Arguing with invisible people in my head

Pornography for your ego

Dave Gutteridge
6 min readOct 15, 2019

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A boxer, in a ring, along, throwing punches at no one.

Apparently the French call it esprit de l’escalier, which I think translates to “staircase wit”. It’s for that situation when you think of the perfect comeback for something someone said to you earlier. It’s as if you’re walking up some stairs, long after some argument you lost, and you think, “goddamn it, I should have said…”

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Dave Gutteridge

I write thought-provoking pieces on ethics, relationships, and philosophy with honesty and vulnerability, often inspired by experiences and pop culture.