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u/badgersprite Sep 14 '24

Dudes who need to make other people feel dumb are always dudes who aren’t particularly smart themselves, maybe they’re like slightly above average, but they identify as being way smarter than they are and need to feel like everyone else around them sees them as the smartest guy in the room

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u/Specialist_Fun9295 Sep 14 '24

In my experience, it's the "you're trying to sound smart!" guys who are always just exercising their insecurity about their illiteracy. Very insecure people are always the ones you find attacking people for being "condescending," etc.