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George Costanza

"If every instinct you have is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right." If only Dan Gilbert had a friend like Jerry Seinfeld. After deducing that every human instinct he has is the wrong one, George Costanza decides to do the opposite while mulling it over with pal Jerry.  Instead of tuna salad, he orders chicken salad. When spotting a beautiful woman, he walks right up to her and asks her out. He gets a job with the New York Yankees after telling owner George Steinbrenner all of the ways he has run the Yankees into the ground: "A job with the New York Yankees! This has been the dream of my life ever since I was a child, and it's all happening because I'm completely ignoring every urge towards common sense and good judgement I've ever had. This is no longer just some crazy notion. Elaine, Jerry, this is my religion." Here, I will examine all of the ways that Dan Gilbert is like George Costanza: The summer of Dan! Inevitably, George g