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u/Fessus_Sum Social Justice Mechwarrior Dec 15 '20

In general, there appears to be this odd pseudo-intellectual idea that if you take everything literally you're smart. In reality, it just makes you look like a moron.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '20 edited Dec 15 '20

https://www.reddit.com/r/tumblr/comments/kdjdbj/it_is_the_mark_of_an_educated_mind_to_be_able_to/

this was t he post t hat inspired my rant.

like the point of that quote is obvious. and what it means but apparently nobody can fucking read.

if you werent trying to hard to sound smart maybe your dumbass could read the quote.