How do you deal with being the Smartest Person in the Room?

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SurfaceDetail: Feb 17, 2016; by Cowcaster

Hey all

So I have a pretty high IQ. Not super genius levels but statistically on any given day theres very little chance I'll run in to someone smarter than me.
Now you may think "Wow nice brag Surface about a good thing" Well turns out its not so great.

I'm a pretty successful guy overall with a high paying job, nice gaming rig, and good friends/family

But how do you deal with being surrounded by people stupider than you? Like you 'get' something and it takes all the people around you forever to figure it out.

How do you all connect with someone on a deep level that's just plain stupider than you? It narrows the dating pool a lot but luckily over the years I've met some smart girls.

How do fellow smarties get by?

# ? Jul 31, 2016 01:32

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# ? Apr 23, 2024 14:42

Isaac: Aug 3, 2006; Fun Shoe

I dont have two brain cells to rub together

# ? Jul 31, 2016 01:35

Elusif: Jun 9, 2008

THIS THREAD HAPPENED BEFORE

# ? Jul 31, 2016 01:36

Iron Prince: Aug 28, 2005; Buglord

i pride myself on being the retardedest guy in any given room

# ? Jul 31, 2016 01:36

gimme the GOD DAMN candy: Jul 1, 2007

so is this an ama for being an institutionalized retard? op, how many years did it take for you to learn how to feed yourself?

# ? Jul 31, 2016 01:37

SurfaceDetail: Feb 17, 2016; by Cowcaster

E Equals MC Hammer posted:

THIS THREAD HAPPENED BEFORE

The advice wasn't very good last time because there are lots of people dumber than me here. But its been 6 months and I think gbs has matured.

# ? Jul 31, 2016 01:39

Frog Act: Feb 10, 2012

i'm extremely smart

# ? Jul 31, 2016 01:39

Cubone: May 26, 2011; Because it never leaves its bedroom, no one has ever seen this poster's real face.

find a better room

speaking of which *leaving thread :cool:

# ? Jul 31, 2016 01:40

upgunned shitpost: Jan 21, 2015

head to a different room so I'm not lonely

# ? Jul 31, 2016 01:42

Comfy Fleece Sweater: Apr 2, 2013; You see, but you do not observe.

I'm only smart in certain fields, OP

Such as being a very good pro poster in GBS.

Sadly, believe it or not irl I'm loving dumb, but I get through my day by thinking "if you smart jerks knew just how much my GBS buds admire me online"

# ? Jul 31, 2016 01:45

Mandator: Aug 28, 2007

hm is this thread ironic

i hope so

# ? Jul 31, 2016 01:47

Mandator: Aug 28, 2007

i'm not the smartest person in the room so you fellas tell me

# ? Jul 31, 2016 01:48

Monday_: Feb 18, 2006; Worked-up silent dork without sex ability seeks oblivion and demise.; The Great Twist

When someone says or does something and I think "You're so loving stupid", I don't say it out loud.

# ? Jul 31, 2016 01:50

Jonny 290: May 5, 2005; [ASK] me about OS/2 Warp

SurfaceDetail posted:

But its been 6 months and I think gbs has matured.

i really i wish i wasnt surrounded with such fuckin stupid people here lmao

# ? Jul 31, 2016 01:52

Shaquin: May 12, 2007

try being the most retarded instead

# ? Jul 31, 2016 01:53

jeff smisek: May 18, 2009

I am a loving retard

# ? Jul 31, 2016 01:56

social vegan: Nov 7, 2014

it's pretty easy I cook breakfast and ur mom cooks dinner

# ? Jul 31, 2016 01:57

gleebster: Dec 16, 2006; Only a howler; Pillbug

Monday_ posted:

When someone says or does something and I think "You're so loving stupid", I don't say it out loud.

Smart move.

# ? Jul 31, 2016 02:00

Gobblecoque: Sep 6, 2011

your friends probably just think you're a neckbeard autist

# ? Jul 31, 2016 02:02

flick my Mr. Bean: Nov 18, 2014

This is a mean trick, OP. Only Franco can answer this and he's banned from GBS.

