Pepperoni 🍕

"How much is it for a large pizza?"

"Uhh- I don't know"

"Gee, you're so helpful."

"Do I look like I've got the social life to be ordering pizzas regularly?"

"Tsk- Dis called general knowledge."

"Ha, at least I know about Trump."

"Huh?"

"Pffft, that's the kind of general knowledge that I'm talking about."



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There you go,
A typical conversation between my brother and I.

Don't get me wrong though, not reading the news doesn't mean that you're non-intelligent,
It's just that your interests lie elsewhere.

Here is where many of us aren't interested in politics
And (I don't want to generalize)
I happen to have met dozens who discuss the news and elections,
But that's probably because of the kind of school that I'm in, and the GP essays that we have to write (in which case it is out of academic pursuit that we pursue general knowledge)

There are groups of people out there who aren't keen to know about what's happening in this world, too.

Still, I find it too judgmental to call such people dumb-
Ignorant, maybe
And this may be coming from the fact that I love this place,
But it is quite common to be apathetic towards politics or otherwise
So I wouldn't ever think of such people as 'less', or myself as the 'betters',
Because my parents are sorta like that: They're a little stagnant, and we can't converse about the world, or my other hobbies
But through the mundane we share, we enjoy, and that is the way it is here.

It is kind of a bummer, the way they share trivial details and talk about the price of vegetables, but it's not like my parents are going to evolve, soo...

I can't cover all groups here, but I hope that at least it sheds light on the fact that not knowing doesn't mean that we're lesser-
It just means that personally I am going to try to read up more (because I too am wading around in ignorance)
And hope to be someone interesting enough for such conversations in the future.
On the other hand, acceptance is key.


(And teasing my brother is fun, too)
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Oh, and if you're interested, the pizza arrived and

"Ask if he can give us the late coupon for a free pizza."

"Oh." I turn, handing the money over.
"Could we have the late coupon?"

"Late coupon is only when we're late."

"Oh, okay. Thank you."

To me, it was a simple request.
Then, the delivery guy left.

"Why didn't you ask properly?!"

"Wha- I.. did though?"

"You should have been-"
And here he did a girly wriggle and lotsa impressions that'd be disturbing if you read them, sooooooo
Let's just gracefully evade that, shall we?

"Well why didn't you do it then?" I retort,

And he replied with "I'm a guy! You're a girl!" As though that explained everything.

"What does that even mean?!"

"I was expecting some sort of performance y'know- Nice and sweet- you were so pissed!"

"Well sorry I'm not like you and can't flirt- I don't use my pheromones for a flipping coupon!"

(If you didn't realise, we shout a loooott..)

"But he's a guy! Nobody likes guys!!"

"You were shirtless, you could have pulled it off!"











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Yeahhhh....

I may love acting
But I just don't act in real life-
Not even close.