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> This is the problem with redefining commonly used terms like stupid. Maybe like Eskimos have many words for snow, we need many words for stupid. Or idiots s
by drewcoo 3y ago
> This is the problem with redefining commonly used terms like stupid.
Maybe like Eskimos have many words for snow, we need many words for stupid.
Or idiots should learn to use thesauruses. /s
- slowmovintarget 3y agoWe have many words. Foolishness and stupidity are common companions, but one does not require the other. Intelligent people behave foolishly all the time. The distinction is one of a failure of either imagination or effort. We have other words like ignorance, incompetence, impairment, and none of these require a lack of cognitive ability, though the latter implies diminished capacity. Bombast, however, typically seeks to oversimplify for the sake of provocation.