Think, you puling woodchuck-wannabees!

I'm a Mandarin!

You're an intellectual, and you've worked hard to get where you are now. You're a strong believer in education, and you think many of the world's problems could be solved if people were more informed and more rational. You have no tolerance for sloppy or lazy thinking. It frustrates you when people who are ignorant or dishonest rise to positions of power. You believe that people can make a difference in the world, and you're determined to try.

Talent: 23%
Lifer: 44%
Mandarin: 72%

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No surprises there....

If you need help exercising your mind, this Mandarin heartily recommends

• science fiction: Early Bengali science fiction is on the agenda today
• law: bicycle searches incident to arrest. What's to search on a bicycle...
• Public Relations: Don't joke about your job, not if your job matters.
• Technology: You own your computer. But you don't control it.
• Recess: Carnival of Kid Comedy is up! (Book Titles You'll Never See [can't do anything about the auto-play video except pause it, sorry] and invisibility)

There. Go learn something today. I did.

Update:

I cannot stop at every chaotic scene like this; I have an appointment with some pygmies. Besides, my UN escort says cheerfully, “This is a warzone, so we shouldn’t stop like this. Oh, don’t worry. They won’t shoot you. Just make you carry their things and rape you a bit.”

Think it's not your problem? Think again, and ask yourself what our government can or should be doing about this. Because it can and it should.