Jeez 'jb', give a guy a break. I have taken my lickin for being a classic dunce on sljb with grace and good humor, so let me take a little credit for, as you say, "being smart enough" to avoid that one.
Listen John, I don't think you're stupid for hanging doggedly to hope on sljb. Frankly I haven't found a name for the trait of character that would cause this strange effect on otherwise (I'm assuming here) normal people.
Lighten up dude, I, and I suspect a lot of others here, wish you only the best.