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Seven Tricks Your Mind Plays on You (and How to Fight Back) The Snarky Voice in Your Head Is Killing Your Productivity; Here’s How to Stop It. SExpand I'm pretty sure no one in their right mind would tell George Carlin to "Just be nice". There are also obvious merits to being a snark, like the ability to speak what's really on your mind. Not just smile, act dumb, and play along. The difference is that George Carlin was a comedian. Not a philosopher, not your coworker, not your best friend. In fact, one of the examples that one of our psychologists uses frequently that didn't make it into the article as an opportunity for effective snark and sarcasm is in comedy, and if you're practicing a stand-up routine. Even so, George Carlin was a very funny man, and said some great things, but he also said a lot of rude and awful things that no one would in their right mind believe or take to heart, mostly in the name of attention-getting, but never mistake his comedy for legitimate commentary.

Why So Many People Can't Make Decisions. Control Your Emotions. Personality Test Quiz. Www.purdue.edu/usp/pdfs/mbtiresources/INTP.pdf.