sometimes i pretend im really stupid

chocobok
Sat, 02 May 2009 17:49:47 +0000

I do it all the time. People don’t know I’m smart most of the time, until they find out my test scores. I let the think-they-know-it-alls do all the talking in their nasally voices (haha, I’m thinking of one guy in particular who annoys me to no end). I despise arrogance, so I don’t act superior or anything.

And yeah, around my friends I act pretty stupid, but joking around. They know I’m not an airhead, but it’s much funner to be around people who are laid-back and goofing off then people who are always trying to prove they are smarter than everyone else.

I think acting a little stupid is the approach every smart person should take. Not acting braindead, or anything, but not having to be all competitive or anything. The people who are trying to show off their smarts are the ones who are insecure about their intelligence.
Yeah and sometimes, I just say “I dunno” if I’m too lazy, or “I don’t get it.” Then nasally know-it-all looks down his nose at me, and goes “I got a 95% last test!” Nobody likes people like that. Plus, I quite like being the underdog. And sometimes it’s funny having people explain things to you like you’re an idiot, when you’re actually doing better than they are.