Yes, I shall concede that you indeed took my last post and busted my chops on it fairly aptly.
But there is one thing I'll never concede: Which is, all it takes for anyone to become a designer is to have the opinion that you are a designer already. Did I say that it would make you a good designer? I think not. (a bad design still has to come from a designer, it's the only place it can come from)
I'm not trying to devalue the craft by saying this, since there are enough people out there who already do that with their designs. But the fact still remains that anyone can be a designer just like anyone can be a chef. (if you don't like that metaphor either, you can shove it up your ass for all I care)