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The smartest guy in the room could also be strangely inept at reading the room.

The authors debunk commonly held myths that cast senior citizens as inept, scam-prone users of the internet.

Gunpowder started to change that, but early firearms were comically inept.

“We spoke a lot about what kind of man Gustav was — the paradox of someone who can see people so clearly in his art yet be so clumsy and inept in his real life.”

Several narratives thread through “Down Cemetery Road” — this being from Herron, it isn’t surprising that corrupt and inept government officials are trying to cover up a crime with more crime, much of it quite violent.