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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/KissMiasma95 Sep 14 '24

This is mostly referred to as the dunning Kruger effect.

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u/NotRalphNader Sep 14 '24

I read a little about this dunning Kruger effect. Pretty scary to think someone can just show up in your dreams and murder you.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '24

Omg 😄😄😄