I_Luv_Carrots wrote:
Why hide the fact that you are smarter than they are? Fuck them. Don't be ashamed!
Don't "lampshade" (To use your term) yourself lest you offend the inferior masses!
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Even though you are obviously just trolling, I'll give you the straight answer.
I don't need to prove myself by belittling others. I'm smarter than most (IQ measured at 172), bigger than most (6'4" 295), better armed than most, and meaner than most. And I know that there are smarter, bigger, meaner, and better armed people out there. I'm happy with who I am.
I find more satisfaction in getting responses from my intellectual peers, than in insulting others. You can learn something from anyone, regardless of their level of intelligence. And that intelligence does little to define what kind of person that someone is, though someone who is really smart, yet still an ass, has a harder time explaining their actions.
I was a classic terminally-bright child. I fought with my teachers and my parents because I thought I knew more than they did (and in many cases I was right). I started medical school when I was 16. I failed to conform to anyone's standards except my own. Despite all of that, I finally managed to socialize myself. I can live with others. I can talk to anybody. And while it may well be because almost every authority figure in my life when I was younger got very angry with me and told me I would never achieve anything. So just to be contrary, I achieved quite a bit, though I doubt that's what those authority figures had in mind when they were screaming at me.
So I'll enjoy the company of friends, regardless of the social or intellectual milieu. And I'll post the occasional diatribe here or on other boards I frequent. I'll go shooting and racing with folks that aren't as smart as me, but that I can learn from. I'll enjoy my life.
And I'll wish you luck with yours. You're going to need it.