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People Who've Pretended To Be Dumber Than They Really Are Explain Why They Did It
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Just about everyone has made a sizable effort to make themselves appear smart.

Be it to impress a potential boss, a prospective client, a first date, or the parents of your significant other, people often will use big words, make bizarre references that only a select few would understand, or simply nod along and laugh even though they haven't the foggiest idea what's going on.

Surprisingly, people also pretend to be less intelligent than they are almost just as frequently.

What's more, people usually tend to "play dumb" for the same reasons they try to appear smarter than they actually are, as a way to impress or climb up a social ladder.

Of course, people also play dumb for many other, sometimes bizarre reasons.

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