One of my exes always carried a huge book titled "Political Economics" everywhere, even to parties and club-hopping. If he wasn't such an awful person, we could have felt sorry for him. One of my suitemates secretly taped pages together in his book and told me that was how they knew he never read it. I wonder about my suitemate.
When I was a kid, people thought that I was dumb simply because I kept my mouth shut. I'm not much of a conversationalist, even today. The thing is that instead of speaking my mind about something while based on assumptions, I'd rather observe and study on what people do. After all, it was once said that we're all geniuses, so even someone who's considered as a complete moron knows something that everyone else doesn't. When you think of something like that and watch someone make a complete fool of himself, you might ask yourself if this guy's really an idiot or is he just playing dumb. I know a few people who are still surprised about the fact that Rowan Atkinson is a genius despite the fact that he likes to play as dumb characters.
I can be a terribly wordy person who can and probably will use an unnecessary amount of words, overexplain myself, and talk about a whole lot of things extensively even when the context doesn't really call for it. I am also not especially smart. I am, however, autistic and have ADHD
Story 12: One reddit comment I remember was a person using "hemorrhage" in a non-medical way. Think "The door hemorrhaged" or something like that. So dumb...
Some people talk too much and inject themselves into conversations. It's like watching a kid trying to learn how to swim accidentally step into the deep end.
People throwing around mental health terms Willy nilly and more often than not they’re dead wrong. Especially narcissism. I’ve been called a narcissist so many times on these apps.
@@MrInitialMan What's funny to me is, the majority of people who misuses "I" like this, that I've come across, tend to act like grammar natzi. (Yes, I'm spelling that last word wrong on purpose.)
@@Zinervawyrm My mother---a former teacher---gave me this advice: Try speaking it with only the first -person pronoun and see if it sounds right. "Jeff and me went to the house." "Me went to the house?", no, "I went to the house" so "Jeff and I went to the house." "Mike went with Jeff and I." "Mike went with I?" Nope."Mike went with me", so "Mike went with Jeff and me." Mike went to Jeff's and I's house." "Mike went to I's house"? No, "Mike went to my house", so "Mike went to Jeff's and my house."
#3 reminds me of Conspiracy nuts. they do ALL of those things CONSTANTLY, and CLAIM to have proof. if you demand specifics, they desperately try to switch to a different "proof", or just REPEAT THE EXACT SAME CLAIM WORD-FOR-WORD WITHOUT CHANGING A SINGLE LETTER... which is one of the dumbest things possible. #6 reminds me of an ancient oriental saying: "the first step on the path to true wisdom is to admit that you don't know everything." #21 reminds me of a story about a crazy boss, "it was as if she had read a book about how to be a good leader, then *deliberately did the exact opposite* ."
I have to take umbrage with #12. I have a pretty good vocabulary and will often throw in a more advanced word to convey my meaning in the most accurate way I can. It's pretty common for me to stop in the middle of a sentence while I try to remember a specific word that matches exactly what I'm thinking. I hope it doesn't come across as trying to appear intelligent. EDIT: #17 is similar, but the examples given in that post are verbose more than anything. I'm okay with that take; there is no need to bloat sentences in conversation or in writing. As a side note, it seems that is commonplace when people become uncomfortable, and use it subconsciously as a stalling technique.
I'm the same. I also use large or obscure words sometimes for the sake of avoiding overusing a word when another, more common word isn't available to improve flow. Some people do use larger and lesser-known words to look intelligent, but it is important to bear in mind that some people who use these words aren't trying to come off that way.
