^ Totally... So if you are talented in being humourous (funny) but nothing else, you are funny but not talented in this question's context... That's my read anyways
Haha no offense taken. I just thought that humor and talent kind of go hand in hand, because the ability to crack jokes and make people laugh most of the times comes naturally. But yeah if I had to seperate the two, I'd go with funny. Imaginative, live of the party, and I like being in the presence of someone that can make me laugh. So there.
I think you may have unintentionally made the options a bit biased. It would have been a more fair and realistic comparison if the guy was only talented in one subject area, instead of many, since we're assuming that the funny guy is just good at being funny. I think she meant boring in the sense that they can't bring excitement into a conversation. Imagine how dull and boring it would be talking to a person with absolutely no sense of humor at all. I don't know about other guys, but I know I can get more girls by being funny than by showing them that I can tap dance and play the violin at the same time. So he’s going to teach you how to juggle while you're crying? A funny guy can lighten up the mood, while the talented guy can speak 20 different languages telling you how it's going to be okay. I want to see you crack a joke. Talents can come naturally, so can humor. A naturally funny person has the ability to incorporate their humor into everyday situations/settings, but a talented person's abilites are limited to specific instruments and situations/settings. And humor requires talent and intelligence. Talent doesn't require humor or intelligence. Too bad the talented guy will not have the sense of humor to laugh at your jokes. Unless you're talking about you cracking and laughing at your own jokes. And talents can't be learned? So even if I practice playing the piano for 10+ years, I'll never become talented at it? Everyone is talented in something, but a lot of people just don't have the chance to showcase their talents unless their parents are mad rich or are lucky enough.
A guy that is talented is fine wif me...cuz i mean...a guy that has talent doesnt mean hes no fun at all....since it wasnt mentioned that a talented guy is in these terms...i think he only has to be some what funni...but not all the time...cuz that can be annoying...and i like talented guyz...one and for all...lol
I agree that the qn is kinda biased. Someone who is humorous can be considered as a talented entertainer or comedian of sorts.. It is perhaps more appropriate to compare on the premises that the person has only one talent while the rest are just average. Given this premises, I will choose humor over other talents cos humor has direct effects on relationships whereas other talents might not. E.g. Someone is talented at Art. Others will admire and praise. But it ends there, cos the talent seldom extent over to the other party. One can, however, make use of his/her talent to impress or make someone feel special. E.g. one can draw; compose songs; sing; play guitar etc for someone else. Also, different people are attracted to different talents. One might be attracted to a music talent, while another is attracted to a sports talent. But humor, is pretty much universal. Some ppl might argue that it is annoying if a person tries to be funny all the time such as when the other party is crying or sth. But one who is talented at being humorous, should know when to be funny and when not to. Or how to lighten the mood no matter what the situation is like. That is what I consider a talented 'joker'.
hahahah.. -rotfl exactly... what kinda bs question is that...Talented at what?? funny could be categorized in being talented.. the options should go more like this... Someone who is Funny... vs... someone who has no sense of humor but is talented in changing a lightbulb... haha no jk... talented in playing music lets say... once again... Non-Funny Musician or Funny Guy....
lol @ ecko and the lightbulb. But I don't think the option HAS TO BE a non-funny musician exclusively. The person replying can assume the guy to be talented in anything, as long as it's ONE thing. And yeh... I still stick by what I said earlier. While I appreciate talent and all, if I had to pick one to be prominent, I would say humor. Because otherwise they would be boring, angsty, depressive...the list goes on and on. I don't know why but the image of some emo kid pops into my head when I think of a talented unhumorous guy -unsure But yeh... Humor is a vital part of life. It's what gets you from day to day and what keeps you coming back for more. Really, what's better than laughing wholeheartedly with The_One () you love? I agree with you absolutely. If given the option, I think most people would enjoy conversing with a funny person more than a talented one because who doesn't like to laugh? Laughter is what keeps a relationship strong, concrete.. It's my favorite thing to do. Who wants to be with someone who is serious all time. Also let it be known that humor and laughter benefits mental and emotional health. Studies have shown that it is a natural healer. Read more here http://www.helpguide.org/life/humor_laughter_health.htm So ultimately, humor > talent, as it can have a direct affect on other people. Laughter is contagious. So I'll date the funny untalented guy while the talented unhumorous guy develops a tumor (lol j/k!)
