I am sitting on the train as usual. At this point I don't even pretend to avoid people on the train, the dumbest people are drawn to me like a moth to flame.
I find myself unabashedly listening to the discussion of two people across the aisle from me. A large bearded man and a woman in her late forties(ish?).
Man: "Did you know that cocoa and cocaine come from the same plant? Amazing that such different things can come from the same source!"
Woman: That is astounding! Are you sure?
Man: (leaning over toward me) She doesn't believe me, you know that don't you? You tell her!
Me: Well, actually they aren't the same at all. Cocoa comes from the cocoa bean and Cocaine comes from the Coca plant. They aren't even in the same genus.
Man: What, are you some kind of botanist?
Me: For the purposes of this conversation? Yes, I am.
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Dude! It's all those books you read. I'd just agree with him to shut him up!
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