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[Viennablue]

I consider Viennablue a genius, I'm no expert on him but success in an a field completely skewered to a particular demographic is my marker. Whether he has been proven to chat utter bunk on a variety of topics and act egregiously in the name of profit is neither here nor there. Plus he said genius a lot.

Cheers kid. Means a lot.

I was going to reciprocate and call you a genius too, but then I read your whole message.

You typed „in an a field“ when you probably meant to type „in any field“ or „in a field“. Not sure where you were going with it.

I can’t be dealing with that level of incompetence. Sorry.

Have a good weekend though!

 

[Walken]

Cheers kid. Means a lot.

I was going to reciprocate and call you a genius too, but then I read your whole message.

You typed „in an a field“ when you probably meant to type „in any field“ or „in a field“. Not sure where you were going with it.

I can’t be dealing with that level of incompetence. Sorry.

Have a good weekend though!

Even a genius may make a mistake, like predicting the end of a pandemic so you can drag your workers back to the office, then shortly after, 5 million folk sadly pass away from the virus. Admittedly this isn't anywhere near as damning as a typo.

 

[Xizor]

 

[Prevenger17]

Like Trump or not (there’s a hell of a lot of criticisms to make of him), he’s also a genius.

Lol. I think we'll leave it there pal

 

[Prevenger17]

A list of great Geniuses according to Viennablue

George Washington (07.160)
1789–1797
John Adams
1797–1801
Thomas Jefferson (24.19.1)
1801–1809
James Madison
1809–1817
James Monroe (29.89)
1817–1825
John Quincy Adams
1825–1829
Andrew Jackson (94.14)
1829–1837
Martin Van Buren (56.517.4)
1837–1841
William Henry Harrison
1841
John Tyler
1841–1845
James Polk
1845–1849
Zachary Taylor
1849–1850
Millard Fillmore
1850–1853
Franklin Pierce
1853–1857
James Buchanan
1857–1861
Abraham Lincoln (2012.14a,b)
1861–1865
Andrew Johnson
1865–1869
Ulysses S. Grant
1869–1877
Rutherford B. Hayes
1877–1881
James Garfield
1881
Chester Arthur
1881–1885
Grover Cleveland
1885–1889
Benjamin Harrison
1889–1893
Grover Cleveland
1893–1897
William McKinley
1897–1901
Theodore Roosevelt
1901–1909
William H. Taft
1909–1913
Woodrow Wilson
1913–1921
Warren Harding
1921–1923
Calvin Coolidge
1923–1929
Herbert Hoover
1929–1933
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1933–1945
Harry S. Truman
1945–1953
Dwight Eisenhower
1953–1961
John F. Kennedy
1961–1963
Lyndon Johnson
1963–1969
Richard Nixon
1969–1974
Gerald Ford
1974–1977
Jimmy Carter
1977–1981
Ronald Reagan
1981–1989
George H. W. Bush
1989–1993
William J. Clinton
1993–2001
George W. Bush
2001–2009
Barack Obama
2009–2017
Donald J. Trump
2017–2021
Joseph R. Biden
2021–present
Elon Musk

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

We have a new genius in town?

Magic.

 

[Prevenger17]

As the great Chester A Arthur said "judge a man's genius not on his aptitude and intellect, but on the presidencies he has won and/or electric car manufacturers he has bought"

 

[Viennablue]

Lol. I think we'll leave it ther

A list of great Geniuses according to Viennablue

George Washington (07.160)
1789–1797
John Adams
1797–1801
Thomas Jefferson (24.19.1)
1801–1809
James Madison
1809–1817
James Monroe (29.89)
1817–1825
John Quincy Adams
1825–1829
Andrew Jackson (94.14)
1829–1837
Martin Van Buren (56.517.4)
1837–1841
William Henry Harrison
1841
John Tyler
1841–1845
James Polk
1845–1849
Zachary Taylor
1849–1850
Millard Fillmore
1850–1853
Franklin Pierce
1853–1857
James Buchanan
1857–1861
Abraham Lincoln (2012.14a,b)
1861–1865
Andrew Johnson
1865–1869
Ulysses S. Grant
1869–1877
Rutherford B. Hayes
1877–1881
James Garfield
1881
Chester Arthur
1881–1885
Grover Cleveland
1885–1889
Benjamin Harrison
1889–1893
Grover Cleveland
1893–1897
William McKinley
1897–1901
Theodore Roosevelt
1901–1909
William H. Taft
1909–1913
Woodrow Wilson
1913–1921
Warren Harding
1921–1923
Calvin Coolidge
1923–1929
Herbert Hoover
1929–1933
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1933–1945
Harry S. Truman
1945–1953
Dwight Eisenhower
1953–1961
John F. Kennedy
1961–1963
Lyndon Johnson
1963–1969
Richard Nixon
1969–1974
Gerald Ford
1974–1977
Jimmy Carter
1977–1981
Ronald Reagan
1981–1989
George H. W. Bush
1989–1993
William J. Clinton
1993–2001
George W. Bush
2001–2009
Barack Obama
2009–2017
Donald J. Trump
2017–2021
Joseph R. Biden
2021–present
Elon Musk

Add David Fincher to that list. Huge fan of his films!

 

[Viennablue]

Lol. I think we'll leave it there pal

Sorry if you’re a fan of him. I did say his campaign was genius.

I just think there were a hell of a lot of things you could criticise about him. And also he should’ve conceded after losing in 2020. any reasonable person could agree with that right.

You still haven’t told me who you consider a genius? Come on!

 

[Viennablue]

As the great Chester A Arthur said "judge a man's genius not on his aptitude and intellect, but on the presidencies he has won and/or electric car manufacturers he has bought"

Electric cars a cool. I’m still on a standard petrol motor but I enjoyed my brief time driving one. The acceleration!

Plus they’re better for the environment which I’m told is a very important issue right now.

 

[Viennablue]

Even a genius may make a mistake, like predicting the end of a pandemic so you can drag your workers back to the office, then shortly after, 5 million folk sadly pass away from the virus. Admittedly this isn't anywhere near as damning as a typo.

That typo was devastating for you and you know it.

Musk is a good lad. 255 Billy in the bank and he still wants to save the environment, colonise mars and make social media better.

Fair play. That’s genius!

 

[Tommy.]

Einstein, Tesla, Newton, Da Vinci, Oppenheimer, Curie, Pascal, Aristotle etc













Trump and Musk, bloody hell.

 

[Viennablue]

Einstein, Tesla, Newton, Da Vinci, Oppenheimer, Curie, Pascal, Aristotle etc













Trump and Musk, bloody hell.

Finally someone is willing to list some geniuses they admire!

Those guys are all on a much higher level than Musk or the 2016 trump campaign.

Oppenheimer is controversial. He did show incredible genius with his creation, but it led to a lot of death.

However, it ended WW2 and a ground invasion of Japan would’ve also resulted in a lot of death. There are arguments on either side.

 

[Prevenger17]

I do consider Michael Jackson a genius in his field despite the fact he probably nonced kids.

 

[Amw79]

Musk invested 6.5million in Tesla and now it’s worth billions. He helped make electric cars cool and in demand. Surely that worth something to you?

Reckon Musk might be a genius in his field. A bellend to be sure, but he probably qualifies.

Although not sure this quote backs it up.

He also invested 40 billion in Twitter just for the lolz and memes, and it’s now worth half of that. Defo a strike in the ‘not-genius’ column.