I’ve had experiences with that. I'm a professional technical editor with an English degree, and I understand why people hate Grammar Nazis and other self-important know-it-alls. However, every once in a while, you find yourself in an online debate in which it's obvious that the other person (who's complaining about your vocabulary or syntax as being "performative") hasn't considered the OTHER alternative. I remember one particular Facebook debate with a total stranger. The subject of our debate isn’t relevant here, but, since I was the conservative and he was the liberal, his entire argument defaulted to the idea that he was, by definition, smarter than me, never mind his endless stream of ad hominem attacks, profanity, and barely coherent sentence structure. As the argument wore on, he began to notice the large discrepancy in our communication “styles” (as it were). His insults began including name-calling like “Mr. Professor,” along with accusations that I was trying to “sound” smart. I could practically smell the smoke coming out of his ears as he attempted to process the concept that his approach wasn’t leading him like a champion to the Winner’s Circle of Keyboard Warriors. I didn’t stoop to his level, but, for the duration of the argument, I wanted to simply drop the mic with the following question: “Hasn’t it occurred to you that, perhaps rather than pretending that I’m smarter than you, the truth is that you’re actually DUMBER than me?”
10:05 one in this category that annoys me endlessly is when people make videos on a topic they know a lot about and in the comments there's someone who just HAS to notify everyone that the video isn't worth watching because _"i already know all of this stuff though!"_ Like okay? Maybe other people exist and maybe the video wasn't actually made specially just for you?
Story 26 ... yup seen those people, even here on youtube doing videos. One of them was making a video on the legend of the Welsh dragon and every 5 sentence he interjected "this is stupid" and "cant happen" and "scifi is the only original thing and fantasy is for stupid people".
My bf lies to sound smart. Me-“Hey did you hear about X?” Him- “uh think so that’s the *completely wrong* thing I think” me- “um, no it’s *right thing*” him- “oh yeah I knew that I was just mixing it up” BRO JUST ADMIT YOU DIDNT KNOW ITS OKAY NOT YO KNOW EVERYTHING
1) Constantly misuse words they don't understand the meaning of. 2) Being overly contrarian, adversarial and or arrogant 3) Constantly trying to belittle other people, things and/or ideas down (especially when they don't really even back up their position with a tangible reason after doing so). 4) Being overly pessimistic. 5) Bragging about the score they got on an online IQ test (or really any IQ test for that matter) 6) Scoffing at someone who calls Duck Tape "Duck tape" and then telling them it's called "Duct Tape". It was originally called "Duck Tape" because water would run off of it like a duck's back. But even so, both terms are fine and everyone knows what you are referring to. 7) People who tell americans that they should be using the Celsius temperature scale and it's the SI scale for temperature. The SI scale for temperature is in fact the Kelvin scale and if you have a hard time grasping fahrenheit (it's okay I do too) there are plenty of unit converter apps out there.
18:25 -- Well it's just that on prescription labels it usually has the drug's real/scientific name rather than the brand name. So if it's prescription only it's actually likely its scientific name will be more familiar than the brand name.
The Time When Joey From Friends Volunteered To Write A Letter Of Recomendation For Chandler And Monica To The Adoption Agency But Used A Thesaurus On EVERY SINGLE WORD! EVEN HIS NAME!
I knew someone that would try to one up anything you would do. If you read about something he would have written about it, if you know about a game, he wrote something on the game, or if you play a game he was one of the testers of the game. This would be fine if he knew anything about it, I caught him many times in lies, like when he said he saw my artwork, I was thinking how? My name I use for art is not the same as my name so how you do that?
23:00 got me. In 2024 when someone is in a debate or similar they often say "citation please" or "show me the research paper" - when I'm talking about logic. I'm not digging up a research paper that 5x5=25 because we can work it out through logic, add 5 to itself 5 times. They do this on social things, like if you claim people who speak more languages are more interested in different cultures (I just made the example up). I can't find a paper to prove this, it is an assumption I'm making, but it's clearly based on logic and not random statements.
When people play that card during online debates with me, I respond with, "I'm not playing Source Fetch with you. If the truth matters to you, I'm sure you'll be doing your own research."
Many possibilities exist for this discussion, but I vote for the “sweeping generalization” (or “broad brush”) logical fallacy, particularly as it applies to online debates. My personal favorite: “You must be a Trump supporter.” Reasonable people can (and do) disagree, but there are times when the cognitive dissonance involved in a person’s rebuttal makes my head hurt.
