Comments on: Misinformation

By: Revanche

Revanche — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:40:50 +0000

Blech. I have two uncles of the very same ilk, and it drives me up the wall. They cornered me at my grandmother’s funeral, no less, to tell me all about what I had to do to make sure I got into a good college. Two. Years. After. I’d. Graduated. Oh, and? ’twas really bad advice they were giving in the first place.

That was just aggravating, but I cringe to think of all the other times they pontificate on matters they knew nothing about, and how many people might actually buy that BS.

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By: Simple Life

Simple Life — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:07:23 +0000

wow. man. I enjoyed the post very much!

i have similar pet peeve, people who talk louder than they work usually are bshter and they aren’t very knowledgable. I avoid these kind of people i dont deal with them. I like to stay in the circle of competence, i like people who has more questions than answers, who pursue for the truth…

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:14:15 +0000

Whew! Hot topic. The bad thing about B.S. inlaws is even if you can ignore them, they might sound sensible to the person marrying into your family.

By: Mr. Cheap

Mr. Cheap — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:38:50 +0000

Jerry: I’m the same. Some people have the ability to quietly ignore BS & rip offs and keep cordially interacting with the person. I’m not one of them.

Mike: I believe you are right as always!

Gates: Truth be told, I hang out with them as little as possible (its down to almost not at all).

By: Gates VP

Gates VP — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:12:00 +0000

Man, that’s a great echo of my thoughts on Rich Dad, Poor Dad.

And honestly, misinformation is likely my biggest pet peeves. People mindlessly propagating lies just really gets my goat. In fact, I’ve stopped watching most mainstream media b/c the reporters simply don’t know enough to be any good at their job. And the truth is, they make 50k / year, not 150k year so the people who are bright enough to be quality reporters are making more money elsewhere.

My job deals with hundreds of gigs of data (daily). I can tell you that the worst programming problem isn’t missing data it’s incorrect data presented as actual data. I almost lost a job when I called BS on a few other contractors where I worked. Needless to say I left b/c I didn’t feel like working with that type of insanity.

Sometimes I wonder if it’s a hubris thing, but generally I’m just a really interested guy. I don’t know that I’d be able to hang out with your uncles if they were my uncles, bully to you for doing so

By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:59:11 +0000

Great post – I think seeing through the crap is one of the few benefits of age..

Some people just aren�t very bright and a subset of these people are highly opinionated.

First I would edit this to say a “large subset” and also to point out that this describes the upper management at my company!

Mike

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:53:03 +0000

It’s different when it’s family, of course. I have some uncles who are complete BS-ers, but they are not trying to rip people off by selling them a bill of goods. They are just trying to look cooler than they are. I make a mental note when someone tries to rip me off and will go out of my way not to do business with them in the future, whether it’s retail, insurance, medical, or any other transaction.
Jerry