Instances you successfully looked smart.

**CrudeHypothesis** · 06-09-2012, 01:50 PM

Sometimes being smart annoys people and other times it impresses them.

Can you recall an instant you said something clever that made others impressed and comment that you're smart?

**Phaze228** · 06-09-2012, 03:18 PM

The second example they would actually be thinking you're an arrogant prick. People don't like to be bombarded with facts for actual conversation. They want the simplicity. They register the short nugget of relevant explanation more than the recited wikipedia entry. It's one reason I'm perceived as smart by my family and past friends. I don't detail a damn thing because I never get a follow up question. Disappointing really.

**joeleoj** · 06-09-2012, 03:19 PM

Yes, when I learned to more consider that people aren't going to understand my personalized knowledge (that the conversation also involved them), my social interactions became less one-sided.

**CrudeHypothesis** · 06-09-2012, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by Phaze228
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The second example they would actually be thinking you're an arrogant prick. People don't like to be bombarded with facts for actual conversation. They want the simplicity. They register the short nugget of relevant explanation more than the recited wikipedia entry. It's one reason I'm perceived as smart by my family and past friends. I don't detail a damn thing because I never get a follow up question. Disappointing really.

You're arguing it's about getting them to ask follow up questions you can answer?

**Phaze228** · 06-09-2012, 03:44 PM

	Originally Posted by CrudeHypothesis To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	You're arguing it's about getting them to ask follow up questions you can answer?

I argue that it's simplicity that makes people think you're smart.
The follow-up that you nonchalantly set-up for was only part of it. The simplistic (yet relevant) explanation is what elicited that "You're intelligent" comment.
When I made my post I wasn't thinking of that example you prescribed, but more along the lines of someone asking you a question "Is A better than B?" And I answer promptly "No, B is better because of reason X" and after that, they don't ask a follow-up question, like...why does reason x make it better?
I should have made that clear, but I phase-in and out while writing and sometimes think I've made myself perfectly clear, when I've only written down a single letter.

**CrudeHypothesis** · 06-09-2012, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by Phaze228
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I argue that it's simplicity that makes people think you're smart.
The follow-up that you nonchalantly set-up for was only part of it. The simplistic (yet relevant) explanation is what elicited that "You're intelligent" comment.
When I made my post I wasn't thinking of that example you prescribed, but more along the lines of someone asking you a question "Is A better than B?" And I answer promptly "No, B is better because of reason X" and after that, they don't ask a follow-up question, like...why does reason x make it better?
I should have made that clear, but I phase-in and out while writing and sometimes think I've made myself perfectly clear, when I've only written down a single letter.

So you're implying INTJs that are arrogant aren't simple?

**Imperator** · 06-09-2012, 09:41 PM

I was in class translating Aristophanes, and translated an inchoative imperfect.

Prof said something like "yes! Excellent, that was brilliant. Good use of the inchoative imperfect there".

Two lines later I forgot something really simple, total brain dead moment, and he said, "If you don't get this I'm gonna throw chalk at you".

He threw the chalk, hit me in the head.

Easy come, easy go.

**Roier** · 06-09-2012, 09:52 PM

At work, a lady asked me to move with her to Hawaii :D to be her guru
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Just because I fixed her computer at the first attempt
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**KeithP** · 06-09-2012, 09:56 PM

^ I had a guy offer me his guest house in Hawaii to come work on his computers.

I get nothing but compliments at my job doing tech support over the phone. I sound smart to all customers I talk too, because they're calling tech support. I'm supposed to know more about them regarding the subject at hand.

How often do I 'look' smart? I dress well every day, to match my dashing intelligence. Some people just don't get it though.

**Roier** · 06-09-2012, 10:04 PM

Originally Posted by KeithP
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^ I had a guy offer me his guest house in Hawaii to come work on his computers.

I get nothing but compliments at my job doing tech support over the phone. I sound smart to all customers I talk too, because they're calling tech support. I'm supposed to know more about them regarding the subject at hand.