# ? Jul 31, 2016 02:03

Riot Bimbo: Dec 28, 2006

SurfaceDetail posted:

Hey all

So I have a pretty high IQ. Not super genius levels but statistically on any given day theres very little chance I'll run in to someone smarter than me.
Now you may think "Wow nice brag Surface about a good thing" Well turns out its not so great.

I'm a pretty successful guy overall with a high paying job, nice gaming rig, and good friends/family

But how do you deal with being surrounded by people stupider than you? Like you 'get' something and it takes all the people around you forever to figure it out.

How do you all connect with someone on a deep level that's just plain stupider than you? It narrows the dating pool a lot but luckily over the years I've met some smart girls.

How do fellow smarties get by?

be effortlessly brainy but be humble about it and not a dick like you did with this post.

# ? Jul 31, 2016 02:04

Luvcow: Jul 1, 2007; One day nearer spring

i don't get what you're asking?

# ? Jul 31, 2016 02:05

CaptainSarcastic: Jul 6, 2013

I'd explain it, but I'm sure the answer would just go right over your head. :smuggo:

# ? Jul 31, 2016 02:07

Trojan.exe: Feb 22, 2011; I never said I was a role model

My ex was that kind of person, the sort that is legitimately the smartest person in the room. He has an IQ of 180.

Mine still puts me squarely in the top 2% but I still felt like a moron around him the vast majority of the time. He has no concept of what it's like to not understand how to do complex math or coding and thought that if someone doesn't understand it that they're just being lazy. If anyone ever messed up anything at work he would openly call them a moron or stupid and there was no chance the company he works for would ever fire him over something like that because they needed his smarts to fix literally everything when something catastrophic happens.

Also due to being right the vast majority of the time definitely made him feel like his opinions were always right even if there was something not quite right about it or a bias. He never called me stupid though, at least not to my face or that I know of. I think being with me for two years taught him that some people do have mental limitations even if they are smart and that he really just doesn't like being around someone a good chunk of the time if both persons aren't on the same level. He didn't get annoyed with people all the time to be malicious, it seems like it was a genuine frustration that no one he knew with the exception of his dad were on his level. When we parted ways it was amicable at least.

Anyway, that was how he dealt with always being the smartest person in the room.

# ? Jul 31, 2016 02:08

Shaquin: May 12, 2007

Trojan.exe posted:

My ex was that kind of person, the sort that is legitimately the smartest person in the room. He has an IQ of 180.

Mine still puts me squarely in the top 2% but I still felt like a moron around him the vast majority of the time. He has no concept of what it's like to not understand how to do complex math or coding and thought that if someone doesn't understand it that they're just being lazy. If anyone ever messed up anything at work he would openly call them a moron or stupid and there was no chance the company he works for would ever fire him over something like that because they needed his smarts to fix literally everything when something catastrophic happens.

Also due to being right the vast majority of the time definitely made him feel like his opinions were always right even if there was something not quite right about it or a bias. He never called me stupid though, at least not to my face or that I know of. I think being with me for two years taught him that some people do have mental limitations even if they are smart and that he really just doesn't like being around someone a good chunk of the time if both persons aren't on the same level. He didn't get annoyed with people all the time to be malicious, it seems like it was a genuine frustration that no one he knew with the exception of his dad were on his level. When we parted ways it was amicable at least.

Anyway, that was how he dealt with always being the smartest person in the room.

beat the poo poo out of this guy this is way too many sentences

# ? Jul 31, 2016 02:10

SurfaceDetail: Feb 17, 2016; by Cowcaster

Trojan.exe posted:

My ex was that kind of person, the sort that is legitimately the smartest person in the room. He has an IQ of 180.

Mine still puts me squarely in the top 2% but I still felt like a moron around him the vast majority of the time. He has no concept of what it's like to not understand how to do complex math or coding and thought that if someone doesn't understand it that they're just being lazy. If anyone ever messed up anything at work he would openly call them a moron or stupid and there was no chance the company he works for would ever fire him over something like that because they needed his smarts to fix literally everything when something catastrophic happens.

Also due to being right the vast majority of the time definitely made him feel like his opinions were always right even if there was something not quite right about it or a bias. He never called me stupid though, at least not to my face or that I know of. I think being with me for two years taught him that some people do have mental limitations even if they are smart and that he really just doesn't like being around someone a good chunk of the time if both persons aren't on the same level. He didn't get annoyed with people all the time to be malicious, it seems like it was a genuine frustration that no one he knew with the exception of his dad were on his level. When we parted ways it was amicable at least.

