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...give the impression that the content is more valid or intelligent.” Harvard students, too, confess an attachment to their thesauri—in moderation. “If you use a thesaurus, it’s obviously going to make you look like an idiot if you don’t know the meaning of the words,” said Shawn J. Hilgendorf ’10. “But if you are choosing more complex or exact terminology I think it would make you look smarter,” he added...

Author: By Carolyn F. Gaebler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bigger Isn't Always Better | 10/18/2006 | See Source »

Let’s just say my future spouse had better like Big Twelve football, be able to order at a Mexican restaurant with confidence, and really know how to pull off boots occasionally without looking like a total idiot...

Author: By Sara J. Culver, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: DEAR SARA | 10/16/2006 | See Source »

...Usually The Crimson…I’m going to look like such an idiot...

Author: By Evan M. Vittor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Roving Reporter: Google Buys YouTube | 10/12/2006 | See Source »

...Grossman had experienced the cyberslander that is so prevalent in Internet blogging. Unfortunately, the Internet has allowed anyone with a computer to pretend to be an expert on anything. No matter how uninformed, unintelligent or unrestrained people may be, they can declare themselves authorities and everyone else complete idiots. Since our society loves sensationalism over substance, such ranting gets more attention than legitimate literature. So maybe the bloggers are right after all. Perhaps trying to produce a thoughtful, responsible opinion makes you an idiot in the desolate wasteland of bloggerspace. Clark Gerhart Hazleton, Pennsylvania...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Chilling Preview of War | 10/10/2006 | See Source »

...Grossman had experienced the cyberslander that is so prevalent in Internet blogging. Unfortunately, the Internet has allowed anyone with a computer to pretend to be an expert on anything. No matter how uninformed, unintelligent or unrestrained people may be, they can declare themselves authorities and everyone else complete idiots. Since our society loves sensationalism over substance, such ranting gets more attention than legitimate literature. So maybe the bloggers are right after all. Perhaps trying to produce a thoughtful, responsible opinion makes you an idiot in the desolate wasteland of bloggerspace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 16, 2006 | 10/8/2006 | See Source »

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