Do people see you as a complete idiot or a complete genius?

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16 Dec 2017, 2:40 pm

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Traditionally, people have thought I was very intelligent. But I'm sure there have been times when people thought I was an idiot too.

what do you think of the term "geniot"?



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16 Dec 2017, 2:42 pm

auntblabby wrote:
TheAP wrote:
Traditionally, people have thought I was very intelligent. But I'm sure there have been times when people thought I was an idiot too.

what do you think of the term "geniot"?

I prefer "idius" - it sounds more Latin. :mrgreen:



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16 Dec 2017, 2:47 pm

They have trouble figuring me out.
"How can a person so smart be so dumb" type of thing.


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16 Dec 2017, 2:54 pm

I guess that's what, at least in my case, being a geniotic idius is all about. :hic:



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16 Dec 2017, 5:48 pm

Literally half and half. Many people think I'm entirely incompetent and don't trust me with anything. They shun me away or only invite me when they need me, suck up until they realize they don't then kick me out again. Others are constantly awed by my supposed "intelligence" and are so fascinated by it that they categorize me as a "genius" at least to themselves. I think both sides are wrong though. My own view of myself is superior to the view of others because I don't ask for their opinions.



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16 Dec 2017, 5:57 pm

in my experience, there are definite positives and negatives to not asking others for their opinions. :idea:



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16 Dec 2017, 7:37 pm

I have three nicknames that people call me. Sid from Flushed Away, Schultz and Big Baby Schultz. I'm guessing that people think I'm an idiot. I have no problem with that as long as people don't call me the R-word. I guess that it's better to be a sweet idiot than it is to be a prickly genus.


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16 Dec 2017, 7:41 pm

I would rather be somewhere in the middle as a saccharine geniot. unless I could be a saccharine genius. :mrgreen:



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16 Dec 2017, 7:49 pm

I rather like "idnius." It reminds me of volcanic rock.......



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16 Dec 2017, 7:57 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
I rather like "idnius." It reminds me of volcanic rock.......

it could be another way of saying a person's cranium contains [idnius] rocks. ;)



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16 Dec 2017, 7:58 pm

imagine if our skulls were made up of volcanic rock? That's solid rock, my friend.....



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16 Dec 2017, 8:02 pm

the extra weight would make whiplash something more violent than it is, presently.



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16 Dec 2017, 8:06 pm

People tend to get the impression that I'm a complete genius, for some reason, and then treat me like the world's biggest idiot when I can't live up to their expectations - that, or like I'm clearly the laziest person on the planet even though I was trying my hardest.


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16 Dec 2017, 8:40 pm

dragonsanddemons wrote:
People tend to get the impression that I'm a complete genius, for some reason, and then treat me like the world's biggest idiot when I can't live up to their expectations - that, or like I'm clearly the laziest person on the planet even though I was trying my hardest.


People tend to get the impression that I'm lazy as well. I hate that people think that because I don't think I'm lazy, I just lack discipline training and executive functioning skills.

People think I'm smart, though I don't feel like I'm intelligent.


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16 Dec 2017, 11:26 pm

I'm a geniotic idious, maybe mostly idiot.
I don't know how other people see me. It doesn't really matter. It never mattered.



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16 Dec 2017, 11:29 pm

Marybird wrote:
I'm a geniotic idious, maybe mostly idiot.
I don't know how other people see me. It doesn't really matter. It never mattered.

that sounds like a good way to think about it.