How are you likely to react when someone brags about their intellect?
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If one needs to constantly mention their “superior” intelligence in order to attempt to impress or intimidate someone, I tend to discount it overall. If you are telling this out of context, it’s just kinda sad and makes no sense.
If it is mentioned within an appropriate context, then it’s not really bragging I guess.
I try not to roll my eyes and put on a poker face.
I would ask if they are demonstrating the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Mostly what I come across is people putting down the intellect of others, not propping up their own. If I do hear that, I’ll find it very “cringey” and an expression of insecurity.
I laugh. If they have to bring it up, they don’t have it.
@Demosthenes -Agreed.
I do run into that once in awhile—the longer you live, the more bullshit you run into—but the one that tops the cake is when I had to listen to a friend tell me how good she was in bed. Wot!?
What do you say to that?
@elbanditoroso -LOL! That would have been the best response.
I was too surprised to say anything.
An airhorn would have been a good response as well, come to think of it.
”.......when I had to listen to a friend tell me how good she was in bed. Wot!?
What do you say to that?”
I would had laughed and then told her that some men play that game of telling a women that in order to get her to put out more. In Short she had been made a fool of and she didn’t know it.
Actually I would had asked her WHOM was he comparing her too? ( Prostitute?)
@Inspired_2write The thing that made it stranger (than more common BS)was that she really was rating herself.She was prone to some “self promotion”.
She was well aware of what some people do to get laid.
Why she thought I needed to know that one is a mystery. lol
I seldom hear people doing that. People who are secure in their intelligence don’t have to brag about it, any more than a tall person needs to call attention to his height. I don’t honestly think it’s any more to their credit than, say, being agile or having a good singing voice. You can cultivate it, sure, but the aptitude comes with the package.
If I were to hear someone going on about how smart they were, I would probably just avoid their obnoxious company.
And if I couldn’t, I would most likely annotate their comments silently but mercilessly.
I’ve only seen that here with references to Mensa, so they may get an ‘Oh wow’ but that’s about it.
@lucillelucillelucille
Re: Why she thought I needed to know that one is a mystery. LOL.
Did she want a badge?
I heard of two women who made the rounds in a Bar and ”...did things for men and got paid
QUICK $20 ( Canadian dollar)
The next day I happened to see her using a computer at a Computer Store..and she bragged
about “her being the Best…....” and that MANY men told her so??????
I discussed this with a male friend who worked in a bar and he just laughed so hard!
He told me that that is what the men say just to get her to continue!
I felt bad for her since she was going through one of many bad times in her life and that small
shred of appreciation/notoriety, was what she was hanging so desperate on, for validation.
That was two years ago and she made a trip to of all places Amsterdam’s Red Light District!
Gawd I hope that she wasn’t thinking of taking a job there???
She was going down the wrong path.
@Inspired_2write -It sounds like she went pro. XD
I am not sure what the one I knew wanted. Her bragging wasn’t limited to just that and it was a one time comment.
It was often about her looks and she really was very pretty. Looked a bit like Christie Brinkley.
She told me so herself. XD
@ucme -I was taken by surprise and rendered speechless.That also surprised me.lol
I’d probably smile and say “nice” or something like that. Something diplomatic if they said it once, and if they went on about it, I’d try to distance myself physically from them.
Depends on how someone says it. I know people who do this for laughs because they don’t really take their intelligence seriously. And some who mean it. Now as for those who mean it, I will usually ignore them if I feel they just are looking for confirmation because they have low self-esteem. It depends on it they are using it to intimidate. Then I will just walk away. Not worth my time. If its someone who I do know is smart but is always questioning and looking for confirmation I will maybe joke about what they said. An actual confident and intelligent person doesn’t need to have it confirmed or praise themselves to make others feel small. My sister says I never have to say anything about what I think. She says my expressions usually give me away.
@lucillelucillelucille How are you likely to react when someone brags about their intellect?
Fawning wonderment in either the supine or prostrate position.
Not sure what I would do.
I don’t know anybody who brags about their intellect.
On the other hand I know lots of people who dismiss mine.
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