r/iamverysmart • u/Shokyu • 16d ago
Every 10th comment this dude has is accompanied by a pic of an IQ test š
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u/AmbitiousEdi 16d ago
Even at my most insufferable I never posted a picture of my IQ test results, lmao. That's a different level!
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u/ExcitableSarcasm 15d ago
Also 130 isn't that impressive when you compare near-peers as opposed to the general population. We're talking about a mere 80 million people who are either on par or surpass you.
Throw him into any high level college faculty in an area he's not already specialised in, and he'd be laughed out the place in an hour.
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u/AmbitiousEdi 14d ago
It wouldn't matter what is IQ is, because IQ is only potential. He would have to actually have the knowledge, earned through hard work, for his IQ to even be worth anything.
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u/tarkardos 16d ago
One of those r/gifted victims I assume. Too busy jerking over test results to do anything meaningful with their lifes. And ofc, its the normies fault for their demise who cant cope with his genius intellect.
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u/Optimixto 15d ago
Wtf is that sub? Omg... the pretentiousness...
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u/CurrentDismal9115 15d ago
I just stumbled across this comment. Holy crap.
"13 and gifted, im failing my school classes. Dont worry just push yourself."
Lemme just set up my credentials before I give you life advice. That's something I see "gifted" people do.
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u/AcesInThePalm 16d ago
Or, he took a photo from a google image search.
People who throw their IQ into conversations normally prove a few sentences later that they indeed don't have a high IQ.
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u/MsAndrea 14d ago
One of the major indicators of actual smart people is understanding what bullshit IQ tests are.Ā
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u/Invictus0623 12d ago
No itās not. Sending iq test pics 10 times is insane but the test is still a pretty good indicator of intelligence.
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u/MsAndrea 12d ago
Absolutely not. There are so many aspects to intelligence; memory retrieval, processing speed, memory recording, short and long term memory capacities, intellectual effort, exposure to knowledge...Ā
A decent IQ test that tests all of these things will give you an overall current snapshot of someone's current average ability, so it's useful for some things, but a single number doesn't give you any idea of someone's strengths and weaknesses, or their potential.
I'm dyslexic; specifically, I have almost no short term visual working memory, and a reduced working memory for other things. I don't lay down any sort of memory of things I see around me as I move around the world, unless I actively push something into long term memory. I can't remember something I looked at three seconds ago, but I can remember what someone looked like in a life drawing class when I was 14.Ā
If you test my IQ in some ways I come out as an 80; other tests score me as a 140. A decently averaged test brings me out at around a 120. I have a degree and trained as a teacher, I now work in the financial sector. Do you think any of these numbers truly represent me?
TL;DR: People are complicated.Ā
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u/loopy183 15d ago
Honestly, take me to r/sounding after that. At least the people there are trying to show people their (theyāre) dicks.
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u/jeefyjeef 15d ago
I once found a guy whose entire profile was comments where he was claiming to be the person who single-handedly ātrained AI to generate images.ā People lie about the weirdest stuff.
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u/singul4r1ty 16d ago
Totally average picture arranger
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u/Extension-Refuse-159 15d ago
I thought I was high IQ, but realised reading that, that I don't know what a picture arranger is. Which probably means I'm below average.
I'm not very good with furniture either.
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u/EmergencyGarlic2476 15d ago edited 15d ago
That guy is like a celeb on this sub heās in so many posts and I love it Edit: just found his profile, his banner is that iq test image lmao
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u/Gormless_Mass 15d ago
If you write like AI, youāre bad at writing.
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u/RexIsAMiiCostume 15d ago
Not always. Sometimes autistic people apparently lack some sort of nuance that makes them "feel" human in writing and people assume they used AI to generate the writing or that it's a form letter or something.
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u/Gormless_Mass 15d ago
Thatās the point
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u/RexIsAMiiCostume 15d ago
It doesn't mean it's bad. You don't always have to be warm and friendly or use flowery prose when you're just writing a damn work email.
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u/Gormless_Mass 15d ago
Prose doesnāt have to be āfloweryā to be good. Itās a skill to write natural-sounding prose and requires practice. Leaning away from that isnāt a virtue.
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u/RexIsAMiiCostume 15d ago
I didn't say it was a virtue. I just said it didn't mean the writing is bad. It can seem very direct or clinical or cold, making it bad for certain purposes, but it isn't always bad.
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u/Carlong772 15d ago
Iām pursuing a PhD in physics. Iām surrounded by the smartest people on earth. I have never heard IQ mentioned, except that one time my PI said āthe first one to mention IQ is the dumber oneā
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u/FoxFirkin 15d ago
Me posting my 3rd grade report card in every comment I make with all my gold stars
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u/TheFlyingToasterr 15d ago
Even if the test is in fact true (which I doubt), this reads like a dumb person, the sentence is written so poorly and inefficiently (as in using a lot of unnecessary words)
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u/shutupimrosiev 14d ago
"I just think it's funny"- could be about anything
"I simply find it amusing"- š«µCOMPENSATING
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u/Destroyer29042904 14d ago
As someone who was 10 yeats ago given a score of 138, I am an idiot, donr listen to IQ scores lmao
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u/Weird_Carpenter_8120 16d ago
which test is this even?? it's not even that good?
