Le Parisien, the French newspaper, wrote scathingly: “To have the worst soccer team at the World Cup was almost unbearable. To also have the most stupid is intolerable.”

And, I have a new tag.

Ok, you know what, I have to say this here, because I absolutely have to stop over there because I'm making an ass of myself.

I know Dallas is plastic and there's stuff I hate about it, and yes, it's downtown has traditionally been a barren dead thing post 5 pm. But a lot of residences have opened up and there are things to do there and the streets don't just empty out once all us corporate types have gone home.

I know it's the hipster thing to do to bag on the part of town that has Neiman's, but you know what? I like that place too! It's hyperbole at best and lazy at worst to say that downtown has nothing particularly when that's where the FUCKING ARTS DISTRICT IS YOU EDGIER THAN THOU MORONS!

Thank you.

Funny how one runs into things on the web. Weren't we talking just a few hours ago about the too-stupid-to-know-it crowd? Turns out there's a name for that. Anosognosia.

Yeah, that NYT article has been linked to once or twice in the last few days....

Ah, sorry for the repetition. I'm a skipper.

...but I don't think the word 'anosognosia' was mentioned....

Yeah, fuck it. I need to be done. Apparently "wasteland" is not an accurate rephrasing of the term "cricket farm" and my opinion doesn't really count because I'm not from here.

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DJ, you need to hang out with some face-to-face smart people. Drinks are indicated. Can you get out for that?

And you know what? This very thing would be one of the things I actually do hate about Dallas. Stuff dies because everyone is so quick to declare things sucky.

Like in what world is this not an awesome park people would totes visit? [link] Also, we have a skating rink downtown!