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[–] volcel_olive_oil@hexbear.net 35 points 1 week ago (3 children)

A: I did thing (lie)
B: You obviously can not do thing
A: Yes I can, I'll prove it!
A then proceeds to fail miserably at doing thing

Is there a word for this? I'm looking for something a little stronger than "hubris".

[–] Hexboare@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago

Delusions of grandeur?

[–] Doctor_Satan@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ask the Germans. I bet they have a word for it.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

the way things have been going, that word is probably "antisemitismus"

[–] REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 week ago

A then proceeds to fail miserably at doing thing

Failed at a trivial scale of the thing.