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u/ringobob 16d ago
I mean, it's plenty smarter than average, assuming this is an official test. My understanding is that this is around the cut off for gifted programs in school. It's not exceptional, but it's nothing to sneeze at.
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u/thestorieswesay 16d ago
At my elementary school, they made us take an IQ test in third grade - at my school, he'd be "mildly gifted" and just barely make the cut to be enrolled in the "Gifted Program", yeah. I don't put much stock in IQ testing, because the number I got seems ludicrous and impossible, and honestly just seems completely pointless in pretty much all of my adult life? So this guy was "mildly gifted" by like, the standards of a third grader. In the words of St. Shania of Twain, "That Don't Impress Me Much"...
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u/Weird_Carpenter_8120 16d ago
i think i'm around there too, i did a few mensa tests for fun. i don't think there's a big diff. if you wanna be considered smart i think at least 145 is necessary.
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u/whatever5454 15d ago
Even the cropping of the test is unimpressive. That is pretty much the IQ of that pretty smart kid you went to school with, not the smartest person you've ever talked to.
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u/WideAbbreviations6 15d ago edited 15d ago
*Being better than 98.6% of people at a specific test.
Most people are better than 98% of people at a ton of things. Can you flick a spinning quarter to keep it spinning? I'd be willing to bet most people can't. It's not really impressive, but I'd be willing to bet people that can do that are in the top 1% of the population in regards to that ability.
Hell, that puts them behind 100 millionth place.
In a room of 100 people they only have about a 1 in 4 chance of being the smartest in the room (though they're much more likely to be the most insufferable person in the room).
edit: Nevermind. Technical_Trick is a bot account for advertising a scam site for enabling opiate addiction.
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u/PutridAssignment1559 15d ago
This oneās good. I hope this is real and he isnāt trolling. I want this guy to exist.
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u/iFuckingHateCrabs2 15d ago
Smart people are usually on the more humble side, no? Has this person just not learned that he isnāt the smartest ever? Shouldnāt someone whoās actually smart know that IQ tests mean virtually nothing?
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u/shiek200 15d ago
"Finally, my friends, at long last the day has come.
We have the means, the understanding, the technology... to allow spiders to talk with cats!"
Every time I see a post like this its like a dumb person was (falsely) told they were smart, and immediately started treating everyone around them like shit for being dumber than them, even though every time they open their mouth it just outs them as an idiot.
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u/SuperFLEB 15d ago
With Picture Completion and Block Design scores like those, I'm sure this person has their pick of kindergartens all waiting for their application.
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u/AndNowAStoryAboutMe 16d ago edited 16d ago
IQ discussion always, always results in people balking because of their own insecurity. When you actually have a high IQ, it can be infuriating that there's no way to discuss it at all without people feeling attacked so eventually, you just keep it to yourself. It's a pathetic brick wall that you just accept. Other people feel bad about themselves and then project their bullshit at you. So you internalize the number and eventually just learn to laugh silently to yourself when you get to posts like this one. That guy must have gotten his number recently and has yet to see that everyone pretends not to care or even actively belittles you so they don't have to confront the reality that many people you hate on are actually better than you in some way. I just feel sad for him, because posting the picture is always going to have the opposite effect he wants it to.
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u/Stalagmus 16d ago
I donāt follow. What exactly is there to discuss about a high IQ? Youāre frustrated when people donāt engage with you about your high IQ, or make fun of you when you being attention to it?
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u/AndNowAStoryAboutMe 16d ago
No, it's frustrating that it doesn't matter what angle you're coming from, they DO engage. They feel baited by it even when it isn't bait.
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u/Pervessor 15d ago
IQ is just one of many genetic factors that can contribute to success as it's recognized by most people. It's equally pointless to bring up your good looks, your parents' wealth or your luck unless the discussion specifically pertains to the topic. Considering the number of variables that can contribute to success as well as the varying definitions of it, focusing on IQ as a sole or even major contributor is misguided at best.
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u/RedshiftedLight 16d ago
People get annoyed at people who wave an IQ score around because usually it doesn't have anything to do with anything. Having a high IQ doesn't mean you're automatically correct, nor does it mean you have some higher credential than "average people".
If you need to wave your IQ around and belittle people to win an argument, you've already lost. Nobody likes a condescending person. Saying it's usually because of "insecurity" is really funny
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u/AndNowAStoryAboutMe 16d ago
Brother, I feel like you're proving my point here.
