it feels stupid to ask stupid questions

October 3rd, 2005

Even if you have every excuse not to know the answer. Like if I'm talking to a person I just met who is from Sudan, I won't know the most basic things about their country or culture or anything. And frankly, I have ever reason not to know, because I've never met anyone from Sudan, I've never taken a class on Sudan, I've never read a book about Sudan. But if I meet a person from Sudan, I'll feel like an idiot asking what language they speak or what religion they have. Because if someone asked me that about my country, I would look at them funny. You're supposed to know those things. Yet sometimes you have no way of knowing.

:: random entries in this category ::

• fun is doing what you're not supposed to
• zooming through deadlines
• the national trademark

This entry was posted on Monday, October 3rd, 2005 at 10:00 p.m. and is filed under en, observations.

2 Responses to "it feels stupid to ask stupid questions"

1. Erik says:

   October 4, 2005 at 12:28 a.m.  

   I never ask because I don't care either. Just skip all the crap and go straight to "Lovely weather today innit" :D

2. numerodix says:

   October 4, 2005 at 11:18 a.m.  

   Ah yes, the conversation life support machine :D