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People who tell me I'm smart

MalkavianMalkavian
edited 2011-09-11 20:13:36 in Meatspace
MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
I have no yardstick of measurement and I really have no idea what they mean by it.

Also, I sometimes think they're lying for some reason.

Comments

  • RedEyedAbyssRedEyedAbyss

    What's the context behind that label?

  • BobBob
    I sometimes think they're lying for some reason.

    QFT
  • CounterclockCounterclock
    Belief
    I don't know why people call me smart. XD
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    Honestly, I think I'm pretty dumb though that may be because I only notice when I do stupid things.

    When I do things other people see as smart my reaction is usually 'wait, you don't do this?'
  • CounterclockCounterclock
    Belief
    As it turns out, People sometimes don't share what you hold to be as common sense.
  • BobBob
    Malk: Ha, same.

    The weird part is, I used to be "the smart one" with my friends.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    ^^Intellectually I realize this, but it's still odd to think that something that's natural to you is alien or difficult for others.
  • RedEyedAbyssRedEyedAbyss
    Oh yes. Though I am quite good at mathematics and logic, much of my appearance of intelligence is simply an ability to look things up.
  • DonZabuDonZabu
    I'm not sure how one would define "smart", but I don't think I'm particularly smart. I'm not especially good at math or science, for one thing.
  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    I've been considered smart, and I think I'm smarter than the average person, but the average person can be pretty stupid in my opinion. The bar is set a bit higher in college, and I feel pretty average there.

    There are some areas where I can be pretty fucking dumb or just have dumb moments. Sometimes I have serious doubts about my ability to think strategically and yesterday I had a grade school kid correct my arithmetic.
  • RedEyedAbyssRedEyedAbyss
    Your mind will naturally have bad days every so often when you can't think as fast or thoroughly.
  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    But when it happens often enough it can start to make you wonder whether you're smart with moments of stupidity, or dumb with moments of intelligence.
  • Wicked223Wicked223
    We Played Some Open Chords and Rejoiced, For the Earth Had Circled the Sun Yet Another Year
    In the New York City public school system, all you have to do to be called smart is read books for fun.

    I've had a seriously overinflated view of my own intelligence for most of my life because of that shit...
  • GLORIOUSLeaderGLORIOUSLeader
    When in Turkey, ROCK THE FUCK OUT
    Well, it's New York. It's not like people go there for higher learning or anything.
  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    I've had a similar experience.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    Obligatory:


  • MagusMagus
    I'LL STAY MAI HAUNDS...WITH YAU BLAHT
    Sorry to derail, but one of the comments there was great:

    "What's worse is when your reading Eragon, in the fifth grade, and Hispanic.

    People thought I was some sort of prodigy."
  • LouieWLouieW
    edited 2011-09-12 20:23:03
    Loser
    Malkavian,
    I have no yardstick of measurement and I really have no idea what they mean by it.

    Yeah, I think that some of the other comments in this thread about how smartness depends on the context support your idea there.

    I think it can be kind of odd to be complimented for something that is seemingly a continuous character trait (like intelligence) because you do not always feel like that. Basically, I feel like you can probably figure out or justify praise based on specific actions you take, but when someone says you are smart, kind, and such, you may be more inclined to not believe it because you do not always feel that way.

    That is why I generally think sticking to talking about certain actions or accomplishments when giving out a compliment can help ensure that it is actually worthwhile.
  • gentlemanorcusgentlemanorcus
    I'm not particularly smart. I'm at a pretty advanced writing level but not enough to really qualify me as a super-smart person or anything.

    I read for fun though, so people say I'm smart all the time.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    I'm starting to get annoyed at the people who think I'm smart because I happen to use mildly big words. 

    I mean, Jesus, we really are failing as a nation in literacy if the word "excruciating" is considered a mark of intelligence.
  • RedEyedAbyssRedEyedAbyss
    edited 2011-09-12 20:30:11

    Would you prefer this reaction?

  • IanExMachinaIanExMachina
    I am Dr. Ned who is totally not Dr. Zed in disguise.
    >much of my appearance of intelligence is simply an ability to look things up.
    This.
  • RedEyedAbyssRedEyedAbyss
    I am actually surprised a lot of people don't think of that option.
  • CommandoDudeCommandoDude
    CRIMINAL SCUM!
    Are you smarted then the average bear?
  • InsanityAddictInsanityAddict
    Diet NEET
    When people call you smart for knowing lots of obscure trivia, I usually reply that's not smarts but autism at work. Anyhow, I think most of us don't really know how to handle compliments well anyway.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    I don't think I'm smarter than anybody, but that doesn't mean I can't accept being called smart. --shrug--

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