This might come as a shock to some of you but saying “I’m not informed enough on this particular topic to have an opinion” is about 100 times more respectable than being misinformed
I’m sorry to hijack this, but I gotta.
I notice this behavior in men more often than in women, and in boomers more than younger people, but mostly in people who are uncomfortable seeming ignorant, regardless of gender/sex/age/whatever.
Here’s the thing people don’t get. If you BS your way through a fake answer when someone asks you a question, either (1) they know right away and lose all respect for you, assuming that you’re dishonest or willfully ignorant or both, or (2) they really needed the answer because they don’t know it either! And now you have wasted your time and theirs and the time of anyone else who was depending on them getting the correct answer!
Option 1 involves instant negative repercussions for you. That sucks, but is (in my opinion) NOTHING compared to Option 2. Option 2 means you knowingly and intentionally fucked someone over. There is no other way to interpret this. You gave them wrong information and you knew it, and you used their ignorance to delay your own consequences.
I have boundless respect and admiration for people who can say the words “I don’t know”. I love people who say, “Let me check and get back to you.” I’m also a big fan of “Here’s the contact info for someone I know can get you the answer.” Any of these are fine! They’re great! They show that you are honest and respectful and more focused on everyone getting the info they need than your own damn ego.
To sum up: Fuck your ego. Fuck it with a rusty chainsaw. Do not waste people’s time. Do not disrespect people’s ignorance. They were braver than you are just by asking the question you refuse to help them answer correctly.
A quick comic after some meditation on the fact that in the film universe Harley canonically has the name of her abuser tattooed all over her body, and I’m sorry but that sits bitterly at the pit of my stomach.
Onfim was a child who lived in Novgorod, Russia, in the 13th century. He left his notes and homework exercises scratched in soft birch bark (beresta) which was preserved in the clay soil of Novgorod. Onfim, who archaeologists believe was six or seven at the time, wrote in Old Novgorodian; besides letters and syllables, he
drew battle scenes and drawings of himself, his family, and his teacher.
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Here is a picture of him as a knight stabbing someone.
(At least, he wrote his name next to the knight. Either it was supposed to be him or he was signing his masterpiece. Either way, still adorable.)
Several pictures of the original birch pieces can be found here:
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i’ve seen similar ones from roman children living in what is now england, too. People have ALWAYS been people.
i love this so much, history with real people in it
see also -archeologists at hadrians wall dig up a letter from a roman soldier to his family tanking them for sending him a new pair of underwear in the mail -norse runes scattered around constantanople and several cathedrals turn out to be viking graffiti, including “this is very high” over two stories up -the oldest known joke (egyptian) and the oldest known english joke are both lowbrow sex jokes -roman gladiators had equivalents to sponsorship deals, some murals found were basically ‘gladiator brad pitt rubs himself with capelli brand olive oil, try some today’ and action figures were also found of prominent fighters for chidlren to play with -flat stone fragments left at egyptian construction sites were used as post it notes by workers, some included variations of ‘the foreman is a jerkface’ and a crude drawing of the pharoh with a comically large donger -we have an embarrassing wealth of 4,000 year old receipts referring to one specific merchant being an ass. WE KNOW HIM BY NAME, he wasnt even a king or anything,
Ea-nasir will be known through history for being a dick about refunds
I love how children, even in the 13th century, can never remember how many fingers someone has.
you would assume that being a sword lesbian makes me a Fighter but actually im a Bard. like the thing is? im a Bard. i say gay things and everyone loves it
Bards are actually great sword fencers in all rulesets I have tried, I can’t for the life of me see why anyone would assume otherwise?? In fact, I’m convinced that “gay fencer” is pretty much the definition of the Bard archetype.
big mood all bards are gay, i know this because im gay & a bard
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