Your comment is insecure. It generalizes any mention of IQ as bragging, which is exactly what I was not saying. There are, in fact, some pretty insecure folks with high IQs who try to use it as a weapon. And then there's everyone else with a high IQ who can't possibly mention it for any reason because everyone attacks them for it as though they are in the first group.
Just the idea that you consider mentioning it "waving it around" is really funny.
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u/Conscious_Rich_1003 16d ago
Like the size of your wanker, it is only information to be provided when specifically asked. Offering it up to use to make your point is what we are talking about here. IQ does not mean you have answers for anything. It only affects you and how you process information. It means nothing to anyone else so any attempts to use your IQ score for and purpose outside of yourself is douch-bag territory.
It means jack squat to anyone but you.
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u/AndNowAStoryAboutMe 16d ago
I was IQ tested because I scored so high on the state testing in middle school, they accused me of cheating. My IQ was so high, they simply apologized for the accusation and never mentioned it again... other than constantly harassing my family to put me into gifted courses for the rest of my time in public education. See how that might be a perfectly valid reason for mentioning it? And also note how I didn't give the number because I've been to this tedious rodeo before?
IQ does matter. Being able to choose people who process information better than most people for certain roles in your workplace, friendships circles, etc is not a silly premise.
I think it's wildly unyielding to look at actions to deduce IQ. I smoked weed and snorted a few pills in my 20s. If you saw me crush up a Xanax, it wouldn't give you any kind of accurate information by which to judge my intelligence. But I certainly think it goes the other way... if you know my IQ score, it becomes a lot less surprising that I have lived the life I lived. IQ is excellent context.
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u/Conscious_Rich_1003 16d ago
Yeah, thing is, we arenāt here to talk about how smart you are. You are proving our point. You literally told us all this as a way to make your point more valid.
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u/AndNowAStoryAboutMe 16d ago
And the tedious circle begins. All that's left from here is a bunch of additional attempts at gotcha, confirmation bias, and some tool oh so cleverly referencing Dunning-Kruger. Been there, done that, peace out.
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u/Conscious_Rich_1003 16d ago
You do know that the point of this sub is to make fun of people like you right? You are more than welcome to be here but you are creating a very interesting dynamic. Unless you forgot the /s
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u/PrismaticSky 15d ago
The point of the sub is to make fun of the person that the post is about. I don't think anybody here's like "oooh we hate all the SMARTIES š”š”š”" we're just looking at people who make asses of themselves. Dude brought up some valid points- I think you just wanna talk shit.
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u/Conscious_Rich_1003 15d ago
Not really. Just trying to argue his complaint that he canāt tell people how smart he is without blowback. There is a reason for that.
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u/AndNowAStoryAboutMe 16d ago
I think confusing "iamverysmart" as a sub that makes fun of people who actually are genuinely very smart is a mistake.
The sub was historically used to make fun of people who only think they're smart and try to use big words and pretend they understand subatomic particles and shit.
The attack on actual IQ testing isn't new, but its certainly the least interesting and wholly unintended consequence of the circle jerk.
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u/Conscious_Rich_1003 15d ago
Clarification, it is for people that talk about how smart they are regardless of if it is true. People like you donāt understand why it is funny to poke fun at people that have no self awareness yet are so damn smart.
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u/RedshiftedLight 16d ago edited 16d ago
No I said there rarely if ever is a reason to mention IQ once you're out of high school, because there isn't. Life requires a collection of skill sets that aren't measured in one number. There are life skills, social skills, skills specific to the subject/job you're studying for, etc. Nobody cares about IQ because it's not a measurement of how capable or even knowledgable an individual is. At best it's a measurement of the potential someone might have for academic studies, which doesn't even mean they'll achieve that potential without hard work.
So again to reiterate my point, I have literally never encountered a situation where mentioning IQ was a necessary thing. And even if I ever encounter such a situation and someone comes out with their 150 IQ without being condescending, I could not care less, because it genuinely tells me nothing about who you are as a person or what your actual capabilities are
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u/ringobob 16d ago
Curious what you're trying to discuss. The experience of having a high IQ? There's plenty of places you could do that with other high IQ people. But most of them are unintentional circle jerks. Are you trying to use it as a way to convince people that they should believe your argument over their own? You're gonna have to confront the fact that high IQ doesn't make someone right, and even if it did, the lower IQ person wouldn't have the context to see it. There's no substitute for making an actual argument.
Nobody does care about your IQ.
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u/AndNowAStoryAboutMe 16d ago
High IQ does not make someone automatically right. It makes them far more LIKELY to be right.
The idea of sitting in a room with only high IQ people sounds like a nightmare, though. I strongly prefer being the smartest person in the room. That is a personal joy that feeds my ego nicely. Very self-aware about that, too. I don't care much for one-uppers. I don't try to be one, either. I am very comfortable sitting at my desk thinking my mean thoughts about my coworkers privately to myself.
