"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." It's a common quote. Albert Einstein was smart, right? Yes. He was. And he probably wasn't even socially awkward.
A stupid mistake to make:
Problem: The square root of 8 is expressed by ksqrt{w}. What is k+w?
Answer everyone writes in math team because we are impatient dimwits: 2sqrt{2}
The right answer: 4
It was even easier to write.
Does this mean we're all insane? Or just stupid? Admittedly, I make quite the abundance of mistakes. Quite. But they are mostly different mistakes, and they are usually ones that don't really matter because I probably won't make them during competition, and they will only cost me a point here and there in practice. Whatever. We fix these mistakes easily, yet for some reason, people mistakes are really hard to fix. Why do I keep insulting people on accident? My mouth is vile. I am so disgusted with myself for letting down my guard. Why is my only response to hurt to laugh, as if I think better of myself than I do? I hate this lack of self-control.
And so, if you happen to ask me the same question over and over, and my answer is always the same, then maybe you should take the hint that I'm serious. Honestly, today was triggering. I never get mad at y'all, but today, lunch was too much. I shouldn't have gone, but I also believe that you shouldn't have pushed me.
On another note, I've recently met a person who I both respect/admire deeply, yet I am not tempted to imitate him. I usually like copying different types of laughs (I have a collection of great laughs from other people), manners of speech (I once met a Korean girl at the mall and liked her voice's rhythm so much that I copied it for days) , and clean profanity (most commonly heard during my single's matches). In this case... well. cool.
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