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Side issue, but if someone is going to bullshit me, I really appreciate it if they do a good job. Put some effort in. Make it believable. Otherwise, you're ins
by adrianmonk 6y ago
Side issue, but if someone is going to bullshit me, I really appreciate it if they do a good job. Put some effort in. Make it believable.
Otherwise, you're insulting my intelligence, and maybe it's just my ego, but having my intelligence insulted offends me more than being lied to does.
- CamperBob2 6y agoThat's also reminiscent of a similar problem with the original Turing test: the test outcome says more about the intelligence of the person evaluating the test than it does about the identity of the test subject. What does it prove if a computer successfully fools a moron... or if a presidential candidate successfully bamboozles 62,979,879 of them?
- clairity 6y agoagreed. the building handyman tries to bullshit me out of doing work on my apartment, or at least to cheap out on the quality of the work. he gets mad at me for outmaneuvering him into better (but not the best) solutions. he has only himself to blame for being so bad at bullshit. if he were better at it, i might not have any room to object. but i'm offended that he thinks his bs is any good, and i do object. every time. out of principle.