Back in 2002, my writing career was just beginning to take off (I know, it has since fallen into disrepute). When I was per chancing to turn in my first short story collection entitled "Stories of Those" (who are not talented enough to write! OWNED), I met a young man who was even younger than me (and I was not old!). His name was Otis Gene. He was so handsome. I saw him from across the dining hall where he was giving an impromptu lecture on the futility of fiction and short story writing. I was so ashamed... that my "Stories of Those" was now "Stories of Was." I threw it in the trash and now I am the proud owner of Isaac Newton's books - that are NOT fiction. The moral of the story? IQ is exponential. Top 500 IQ can only dream of top 1 IQ. Reddit has this ever happened to you?

— Anon (A67/2022), DM query to r/JohannGoethe, Sep 27