my own body, since I have arthritis in my hands. But if that was magicked away as part of the trade, I think I’d get more mileage out of guitar as I age compared to how lungs and vocal cords age, despite my pipes being in pretty good shape.

    If the dead were allowed instead of the living, I’m pulling from Randy Rhodes or Cliff Burton, though I would favor bass tbh. I think I’d end up playing more jazz than metal, but I think that kind of skill set would serve me well in any genre.