Friday, July 23, 2010

Can you bullshit a bullshitter?

My post today is about a special type of person in this world. This person, much like a musical prodigy, is born with an accelerated inherent skill. This skill dear world, is universally known as "bullshitting". Being not the best bullshitter, I occasionally find myself coveting the bullshitter in my presence. What is the appeal of the bullshitter? The bullshitter has great appeal. The bullshitter can make a disgusting dump sound like a 5-star hotel, make a strong case for a certain project or activity that will benefit them and no one else, and make themselves seem like they are the end all and be all on everything in the universe. From experience, I have found that these said bullshitters are also extremely pretentious. Pretentious like a cupcake. Think about that statement.

So what does it take to become an accomplished bullshitter? Well, seeing as though most of us are not bullshitting prodigies, I have come up with a list of things we can all do to become competent bullshitters:

A. Read this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric and brush up on your ethos, pathos, and logos. To master bullshitting is to have mastered the 3 modes of persuasion.

B. Smile a lot when you are describing and event, discussing something you did, or would like to do. Occasionally showing a big open mouthed smile while describing an event will have people eating out of the palm of your hand.

C. Work on your sad, happy, concerned and disgusted facial descriptions.

D. Keep your head pompously up and eyes sternly focused on an object of your affection.

E. Learn how to incorporate big scientific words and facts into your conversations. This makes people believe that you REALLY know what you're talking about.

That is all for now. As I study and learn more about the art of bullshitting, I will dedicate another post to it.

Good night America, and happy bullshitting.

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