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[โ€“] missfrizzle@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I recently told my mother that I'm probably the most intelligent person she will ever meet

and so humble, too! seriously though, this is a major red flag. I rarely find smart people to brag about how smart they are.

also, telling someone that their beliefs are wrong because they're dumb, and that your beliefs are right because you're smarter than them, has literally never worked. it will just make them resent you, your beliefs, and anyone they meet in the future who believes what you do. this kind of smugness has been the Achilles heel of Dems for years.

[โ€“] Speculater@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I don't go around saying this to random people and I wouldn't have to in polite society. It was with respect to her belief that hospitals were paid extra for people who died from COVID.

You have to understand, my entire family, siblings, parents, nephews, cousins, are all functionally illiterate. I'm literally the most intelligent person they know.

Place me in an APS conference and I'm probably the dumbest person in the room.