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Yes. Yet I'm not surprised in retrospect. Contempt is the brain killer. At least, that is the one state that I've learned provokes me to simple mistakes. Far more than drunkenness for example. Every time I've said stupid things (in my best retrospective judgement) it has been when the context has provoked me to contempt. Sometimes I remember to eject before it is too late but I evidently haven't fully made a habit of it just yet.
Almost every time for me. I've managed one or two stupidities even without that preparation.
It's just so much more embarrassing to realise that other people being foolish doesn't preclude being stupid myself. :P