In an ancient George Carlin bit, a character named Tondelayo Breckenridge is asked "Which pile of laundry is the whiter of the two?"
"Uhm...the blue pile," is the response.
Which illustrates a point that people, for some reason I have never quite been able to fathom, seem to enjoy making things far more difficult than they need to be. I can understand the desire to seek a challenge once in a while, but being a fucking idiot for the sake of being a fucking idiot is...well, fucking idiotic. For example, I work with a guy--Marky DeSade--who will often find the hardest, most difficult, most time-consuming way in which to perform some of the simplest tasks imaginable and then, later, will bitch about how hard he had to work and how no-one else pulls their weight, as if doing something in the hardest possible manner somehow justifies his position. It's ultimately pointless and...well, fucking idiotic.
Take a look at the following words:
ESPECIALLY.
ESPRESSO.
ESCAPE.
Say them out loud. Slowly.
Do you see an X in these words?
Then why the Hell would you pronounce them with one!?
It's bad enough that there are knuckle-dragging mouth-breathers out there who feel they have to pronounce the silent B in "subtle," but why--why--add a letter that doesn't naturally occur? Stop adding letters! Stop making it harder than it needs to be! It's like hearing people say "The Specific Ocean."
The what?
Loser says what?