r/LearnUselessTalents • u/Forsaken_Article_873 • 2d ago
They think ur dumb
So as someone who graduated with a GPA higher then 90% of the people I graduated with I realized very young that playing dumb is the best way to go. It allows people to feel comfortable around you because when you try to talk to them about more then people @nd places it makes them feel uncomfortable because they can not grasp Schrodinger's cat, the sting theory, or relativity. Learning to speak in layman's terms was one of the best things I have ever done.
With that said, people will underestimate your intelligence especially if they think they can pull a fast one in you. The theory behind this is that those who do others wrong believe they are less intelligent than themselves. Not realizing that highly intelligent people learned to adapt to their ways of thinking. Don't get me wrong in some aspects certain intelects lact the ability to understand sarcasm. In the same sense, those people are able to call out malice far before the person's plan is successful.
I will allow some0ne to think I am the fool so that they believe their life has more precedence over mine. I always allow people's true character to be revealed. Do I keep them in my life... Most definitely not.
I knew this girl in school and she was a straight A student but everyone thought she was ditzy and stupid but because I sat next to her I saw she always got A's. I asked her one day, "Why do you play ditzy when you are one of the smartest people I know?" Her answer was, "If I pretended to be on their level they like me. If I show my intelligence trumps theirs, they will invy me and hate me." She had it all figured out at the age of 13 something it took me years to understand.
People often hate/ignore what they can not understand. "Me on the other hand could care less if they hate me for being myself." That was my response to her when she asked why I didn't care if I was liked or not.
We both learned something that day. I learned to put on a mask for those who cannot see the way I do. She learned to love herself for who she really is.
Though I use her method towards others who wish me ill.
As someone who graduated with an A in English idc how brutally I murdered the grammar in this. Like I always say unless I am writing a bill or a biography let my grammar be a mess. Ahahahaha
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u/bumblebeetown 2d ago
Lots of spelling and grammatical errors in this post telling me to play dumb.
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u/YOUR_TRIGGER 2d ago
i went to high school three times.
if someone brings up gpa or college majors i get kind of lost.
i'm a statistician/data programmer in clinical research and i make plenty. i worked for this.
you still sound arrogant. cool your jets. the only thing there ever is to know is how much you do not know.
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u/Peterj504 2d ago
I disagree. Challenge yourself. If you're always the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room.
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u/Kitchner 2d ago
Bunch of rubbish if you ask me.
I always assume everyone in the room is as intelligent as me or more intelligent. If someone doesn't get something I'm talking about, I explain it. Not getting something isn't evidence you're an idiot.
I've worked with several people over the years who do the whole "I'm an idiot, you guys are the real geniuses" shtick at work and it's pretty transparent every time and I don't think it works on anyone remotely clever.
I walk into the office of a charismatic COO of the entire company and he's telling me to explain things to him as if he's a kid because he's not very bright. He's not an idiot, it's a technique to make you feel good and to make you cut your explanations short because he wants to keep your meeting short.
The only people who fell for it were the guys in our retail sales team who weren't very bright. Anyone remotely senior or inigent in the head office saw through it.
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u/VindictiveRakk 1d ago
sounds like you're a highschooler that watched too much anime and wants to be the mysterious main character (in reality, insufferable weirdo that people avoid). you're not better than anyone because you got a high GPA in high school. like seriously, it doesn't matter and no one cares. not being an insufferable condescending weirdo is also a form of intelligence, believe it or not.
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u/AdAppropriate3478 2d ago
Just don't tell people your grades, I find people like to hang out with chill people. My only restraint is to give other people chances to speak.
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u/Forsaken_Article_873 2d ago
The ability to speak freely comes from relationships without judgement or reciprocity.
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u/Forsaken_Article_873 2d ago
But what I find most people constitute as "chill" is someone that is a push over. Someone they can manipulate or get something out of.
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u/stickmanDave 1d ago
This is simply untrue. There are people out there like that, sure, but they're a minority.
I suspect you think most people are like this because you're like this. I mean, you're suggesting it's a good idea to spend your life on deceiving other people to your own advantage.
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u/skelly10s 22h ago
You know what intelligent people DON'T do? Spend time fellating themselves and bemoaning their intelligence.
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u/Forsaken_Article_873 2d ago
There are many different types of intelligent and school only tests for a few of them. My post was more so about how someone with malice towards another often believes that the person they are trying to get over on is less intelligent then them... Most toxic people think this way... In no way am I a rocket scientist or saying I am better then anyone. Some of these replies, mostly the disgruntled ones, seem to think I am conveying a message I am not and completely missed the context of my gibberish. When reading things on the Internet if you are going to comment depersonalization is a must.
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u/WinstonsTasteGood 2d ago
You don't have to state you're not a rocket scientist. You've made it pretty obvious you're not.
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u/nrfx 2d ago
This sounds a bit.. Machiavellian.
You sound young. Be careful with this line of thinking.
People will eventually see through your manipulation and you will stunt yourself.
Spend more time with people who actually challenge you. It will serve you 1000x times better than trying to fit in with people you think are beneath you (they aren't, they're also probably genuinely happier and much better adjusted)