How often do I 'look' smart? I dress well every day, to match my dashing intelligence. Some people just don't get it though.

Is the fishing date still on?
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**CrudeHypothesis** · 06-10-2012, 06:51 AM

	Originally Posted by Imperator To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	I was in class translating Aristophanes, and translated an inchoative imperfect. Prof said something like "yes! Excellent, that was brilliant. Good use of the inchoative imperfect there". Two lines later I forgot something really simple, total brain dead moment, and he said, "If you don't get this I'm gonna throw chalk at you". He threw the chalk, hit me in the head. Easy come, easy go.

The trouble with high expectations.

	Originally Posted by Roier To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	At work, a lady asked me to move with her to Hawaii :D to be her guru To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Just because I fixed her computer at the first attempt To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

Let me guess, you simply restarted it
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	Originally Posted by Roier To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Is the fishing date still on? To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

lol, you two are made for each other.

**spect** · 06-10-2012, 07:05 AM

no i often say something... incredibly stupid

**CrudeHypothesis** · 06-10-2012, 07:25 AM

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	no i often say something... incredibly stupid

Like this
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**Zsych** · 06-10-2012, 08:21 AM

Usually whenever there's an emergency and I save their asses, although some people are too immature to appreciate even that.

**CrudeHypothesis** · 06-10-2012, 08:37 AM

	Originally Posted by Zsych To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Usually whenever there's an emergency and I save their asses, although some people are too immature to appreciate even that.

Cool, can you give a specific example? I'm curious, and that's why I started the thread
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**crazyshoots** · 06-10-2012, 11:18 AM

I usually dont speak up if its not my issue but when I speak up, its often because I know the person who is supposed to rectify the issue probably met with some difficulties and needed help. I'll pop over, ask some qns to see whats on then give some obvious hint on the solution.

I guess probably thats why? Otherwise it must be my sarcasm...

**deconspire** · 06-10-2012, 02:23 PM

4,462 times and counting.

**Saggita** · 06-10-2012, 02:31 PM

Well, people who know me praise me a lot because I am smart, though I don't try to look so: I am just witty and sarcastic and everyone is kind of okay with that...?

Meh, I don't try to look smart, really.

**SwedenF** · 06-10-2012, 09:19 PM

My romantic interest wouldn't eat, and I was lecturing him over the phone, spurting out a "If you don't give your stomach food, it'll eat itself". For some reason my mother loved that statement, and quotes it whenever appropriate because she thought it summed it up nicely or something.

**PRBori** · 06-10-2012, 09:38 PM

I get a lot of praises at work for streamling processes. My work is known even by higher ups... everyone knows I'm smart, a workaholic who prefers to have hardly any life than life.... selected few are waiting for me to take off with my company... if only it was so simple...

Personally I just see myself as a regular JOE, I simply have ideas that I kind of force into place. I make it clear that certain things are simply required for my sanity and if they need me on the team I need to keep my sanity. Of course I don't say that way, but thats basically how I work. At the end I am a team player who wants the best for the overall team to succeed.

I'm just lucky I guess to have accomplished so much in so little time that it simply impress many. Plus I research like crazy and read probably more than your average JOE.... fast reading that is as I have to review almost 1000 pages of info on top of other duties. But to be honest, I do not consider myself the smartest person at work. There are others much more knowledgeable than I who I admire as well, I'm simply a jack of all trades in the IT area and therefore appear to be the smartest.

And, no I don't look smart nor do I dress to impress... extremely business casual, hate business attired but use it once in a while.

**CrudeHypothesis** · 06-10-2012, 10:06 PM

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	My romantic interest wouldn't eat, and I was lecturing him over the phone, spurting out a "If you don't give your stomach food, it'll eat itself". For some reason my mother loved that statement, and quotes it whenever appropriate because she thought it summed it up nicely or something.

