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Re:The Rise of the Fidget Spinner and the Fall of the Well-M... by crikli on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @05:02PM (#15242640)
What does "IYI" mean?
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Re:The Rise of the Fidget Spinner and the Fall of the Well-M... by theothermkn on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @05:04PM (#15242665)
Google tells me "Intellectual Yet Idiot." The #iamverysmart police seem to need new cover, IMO.
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Re:The Rise of the Fidget Spinner and the Fall of the Well-M... by crikli on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @05:06PM (#15242683)
Thanks! For some reason that didn't come up, all I got was an urban dictionary reference that didn't seem in context.

Wonder of this article is the source? https://medium.com/incerto/the-intellectual-yet-idiot-13211e...

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Re:The Rise of the Fidget Spinner and the Fall of the Well-M... by r1chard5mith on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @07:51PM (#15243829)
I think the term was coined by Nassim Taleb https://medium.com/incerto/the-intellectual-yet-idiot-13211e...
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