Need a term for “something many much dumber people than me seen to grok but I fail to.” Kinda like the fish sticks joke in the South Park episode about Kanye.
Not quite a blindspot. Something like a stupidspot. Even geniuses have them.
I’m trying to document my stupidspots.
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One of my stupidspots is plotting in fiction. I feel like I’m missing something far worse storytellers than me get.
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Mine is basic peopling with family and friends; most ordinary folk seem to be naturals while it’s like a self-taught second language for me
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A lot of human behaviour (mine and that others) would be in my stupidspot. Genuinely, did not know that "nervous laughter" (not awkward laughter) was a thing until like last month.
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Yes. In acting, we call it overthinking. It's *work* to get past the thinking to a wholly integrated character. I'd wager all creative works face the trap of overthinking. Fortunately for people with talent but short on smarts, stupidity helps them avoid overthinking.
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