Also, perhaps I should know how to avoid, and disconnect from envious types gracefully; and how to select less hard types. WHY do they take it so hard?
2006-12-22 07:35:47 · 11 answers · asked by Albatross 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
You obviously use your mind as a weapon to dominate when you can just easily use it to make people feel comfortable around you. You probably even think people don't expect you to be smart because you're a woman (or something to that affect- I just sense an attitude), but hey, I'm a black man in America, and you would be shocked and saddened if you knew how many so called enlightened liberals who call themselves embracing diversity by allowing me into their world suddenly turn on me when I say something a little "too intelligent".
It's like black men are supposed to be athletes, entertainers or janitors, and if you show too many brain cells at work people really become irrationally threatened. Like if a black guy is smarter than them then...well..no,no that just can't be!
Anyway maybe I'm working on the same issues as you are, but at least I know better than to go throwing my brains around, it's just unnecessary and a little immature.
2006-12-22 07:53:08 · answer #1 · answered by Soundjata 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you feel the need to go around touting your intelligence.... not very smart of you.... they take it hard because you come across as pompous, pretentious, arrogant and conceited and all those other big words for a snob and people don't like people like that. Keep your intelligence to yourself. That shows real intellgence.
2006-12-22 15:42:39 · answer #2 · answered by Venice Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you're condescending. I've known a lot of smart folks who would be great folks if they'd just get off their high horse and lose the 'better than you attitude.'
2006-12-22 15:45:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uhh... stop flaunting your intelligence? It's really not that hard. Don't dumb yourself down, just don't act all prissy about it and you'll be fine. People don't care if you're smart, they only have a problem when you rub it in.
2006-12-22 15:39:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably you are not as bright as you think you are. Your question is probably just a bit of mental masturbation so you can read about people writing about how bright you allegedly are.
2006-12-22 16:35:57 · answer #5 · answered by Cracker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find people to hang out with who are as smart as you. You will naturally gravitate to each other anyway.
2006-12-22 15:45:01 · answer #6 · answered by crazyhorse19682003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's it's been my experience that those who are jealous of me don't admit it - that would like admitting that they're inferior. Instead they find other ways to retaliate.
2006-12-22 15:47:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL because nobody likes to be told they are dumb especially with big words they do not understand
2006-12-22 16:08:08 · answer #8 · answered by felixtricks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stop associating with brain dead.
you'll fit in with normal people.
few people have superior intelligence and those who does- don't refer to it.
2006-12-22 15:45:36 · answer #9 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you need to tell anyone. Don't they know it by now? Is this something that happened overnight--that you need to tell them? Just be normal, you do not need to tell anyone anything. Why?????
2006-12-22 15:53:00 · answer #10 · answered by old_woman_84 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