These days, it’s difficult to watch the evening headlines or scroll through a news website without seeing a politician, celebrity, athlete or business leader in the spotlight for saying something stupid. Sure, you might laugh -- or wince -- at these gaffes and wonder aloud why anyone would ever think saying that was a good idea. Secretly, a part of you may sympathize with the clueless celebrity or the foot-in-mouth politician, because you’ve seen similar things happen in your own conversations: Jim in accounting shares a little too much about his weekend during a lunch conversation, your boss says something completely loony about a client, or your co-worker Sarah lays a nutty conspiracy theory on you during an informal chat in the hallway.
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