Painfully apropos this week.

[dmacabre]

Sometimes, you want to make a good impression on someone. Or hell, maybe not even a good impression, but just a not-bad impression. You might wish to appear thoughtful, witty and clever, and you might try to say things that hopefully reflect those desirable traits.

But sometimes, that can go horribly wrong.

John Scalzi on the failure mode of

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[shiv5468]

THe failure mode of stupid is also arsehole, and batshit crazy.

[dmacabre]

Ooh, yes. There are some kinds of stupid that I have to wonder if the person regularly drinks lead-based paint for breakfast.

[ex_misplace]

ROFL. So true.

Fortunately, I'm not clever, so I don't have to worry about being an asshole. I worry about being an idiot instead. :-P

[dmacabre]

Sometimes I try to be clever, and it fails miserably. :-}

Then I remind myself that a person who once walked around all day with ketchup in her hair should be a little more humble.

[lauraw]

I can usually rock batshit crazy, though. Its a comfortable sort of niche to find yourself in... and when you do manage to say something clever after being established crazy-as-fuck people usually laugh harder.

[dmacabre]

*snort* I can totally see this working for me, too.

[dmacabre]

It has been an exciting week. *g* No poultry-wrangling, but never a dull moment...

[kaze_no_tora]

I'm a self proclaimed idiot and everyone says I'm weird or come off as crazy person. :p I don't know how to be clever or what it is, if I do something clever or say something clever I was just unintentionally lucky.

[dmacabre]

Hmmm. I think people already know I'm crazy without me having to mention it. No idea how they figured it out. *g*