Philosophical Idiots

Have you ever met someone who uses all sorts of big words when discussing things they know absolutely nothing about in order to make themselves seem knowledgeable? I ran into what I would like to deem "a philosophical idiot" today. He was attempting to talk to me about poetry. And simply because he had learned a few poetic terms in seventh grade and he was a couple years older than I, he decided to try and impress me. When he got to the term onomatopoeia, which just so happens to be one of my absolute favorite words, I simply said, "Spell it". He looked really stupid, of course. Then I proceeded to spit a freestyle all about how stupid he was and how he was going about his poetry all wrong. Then I said, "Now you see what I did there? I wasn't thinking alliteration or onomatopoeia. I was feeling it. And when you do that, those technical things don't matter. You're just automatically poetic".

I hate when people automatically assume what you do or don't know based on your age, sex, race, or even your choice to remain silent. To me, that is ignorance at its best. So the next time someone comes up to you trying to tell you about what it is that you do and you know you know, break them down and make them look like the fuckin' douchebags they are.

~Justice