-rotfl hahah ohh... pretty good.. hahah those talented emo kids.. gotta express themselves thru music... 'their pain' -lol
Yup, never. Talent is a gift, u r born with it. If u get good at doing sth after loads of practice, that's somewhat a skill that u haf learnt, NOT a talent. Skills come with years of training and experience, whilst talent comes NATURALLY. U can be good at playing the piano after 10 yrs of practice, but there's somewhat a difference when you play against a person who has both talent and 10 yrs+ practice. If u haf a talent with ur voice compared to you haf singing lessons, which one prevails? Even if Madonna takes 10 yrs of singing lessons, she can never outsing people like Mariah Carey or Celine Dion. -ann Again, I think you have mistaken talent with skill. Why would you need a rich parent? So that you can take expensive piano lessons etc.?
Talent vs Skill + Experience. While I was bashing monster.com at job secrets revealed someone emailed me and asked me to show how having a talent in a certain area was better than a degree, skill or qualification. I found a great way to do this and you can play along too with this neat little test… I’m about to teach you a SKILL, give you some experience and then demonstrate how someone with a little talent can get far better results than someone with skills and experience… here goes: Look at the puzzle below: Man _____ Board If you haven’t worked it out, it reads: ‘ Man Over Board’. Let me teach you a skill to make it easy to work these things out… Look at the position of the first word and its positional relationship to the second word. So I’ve taught you a SKILL… now you need some experience to become good at this stuff. So I’m going to give you another one to solve… mind ______ matter That’s really easy using the training I gave you at the start… Mind is over the word Matter and it works out as: ‘Mind over Matter’. But what happens when something falls a little outside of your training?… Stand ______ I This one is a little different… using your training you’d be right in saying that the phrase is: ‘Stand over I’, but commonsense would tell you that’s not quite right and the real answer is: ‘I understand’. Now you begin to see how a personal quality, like commonsense - or talent, can get a totally different - and better - result than someone who was blindly following the rules or training. Now here’s the thing: you simply can’t train for all the variables in any given job and talent is what separates the outstanding people from the average. Talent allows them to come up with the right solutions when things happen that are a bit out of the ordinary. One last example to really drive this point home. So your job is solving word puzzles? I’ve given you some training, you have some skills and experience and managed to solve a problem that you weren’t trained for. But what happens when you see something that doesn’t fit the criteria of your training or skill? Like this: ecnalg The training we gave you doesn’t help you solve it… and you haven’t had experience with this one either. People with a TALENT for word puzzles will easily be able to solve this puzzle: ‘Backward Glance’. I could give you harder word puzzles but my point is this: ‘Training and experience will only take you so far. You can’t teach talent… Dyson, Gates, Jobs, Dell didn’t necessarily have formal training in their chosen industries but their talent enabled them to make things happen, the sort of things that change industries. So don’t think because you don’t have a degree or years of experience, you can’t make incredible things happen or you can’t win that dream job. Just yesterday I met a marketing lady for a large public company who ridiculed blogging as a marketing concept and pointed out that she had 10 years experience and had never heard of blogging… I pointed out that maybe she had just one year experience in marketing and had done it 10 times. My point was her degree and experience doesn’t necessarily mean she has a talent for marketing. More and more employers are starting to look for talent and more people are quitting their jobs to find jobs that USE their talents rather than jobs that use their skills, experiences or degrees they got stuck with when they first started out in their careers. Talent explains why some people are stars at their job while others stumble… many HR people believe in more training to get better results when sometimes the best thing to do is get more talent. I could go on and on but if you’re interested in finding out how we use talent to help people get better jobs and win jobs against people more qualified and more experienced visit job secrets revealed and visit the blog and expert help section… I go on and on there and you can see the difference highlighting talent can make for our members. -Acland Brierty.
