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by mrhappyunhappy 2445 days ago
Would you rather be a happy idiot or a miserable know-it-all?
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PavlovsCat 2445 days ago
> It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools.

-- Spanish Proverb

I agree, especially since the fools are the major source of things to weep about.

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bproctor 2445 days ago
A happy idiot I guess. Since the miserable know-it-all is actually also an idiot, they just don't know it. So they're just a miserable idiot.
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mapcars 2445 days ago
Can you really know-it-all? I mean really, whole Universe with its infinity in all depth and dimension? No, this is what makes you miserable not the knowledge itself - but taking on an impossible quest and knowing it but pretending you don't know.
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phs318u 2445 days ago
Perhaps the know-it-all is miserable because they’re acutely aware that they’re outnumbered by happy idiots?
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