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Anonymous #6
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Anonymous #1 said: Lol, you guys who are calling me arrogant and ego filled are full of shit.
I might have come off like that in this thread...but I'm really not. I'd never say any of this, in real life. I'm humble as fuck.
"Humble as fuck", that's an odd way to phrase it!
I wasn't referring to arrogance, personnally. Whether you act as a superior being or not, I do not know; what interests me is what you think.
I went through what you're expressing, too. It lasts until you realize you are not "special", and that the most important thing is the present. What matters is not the genius you used to be (especially knowing that so many kids are "geniuses"), but the person you are now. If you rely on the past, you'll never go forward.
There is also a problem with the concept of "intelligence". What is "being smart"? A quick, sharp logic? Knowledge? Memory? Sociability? Adaptation? IQ? Considering the trouble we would have defining intelligence, we could probably conclude that many people could be qualified as somehow "smart", even though it's quite hard to compare them to each other. If you ever showed an interest in philosophy, some have thought about this. For example, it has been noticed that the IQ merely measures one's conformity to a certain culture, in terms of performance. Marxists even went as far as saying that it was the conformity to the higher classes' culture and demands, leaving the rest aside. Unfortunately, many fall into the trap of extreme ethnocentrism, considering their IQ as their intelligence.
I thought I was a very smart person, since I was told that everyday. But when I started questioning and defining my intelligence, I realized I wasn't smarter... just somehow smart, in some ways, and stupid in some others.
Edited by Anonymous (02/19/10 07:43 PM)
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Anonymous #11
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Anonymous #1 said: Is anyone else in a similar situation?
I can relate to almost everything that you're saying, except I think you were a bit smarter than I was back in elementary school. I can totally relate to dumbing myself down in order to befriend others, and as a result of doing that, now I behave like a dumbass who nobody understands. How I behave is nothing like how I really am inside, I feel sometimes like I'll never be able to express my true colors, and it gets me down because I feel like a phony when I'm around people that I love.
Don't be too down, you're not the only one.
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Anonymous #12
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Read the book ATLAS SHRUGGED by Anne Rand. It's not quite the same thing you are talking about but it came to mind when reading the first post.
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Anonymous #1
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Sorry about this post. I was pretty fucking drunk when I made it, and I'm impressed I didn't spell everything horribly wrong.
I'm not sure what I was getting at here.
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Anonymous #8
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Like this grade school 'genus' has the ability to or will power to attempt that
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Anonymous #13
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Starting in about 5th grade...I started thinking for myself. I saw things nobody else saw. I knew all about the political system...I saw the things it was doing to my friends around me who were a bit more slow.
This quote is just funny.
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Anonymous #1
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Starting in about 5th grade...I started thinking for myself. I saw things nobody else saw. I knew all about the political system...I saw the things it was doing to my friends around me who were a bit more slow.
This quote is just funny.
You might think so, but only I can understand how it was.
Or, someone who has been through something similar.
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Anonymous #14
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Anonymous #6 said: Keep in mind that you cannot experience others minds. Feeling "special and different" is a consequence: "I realized this, I think that", always forgetting that many people around you are thinking at the same time.
If we look very closely, we are all the same. And if we look from a faraway place, we are also all the same. We only look different from one another from our human perspective, in a human-sized world.
In the end, if you see life as a struggle or a competition, we could say that you had a good start. But now you're way behind... and still didn't realize you are completely part of the herd, clinging to the past.
Not necessarily way behind. Were you to google for forums about disillusioned middle-agers, many successful doctors and lawyers and politicians, it ain't that happy.
We always wear masks. This MIGHT be the most honest sub-forum on this forum, but even with 'anonymous' you see a lot of mask everywhere.
It's easy to make a philosophical sewage here, but the question is moot. If you waste the first 79-years of your eighty-year life doing what you thought was right, or lost the middle-years of your eighty-year life doing what you thought was wrong it STILL won't be what's on your mind on your deathbed.
I was told my IQ was very high, I was also told I was academically gifted. I also was very reckless in my second decade of perspective and I ALSO have seen many friends come out of graduate programs with little knowledge, less work experience, and massive amounts of debt.
Who are you we to make the call? We're not, but the OP can know they are not alone, and shit changes really fast. Whether you want it to or not.
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Anonymous #15
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i think you are at the point where you are letting your own thoughts of self-awsomeness dictate your actions, not letting your smart thoughts dictate them
if you WERE smart, you would realize how fucking EASY it is to win in society if you just follow the rules and do waht your told for a while, then when you ARE the bigshot taht you "know you will be" you can shit all over everyone and do your own thing until then you are a whiny bitch working in Mc'dicks, and no matter how smart you think you are, the world views you as a stupid idiot
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Anonymous #7
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What if you just don't care about society? What if you're content blending in with the herd, but staying active inside?