Hey, I invented that quote independently
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Originally Posted by PRBori
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I get a lot of praises at work for streamling processes. My work is known even by higher ups... everyone knows I'm smart, a workaholic who prefers to have hardly any life than life.... selected few are waiting for me to take off with my company... if only it was so simple...

Personally I just see myself as a regular JOE, I simply have ideas that I kind of force into place. I make it clear that certain things are simply required for my sanity and if they need me on the team I need to keep my sanity. Of course I don't say that way, but thats basically how I work. At the end I am a team player who wants the best for the overall team to succeed.

I'm just lucky I guess to have accomplished so much in so little time that it simply impress many. Plus I research like crazy and read probably more than your average JOE.... fast reading that is as I have to review almost 1000 pages of info on top of other duties. But to be honest, I do not consider myself the smartest person at work. There are others much more knowledgeable than I who I admire as well, I'm simply a jack of all trades in the IT area and therefore appear to be the smartest.

And, no I don't look smart nor do I dress to impress... extremely business casual, hate business attired but use it once in a while.

I guess people see the jack of all trades as the smartest. Someone can know practically everything about one subject, and average people won't be able to comprehend just how much they know beyond the fact that they know more than average. The generalist thus appears to know everything about everything, when they only know more than average in everything.

**Tactical Panda** · 06-11-2012, 03:43 AM

When I do something people think of as clever it doesn't normally take merely an instant.

It kind of is a growing perception based on what I do and say, as far as I can tell.

**theiceman** · 06-11-2012, 02:38 PM

I always look smart. I'm fucking INTJ, I'm superior to all you peons.

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**Shahira** · 06-11-2012, 03:32 PM

I use words like "like" and "oh my God" a lot so I think I sound stupid most of the time but when having serious discussions I completely change the way I talk and the words I use. People say I am smart, but I just don't show it most of the time. I don't look smart though. My friends and family usually say I am a smart "airhead"
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**Chameleon** · 06-11-2012, 05:42 PM

How about an opposite:

The other day I was cashing out a customer, and as usual I was not present due to my mind wandering off; this time wondering if a different customer just stole something. So I was pausing during the sale, looking over the customer, I lost count of the change, recounted it, and apologized to the customer for my blunder.

"It's okay," she said, with empathy on her face, "some of us are just slower than others."

"...yes, you're probably right," I said.