Anyway, that was how he dealt with always being the smartest person in the room.

this seems like something a stupid person would post in this thread so Im not gonna read it

# ? Jul 31, 2016 02:14

SurfaceDetail: Feb 17, 2016; by Cowcaster

no offense.

pm me if you are a hot goonette gamergirl

# ? Jul 31, 2016 02:14

CaptainSarcastic: Jul 6, 2013

Trojan.exe posted:

My ex was that kind of person, the sort that is legitimately the smartest person in the room. He has an IQ of 180.

Mine still puts me squarely in the top 2% but I still felt like a moron around him the vast majority of the time. He has no concept of what it's like to not understand how to do complex math or coding and thought that if someone doesn't understand it that they're just being lazy. If anyone ever messed up anything at work he would openly call them a moron or stupid and there was no chance the company he works for would ever fire him over something like that because they needed his smarts to fix literally everything when something catastrophic happens.

Also due to being right the vast majority of the time definitely made him feel like his opinions were always right even if there was something not quite right about it or a bias. He never called me stupid though, at least not to my face or that I know of. I think being with me for two years taught him that some people do have mental limitations even if they are smart and that he really just doesn't like being around someone a good chunk of the time if both persons aren't on the same level. He didn't get annoyed with people all the time to be malicious, it seems like it was a genuine frustration that no one he knew with the exception of his dad were on his level. When we parted ways it was amicable at least.

Anyway, that was how he dealt with always being the smartest person in the room.

So it sounds like your ex was an rear end in a top hat more than anything else.

# ? Jul 31, 2016 02:16

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SurfaceDetail posted:

Like you 'get' something and it takes all the people around you forever to figure it out.

What's an example of something you "get" that other people can't figure out?

# ? Jul 31, 2016 02:16

Macasaurus: Oct 12, 2012

im the only one in this mcdonalds bathroom right now

# ? Jul 31, 2016 02:18

crabcakes66: May 24, 2012; by exmarx

Make sure you correct everything people do or say that is even slightly wrong. Offer completely unsolicited information that barely relates to the conversation.

Do this in the most condescending and annoying way that you can.

# ? Jul 31, 2016 02:18

ElectricSheep: Jan 14, 2006; she had tiny Italian boobs.
Well that's my story.

op attach a pic of your mensa membership so we know you're legit

# ? Jul 31, 2016 02:25

Germstore: Oct 17, 2012; A Serious Candidate For a Serious Time

I take a dump in the corner. If anyone wants to challenge me they have to take a bigger dump.

# ? Jul 31, 2016 02:27

ElectricSheep: Jan 14, 2006; she had tiny Italian boobs.
Well that's my story.

ElectricSheep posted:

op attach a pic of your mensa membership so we know you're legit

and then feel inadequate because i qualify for the triple nine society :smuggo:

# ? Jul 31, 2016 02:29

Iron Prince: Aug 28, 2005; Buglord

SurfaceDetail posted:

no offense.

pm me if you are a hot goonette gamergirl

im a big dumb retard is that colse enough? B

# ? Jul 31, 2016 02:31

Shaquin: May 12, 2007

i am gonna gape your fuckin b. hole op

# ? Jul 31, 2016 02:32

Away all Goats: Jul 5, 2005; Goose's rebellion

i leave the bathroom

# ? Jul 31, 2016 02:32

Flesh Forge: Jan 31, 2011; LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY DOG

people who are worked up about their own IQs are generally major dumbasses

# ? Jul 31, 2016 02:33

Chief McHeath: Apr 23, 2002

I ask people complicated math problems with an obvious flaw then laugh while they struggle to solve it.

Then I'm like "lol bitch brains "a train leaves from Detroit at 80MPH" isn't even an integer! You can't divide by words Horacio lol you dumb bag of sand!"

# ? Jul 31, 2016 02:37

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Internetjack: Sep 15, 2007; oh god how did this get here i am not good with computers; Top Cop

SurfaceDetail posted:

I think gbs has matured.

You may not be as smart as you think you are.

Maybe everyone else talks "dumb" around you so you don't feel left out. They are just being considerate.

# ? Jul 31, 2016 02:41

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