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Ass-U-Me

PROMPT November 18th

What is something that most people misunderstand or wrongly assume about you?

I've sometimes been mistaken for someone who gives a damn.

Nope, I hoard my damns like they're gold. Never know when you're going to need one. Like when you pop off the highway onto a scenic overlook in the Rockies, take in an eyeful of the vista and go, "Damn!"

Or, you know, you get a good look at the enormous hunk of concrete at the south end of Lake Mead and go, "Dam!"

Can't just go around giving damns away like Halloween candy. Those things are valuable.

Other than that, well, I'm not coming up with much. Some people at bars have said stuff to me about sports, probably on the assumption that I'm in the bar to watch the ubiquitous TVs, I guess because I'm a dude. But no, I'm there to drink. That's what a bar is for. That and using the bartender as a low-cost therapist. I generally ignore the screens, and I know that sports exist and that's about the extent of it.

There are some attributes I try to cultivate as protective camouflage, though. I generally don't wear my thoughts about politics or religion on my clothing or car. So sometimes people assume I have a certain political orientation based, I'd assume, on my demographics.

But, since I do it on purpose... I don't give a damn.