Opus 2025-445: Thank You Very Much

I listened to two different presentations this past week and I noticed something in both of them that seemed to be consistent with my opinion about the speakers.  They kept saying, “Thank you very much for that answer.”

I’m sure they thought they sounded very sincere, but to me it was pretty obvious that they were like a Southerner saying, “Well, bless your heart.”  If you don’t get out much you need to realize that when a Southerner says that to you, what is really being said is, “How can anybody be that stupid?”  As these speakers would say, “Thank you very much,” anyone with a bit of discernment could tell that they were saying, “How can anybody be that stupid?”   They were also doing a vicarious eye roll.

One of my favorite jokes was a tale that had no point.  You would tell it to see who would laugh at anything.  We might also set up an algorithm that noted how often some people tap on click bait using the words “extreme”, “destroys” and “ultimate”.  That is not a complete list.  I would imagine that such a list already exists and the info is forwarded to people trying to sell you an extension on your car’s warrantee and Nigerian princes.

A simple litmus test for us today would be to see who still functions on the principle “Orange Man Bad” or repeats that Rush Limbaugh was mean spirited.  If that is the level of their discernment then you might not even want to hire them to mow your lawn.

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