The Spork Theory

Many of you are probably familiar with Spoon Theory, summarized as "Christine Miserandino's personal story and analogy of what it is like to live with sickness or disability."

I would like to propose a new theory, one which builds upon this model and explores what it's like to live with people's stupidity.  I'm calling it Spork Theory.

Imagine you have a dozen sporks.  Over the course of each day, it's likely you'll encounter stupidity, and you'll have the urge to stab it with a spork.  For...