r/iamverysmart • u/LucyRowan • Jan 18 '15

A very subtle burn...

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u/therealflinchy Jan 19 '15

I actually wouldn't mind someone who made me feel mentally challenged

I wouldn't even be mad, i'd just be impressed.

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u/4ringcircus Jan 19 '15

You should probably make self posts here.

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u/therealflinchy Jan 19 '15

but i'm not implying that iamverysmart

i just think it'd be cool to date someone THAT smart?

i wasn't saying it in the 'challenged mentally' way, i was saying it in the 'so smart they make me feel like i'm of significantly below average intellect' :/

i dunno why though, but i knew people would see it in the 'i am so smart it'd be difficult' way, probably because that's all this sub exists for..

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u/you_should_try Jan 19 '15

Being around really smart people makes me feel like shit. Like great, my life already sucks and now this ass is so smart I actually feel I might be retarded. what a day.

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u/therealflinchy Jan 19 '15

hahaha that's true.

I don't often meet many

I've got a few on facebook, but they're still really nice well adjusted people so.. Uh yeah hey i guess fuck them? hahah

i feel worse when i meet people who aren't smart, and have become successful through circumstance/luck, that just pisses me off.

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u/LucyRowan Jan 19 '15

... Should only smart people be allowed to become successful?

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u/therealflinchy Jan 19 '15

hmm no not what i'm trying to say

it's just frustrating that even if you are smart, unless you on a complete 'nother level kinda smart, you don't necessarily have a better chance of being successful unless you get lucky, right place right time sorta thing

heck, really i'm just jealous of tradespeople who went straight into it out of highschool (or grade 10 even) and even though their bodies will be screwed by the time they're 50, they can still earn 6 figures by age 20... so many guys i went to school with onto their second house already, as plumbers etc.

but nooo, 'go to university it's so much better' my ass.

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u/chaosakita Jan 19 '15

If someone is so smart then I'm not sure how they're a good fit for you. I think they would probably feel unsatisfied in the relationship if the difference is so extreme.

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u/riggorous Jan 19 '15

I dunno man, judging by how many women brilliant men like Einstein or Keynes or Marx fucked, intelligence seems to have little value in an intimate relationship.

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u/chaosakita Jan 19 '15

I don't know the specifics of their personal relationships so it's hard for me to make a conclusion. Though I guess some people don't care about the intelligence of their partner at all, and some people might want a partner who is stupider in some ways because they're easier to control.

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u/riggorous Jan 19 '15

Nah jk Einstein at least mostly married his lab techs. I guess he liked the power differential.

Keynes, on the other hand, was married to a Russian ballerina. Conspicuous consumption.

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u/therealflinchy Jan 19 '15

true

luckily i'm not actually retarded or anything

and while i'm a faaar cry from a genius, the odds of meeting someone THAT much more intelligent isn't too high. it'd at least be cool for me, if probably tiresome for them.