Lol...honestly a mix of both would be da best....if he is too funny he cant be serious when you need him to be and of he is not funny at all the relationship would be dead boring. Guys with talents are an extra point....its not a must to have it unless the girl herself is very talented..and talents could be learned...lol
I'm not a girl but I would guess that a funny guy would beat a talented guy. You can be the best cook in the world, but if the atmosphere is not right, the food still tastes bad. And according to what I've heard, humor is the #1 quality that white girls go for. However, with asian girls, the #1 quality is "hardworking" (which actually makes no sense to me, because hardworking doesn't even imply talent!)
Are you Acland Brierty? I agree that talent and experience are different. But how do you differentiate the 2? Its ambiguous.
So talents can come naturally, but humor can't? Let me give you an example. On the left side we have Person A, who is born with the natural ability to play the piano, but with 0 years of training due to lack of opportunity (money, luck, ect.) On the right side we have Person B, who was not born with the natural ability to play the piano, but has acquired the skill through 10 years of practice and experience. Who do you think will play more proficiently? Most likely B. Now, even if A were given the 10 years of training, how many people in the audience do you think would actually be able to hear and recognize the pianist with natural talent and the one with learned skill? Probably a handful. A talent is basically an inborn potential for doing something better than people who don't have that inborn potential. Keyword: potential. Potentials need to be developed. Even talented people have to do the work and learn the SKILLS before they can achieve anything. Pretty sure Celine Dion and Mariah Carey took voice lessons at some point in their singing career. If talent was all you needed to succeed, piano coaches, singing instructors, dance teachers, art professors ect. wouldn't exist. Just because you have talent does not mean you know how to use it. Humor, on the other hand, doesn't require lessons. People who are naturally humorous can be funny without even trying, and they know how to use their humor to their advantage. Tons of people with no singing talent pay for lessons to help them learn to sing, and become successful at it. How many people actually pay for lessons on how to be funny? It's a personality trait, you either have it or you don't. Sure, you can learn it, but most humor experts will tell you that unless you're naturally funny, you'll never have the ability to become a successful professional performer. Why? Because you'll always lack the charisma that comes with being naturally funny.
I never said humor can't come naturally. -nono I am pointing it out that talent comes naturally, as compared to a skill which you can learn and then can be good at it. I am pointing this out because Now you can teach the dog some tricks and when the dog learns it, those tricks become its skills; not talent. On the other hand, some dogs have a natural talent for performing; where they learn faster or even on their own (by mimicking/copying), that is talent. I am differentiating between talent and skill. In fact, humor in itself is a talent, someone who has a sense of humor can be deemed to be talented in being funny, as someone pointed out earlier. It's a trait you are born with. So let me give you another example. Why do you think there exists talent scouts? They are out there to discover talent. Someone may be drawing a masterpiece out on the roadside and they can be discovered just like that. You can be singing at church choir and someone will say, "OMG that's the most beautiful voice I have ever heard". Point is, you don't necessarily need a rich parent to 'showcase' your talent. You just have to go out there and let people discover you. I agree that some talents have to be cultivated, but just some. However, talents are what play the most important role to determine whether you can be good at something. Talent is somehow a natural ingredient that can or can't be found. If you are not talented, no matter how you practice, you are just not gonna shine. Let's take singing for example. If you are not gifted with a singing voice, all you can do is take singing lessons and hope to hit the right notes. Somehow, there is something lacking compared to those who are naturally gifted; when they sing you get goosebumps. People like Mariah Carey/Celine Dion perhaps did take singing lessons, but that's because they want to further improve their talent; because they are making a living with their talent. But when you are just an ordinary person born with a talented singing voice, you can sound good even if you don't take singing lessons. That itself, proves that not all talents require lessons. And humor, of course do not require lessons because it is sth you are born with and again this will suggest that being naturally funny is a talent itself. Having said that, the OP is indeed biased in giving the options. If given a guy with sense of humor and a guy whom is talented in only ONE area, then I'll have difficulty in choosing. Because humor can be applied anywhere at anytime whilst talent is, well just talented in that field.
@Cass: Talents need to be cultivated, but practice and lessons only take you so far... It may seem far to outsiders, but in their discipline (in your example: keyboardist) a practiced player without talent is not one to be look upon. Even though many may aspire to his persistence... So yeah, talent all the way. Because while everyone seems to be biased toward thinking being funny comes naturally, it takes cultivation too. One can learn to be humourous.