I really hate being the smartest in the room all the time. People look to me for answers on subjects I never claimed to be an expert. I can advise confidently on IT and Game mechanics. When people have a cough and want a medical opinion, I am not the person you should go to. I really miss college and I often think about going back for fun, but it is super expensive and not worth the investment if the knowledge gained won't be used in my career. Being smart really does suck most of the time.
You need to find a better class of friends (like people who can explain quantum physics) if you are always the smartest person in the room or just check your hubris.
No one is smart. Tou can gain knowlege in a subject or many subjects. But just because you know about theoretical physics or advanced chemistry, doesnt mean you know how to change a tire on a semi, and one is needed more than the other for society to be maintained.
Lmao complaining about people posting on their own page about their own accomplishments is annoying? Maybe for you😂, do better so you don’t have to complain about others’ achieves.
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Story 14: I have ADHD. Repeating what you said helps me remember what you said. I promise I'm not trying to be a jerk.
Amen! Same!
Same!
Definitely use this for confirmation and retention. Not ADHD, so could be anyone's trick.
I do it to let my boss know I understood what he said. Sometimes, I'm wrong, and he'll correct me because he knows I'm wrong from what I said.
Exactly! I have Autism myself so this is something that applies with me too!
I use chemical names for medicines because that's what the _cheap generics have._
One of my exes always carried a huge book titled "Political Economics" everywhere, even to parties and club-hopping. If he wasn't such an awful person, we could have felt sorry for him. One of my suitemates secretly taped pages together in his book and told me that was how they knew he never read it. I wonder about my suitemate.
When I was a kid, people thought that I was dumb simply because I kept my mouth shut. I'm not much of a conversationalist, even today. The thing is that instead of speaking my mind about something while based on assumptions, I'd rather observe and study on what people do. After all, it was once said that we're all geniuses, so even someone who's considered as a complete moron knows something that everyone else doesn't. When you think of something like that and watch someone make a complete fool of himself, you might ask yourself if this guy's really an idiot or is he just playing dumb. I know a few people who are still surprised about the fact that Rowan Atkinson is a genius despite the fact that he likes to play as dumb characters.
I can be a terribly wordy person who can and probably will use an unnecessary amount of words, overexplain myself, and talk about a whole lot of things extensively even when the context doesn't really call for it. I am also not especially smart. I am, however, autistic and have ADHD
Oh that is the same situation with me!!
“Homer, that’s supposed to be _leather_ patches, on a _tweed_ jacket! You’ve ruined a perfectly good jacket!”
two words:
armchair psychology
I can't you tell how many times I hear people trying to impress people with an impressive vocabulary and then completely misusing a word.
Story 12: One reddit comment I remember was a person using "hemorrhage" in a non-medical way. Think "The door hemorrhaged" or something like that. So dumb...
Some people talk too much and inject themselves into conversations. It's like watching a kid trying to learn how to swim accidentally step into the deep end.
(Story Three) Citing 14 examples of what the OP thinks makes you look like a idiot
People throwing around mental health terms Willy nilly and more often than not they’re dead wrong.
Especially narcissism. I’ve been called a narcissist so many times on these apps.
Yes! Someone finally pointing out the overuse of "I" to the point they use it incorrectly because they are afraid of using "me".
"I went to my sister and I's house" I've heard things like that. Ouch.
@@MrInitialMan What's funny to me is, the majority of people who misuses "I" like this, that I've come across, tend to act like grammar natzi. (Yes, I'm spelling that last word wrong on purpose.)
@@Zinervawyrm My mother---a former teacher---gave me this advice: Try speaking it with only the first -person pronoun and see if it sounds right.
"Jeff and me went to the house." "Me went to the house?", no, "I went to the house" so "Jeff and I went to the house."
