78% said they had lied to appear smarter

[vetran]

Britons 'lying to appear smarter' - Independent.ie

A survey of 2,000 people found 78% said they had lied to appear smarter, with around two-thirds (62%) pretending to have read books including Crime And Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Other tactics people used included pretending to know about wine and correcting other people's grammar.

there you go you Grammar Nazis.

[doodab]

Why not just read some books and become smarter?

******* nation of useless dumbdoodabs.

[Spacecadet]

******* nation of useless dumbdoodabs.

Not the first time the Irish have been called thick

[Mich the Tester]

Does that mean that 22% are too stupid to blag?


(no I know it doesn't, spare me the long statistics explanations)

[doodab]

******* nation of useless dumbdoodabs.

Oops. sorry.

[Old Greg]

Britons 'lying to appear smarter' - Independent.ie



there you go you Grammar Nazis.

You need a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence.

[Mich the Tester]

You need a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence.

Z there you go you Grammar Nazis.

Better?

[Old Greg]

Z there you go you Grammar Nazis.

Better?

Better.

[d000hg]

Why not just read some books and become smarter?

Because reading novels, even pretentious ones, doesn't make you smarter merely better read.

[vetran]

You need a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence.

Yes, it's like goldy and bronzy only it's made out of iron.

OBAQ!