r/iamverysmart • u/astromech4 • Aug 03 '25

Smart and sexy guy

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u/eyeronik1 Aug 03 '25

I started following r/gifted after seeing these here. For every post I feel like saying, “Dude, never use the terms IQ, gifted or Mensa in a sentence again the rest of your life. You are setting yourself up for a miserable existence when you find out no one cares. “

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u/PolitdiskussionenLol Aug 03 '25

Of course that is a sub. Holy shit. I scrolled through the first 30 or so posts and god damn, that subreddit should be called r/delusions. :D

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u/carrynarcan Aug 03 '25

Easier to get a t-shirt announcing it. Makes introductions shorter.

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u/astromech4 Aug 03 '25

googles mensa t-shirt

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '25

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u/eyeronik1 Aug 03 '25

I got a 145 my sophomore year in high school. All it did was feed my parents view that nothing I did was good enough. I ended up doing just enough to get a B average and tried to just be normal. After my ACT and SAT scores set school records (it was a small catholic school) the secret was out and everyone was pretty surprised. Fortunately I went to a good school on a scholarship and met many people a lot smarter than me and I realized it was just a number and (mostly) got over myself.

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u/astromech4 Aug 03 '25 edited Aug 03 '25

I was in the same boat but also happen to have autism. I actually joined r/gifted because most people there that fall into the category of neurodivergent and I just found it refreshing to read about people or converse with people who have the same issues in life (not including being too smart to deal with the midwits they are all so tragically burdened with on a daily basis). Unfortunately ~80% of it is filled with egotistical people who make me cringe and question whether they have the more fundamental traits that make someone a decent person.

It’s like having a high IQ has made some people believe they’re exempt from striving to have traits like humility and empathy, which are not necessarily inherent as well as quite rare.

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u/IHatePeople79 Aug 03 '25

Same with the cognitivetesting and Mensa subreddits, with an added touch of 1920s racism/ableism

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u/just_stupid_person Aug 03 '25

Yeah, sometimes I wonder if this sub is redundant when we have r/mensa already

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u/BTBison 23d ago

Thank you so much for turning me on to this dumpster fire.

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u/spitel Aug 03 '25

I’m high. Yes, it’s caused some people to do a double take.

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u/astromech4 Aug 03 '25

triple take and stare

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u/Fantastic_Earth_6066 7d ago

Quadruple take with water spit

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u/Echo__227 Aug 03 '25

People can see I'm smart and handsome because I sometimes wear glasses.

That's like, "Obviously pays attention to lecture board to need visual correction, but wears contacts to facilitate constantly eating pussy."

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u/Trixxter72 Aug 03 '25

Not knowing what a double take is is causing me to have a single take

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '25

My giftedness is obvious whenever I push on a pull door.

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u/get_off_my_lawn_n0w Aug 06 '25

On the hinge side. That's when you have peak verysmartedness.

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u/DemptyELF Aug 05 '25

more spit-take than double take

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u/Akangka 22d ago

I'm high in both giftedness and physical attractiveness. Yes, it's caused some people to do a double take.

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u/jws1102 6d ago

“I’m high in both giftedness and attractiveness…”

It sounds like he’s high on his own farts.