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People who say I'm smart because I read a lot.

MalkavianMalkavian
edited 2011-09-01 00:12:31 in Meatspace
MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
No. No. That's not how it works.

If I'm smart it's because I'm smart.

I read a lot because I like to read.

Comments

  • CounterclockCounterclock
    Belief
    What is intelligence compared to wisdom and knowledge.
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    ^A poorly-defined word, compared to a poorly-defined word and a somewhat-okay-defined word.
  • DonZabuDonZabu
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    edited 2011-09-01 00:17:10
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    I always saw intelligence as analytical ability. Analysis, deduction, critical thinking, etc.

    Wisdom is the application of experience and basic common sense in my mind but to quote Judas Priest, you don't have to be old to be wise.

    Knowledge is... knowing stuff.

    ^That is seriously what it's like.
  • DonZabuDonZabu
    "It's hard, son."
  • BobBob
    I tend to laugh in the face of anyone who assumes I'm smart because of my tastes in literature. Thankfully, everyone who knows me knows how much of a dumbass I am.

    I'm not really sure which of those first two sentences is more depressing.
  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    Sometimes I feel kinda bad for not reading very much. Novels don't interest me very much. I like reading some non-fiction, but I don't really end up going cover to cover.

    You know what? I need to kill some time before classes start up again. I think I should go to the library today.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Sometimes I feel kinda bad for not reading very much. Novels don't interest me very as much as they used to.
  • RedEyedAbyssRedEyedAbyss
    Nowadays, I'm more interested in reading up on current events and developments in the humanities (arguably non-fiction) than reading fiction, so most of my reading is done on the Internet.
  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    Oh yeah, I used to read quite a bit before high school. Redwall, Ender's Game, Harry Potter, the Inheritance series...

    I think getting all that assigned reading in high school and college kind of made it more difficult to want to read for entertainment.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    "Sometimes I feel kinda bad for not reading very much. Novels don't interest me very much. I like reading some non-fiction, but I don't really end up going cover to cover."

    I know that feel, bro.

    I'm trying to rectify it. I read 1984 over the past week. I want to read Fahrenheit 451 next. I'm on a dystopia binge right now...

  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Man, I read 1984 three times in a row back when I got it. I loved that book to death. The same goes to The Big Sleep.
  • captainbrasscaptainbrass

    You can't completely dismiss reading a lot as evidence of intelligence. If nothing else, it proves you can read.

  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    If I got this right, you have to read 2446 pages to get through the Twilight series. That's about the same number of pages if you were to read Nineteen Eighty-Four seven and a half times.
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    1984 was good, except for that one bit where he's reading that damned book and it's boring as all fucking hell.

    Way to ruin good pacing.
  • GLORIOUSLeaderGLORIOUSLeader
    When in Turkey, ROCK THE FUCK OUT
    I liked that part. I thought that was one of the best parts of the book.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    I'm with Leader in this one.

    BRB commiting seppuku
  • captainbrasscaptainbrass

    If you reach the end of Twilight, do you start sobbing in the street and publicly admit that you were wrong and loved Big Brother Stephanie Meyer all along?

  • VorpyVorpy
    ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    No, I simply close the book, enjoyed the story I read, and shelf the books and continue with my life.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    If you reach the end of Twilight, do you start sobbing in the street and publicly admit that you were wrong and loved Big Brother Stephanie Meyer all along?

    I remember it being far more subdued. which made it more heartbreaking.

    This is German for "Fuck the movie"
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    @Thread title: I prefer them to people who say "I'm smart because I read a lot."
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    1984 was probably my favorite book that I've ever had to read for school.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    "Man, I read 1984 three times in a row back when I got it. I loved that book to death."

    I loved it too. But the ending really screwed with me. It was good--great even.

    But I remember that I desperately hoped that the book wouldn't go the way it did, even though, deep down, I knew it would. After the Room 101 scene, I remember barely being able to believe what I was reading.

    I wanted the plot to go one way and yet nearly denied the actual way it went.

    The book made me commit doublethink.

    When I realized this, I actually stopped for a few seconds to take it all in.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    I pretty much saw it coming and I knew there was no other way for such a story to end.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    That's what I mean. I knew what was going to happen. I didn't want to accept it, but I knew.

    But that's mainly because I'm a massive fan of You Cannot Kill An Idea. Which the book utterly averts.
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