It's so easy to pretend you're smarter than someone else.
Just take something they said in a different meaning than intended and blam, instant validation!
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Someone: *abstract statement*
Complete Genius: "Haha, *literal meaning of abstract statement* is nonsense. What an idiot!"
And vice-versa.
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You can also appear far more knowledgeable by working every conversation around to a handful of topics into which you happen to have read.
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Can I just note, as an aside, that ‘blam’ is woefully underused. Blam and kablam, both excellent onomatopoeias.
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