Highly Literal Jokes And Moments That Are Absolutely Not Wrong

Eric Lund

Sep 5, 2021 9:00 AM EDT

It's weird to meet someone who's extremely smart. Like they'll have multiple doctorates and a wall covered in books they've actually read, and every time you mention a fun fact they explain to you exactly why that fact is actually misleading, and that it's not pronounced "nucular." With all this correctness in one mind, the rest of us feel like we're at a disadvantage in trying to sound smart. But in actuality, we just need to shift our thinking about what "technically correct" can mean. Does this make us complicit purveyors of our own nincompoopery? Yes. Yes it does.

We can't all be geniuses and we don't want to read books, so sometimes we have to settle for not-wrong moments of technical accuracy. Being clever isn't the same as being smart, but it's definitely something that will get you through a job interview. So hike up those socks and step into highly literal moments of technical accuracy.