We both know
Hilarious. Jolyon Maugham has published a book. The Times has a disdainful review. JK Rowling remarked on the review.
So what does the notoriously pompous self-admiring barrister do? He tells her – chummily calling her “Jo” as if they were friends which they are NOT – she should read it.
“We both know” ffs – as if she automatically thinks exactly what he thinks about the matter – i.e. about how impossible it is that he Jolyon Maugham could have written a bad book. Why would she admire his book as much as he does? Why would she take the same view of his critics that he does? That’s some badly broken theory of mind right there. “We both know, Jo, that you admire me as much as I admire me.”
Then he tells a huge lie.
They both know no such thing, because it’s not true.
Fools rush in……
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This has been amusing me all day. People have been posting pictures to illustrate his words. Great stuff.
He’s doing himself all kinds of good today.
How could a man who presents so plainly as an adult behave so childishly? Does he ever act like a grown up?
I am genuinely baffled on that point.
I think I have it. He’s like Trump. He completely lacks a theory of mind; he can only believe that everyone thinks exactly as he does, and therefore that there must be some other reason–no doubt very sinister–they don’t agree with his every utterance.
Heh, I know, I mentioned his badly broken theory of mind in the post. It’s SO broken.
Er, Jolyon trying to get your opponents to shut up with polite private discussions is no more de-escalating than hitting them in the head with. . . Well, let’s just say we all remember how you de-escalated your dispute with that poor fox.