“I Don’t Know” is Not a Dirty Phrase

So start using it.

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There are some people (men) who love to hear the sound of their own voice.

Ask them a question about anything, and you’ll either get a condescending explanation of how they’re an expert in the field and know everything about it. Or, God help you, if you don’t actually know, you’ll be subjected to their best guess.

Except they’ll frame it as fact.

Because they’re the man. They know best.

And it’s not just with the big things. Sure, men love to pontificate about politics. Especially those who consider themselves woke (/Republi-woke) just because they watch CNN / MSNBC / HuffPo (/Fox News/Info Wars) and ingest their bullshit through passive osmosis 24 hours a day.

Those guys know the answers to Israel and The Middle East, if just the entire world would sit down and listen to them. But, of course, since nobody does listen to them, they’re left to bitch about how much better the world would be if everybody’d stop what they’re doing and take note of their random opinion.

That’s one thing. But then you get it with the simple shit.

Like, say, when somebody’s coming home.

“Well, they’re leaving the airport at 4:00, and it’s a three hour drive from…