Overheard at CMU
Person 1: "Look at these Jehovah's Witnesses proselytuting"
Person 2: "I think the correct term is 'sect work.' "
"I have a special ability, one I don't tell anyone about. I'm sort of a superhero. My power is that my card works at Chipotle on the first try, when for everyone else, they have to insert it twice. I try to stay humble. Y'know, keep it a secret. But you seem different. Something about you seems special."
Student 1: "Do you ever get depressed thinking about how there are prodigies half our age who can outsmart us?"
Student 2: "Nah. You never hear about those child prodigies once they grow up. They end up worse off. 'Child prodigy' is just a nice way of saying ''one hit wonder.' "
Student 1: "Hmm. But what about that one guy, from Fox News?"
Student 2: "Who, Ben Shapiro?"
Student 1: "Yeah"
Student 2: "He's still a child prodigy."
Student 1: "At 40 years old? He never grew out of it?"
Student 2: "Nope, might be the oldest child in the world at this point. I mean, listen to him."