06-09-2012, 01:50 PM	#1
CrudeHypothesis Veteran Member [74%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,999	Sometimes being smart annoys people and other times it impresses them. Can you recall an instant you said something clever that made others impressed and comment that you're smart? Last edited by CrudeHypothesis; 06-09-2012 at 07:53 PM.
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06-09-2012, 03:18 PM	#2
Phaze228 Member [25%] MBTI: ENTP Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,031	The second example they would actually be thinking you're an arrogant prick. People don't like to be bombarded with facts for actual conversation. They want the simplicity. They register the short nugget of relevant explanation more than the recited wikipedia entry. It's one reason I'm perceived as smart by my family and past friends. I don't detail a damn thing because I never get a follow up question. Disappointing really.
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06-09-2012, 03:19 PM	#3
joeleoj Member [02%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 91	Yes, when I learned to more consider that people aren't going to understand my personalized knowledge (that the conversation also involved them), my social interactions became less one-sided.
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06-09-2012, 09:41 PM	#7
Imperator Core Member [113%] MBTI: InTJ Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 4,543	I was in class translating Aristophanes, and translated an inchoative imperfect. Prof said something like "yes! Excellent, that was brilliant. Good use of the inchoative imperfect there". Two lines later I forgot something really simple, total brain dead moment, and he said, "If you don't get this I'm gonna throw chalk at you". He threw the chalk, hit me in the head. Easy come, easy go.
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06-09-2012, 09:52 PM	#8
Roier New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 63	At work, a lady asked me to move with her to Hawaii :D to be her guru To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Just because I fixed her computer at the first attempt To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
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06-09-2012, 09:56 PM	#9
KeithP Member [26%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 1,046	^ I had a guy offer me his guest house in Hawaii to come work on his computers. I get nothing but compliments at my job doing tech support over the phone. I sound smart to all customers I talk too, because they're calling tech support. I'm supposed to know more about them regarding the subject at hand. How often do I 'look' smart? I dress well every day, to match my dashing intelligence. Some people just don't get it though.
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06-10-2012, 07:05 AM	#12
spect Veteran Member [56%] MBTI: inxx Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,246	no i often say something... incredibly stupid
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06-10-2012, 08:21 AM	#14
Zsych Core Member [309%] MBTI: XNTX Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 12,366	Usually whenever there's an emergency and I save their asses, although some people are too immature to appreciate even that.
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06-10-2012, 11:18 AM	#16
crazyshoots New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 58	I usually dont speak up if its not my issue but when I speak up, its often because I know the person who is supposed to rectify the issue probably met with some difficulties and needed help. I'll pop over, ask some qns to see whats on then give some obvious hint on the solution. I guess probably thats why? Otherwise it must be my sarcasm...
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06-10-2012, 02:23 PM	#17
deconspire Core Member [187%] MBTI: INTP Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 7,489	4,462 times and counting.
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06-10-2012, 02:31 PM	#18
Saggita Member [17%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 705	Well, people who know me praise me a lot because I am smart, though I don't try to look so: I am just witty and sarcastic and everyone is kind of okay with that...? Meh, I don't try to look smart, really.
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06-10-2012, 09:19 PM	#19
SwedenF Member [09%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 381	My romantic interest wouldn't eat, and I was lecturing him over the phone, spurting out a "If you don't give your stomach food, it'll eat itself". For some reason my mother loved that statement, and quotes it whenever appropriate because she thought it summed it up nicely or something.
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06-10-2012, 09:38 PM	#20
PRBori Core Member [108%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,355	I get a lot of praises at work for streamling processes. My work is known even by higher ups... everyone knows I'm smart, a workaholic who prefers to have hardly any life than life.... selected few are waiting for me to take off with my company... if only it was so simple... Personally I just see myself as a regular JOE, I simply have ideas that I kind of force into place. I make it clear that certain things are simply required for my sanity and if they need me on the team I need to keep my sanity. Of course I don't say that way, but thats basically how I work. At the end I am a team player who wants the best for the overall team to succeed. I'm just lucky I guess to have accomplished so much in so little time that it simply impress many. Plus I research like crazy and read probably more than your average JOE.... fast reading that is as I have to review almost 1000 pages of info on top of other duties. But to be honest, I do not consider myself the smartest person at work. There are others much more knowledgeable than I who I admire as well, I'm simply a jack of all trades in the IT area and therefore appear to be the smartest. And, no I don't look smart nor do I dress to impress... extremely business casual, hate business attired but use it once in a while.
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06-11-2012, 03:43 AM	#22
Tactical Panda Core Member [133%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 5,328	When I do something people think of as clever it doesn't normally take merely an instant. It kind of is a growing perception based on what I do and say, as far as I can tell.
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Shahira Veteran Member [55%] MBTI: ENFP Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 2,229	I use words like "like" and "oh my God" a lot so I think I sound stupid most of the time but when having serious discussions I completely change the way I talk and the words I use. People say I am smart, but I just don't show it most of the time. I don't look smart though. My friends and family usually say I am a smart "airhead" To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
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Chameleon Veteran Member [92%] MBTI: INTP Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 3,698	How about an opposite: The other day I was cashing out a customer, and as usual I was not present due to my mind wandering off; this time wondering if a different customer just stole something. So I was pausing during the sale, looking over the customer, I lost count of the change, recounted it, and apologized to the customer for my blunder. "It's okay," she said, with empathy on her face, "some of us are just slower than others." "...yes, you're probably right," I said.
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