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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:07 PM Original message |
are people who claim that they are intelligent |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've never met anybody who claimed otherwise |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Some of the smartest people are ones who doubt their intelligence nt |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. I've never seen that in action. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. John Von Newmann |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
40. socrates in a sense admitted he was "stupid" |
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Dystopian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm not smart enough to make such a claim. n/t needed. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. People who state the absolute obvious and think they're being profound. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. tell us some of your tales of dilletantes, fops, and half wits. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
37. i could regale you with many tales of fuckwittery |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. How can something be "overcorrect?" |
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The Inquisitive (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I interpreted the posters use of 'overcorrect' as |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. Why does writing/acting/speaking in a British manner... |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Never underestimate the American fascination with the British accent. |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Believe me, I know. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Did you ever see the show Arrested Development? |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I love it! |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I myself shall add to the fray by introducing the words "oi" and "yob" |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. HOT POTATO! |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. You could always make land. On the ocean. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I meant main, not man |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
38. reminds me of my uncle paul in croydon |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
15. I know the type |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. For some reason I have large words in my vocabulary. |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 10:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. I confess |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 11:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I use Google as a spell checker at times. "define: ___" is good on Google as well. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #26 |
44. you can type in polish? |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #19 |
39. if you're an academic, that's one thing |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
36. like people in business meetings who use "penultimate" |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #36 |
45. I make it a point to use "Paradigm Shift" a lot |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. i like to use "paradigmatic underpinnings of the presuppositions of consumer behavior" |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. And if you use the word "utilize" every time you should use "use", |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. Show me don't tell me, let me decide. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. I assure you that no one is as smart as I think I am. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
24. I know I've got a high IQ |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 04:06 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Same here: I'm sure the process is too |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
49. I'll admit I do like showing off now and then... |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
27. A friend of mine once said that someone is wearing his education on his sleeve if |
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reyd reid reed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
28. Most of the people who believe they're smart... |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
29. I really am that smart. |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
30. I KNOW i am not overly intelligent but I am happy with what i have to work with. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #30 |
43. and that encapsulates the better part of "how to not be a sociopath 101" |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
31. I fucking -love- failing at grandiloquence. The more spectacular the failure, the better |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
33. I wish that I lived in an area where people valued intelligence |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #33 |
42. college graduates are often some of the least interesting, conformist, |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
34. At my last job |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. did they wear silver tunics |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
35. I like pink. |
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Doc_Technical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
47. I had to learn quite a bit |
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insanity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
48. The more I learn, the less I know |
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