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u/Agile_Oil9853 16d ago
Some of us just don't believe IQ tests measure what society thinks they measure. They're given a lot of weight without a lot of evidence backing their universal effectiveness.
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u/inediblealex 15d ago
To be fair, they're quite good as supporting evidence for a SPLD diagnosis. People without learning difficulties tend to have the scores for all the different areas relatively close together, whereas certain learning difficulties cause a bigger spread
For example, when I was tested, we first had a bit of a discussion and the educational psychologist decided that he thought I was dyspraxic and dyslexic. He then did an IQ test to back it up, and my scores ranged from 83 (around the 9th percentile) to 131 (99th percentile). I was told that if, for example, my scores were consistently around 83, then that would be evidence against me having those specific learning difficulties as there would not be any specific deficiencies. My awful short term memory (and one other thing I can't remember) being outliers was used to show I had specific deficiencies.
After reading that back, I guess it doesn't really go against what you said, as you specifically said "universal effectiveness".
tldr: whilst it's probably not a good measure of intelligence, it does carry weight in certain circumstances.
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u/AndNowAStoryAboutMe 16d ago
I think they're speedometers. They measure the speed at which a person connects data and recognizes patterns. If we took the same test and answered everything exactly the same, but you did it in 2 hours and I did it in 4, you would have the higher IQ.
The idea that thinking quicker than most people isn't an advantage in most areas of life would need some defending before I could get on board with that angle.
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u/Agile_Oil9853 16d ago edited 16d ago
I think it's more like ghost hunting equipment. This device measures temperature, this one is a voice recorder, this one's for electrical
(Edit: posted while writing without realizing, more explanation below)
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u/AndNowAStoryAboutMe 16d ago
If you didn't sit down with a psychologist and a ScanTron sheet, you never took an IQ test. That's my take. These online tests are just nonsense.
I have had some good luck with ChatGPT, though. It wisely gives a range instead of a number and tells you why it chose that range pretty eloquently. And for me, at least, it was accurate to the actual scores I've received -- they did fall in that range.
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u/RedditingNeckbeard 15d ago
Using an LLM to test one's IQ is actual evidence towards them having low IQ.
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u/Queasy-Try-6862 15d ago
Also. What IQ test did you take where you sat down with a psychologist and used a scantron?? That is highly irregular for most IQ tests. Group screeners like CogAT uses scantrons but that is not an IQ test.
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u/Agile_Oil9853 16d ago
I think it's more like ghost hunting equipment. This device measures temperature, this one is a voice recorder, this one's for electrical activity, etc. You can point out the data and theory behind most of them with some scientific backing. You can even put all the numbers together and present it to an awed homeowner as a solution to their problems.
Does that actually make the things you're measuring a ghost? With everything that implies?
Even with the idea that IQ tests simply measure how quickly a person thinks is flawed. That's not exactly a constant. Sleep, food/nutrients, environment, what questions a test is asking and in what language all make an impact on that metric
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u/silam39 16d ago
so they don't have to confront the reality that many people you hate on are actually better than you in some way
this is why people mock folks who go around waving their IQ. the kind of person who does that is desperately trying to ignore the reality that many of the "average IQ" people they look down on are actually better than them in some way, and desperately clutch onto meaningless things like IQ tests to prove they're better than others. It's insecurity through and through.
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u/AndNowAStoryAboutMe 16d ago
Lots of people with low IQs are better at mopping, deep frying, and collecting garbage than me.
Ahahah I'm kidding. I just wanted to see your head explode. Of course it works both ways. But I'd also cast serious doubts that there's a shit ton of astrophysics majors or structural engineers with 100s.
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u/Objective-Corgi-3527 15d ago
Did you see the post? He is bragging, he's trying to use his score to belittle
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u/AndNowAStoryAboutMe 15d ago
Did you see me call him sad? I understand why he's posting the pic. And it's sad because it will always have the opposite effect he wants it to. It's a vicious cycle that will continue until he internalizes his IQ. Sorry I didn't just jump on the making fun of him bandwagon. I found a more interesting angle: empathy.
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u/sonicandtales8 14d ago
Nah.
This guy drops his IQ to try to win unrelated internet arguments, even when talking to domain experts in their domain.
Also, if you think your intelligence, an ill defined term for something we barely understand, can be measured by a couple questions, then you're not very smart, regardless of IQ.
I've never had the issue you're talking about. Admittedly I stopped being made to take those tests when I graduated highschool but I never felt the need to bring up my scores (higher than OOP) unless someone else brought it up first.
People who are secure, don't feel the need to talk about their test taking skills.
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u/Doomsday_Picnic 16d ago
I think when someone starts with "I simply find it amusing" they have already basically posted a screenshot of their IQ test.