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The common phrase "I know just enough [blank] to make me dangerous"
Posted on 3/31/15 at 1:43 pm
Posted on 3/31/15 at 1:43 pm
I just heard a dude tell the CEO, "I know just enough history to make me dangerous," and then follow that statement with an inaccurate historical statement.
What the frick does that mean? How can knowing very little history somehow make you a dangerous person?
Don't get me wrong, I understand what "I know just enough [blank] to make me dangerous" means.
I just think that phrase is overused. It annoys me. My experience has been that almost every person who says this often uses it FAR too much. It begins to define someone as a pretentious individual who believes they are rather intelligent when in fact they are certified jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none.
What the frick does that mean? How can knowing very little history somehow make you a dangerous person?
Don't get me wrong, I understand what "I know just enough [blank] to make me dangerous" means.
I just think that phrase is overused. It annoys me. My experience has been that almost every person who says this often uses it FAR too much. It begins to define someone as a pretentious individual who believes they are rather intelligent when in fact they are certified jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none.
This post was edited on 3/31/15 at 1:44 pm
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Posted on 3/31/15 at 1:44 pm to mizzoukills
I've never heard anyone say that phrase before.
Posted on 3/31/15 at 1:44 pm to mizzoukills
I take it as someone using self-deprecating humor to warn everyone that they don't know what they are talking about.
Posted on 3/31/15 at 1:45 pm to mizzoukills
I'm curious to know what his historical inaccuracy was.
Posted on 3/31/15 at 1:45 pm to mizzoukills
I would take GCS/Oweo back to get rid of you. That's how bad you are.
Posted on 3/31/15 at 1:45 pm to WG_Dawg
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I've never heard anyone say that phrase before.
Same. This guy must hang around some real losers.
He could say: I know just enough losers to make me dangerous.
Posted on 3/31/15 at 1:46 pm to mizzoukills
I know just enough about auto-erotic asphyxia to make me dangerous.
Posted on 3/31/15 at 1:46 pm to stout
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I would take GCS/Oweo back to get rid of you. That's how bad you are.
Quoted.
And holy frick.
Posted on 3/31/15 at 1:47 pm to mizzoukills
It means that someone knows just enough to talk out of their arse and act knowledgeable on a subject. The danger aspect comes in when their interperetation or "knowledge" of or on a subject gets taken for fact by another person and is put into use as if it were gospel on a matter.
This post was edited on 3/31/15 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 3/31/15 at 1:47 pm to Bumble Bee
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I'm curious to know what his historical inaccuracy was.
Claimed that Franklin Roosevelt created the Federal Reserve...
Posted on 3/31/15 at 1:48 pm to mizzoukills
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mizzoukills
Man, you just start a thread about every little thing that pops in your head, don't you? Most people that have friends IRL have these conversations around the water cooler. I guess that's not the case for you, is it?
Posted on 3/31/15 at 1:49 pm to ClientNumber9
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Man, you just start a thread about every little thing that pops in your head, don't you?
Certainly! Just like every other winner on this site!
Posted on 3/31/15 at 1:49 pm to mizzoukills
That was Herbie Hancock
Posted on 3/31/15 at 1:50 pm to mizzoukills
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I just heard a dude tell the CEO
Your CEO:
Posted on 3/31/15 at 1:50 pm to mizzoukills
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Claimed that Franklin Roosevelt created the Federal Reserve...
How does that make him dangerous?
Posted on 3/31/15 at 1:51 pm to ClientNumber9
How often are you around water coolers with your friends? I haven't been around a water cooler since my previous job, ~3 years ago and I didn't work with any friends. 
Posted on 3/31/15 at 1:51 pm to mizzoukills
quote:karate
"I know just enough [blank] to make me dangerous"
Posted on 3/31/15 at 1:51 pm to WG_Dawg
quote:I haven't either, but contextually I know what it's trying to accomplish...
I've never heard anyone say that phrase before.
Posted on 3/31/15 at 1:52 pm to mizzoukills
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"I know just enough [blank] to make me dangerous
Kung Fu
lawyers
OT investigators
White Supremacists
Italians Car salesman
Ice cream vendors...
Posted on 3/31/15 at 1:52 pm to mizzoukills
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I've never heard anyone say that phrase before.
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