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Grinds my Gears: People who speak (and act) in clichés (pg. 4)
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| dj_alfi |
Dear Eddie,
Is that you in your avatar? If it is, I really like your hair, but you should quit smoking pipes, because my grandfather used to smoke them and then he had to go live with the angels.
If if is not, can you please send me a picture of you because I am wondering what you look like.
Thank you.
Alfi |
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| trojans14 |
| I had a teacher in college that talked like this. She thought she was soooooo insightful and intelligent. I know your pain. |
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| EddieZilker |
| quote: | Originally posted by dj_alfi
Dear Eddie,
Is that you in your avatar? If it is, I really like your hair, but you should quit smoking pipes, because my grandfather used to smoke them and then he had to go live with the angels.
If if is not, can you please send me a picture of you because I am wondering what you look like.
Thank you.
Alfi |
I actually look like a very haggard William Ashley with long hair and no .
^ Someone should put that in their sig ^
(My camera's broken, along with every mirror in my house, but you might be getting a recording of my voice sooner than I thought I could do it. ;) ) |
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| meriter |
| quote: | Originally posted by EddieZilker
I actually look like a very haggard William Ashley with long hair and no .
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ah yes I forgot about his little A-cup titties |
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| EddieZilker |
| I'd add that I don't have his sharpish cheek lines or triangular facial structure - definitely a little softer in those areas. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by meriter
ah yes I forgot about his little A-cup titties |
Those awkward, awkward . |
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| Vector A |
Singing in the old bars
Swinging with the old stars
Living for the fame
Kissing in the blue dark
Playing pool and wild darts
Video games
You can keep your fancy bars
Clubby friends and fast cars
And when the going gets hard
You can eat your credit cards
Blerg. |
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| Anxieties |
| quote: | Originally posted by EgosXII
:haha: at making someone cry. I did that in a philosophy class once in first year, though it was a woman who was basically screaming at me by the end of the class (and crying). Obviously hit a nerve... :p
I agree with the overall point; there's nothing to do but walk away though really. People are idiots. Most people spend no time thinking about anything except food and sex, and no time introspecting (not sure it can be used like this :S), and so anyone who mutters anything that sounds vaguely "deep" comes across to them as intelligent, and worth gaping over. This is why its so easy to appear smart to the general public, all you have to do is say pointless things in an unusual fashion; add some hyperbole for extra points, and hey presto; you're a poet. |
An average person trying to appear smart and above average person who's just bullting will look similar. Above average people tend to speak about pointless things in an unusual fashion for entertainment (how could you disagree?). The most frustrating thing is being accused of trying too hard after saying something obvious. When your banalities are considered attempts at profundity, then you are definitely intelligent. Sometimes people honestly think you were close to something brilliant when you literally weren't even trying. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vector A
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Banora with a weird/bad haircut?
Tell me someone else can see that. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
wtf, where did my post go?
| quote: | Originally posted by Anxieties
An average person trying to appear smart and above average person who's just bullting will look similar. |
only to an idiot. it takes all of 5 seconds to tell the difference between a theresa and an arbiter. |
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| VAR |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
Banora with a weird/bad haircut?
Tell me someone else can see that. |
yep, just damn sexy |
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| EgosXII |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
only to an idiot. |
That's exactly the problem though, and why celebrities in every field are always plebs compared to truly talented people in those areas. General public idiots can't understand what a truly intelligent person is talking about. Because of this, they can't tell the difference between someone totally bullting (in your example Theresa), and someone who actually knows what they're saying, and says it for a reason (Arbiter).
Idiots making statements (Theresa) however, are idiots; and so their statements are simplistic, and usually pointless (for the intelligent community). However, since they are simplistic, they are easily absorbed by the masses, outside of the intelligent community. Because of this, these people get some kind of popular status, even though they are idiots. Meanwhile, actually intelligent people (Arbiter) are indiscernible to people who aren't like them, so they are generally not recognised by the masses, since the masses have no idea wtf they're talking about.
I reckon this is true in every field, and in the way the masses interact with every field. Every field has some kind of poster child, but its rare they're that important (with notable exceptions of course!). Happens all the time in academia, and in music and things... |
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