"Mike went with Jeff and I." "Mike went with I?" Nope."Mike went with me", so "Mike went with Jeff and me."
Mike went to Jeff's and I's house." "Mike went to I's house"? No, "Mike went to my house", so "Mike went to Jeff's and my house."
#3 reminds me of Conspiracy nuts.
they do ALL of those things CONSTANTLY, and CLAIM to have proof.
if you demand specifics, they desperately try to switch to a different "proof", or just REPEAT THE EXACT SAME CLAIM WORD-FOR-WORD WITHOUT CHANGING A SINGLE LETTER...
which is one of the dumbest things possible.
#6 reminds me of an ancient oriental saying:
"the first step on the path to true wisdom is to admit that you don't know everything."
#21 reminds me of a story about a crazy boss, "it was as if she had read a book about how to be a good leader, then *deliberately did the exact opposite* ."
Unconscious incompetence is more prevalent than common knowledge.
I have to take umbrage with #12. I have a pretty good vocabulary and will often throw in a more advanced word to convey my meaning in the most accurate way I can. It's pretty common for me to stop in the middle of a sentence while I try to remember a specific word that matches exactly what I'm thinking. I hope it doesn't come across as trying to appear intelligent.
EDIT: #17 is similar, but the examples given in that post are
verbose more than anything. I'm okay with that take; there is no need to bloat sentences in conversation or in writing. As a side note, it seems that is commonplace when people become uncomfortable, and use it subconsciously as a stalling technique.
I'm the same. I also use large or obscure words sometimes for the sake of avoiding overusing a word when another, more common word isn't available to improve flow. Some people do use larger and lesser-known words to look intelligent, but it is important to bear in mind that some people who use these words aren't trying to come off that way.
I’ve had experiences with that. I'm a professional technical editor with an English degree, and I understand why people hate Grammar Nazis and other self-important know-it-alls. However, every once in a while, you find yourself in an online debate in which it's obvious that the other person (who's complaining about your vocabulary or syntax as being "performative") hasn't considered the OTHER alternative.
I remember one particular Facebook debate with a total stranger. The subject of our debate isn’t relevant here, but, since I was the conservative and he was the liberal, his entire argument defaulted to the idea that he was, by definition, smarter than me, never mind his endless stream of ad hominem attacks, profanity, and barely coherent sentence structure.
As the argument wore on, he began to notice the large discrepancy in our communication “styles” (as it were). His insults began including name-calling like “Mr. Professor,” along with accusations that I was trying to “sound” smart. I could practically smell the smoke coming out of his ears as he attempted to process the concept that his approach wasn’t leading him like a champion to the Winner’s Circle of Keyboard Warriors.
I didn’t stoop to his level, but, for the duration of the argument, I wanted to simply drop the mic with the following question: “Hasn’t it occurred to you that, perhaps rather than pretending that I’m smarter than you, the truth is that you’re actually DUMBER than me?”
10:05 one in this category that annoys me endlessly is when people make videos on a topic they know a lot about and in the comments there's someone who just HAS to notify everyone that the video isn't worth watching because _"i already know all of this stuff though!"_
Like okay? Maybe other people exist and maybe the video wasn't actually made specially just for you?
Some contracts require that type of wording, not always but that doesn’t mean people are always trying to sound smart by using necessary words.
That’s what I’m thinking. They need to be air tight to keep actual smart people from abusing loopholes or to prevent dumb people from causing damage.
Story 26 ... yup seen those people, even here on youtube doing videos.
One of them was making a video on the legend of the Welsh dragon and every 5 sentence he interjected "this is stupid" and "cant happen" and "scifi is the only original thing and fantasy is for stupid people".
My bf lies to sound smart. Me-“Hey did you hear about X?” Him- “uh think so that’s the *completely wrong* thing I think” me- “um, no it’s *right thing*” him- “oh yeah I knew that I was just mixing it up” BRO JUST ADMIT YOU DIDNT KNOW ITS OKAY NOT YO KNOW EVERYTHING
1) Constantly misuse words they don't understand the meaning of.