I feel like I've given up long ago trying to play this labyrinth of a game called "life". I just exist.
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Anonymous #15
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Anonymous #7 said: What if you just don't care about society? What if you're content blending in with the herd, but staying active inside?
I feel like I've given up long ago trying to play this labyrinth of a game called "life". I just exist.
enjoy your 9-5 with nothing but another day of the same thing over and over and over........
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Anonymous #16
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Anonymous #15 said: i think you are at the point where you are letting your own thoughts of self-awsomeness dictate your actions, not letting your smart thoughts dictate them
if you WERE smart, you would realize how fucking EASY it is to win in society if you just follow the rules and do waht your told for a while, then when you ARE the bigshot taht you "know you will be" you can shit all over everyone and do your own thing until then you are a whiny bitch working in Mc'dicks, and no matter how smart you think you are, the world views you as a stupid idiot
This was exactly what I was going to say.
OP should have realized that given his status in life (a child, a student, a minor) he really had no choice but to play the game. the thing is tho is that when you show promise and excel at the game... adults and those in game changing positions will go out of their way to help you achieve even more.
once you get into college you can choose to study what you want, new found freedoms open more doorways, and you can end up doing important things w/ your superior intellegence. instead of owning a bar. any idiot can peddle the last legal drug. trust me... my plan purchase a bar or a chain restaurant and I was an average to above average student through college.
Way to squander your gift.
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Anonymous #17
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WTF Im not reading all that.
Kill yourself, its the smart thing to do.
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Anonymous #7
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Anonymous #15 said: enjoy your 9-5 with nothing but another day of the same thing over and over and over........
Even with a college education I doubt you or 99% of anyone else does anything different.
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Anonymous #18
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I can understand having trouble fitting in, but not for the same reasons. I was raised with hippie values and have had a lot of trouble fitting in because of it. For example, I've never had problems with social skills, but have always found it hard to get any pleasure from the generally shallow conversations most people have. And I've never understood why most people place so much value on things like tv or material items.
It's never a good idea to consider yourself more intelligent or better than others, but when you spend years constantly being patient with everyone else or feeling like you're being forced to dumb yourself down for the sake of fitting in, it's hard not to get resentful and start to feel that way. If you let yourself do this, you'll be even more miserable in the end.
If you want friends, you'll have to put up with bullshit sometimes. If you can't do that, then you'll have to learn to be happier on your own. If you want a lot of money, you might have to work a job you hate. If you absolutely can't stand a 9-5 job, then you might have to work harder and live off next to nothing in order to do something you enjoy. Learn to compromise and find a healthy balance between things and you won't struggle as much.
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Anonymous #6
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Anonymous #1 said: You might think so, but only I can understand how it was.
Or, someone who has been through something similar.
That's what I'm talking about. Think about it. Our experience of life may not be that different.
And about giving up and staying active inside... well, how do you feed what is inside? With what is outside. You'll run out of fuel. You'll be stuck at basic ideas while others travel the world and get an education, gaining further knowledge and understanding.
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Anonymous #15 said: enjoy your 9-5 with nothing but another day of the same thing over and over and over........
Even with a college education I doubt you or 99% of anyone else does anything different.
You look like the OP in some ways indeed. The same "I'm special and 99% of the people aren't". Well, I'm studying Cinema right now and I'm meeting a lot of interesting, smart and creative persons! Not a boring life, actually. Maybe we could sum up your attitude in a few words: "delusional egocentrism". I believe the world is quite a big place with many things to do! You're just trying to justify your laziness and fear.
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Anonymous #7
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I can see where you're coming from but I'm not afraid to meet new people, in fact I enjoy it. When I find like-minded individuals I become excited and life-loving.
I've traveled quite a bit too.
I can and have done all these things and plenty more without going to college or graduating high school.
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Anonymous #19
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Anonymous #1's descriptions of his school career is almost entirely like mine - except I didn't start to rebel until I got to college.
I've become a pretty fucking angry leftist radical, ready to punch the Man in the balls and cut his throat if necessary.
C'est la vie.
I'm about to turn 23 and work at UPS. I make $14.00/hour and have full benefits. I own my own car. I don't live with my folks and I'm in school. Could be worse.
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Anonymous #20
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okay. this is going to BLOW YOUR FUCKING MIND. you are just like everyone else. stop bitching. give yourself a good kick in the ass and actually think about life.
you have the potential to be someone fucking great. i've seen this happen so many times before. but you know your going to waste it, and i know it too.
... well its either that your your just a whiny little bitch who thinks they're smarter than everyone else when in reality your just as bad as the rest of us shitbags.
yeah. im gana have to go with that one
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Anonymous #6
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I'm not talking about formal education. I'm just talking about learning and not[/i working at Walmart because "nobody understands".
If you're still travelling, learning and expanding your world, then I see no problem nor drama.
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