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mucholderthandirt

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8. I thought I was the only one who knew of this theory/phenomenon!

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2026, 12:47 PM

13 hrs ago

Read the book back in the early 80s and it explained so much about how stupid people get put in charge of things they have no clue how to do. It drove me crazy for years, trying to explain it to people, because if you watch media, or read, only the smart people advance, but that's just not how it works. The idiots, the ass kissers, the people useful to higher management, that's who gets the jobs.

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I thought I was the only one who knew of this theory/phenomenon! mucholderthandirt 13 hrs ago #8