But did you bother to know a thing or two about the law?

FORBES: Privacy Lawyer Aaron Titus's Robocall Prank Possibly Illegal, Still Funny

This is smart and endearing for a while, but you soon want to ask: why bother?

NEWYORKER: The Good German

For Greece, the reality is that all the options from this point are bad, but default only looks like the obvious worst option when you don't bother to compare it with the realistic alternatives.

BBC: Greece: the default calculus