confessions

When was the moment you realized you’d never try to seem smarter or more impressive than you really are?

I’ll go first!

I was 16, talking to the school’s certified heartbreaker, and we were chatting about books. He asked if I’d read The Prince by Machiavelli. I had never even heard of it. Then he said he didn’t know anyone who’d actually read it and that I talk about books in such an interesting way, he’d love to discuss it.

Guess who spent the next week reading a 16th-century political theory classic. 

When I showed up ready to discuss, he looked surprised and said:
“Whoa, you really read it? That was 2Pac’s favorite book. I wanted to read it too, but it’s kinda heavy… did you like it?“

Yeah. Never again.

Aesthetic hunter • Bits of life from southern Germany

Lol what a poser that guy was 😆

Honestly I find it safer to seem dumber than I really am... The only drawback is that you can fall victim to mansplaining and it's hard not to cringe 😅

lo-fi casting • serial dabbler • foodie • dog owner • /framedl & /framedl-pro fam 💛💚