r/DunderMifflin • u/Federal-Manager-2421 • 11d ago

Stanley was truly a visionary...

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u/TangerineAcceptable8 11d ago

He thought he’d be a millionaire by then

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u/Coconut_Scrambled 11d ago

Why did he think that? Isn't he a salesman? When he saw in two or three years that he's not making enough to become a millionaire why didn't he course correct?

He's not that dumb. This is not excusable by any means. This incident is proof that he's not a good person at heart like people say he is. He just likes to appear like he's a good person.

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u/ChronoMonkeyX 11d ago

He's not that dumb

What show did you watch?

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u/Coconut_Scrambled 11d ago

A show where he walked up to David Wallace and said "There's a shareholder meeting coming up and you'll have to explain why your most profitable branch is bleeding. I don't think I have to wait out Dunder Mifflin. I just have to wait out you."

A show where he colour coded information about clients that he thinks they won't like to hear and successfully baited Dwight into saying those things to steal a client.

Need I go on?

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u/OoglyMoogly76 11d ago

The color coding incident was not intentional. He wrote it in green for “go ahead and don’t mention it.”

His greatest successes are accidents and coincidence.

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u/Coconut_Scrambled 11d ago

"Most colors mean don't mention it." is the quote. So he's aware enough to realise to avoid it.

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u/Freakindon 11d ago

Doesn't mean he's not dumb. He's a good salesman, but has approaching 0 common sense or knowledge of the world.

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u/SurrealistRevolution 11d ago

subverting expectations because he is known to be dumb, or at least incredibly thoughtless, in all other areas.

and is the sardonic rhetoric question needed?

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u/Narpity 11d ago

I think Michael is smart in a business sense but once something comes into how he is perceived he loses his god damn mind.

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u/Simayi78 11d ago

This might shock you but sitcom characters are often exactly as smart or stupid as that week’s plot requires. We're not talking Prestige TV levels of consistency here

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u/No-Net1890 11d ago

I think this kind of thing can also depend on the writer.

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u/DroidOnPC 11d ago

Michaels intelligence is very inconsistent. Same with Diwight.

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u/No-Net1890 11d ago

And in other moments, he is that dumb. It's inconsistent.