When is "playing stupid" the smartest thing to do?
Traffic violations? Missed anniversaries? Returned items? Government overthrows?
Is there any time when playing stupid is the smartest thing to do?
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In generally, I find it helps if people believe you are dumber than you actually are.
Who ate the last piece of cake??....who took the last beer??...who used the last roll of toilet paper?...
But I got forty eight cans of soup, that’s a case, right? Shouldn’t that count as one item?
egh drunken fluther fail….. “In general, I find….”
Whenever you are lazy and don’t want to do something.
When asked about your involvement in Bridgegate.
Um, uhm, uuuuhhhhhmmmm, cake? What cake? There’s no cake in muh frizzer! Maht be jes’ a liitle ice slipped butween pancakes, ain’t nuttin’ butt a thang.
Donald Trump’s hairdresser…he tips well.
The apartment’s hot water heater broke. Nobody repairs a hot water heater – it is always replaced with the same size and type unit. Therefore, for tax purposes, the money spent should be considered a repair not a capital improvement. But what do I know, I am not a tax professional.
I play stupid when:
1. I want to be modest.
2. I know something but I want to hide it because it will benefit my “enemies”.
3. I want someone to believe I’m dumber than I actually am, in order to play tricks on them more easily when necessary.
Just about anything my husband does each day. I don’t think he is playing though.
It was this Tuesday? I thought it was next Tuesday. I’m sorry, I can’t come to your fill in the blank after all. I was really looking forward to it, too!
Pretending like I have no idea how much money is in my account…when you bet I know down to the last penny.
People (in general) love to think they’re smarter than other people, they love to tell you everything about something, it’s the easiest way to get people to like you with no effort on your part.
That’s pretty much why I don’t like to play those kinds of head games, it’s a way of manipulating others, not cool.
If you haven’t bought a ticket for a bus, you can just play stupid tourist.
“The better part of valor is discretion.” My number one bit of advice to people is: “Honesty is always the best policy.” My number 2 bit is: “Some things are better left unsaid.” Be honest, especially if giving hurt to someone in someway is the result. If no harm is being done, then that is the time to watch what you are saying or what you could say.
@janbb Just saying lots of people play dumb to manipulate others (I don’t know how) or a situation (I talked about you to Janbb?)..lol
@janbb Ah, I ‘want’ to know it all, I don’t think I know it all.
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