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skilletaudio
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 		In college, you also have people who want to make it KNOWN, and UNDERSTOOD that they know MORE than you, will know it FASTER than you, and you are something they scrape from their shoes after a walk through the quad.

I'd rather deal with grinders on a day to day basis than that for the rest of my life. I've chosen my friends carefully through the years to be the kind of intellectuals I like to have around me.

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skilletaudio wrote:
In college, you also have people who want to make it KNOWN, and UNDERSTOOD that they know MORE than you, will know it FASTER than you, and you are something they scrape from their shoes after a walk through the quad.


<chuckle> Those are also the ones that are easiest to humiliate, skilletaudio.
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skilletaudio
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 		Perhaps. I just have a certain kind of revulsion for people who drag you down to a lower level under the guise of communicating about "higher" things.

I kinda makes me think thats what happens when nerds and geeks go to the Dark Side. Many of us learned to associate well and gain self esteem after the young/teen angst of being geeky, and we get people like all of you guys. But some turned their geekiness inward, and wage war against the world. Geeks of the Dark Side.Razz

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 		and then some go on to be the longest winning streak in tv gaming history on jeopardy
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skilletaudio wrote:
Perhaps. I just have a certain kind of revulsion for people who drag you down to a lower level under the guise of communicating about "higher" things.


It takes a little while to pick up the technique, but generally they don't actually know what they're talking about and all you have to do is help them reveal their ignorance to the public at large. I've found that asking innocent-seeming questions (with breathy uncertainty and fluttering eyelashes) and then, when they've dug their hole, sweetly pushing them into it to work best, but you might have to think up something different because you're a guy.

My personal favorite was the guy who thought he'd insult me in Latin.

I got to correct his grammar.

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I kinda makes me think thats what happens when nerds and geeks go to the Dark Side. Many of us learned to associate well and gain self esteem after the young/teen angst of being geeky, and we get people like all of you guys. But some turned their geekiness inward, and wage war against the world. Geeks of the Dark Side.Razz


Lol. Love it.

Did you really have that much teen angst?
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 		I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall to see that. I bet his reaction after the correction was priceless. Wink
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I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall to see that. I bet his reaction after the correction was priceless. Wink


Cool
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skilletaudio
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Phaedra wrote:

Lol. Love it.

Did you really have that much teen angst?


16 was a long time ago.Smile

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Phaedra wrote:

My personal favorite was the guy who thought he'd insult me in Latin.


NERD.

Then again, maybe I'm jealous because all I really remember from Latin class is the word for "farmer".
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 		So, yeah....that Axon withdrawal is a bummer.

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Phaedra wrote:
My personal favorite was the guy who thought he'd insult me in Latin.

I got to correct his grammar.


There is a great story in the SCA about someone explaining things to a lady who had a PhD in "Dead Dominican Guys".

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Machiavelli
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 		Hrmmm... Yes... Very much missing the Axons.


Very much missing the whole thing.

*sniffs and pops the DVD in for another run*
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johnny_Nitro wrote:

I agree with you that there are few (no) people at work with which you can have an intelligent converstion. Especially in liberal arts careers.
You can either find another job (most likely museum curator,or maybe reference librarian, or something) or join an extracurricular group of people with whom you share interests. (like, say, Unforums Smile )


I find the thought that the main attraction I feel to these forums is intelligent conversation... terrifying.

I had codified my reluctance to just let it go under "escapism" and "being a piece of something greater". Hrm... Ponderous ponderings.



I also have to add...

When us poe' ol' ignant real-world folk dun talk about the arrogance o' them thar college-types... Boy howdy if this here thread ain't right whut we's talkin' 'bout. *wink*

When you are speaking from a high horse, it is a good idea to remember that a preposition is a terrible thing to end a sentence with.
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Machiavelli wrote:
johnny_Nitro wrote:

I agree with you that there are few (no) people at work with which you can have an intelligent converstion. Especially in liberal arts careers.
You can either find another job (most likely museum curator,or maybe reference librarian, or something) or join an extracurricular group of people with whom you share interests. (like, say, Unforums Smile )


I find the thought that the main attraction I feel to these forums is intelligent conversation... terrifying.

I had codified my reluctance to just let it go under "escapism" and "being a piece of something greater". Hrm... Ponderous ponderings.



I also have to add...

When us poe' ol' ignant real-world folk dun talk about the arrogance o' them thar college-types... Boy howdy if this here thread ain't right whut we's talkin' 'bout. *wink*

When you are speaking from a high horse, it is a good idea to remember that a preposition is a terrible thing to end a sentence with.


Who said you have to go to college to be intelligent?

You mean a preposition is a terrible thing with which to end a sentence?
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skilletaudio
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 		I am certain he was being a smartass, Johnny Wink

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