Acquaintance: Hah! That’s a funny photo of you. What is that?
Me: Oh, last year my friends Violet and Zev commissioned a My Little Pony artist to draw me as a pony.
Acquaintance: Hmph. I want to be a My Little Pony Artist.
Me: Can you draw?
Acquaintance: Yeah!
Me: …Can you draw better than the people who already have the job?
Acquaintance: Yeah! Well. I dunno about all that. I can sketch! None of that “computer graphics” stuff though.
Me: …
Acquaintance: I could SKETCH My Little Pony.
Me: Better than the pros.
Acquaintance: I’ll bet I could.
Me: You think you can do it better than professionals who do it sometimes 60-70 hours a week.
Acquaintance: It’s just sketching…
Me: “Just” sketching? Do you have any idea how much practice and time go into her job?
Acquaintance: It’s not that hard…
Me: Tell you what, let me get my friend Diana on the phone, and
Acquaintance: NO THANK YOU
Me: That’s what I thought.