Dear Folks,

 

This is not just an idle question.

 

In my view, there is NO point, really.....

 

Such a waste of time, if you should.

 

I will NOT talk to idiots, anymore......

 

I promise you....

The reason for this Topic, as you might know, is that I am tired.....

 

I am tired to wasting my time talking to idiots....

 

EVERMORE....Lenore.....

 

The silken sad rustling of bad brains, gives me the willies....and for ever.

 

Just trying to talk to the idiots who do the customer service jobs, might drive one beyond the pale, into slitting one's throat, out of exasperation.

 

But, this will never happen to me, since....
I am able to vent my frustrations here....

 

And, this is why, just one of many important reasons, TV is such a great forum.....

 

I am not sure that this is the best reading of one of Poe's best-known poems.....

 

I will add a better one, when I find it, evermore.

 

How can we deal with stupid people, day upon day?

 

Do we slit our throats in frustration?

 

Or, do we soldier on......

Sweating bullets, every day?

 

I ask you.

 

Best regards,

Gamma

 

Note: We who suffer fools and bullets gladly, salute you......

 

Casting pearls before swine.....

 

 

 

 

I am only saying, not to be disparaging, that talking to anyone with less than a 135 IQ is probably a waste of your time.

 

So much wasted time....just...

Trying to get through the mush.

 

Like slogging through the underbrush in a very dense forest.

 

There is really no point, because....

One never gets....ANYWHERE.

 

I am sure you know what I am talking about.....

 

Might just as well stay completely SILENT, in fact....
Which is what I do, most of the time.

 

 

You lament the presence of fools while unknowingly performing the full Dunning-Kruger ballet... arms flailing, ego inflated, and brain nowhere in sight.

 

The words you type are a masterclass in self-sabotage. You haven’t just cut your own throat - you’ve done it with a spoon, slowly, proudly, and in public (at least the publicity of this forum and not for the first time).

 

You dress up incoherence as depth, Poe as your puppet, and delusion as insight. But all we see is a man mistaking his own intellectual droppings for pearls of wisdom.

 

“Pearls before swine”? Gamma, sadly, you are the swine, snorting your own pretentious drivel while wallowing in the mud of your misunderstanding.

 

You’re not tired of idiots - you’re just tired of not being recognised as their king.

 

Evermore? No.....  Just less of you, please... Be normal, make normal posts, and you’ll earn far more respect for genuine effort than for these glaring attempts to flaunt an intellect you so desperately want to shout from the rooftops...   

 

Its a bit sad, and sorry to say it, I don't dislike you, but much of your content is just outright drivel. 

 

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Might just as well stay completely SILENT, in fact....
Which is what I do, most of the time.

 

There's an idea... but sadly... no you don't....    

 

By all means contribute - but do so with intellectual honesty.

 

 

1 minute ago, richard_smith237 said:

I like you

 

You are like me?

 

The Echo of Ignorance

 

The mind, a garden, once a fertile space,
Now choked with weeds of hasty, ill-formed grace.
I see the path I should have trod with care,
But chose instead the brambles, everywhere.

 

A whispered truth, a silent, knowing plea,
Ignored, dismissed, for what I thought was me.
Now, in this silence, echoes start to ring,
Of choices made, of lessons I didn't bring. 

 

The price of folly, a bitter, sweet regret,
A tapestry of errors, hard to forget.
Yet from this soil, a new seed can arise,
To cultivate a wisdom in my eyes.

 

 

Sounds like you carry a dark passenger. 

2 hours ago, blaze master said:

Sounds like you carry a dark passenger. 

 

Yes.

Mr. Hyde hounds me daily.

And, when I look in the mirror, I see not my young self, but something terrible.

It's like the very Heart of Darkness, mind you.

Sort of like the real Kurtz.

 

The dark passenger eats at me.

 

 

I like talking to everyone except the irrationally violent, especially while out socialising.

Occasionally I will ask them a question or their point of view on some subject I'm interested in and many people can provide valuable insight from a different perspective - which is very useful and can prompt new ideas in my own mind which perhaps might not have occurred to me.

My point is, most people can have some input which may help you regardless of IQ differences even when we're talking to people above the so called 2SD difference in IQ in either direction.

If you met me you would not know what category of person I fit into without interrogation which I wold naturally deflect and therefore reveal almost nothing despite answering your questions.

Unless you tell me I'm wrong at which point I will decide to either ignore you or put you right - I've done both.

19 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Yes.

Mr. Hyde hounds me daily.

And, when I look in the mirror, I see not my young self, but something terrible.

It's like the very Heart of Darkness, mind you.

Sort of like the real Kurtz.

 

The dark passenger eats at me.

 

 

 

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

Talk to ChatGPT.

 

It can regurgitate anything you want and it won't judge you. 

 

 

I guess there's no point responding to your thread then. It's interesting that smart people know there is always more to learn and stupid people think they know everything. Dunning Kruger Effect.

5 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Dear Folks,

 

This is not just an idle question.

 

In my view, there is NO point, really.....

 

Such a waste of time, if you should.

 

I will NOT talk to idiots, anymore......

 

I promise you....

The reason for this Topic, as you might know, is that I am tired.....

 

I am tired to wasting my time talking to idiots....

 

EVERMORE....Lenore.....

 

The silken sad rustling of bad brains, gives me the willies....and for ever.

 

Just trying to talk to the idiots who do the customer service jobs, might drive one beyond the pale, into slitting one's throat, out of exasperation.

