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No actual person talks like that —- and if they really did, they’ve taken on the role of a fictional character. Which says a lot about the clientele either way.

I skimmed a bit here and there after that but this comes off as plain grandiosity. Even the title is a line you can imagine a hollywood character speaking out loud as they look into the camera, before giving a smug smirk.






I assumed that the stuff in quotes was a summary of the general gist of the conversations he had, not a word for word quote.

I don't think GP objects to the literalness, as much as to the "I am known for always being right and I acknowledge it", which comes off as.. not humble.

He is known for that, right or wrong.

I mean, Scott's been wrong on plenty of issues, but of course he is not wont to admit that on his own blog.

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0.o

> No actual person talks like that

I think it is plausible that there are people (readers) that find other people (bloggers) basically always right, and that would be the first think they would say to them if they met them. n=1, but there are some bloggers that I think are basically always right, and I am socially bad, so there is no telling what would I blurt out if I met them.




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