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

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Well, it usually depends. If I was judged by the way I talk, or the fact that I often don’t get things that are viewed as simple, then I would be considered ‘not too bright’. I talk somewhat spastically and slowly with pauses in my sentences, sometimes not finishing them. I also take a very long time to answer or respond to someone. I have a very slow processer which accounts for the previous things mentioned, and also that I test less adequately than my peers. However, when people look past my outward shortcomings, they often say I am very, very smart. It all depends on who you ask when you want either one of those answers in the title.

If I'm out in public, strangers often think I'm intellectually disabled (I've been told I have a 'lost' expression).

When I was in school, teachers seemed to think I was a genius, and destined for greatness.

Joke's on everyone - neither one is true

I think if they notice me at all they think i'm a geniot.

I'm certainly not regarded as a genius.

Not sure if I'm seen as a complete idiot but I do believe that some people regard me as being deaf and blind.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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