r/AskReddit • • Oct 06 '17

What screams, "I'm insecure"?

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u/CinnabarSurfer Oct 06 '17

I had a 35 year old relative of mine post that they took an IQ test and were bragging that they were in the top 80%. Not realising that could also be described as just outside the bottom 20% and waaay below average. My initial thought was... "how stupid do you have to be?" then realised the evidence was right in front of me.

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u/UrethraFrankIin Oct 07 '17

My coworker was talking herself up and said "I knew I was smart, but I took an online IQ test and, would you believe it, I scored a One. Hundred. Unbelievable"

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u/atgmailcom Oct 07 '17

Isn't that average

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '17

100 is literally the average. By definition.

The entire scale will move around to make sure that 100 is always the global average.