I don't get it. I'm so slow on responses and conversations and I can never make a good comeback. This made me the target of many teasing in the past. However, I'm smart, I take bunch of AP classes and get all A's, and people know that I'm smart too. How can this be? I'm supposed to be witty if I'm smart!
2007-11-16 15:21:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I forget things easily too.
2007-11-16 15:22:42 · update #1
being smart and being "quick" are 2 completely different things. your just slow on reaction times and dont think in that kind of way. to be scientific, you probably think more with your left side of your brain (analytical)
2007-11-16 15:30:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
People who have quick comebacks have a repatoir of comebacks at the ready so they are looking for opportunities to use them. They don't need to think about it - it's already to go. It doesn't mean they are smart only that they feed of responses from others.
Cheers
2007-11-17 00:36:08 · answer #2 · answered by flip 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like you are very smart maybe you just get nervous due to being teased so much. Try and laugh at yourself and relax the wit will come naturally when you feel comfortable. Good luck..
2007-11-16 23:32:11 · answer #3 · answered by avillecatwoman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People are smart at different things and in different. You probably are nervous and blank out on a response. You can think of some standard ones before and use them. I find F*** you A****** works for almost any occassion. Also, exercise your mind in different ways...practice memorization and imagine these social situations.
2007-11-16 23:31:10 · answer #4 · answered by disen87 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See if this fits. I have a witty comeback and you are going to fall out laughing but there is so much activity in my brain that the words to describe what i just conceptualized won't seem to flow from my frontal lobe to my tongue because I have adult attention deficit disorder.
2007-11-16 23:50:34 · answer #5 · answered by Hk9 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you lack social interaction so you tend to take things straight from others' mouths when they mean something else or the opposite. Dealing with humans are more complex than dealing with studies so it's definitely because you don't get sufficient exposure to grasp how people are feeling or what their words really mean. Keep on working this aspect and you'll be fine.
2007-11-16 23:33:46 · answer #6 · answered by Spinaround 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a difference between smart which you are,and the others are smart alecs or smart a$$e$.
2007-11-16 23:27:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
just because you have a slow brain does not mean you are not smart-some people can run fast, others can't-all are human
2007-11-16 23:43:18 · answer #8 · answered by jas j 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well it sounds like you dont have a sence of humur but its o.k I dont have one either I never get jokes never have a punch line and I was subject to tessing in my younger years we are just serious minded people who dont have time for games.
2007-11-16 23:30:01 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe you are stressing your self out in trying to make a come back that your mind goes blank. try relaxing and not caring if you have a come back remark.
2007-11-17 00:29:18 · answer #10 · answered by tony r 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