Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Life Got You Down?

Dear English Answer Man:
Why is it that life has been getting me down?
-submitted by Chinchilla Spice

Chinchilla:
Sometimes the truth hurts, and perhaps that is why it is often so difficult to detect. There are two possible reasons why life is getting you down.

1) You are simply a more interesting person than the people you hang around with. For example, if you make all A's on tests, even one B will bring your percentage down. Imagine the tragic effect a C, a D, or, forgive me for even mentioning it, an F would have on your grade? The same is true of people. The trick is to hang out with the A's. I would venture to guess you've been fraternizing with quite a few C's as of late.

2)You are the sort of person who actually thinks #1 is good advice. Worse, you see yourself as an A, and everyone around you as B's, C's, and D's. Your ego is quite enormous, and in fact it is so morbidly large that it allows no room for meaningful interaction with other people. Compared to you, everyone else is sad, lonely little loser. Life would have me down too if I were you, Chinchilla.  

Thank you, for writing in with that question, and I encourage you to write again soon!


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