The Midwit Love of Complexity

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Smart Man make big thought small.

Dumb Man make small thought big.

Dumb Man do it because afraid of looking dumb.

So Dumb Man make thought hard.

He think he look smart.

But Smart Man not dumb.

He know Dumb Man dumb - and extra dumb when try not look so.

But why?

Why Dumb Man think Smart Man like hard?

Smart Man not like hard. It hard.

And what Dumb Man make hard?

Can Dumb Man hard be not hard?

Smart man think so.

The Midwit Complex

Dumb not know smart.

Dumb Man want be big man.

That okay.

But Dumb Man small man.

Dumb Man not like it.

Yet Dumb Man not dumbest man.

Dumb Man just dumb. Not extra dumb.

Dumb Man know it.

Dumb Man smart man when with Dumbest Man.

So Dumb Man act Smart Man.

But Dumb Man bad actor.

And not smart.

Dumb Man try anyway.

Dumb Man do smart man things.

But he wrong about smart man things.

So he do dumb man smart man things.

Smart Man not like it.

Why Midwits Poop Complexity

Big brain make big thought. Big mouth make big word.

Dumb Man want look smart.

But he not smart.

So how look smart?

Big word look smart.

Big sentence look smart too.

So big sentence with big word look double smart.

And more look double smart look more smart.

So Dumb Man try look double smart.

Dumb Man fail.

But Dumb Man not know.

Spotting Fake Complexity

Hard word make lie easy.

Life easy.

That good.

Dumb Man make it hard.

That bad.

Some things hard because hard.

Some things hard because Dumb Man.

How tell?

Smart Man knows some.

But not all.

Dumb Man like big word.

But small thoughts.

Smart Man like small word.

But big thoughts.

So big word mean Dumb Man.

Small word mean Smart Man.

It not always right.

But right enough.

How to Break Midwit

Dumb Man Wide Man. Not Deep Man.

Dumb Man not smart man.

He know it.

He hate it.

Dumb Man make thing hard.

Hard bad.

Dumb Man do it because want look smart.

Must stop Dumb Man.

But how?

Dumb Man know Dumb Man dumb man.

So Dumb Man not learn.

But Dumb Man act Smart Man.

He bad actor.

Smart Man better at Smart Man.

Smart Man show it.

Dumb Man quiet.

Dumb Man try change subject.

Smart Man not let it.

Smart Man make Dumb Man face Smart Man.

That break Dumb Man.

How to Fix Midwit

Dumb Man be Good Man when Simple Man.

Dumb Man want be smart man.

But he not smart.

He not anything.

Maybe Dumb Man be Cool Man.

Or Rich Man.

Or Brave Man.

But no.

Dumb Man not cool.

Or rich.

Or brave.

What can Dumb Man be?

Dumb Man can be Good Man.

But what make Good Man Good Man?

Good Man good man.

But what good?

God good.

Dumb Man but god man be Good Man.

It simple.

Simple good.

Simple God.