2) Being overly contrarian, adversarial and or arrogant
3) Constantly trying to belittle other people, things and/or ideas down (especially when they don't really even back up their position with a tangible reason after doing so).
4) Being overly pessimistic.
5) Bragging about the score they got on an online IQ test (or really any IQ test for that matter)
6) Scoffing at someone who calls Duck Tape "Duck tape" and then telling them it's called "Duct Tape". It was originally called "Duck Tape" because water would run off of it like a duck's back. But even so, both terms are fine and everyone knows what you are referring to.
7) People who tell americans that they should be using the Celsius temperature scale and it's the SI scale for temperature. The SI scale for temperature is in fact the Kelvin scale and if you have a hard time grasping fahrenheit (it's okay I do too) there are plenty of unit converter apps out there.
18:25 -- Well it's just that on prescription labels it usually has the drug's real/scientific name rather than the brand name. So if it's prescription only it's actually likely its scientific name will be more familiar than the brand name.
Thank you so much for your video.
The Time When Joey From Friends Volunteered To Write A Letter Of Recomendation For Chandler And Monica To The Adoption Agency But Used A Thesaurus On EVERY SINGLE WORD! EVEN HIS NAME!
I knew someone that would try to one up anything you would do. If you read about something he would have written about it, if you know about a game, he wrote something on the game, or if you play a game he was one of the testers of the game. This would be fine if he knew anything about it, I caught him many times in lies, like when he said he saw my artwork, I was thinking how? My name I use for art is not the same as my name so how you do that?
People who ruin shows by talking too much and guessing the plot. Then says, “how could you not see that.”
23:00 got me. In 2024 when someone is in a debate or similar they often say "citation please" or "show me the research paper" - when I'm talking about logic. I'm not digging up a research paper that 5x5=25 because we can work it out through logic, add 5 to itself 5 times. They do this on social things, like if you claim people who speak more languages are more interested in different cultures (I just made the example up). I can't find a paper to prove this, it is an assumption I'm making, but it's clearly based on logic and not random statements.
When people play that card during online debates with me, I respond with, "I'm not playing Source Fetch with you. If the truth matters to you, I'm sure you'll be doing your own research."
@@nathandirkmaat5049 I'm glad I'm not the only one that experienced it!
15:25
Story 17 OP is an idiot, theres nothing wrong with that letter.
I was thinking the same
Many possibilities exist for this discussion, but I vote for the “sweeping generalization” (or “broad brush”) logical fallacy, particularly as it applies to online debates.
My personal favorite: “You must be a Trump supporter.”
Reasonable people can (and do) disagree, but there are times when the cognitive dissonance involved in a person’s rebuttal makes my head hurt.
I really hate being the smartest in the room all the time. People look to me for answers on subjects I never claimed to be an expert. I can advise confidently on IT and Game mechanics. When people have a cough and want a medical opinion, I am not the person you should go to. I really miss college and I often think about going back for fun, but it is super expensive and not worth the investment if the knowledge gained won't be used in my career. Being smart really does suck most of the time.
You need to find a better class of friends (like people who can explain quantum physics) if you are always the smartest person in the room or just check your hubris.
@@marypalmer1027 I would welcome that.
You are the smartest person in the room if you are the only person in the room.
31 seconds and no views? Bro fell off. Jkjk lol. Keep up the awesome vids! ❤
Using big words that they obviously didn't look up.
Anything involving apple products
No one is smart. Tou can gain knowlege in a subject or many subjects. But just because you know about theoretical physics or advanced chemistry, doesnt mean you know how to change a tire on a semi, and one is needed more than the other for society to be maintained.
I promise I'm not trying to be a jerk.
Lmao complaining about people posting on their own page about their own accomplishments is annoying? Maybe for you😂, do better so you don’t have to complain about others’ achieves.
Story 26: must be a Harris fan.
Your mom.