 

But, this will never happen to me, since....
I am able to vent my frustrations here....

 

And, this is why, just one of many important reasons, TV is such a great forum.....

 

I am not sure that this is the best reading of one of Poe's best-known poems.....

 

I will add a better one, when I find it, evermore.

 

How can we deal with stupid people, day upon day?

 

Do we slit our throats in frustration?

 

Or, do we soldier on......

Sweating bullets, every day?

 

I ask you.

 

Best regards,

Gamma

 

Note: We who suffer fools and bullets gladly, salute you......

 

Casting pearls before swine.....

 

 

 

 

You were gine for a while?

1 hour ago, blaze master said:

 

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

 

Yes there is.

The quote that you quoted is an unschooled load....

 

1 hour ago, ukrules said:

I like talking to everyone except the irrationally violent

 

I suppose you are alluding to the times when brutality is a calculated choice, and not irrational.

I guess you dig brutality when you can rationalize it to your advantage.

I know you....

Please believe me.

 

 

You're definitely in the wrong place then ... 

27 minutes ago, Peter Crow said:

You were gine for a while?

 

Ic wæs ofer hyllum and þurh wudum.

 

1 hour ago, save the frogs said:

Talk to ChatGPT.

 

It can regurgitate anything you want and it won't judge you. 

 

 

 

Gemini is an even better mirror, as I have found, daily.

20 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

You're definitely in the wrong place then ... 

 

Not really.

 

Perl before swine.

 

Perl is my favorite language.

 

"Practical Extraction and Reporting Language." 

 

But, what is it really good for?

 

It's good for Glue Code.

 

Guys who love Linux used to love Perl.

 

Just a pearl of wisdom here.

 

And, ALL my topics contain pearls.

 

 

6 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

I will NOT talk to idiots, anymore......

Lots of idiots here, it's why I choose not to interact with members, I seem to find the unhinged members. 

 

You end up getting into an argument with someone who has no idea, I seem to find all the narcissists. 

 

I interact with the OP or the article only. 

 

Speaking of unhinged members, I'm looking forward to my dose of thumbs down on this comment. 😂

 

1 hour ago, dinsdale said:

It's interesting that smart people know there is always more to learn and stupid people think they know everything.

Low IQ folks tend to talk about how smart they are, opposed to problem solving. Problem solvers are constantly exploring for solutions and solving problems, and typically aren’t interested in the surface fashions of it.

27 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Lots of idiots here, it's why I choose not to interact with members, I seem to find the unhinged members. 

 

You end up getting into an argument with someone who has no idea, I seem to find all the narcissists. 

 

I interact with the OP or the article only. 

 

Speaking of unhinged members, I'm looking forward to my dose of thumbs down on this comment. 😂

 

 

I have never, in my life, given anyone a thumbs down.

 

I know that I should, if I were to be more meticulous about it.

 

But, I always say to myself:  Forgive them, God, for they know not what they know not.

 

 

17 minutes ago, novacova said:

Low IQ folks tend to talk about how smart they are, opposed to problem solving. Problem solvers are constantly exploring for solutions and solving problems, and typically aren’t interested in the surface fashions of it.

 

How true...!

 

I completely agree.

 

You will be living an isolated life.

1 hour ago, dinsdale said:

I guess there's no point responding to your thread then. It's interesting that smart people know there is always more to learn and stupid people think they know everything. Dunning Kruger Effect.

Nicely put. He does this on occasion—the ole, ‘I’m of super high iq genius stock’—typically posted in the small hours, suggesting possible inebriation. Anyone can appear clever online, but ‘probe’ them in person and they might appear a bit of a thicky.

 

Having said that, not everyone is erudite and well read, even a lowly customer service person (in op’s opinion) could be a closet genius. But a genius can also be devoid of the simple nous & knowhow of avoiding being a prisoner of their own noisy mind, or find it impossible to stop judging folks.
 

Might be a lighthearted thread, but forgetting who you are and just interacting with people whatever their station will have you an easier time of it. As soon as one goes superior (or inferior), they’re losing out and letting that diminutive ego rule the roost. 

32 minutes ago, novacova said:

surface

 

Are you aware that, fairly recently, this term, surface, has taken on a much more important meaning?

 

Such as when discussing data.

 

For example: as in ....  data surface area

 

I just wanted to take this opportunity to remind you that this word surface has become sort of a buzz word, and this buzz word is so frequently used by the guys in Silicone Valley, yes silicone, and not silicon, that I just HAD to mention this....after just reading your comment.

 

So, to have MORE surface, is obviously better.

 

And, in Silicone Terms, more silicone in breasts is always better, until it gets way out of hand, and far too heavy, even for the strongest of girls.

 

But, really, surface is a buzz word that most outside of silicon valley do not often hear, in polite conversation, unless one is a VC...

 

What do you think...

Agree?

Disagree?

 

 

12 minutes ago, phetphet said:

will be

 

Will be?

Haha....

 

How far in the future?

 

32 minutes ago, daveAustin said:

He does this on occasion

 

Yes.

He does.

Wish he would not.

Yet, also glad he does.

I think you are in luck  Gamma,just yesterday some one claimed to have the highest IQ ever on AN.

There is also a brit who has claimed he is smarter than any one else on here.

If you can tolerate MAGA you should look them up.

 

A personal attack and reply has been removed

7 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

I will NOT talk to idiots, anymore......

I guess posting here is a kind of talking. Be careful! 😉