Hey Dumbass!

I have a little saying that goes, 'For being so smart, you sure are a dumbass'. Pretty nice of me, huh? In the spirit of honesty, I will tell you plainly that I don't always care for being nice. I don't go out of my way to be mean and hurtful to anyone, but I damn sure don't pull punches or sugarcoat things for others either. I shouldn't have to be fake, I refuse to as a matter of fact. Courteous and civil are standards, unless I am forced into a position where I feel it is necessary to point out someone else's misgivings.

We have all met one of these smart dumbasses. Someone book smart, a quick learner, obvious intelligence who lacks reasoning or logic completely, or worse a lack of common sense. Isn't it a shame that the meaning of common sense is that it should be common knowledge, not that people commonly act with sense? People that contradict themselves fall into this category as well. See also hypocrite. If your words and your actions do not intersect, you look like a dumbass. How is it possible that someone teaming with intelligence and confidence can act so effin stupid?! That, my dear readers, is someone who does not think things through - a reactionary person whom often is compelled to give knee-jerk responses. We all have those 8lb thinky things in our heads, so why not put them to use once in a while?

I really don't care if you can spit algorithms at me all day every day if you don't know how to effectively communicate and reason. That just makes you an idiot savant. Nothing will make me shut you down faster than acting like a dumbass. I know exactly what buttons to push to get someone to shut up if I need to. That is probably a terrible admission by me, but at this moment, I really don't care. If you are one of those irrational idiots, I get sick of hearing and dealing with your melodramatics and non-sense. Most other people feel the same way too. The only ones willing to listen still, are those who are arming themselves with ammunition or those who like to watch the train wreck. So, go ahead, vent and unburden yourself, with the full knowledge that if you are being a dumbass, it will come back around to you.

Here is the point to all of this - I am pissed off and tired of solving other people's problems for them. If it is something that is obvious and the answer is right there, why not solve it yourself? Laziness is why. It is so much harder to analyze your own situation and do the work to make it better than it is to get someone else to tell you the answer. I find that I don't tell other people my problems very often (it's kind of a rule that I don't). There is a great reason for it too. Do you want to know my secret? Of course you do - nosy jerks. I am aware that I can say what I want, but I am still very cautious because of repercussions. Words, especially anything that is electronically sent is indelible. All it takes is one click of 'send' to leave those words forever set, forever accessible. That means someone can go look back at those words as often as they like and derive whatever meaning they chose to. If I choose to open up to you, I want you to know it is special. If you are smart, show that you are smart enough to know when to shut up and not act. If you are smart, take time to think about things before saying them or asking for them. If you are smart, stop acting like a dumbass.