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taejo on Oct 10, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Basic Laws of Human Stupidity (1976)

What happens when the two characteristics of clever and stupid are combined? I'm far from certain this combination is impossible.

Chris_Jay on Oct 10, 2017 | [–]

Tribal societies have many stories of such individuals, think Coyote or Loki. Clever stupid people are constantly falling into elaborate traps of their own making.

Xenos_Ender on Oct 10, 2017 | [–]

Some people like to see the world burn. [insert joker meme]

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