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Meteorologists are much more accurate much more of the time than financial pundits, but because everyone thinks they understand the weather, everyone feels like they're an expert.

The financial pundits have a great gig.

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I've often heard it said that people speak Russian better after they've drunk vodka. Does that mean that people speak Mandarin better after they've drunk báijiǔ (白酒)?