"You are an arrogant jerk"

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I don't know.
I've never done the friends thing like everyone else seems to.
I could never keep up with everyone and cope with the arguments.
Im happy with one or two true friends and thats it.

to be honest, OP I never would have got any feeling you were arrogant. the other guy who entioned the 'yous'. hmmm

Sorry, I meant to address the OP, but I got a little distracted along the way.

Yes, you come off as arrogant. Like others have already said, alot of this could have worked ok if you made some simple changes like swiching to third person in your hypothetical scenarios instead of directly addressing the reader. This is especially important if you are going to use degrading words like moron. That actually should have been left out alltogether since it serves no other purpose but to try and make yourself look smart, but in reality undermines the credibility of the rest of your argument. The rest of your post may have come off as a little less braggy with those simple changes, but it still came off as a bit pompous.

The part that really offended me though, was the subtle racist remark. That's inexcusable. You should have apologised for that.

People have varying notions as to what constitutes "facts and good reasoning." That's the crux of your problem right there. If my opinion is strong enough, I will argue it as fact. So would anyone else.

There you go again. It's not what you're saying, it's how you're saying it. Opinions and fact go together like peanut butter & jelly, but they are not the same thing. Do you see what I'm saying?

people that accuse accusers of accusing me of arrogance are arrogant and insulting! Just like me!

But seriously, the use of the word moron is probably what set people off. Posting your goals/accomplishments while simultaneously belittling others doesn't settle well.

Stuff like this happens to me loads actually, I dont know what you guys in the US have in classes but in the UK we have stes from 1(top)-6(bottom), the irritating thing is because of my AS i'm automatically placed in low sets for subjects where my scientifically and philosophically logical brain is actually useful, so in physics i know more about continous nuclear fusion for which people are trying to develop than my teacher does, and so i get bullied by a few people for being vastly more intellectualy superior to the idiotic NTs in my set 4 class, it just makes my mum laugh at it too

If your classmates bully you, they have a very good reason. I hope you can learn to be humble, with or without the beatings.

I have been described as the most caustic, acidic, negative individual by many people with whom I extensive interactions. All I can say is to try and appear unaware of superiority. Every time I let slip that I am way out of the league of normal smart people, it turns into the same thing, I am "arrogant".

"You think you're better than everyone else."

No. I think I'm different. I can think the way Tiger Woods can play golf, and I can socialize the way a shark can hibernate for the winter. My balance and gross body coordination is awful, but my hand-eye coordination is fine. Everyone who is trying to start or grow a business would do well by me, but I lack the skill to communicate in a way that most NTs will not find repellant.

I have found that if someone is being stupid, it is best to post the fourth or fifth pass at phrasing a response. "Is your brain soaked in chloroform?" can turn into "I found it more beneficial to..." The key is patience, it is a real bugger but it makes life easier if it doesn't matter what day or year the otherd figure out that we aren't who they made us out to be.