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03-11-2011, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by finnbow
This article provides a little insight IMO to the ongoing discussion here. I guess it explains the reason I rankle when I hear the "we're number 1" or "we're the best" rhetoric when hard data shows otherwise.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/11/op...brooks.html?hp
"Americans are similarly endowed with self-esteem. When pollsters ask people around the world to rate themselves on a variety of traits, they find that people in Serbia, Chile, Israel and the United States generally supply the most positive views of themselves. People in South Korea, Switzerland, Japan, Taiwan and Morocco are on the humble side of the rankings. Yet even from this high base, there is some evidence to suggest that Americans have taken self-approval up a notch over the past few decades."
And to think, this article is from a conservative (though not a dark red one).
Have you ever noticed that a person who is willing to brag that he's the smartest person in the room rarely is?
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I'm the dumbest person in the room, never was one to toot my own horn.
However, I've noticed my intelligence increases exponentially with my alcohol consumption. I'm generally quite brilliant just before I pass out face first on the floor.
Chas
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03-11-2011, 02:37 PM
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Reformed Know-Nothing
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: MoCo, MD
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Originally Posted by Charles
However, I've noticed my intelligence increases exponentially with my alcohol consumption. I'm generally quite brilliant just before I pass out face first on the floor.
Chas
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Same for me. I'll be heading out in about an hour to a local winery for some tunes, food and wine. I should be brilliant by around 9:00 pm.
Awesome place. Rob - take Florence up here on Friday evening some time. You can bring your own food and the music is free. You only need to buy the wine. My new favorite place.
http://www.blackankle.com/
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Last edited by finnbow; 03-11-2011 at 02:40 PM.
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03-11-2011, 02:55 PM
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Banned
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: The Open Border
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Free at last...free at last!
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03-11-2011, 02:59 PM
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Abby Normal
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Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 11,245
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Charles
I'm the dumbest person in the room, never was one to toot my own horn.
However, I've noticed my intelligence increases exponentially with my alcohol consumption. I'm generally quite brilliant just before I pass out face first on the floor.
Chas
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yeah, I used to be a genious, then I had to stop drinking
now I am just any dumb slob
two years already
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03-11-2011, 03:48 PM
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Resident octogenarian
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Maryland
Posts: 20,860
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Originally Posted by Charles
I'm the dumbest person in the room, never was one to toot my own horn.
However, I've noticed my intelligence increases exponentially with my alcohol consumption. I'm generally quite brilliant just before I pass out face first on the floor.
Chas
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He that tooteth not his own horn will have his horn remain in a state of untootedness.
you heard it here first.
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03-11-2011, 10:25 PM
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Area Man
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: The Swamp
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Charles
I'm the dumbest person in the room, never was one to toot my own horn.
However, I've noticed my intelligence increases exponentially with my alcohol consumption. I'm generally quite brilliant just before I pass out face first on the floor.
Chas
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I am the smartest person in the room. And all of the voices agree. So it must be true.
Dave
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