[cptskippy]

I have a lot of mixed, mostly melancholy feelings about her self reflection there. The talk about imposter syndrome and self deprecation is something that rings true to a lot of talented people, not just women, and the power of her videos is that she demonstrates that failure is a part of success.

With most media you usually see a carefully choreographed final product that appears flawless and intimdating. You don't get to see the process or what lead up to it. What her videos demonstrate is that failure and imperfection are ok and part of the process.

A good example of this is Bon Appétit Magazine, it arrives as a finished product that appears, on the surface, to be perfect and unassailable. If you watch their videos on Youtube you get a much different perspective and get to see all the flaws and mistakes in the process that leads up to the magazine. Giertz brings that to engineering and that's what's so powerful about her work.

I agree that there are a lot of people, not just women, who are afraid to step up and be an expert. I believe that fear is what drives people to become experts, while simultaneously holding them back. Her growth and self actualization are both powerful and inspiring, and at the same time sad because it means she probably can't create more of those early videos that were very special. Even still her growth and continued aspirations will produce ever more inspiration for others.

[lisper]

Simone made shitty robots in the same way that Rodney Dangerfield got no respect. Simone was never the Queen of the Shitty Robots, she was the person who created the Queen of the Shitty Robots. And in so doing, she showed how to make a success out of something that appeared on its surface to be a failure. Hell, she even took a fucking brain tumor (in her own brain!) and turned it into humor. It is hard for me to imagine a more worthwhile thing a human being can do. Simone, like Rodney, deserves tremendous respect.

To say nothing of the fact that Truckla is just fucking awesome.

[lawnchair_larry]

How is that similar to Rodney Dangerfield? I’m not very familiar with him, so I missed the analogy.

[nwallin]

Dangerfield's shtick was being as shitty as possible in every possible way. He pretended to be a terrible human being, a terrible comedian, a terrible everything. It was hilarious.

A lot of people weren't in on it though. They thought he was washed up, not knowing that that was the joke.

Another good comparison would be heels in professional wrestling. Those people work hard to get as low as they are, and they suffer for it as much as the medium benefits from it.

[lisper]

Rodney Dangerfield was a comedian who made his career out of portraying a character who was a chronic loser. His tagline was, "I get no respect."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVQB9N__pdc