You don't look so smart.

A “People who use the word X don’t seem smart.” B “People who make the statement, ‘People who use the word ~ don’t seem to be smart’ don’t seem to be smart either.”

• boomerang joke

from [/villagepump/words that seem unwise](https://scrapbox.io/villagepump/words that seem unwise). If someone says they feel like they don’t look smart, I don’t think they need to conform to that at all.

• “Someone X said, ‘People who use the word A don’t seem smart’” is not equal to “People who use the word A are not smart.”
  • I mean, the real problem is that X may not be smart enough…
  • The statement “People who use the word ~ don’t seem smart.” doesn’t seem smart! (Boomerang!)

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