D. Dark Posted February 26, 2002 Share Posted February 26, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Nerdsy [/i] [B] [COLOR=deeppink]*cough cough kuja cough cough*:naughty: Erh.. Intelligence? Bah, I'm not too intelligent. Most people are smarter than me. So it would be pretty strange if I felt more intelligent than others...[/COLOR] [/B][/QUOTE] But aren't nerds called nerds because they have a degree of intelligence, or am I just off the point?:confuse2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonballzman Posted February 26, 2002 Share Posted February 26, 2002 Well, I guess that means ppl like James think I'm a complete and utter dumbass! :cross: Oh and James, if using short-hand words makes you look stupid, then why did you put "lol" at the end of your post? :naughty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Posted February 26, 2002 Share Posted February 26, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by James [/i] [B] [color=royalblue]I mean, for example...if I see someone on the boards who posts something like "so wen ru gonna do this?" or "u2 look sooooooooooooooo cute 2gether!"...I instantly think "moron". [/color] [/B][/QUOTE][FONT=century gothic][i]Thank you.[/i][/FONT][QUOTE][i]Originally posted by James [/i] [B] [color=royalblue]But I just think it's lazy...typing "u" instead of "you" and "ur" instead of "you are". It looks lazy and it gives the impression of stupidity. [/color] [/B][/QUOTE][FONT=century gothic]I was going to make a comment about kuja at this point, but it appears someone has beaten me to it.[/FONT] [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Voodookanaka [/i] [B]u americans started spelling words like colour as color, and socialisation as socialiZation, words are evolving so to speak[/B][/QUOTE][FONT=century gothic]Ugh.... Yes, we crazy Americans.... When I was in second grade, I was deep into Tolkien's [i]The Hobbit[/i]. We had spelling tests back then....we were required to know how to spell such and such an amount of words.... On one occasion, two of them were "favorite" and "color." I put in the extra [i]u[/i]s, and ended up getting a fifty percent on my spelling quiz.... I was [i]most[/i] upset.... And as for the problem at the beginning of this thread....it made me laugh, a little. Not in a derogatory way or anything, but simply because I could identify with the situation. Although I've not had any close friends that minded large words, I used to annoy the heck out of the rest of my classmates...great fun, that was.... Once I hit high school, I started hanging out with more freaks like me. It's quite fun. :p[/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerdsy Posted February 26, 2002 Share Posted February 26, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by D. Dark [/i] [B] But aren't nerds called nerds because they have a degree of intelligence, or am I just off the point?:confuse2: [/B][/QUOTE] [COLOR=deeppink](Oh boy, I'm probably going to get something said to me about labeling, but here goes... And I don't actually practice this art of calling people nerds, I just call myself this. ^_^) In my view, nerds aren't just smarter people... Nerds are people that either act different then most people there age or like stuff other people their age don't like... I.E., Me being 14 and still liking Power Rangers...[/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckie Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 I'm smart. It's just that around my friends, I can't really be very smart. I have to make everything so that they can understand, even the smartest of them. I was put in the "smart-people" advisory. Just to let you know, advisory is like homeroom at other schools, but it's 40 minutes long, and it really sucks this year. Last year, we played football most of the time, because our teacher didn't care what we did, but this year, our teacher is terrible. She makes us write 'I will follow directions in advisory class' 25 times if we talk, and we have to add 5 if we make a noise of any sort during the time we're writing. Anyway, everyone seems to think I'm smart, but I don't really think so. If I ever say that I don't think I'm smart, my very idiotic friends will disagree. Except Lauryn, who seems to think I'm a dumb blonde, which I'm not. My hair is brown. It has been for half my life. I haven't had hair in the dreadful color that she mocks me for since I was about 5. It's not even my original hair color. I hate how I get off-topic like this. It's kind of hard to express yourself monosyllabically enough for stupid people to understand it. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mornigndew Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 [color=blue][size=1]I rarely heard about question like this. I heard about "Is it a crime to be ugly?" more often. To answer your question; for jealousy people, yes it's a crime, because they're just jealous because you're smart and better than them. [/color][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ZYFER Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 don't worry much of what people say, more often they are simply afraid of your intellectual superiority. They realize they are not that smart so they try to turn it around against you somehow. its more immaturity then idiocy on their part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Dragonballzman [/i] [B]Well, I guess that means ppl like James think I'm a complete and utter dumbass! :cross: Oh and James, if using short-hand words makes you look stupid, then why did you put "lol" at the end of your post? :naughty: [/B][/QUOTE] [color=royalblue]"lol" stands for "laugh out loud". Yet, do I use "u" and "ur" in the rest of my posts? lol Nope, I sure don't. "lol" is fine to use...because who in their right mind is going to type "laugh out loud"...:rolleyes: But it doesn't take too much effort to type "you", "your", "you are" etc... Big difference. :)[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan L Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by James [/i] [B] [color=royalblue]"lol" stands for "laugh out loud". Yet, do I use "u" and "ur" in the rest of my posts? lol Nope, I sure don't. "lol" is fine to use...because who in their right mind is going to type "laugh out loud"...:rolleyes: But it doesn't take too much effort to type "you", "your", "you are" etc... Big difference. :)[/color] [/B][/QUOTE] hmmm..... laugh out loud... LAUGH OUT LOUD!!!! Nope, it doesn't sound right.... I normally stick with a maniacal laugh or a ':laugh: ' smiley... or when in IMs, 'haha'.. simple eh? About the topic... yeah I feel more intelligent than those around me... but it doesn't really get to me that often, unless they do something 'funny' when I'm around... simple minds are amused by the simplest things... like the other day, some asians were sitting across from us in the food court in the shopping centre (I was with my friends from work), and my friends said 'Passports, please' to them.... and I didn't think it was that funny, but hey, that's just me. Most of the people in this damn town would find that hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabyGirl Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Nerdsy [/i] [B] [COLOR=deeppink] I.E., Me being 14 and still liking Power Rangers...[/COLOR] [/B][/QUOTE] [color=deeppink]...and me, I'm obsessed with Star Wars. And I'm quite comfortable calling myself a nerd...it's a title that my close friends have placed on me after I started saying what a nerd I was. And it's true...it fits me perfectly :p Anyway, on about the intelligence thing. DBZChica...you said something about "blah blah blah but I'm more intelligent than them" (or something I don't feel like finding again). That is almost blatant egotism. I have friends that aren't quite "up there" in vocabulary like I am, or as well-versed in literature...but I don't call them less intelligent than me! They're my friends, and I respect the fact that they might not understand the "big words" that I use in every day speech. For the sake of caring about my friends, I have conformed my way of speaking to fit [i]them[/i]...around some of my friends I use low diction, (yeah, I know that's used in poetry, but for the sake of relating it to my point....) and around a few I'd use middle diction. Why get mad about it? I don't find it any more intelligent when people [i]call[/i] themselves intelligent and place themselves above other people...especially ones that are their friends. I think that's crude. If you feel the need to express this [i]plethora of words you harbor[/i]...then use that gift to write or something. Put this obvious passion you have into essays for school or journal writing...channel it in a positive way...not in one that hurts others around you.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by BabyGirl [/i] [B] [color=deeppink] If you feel the need to express this [i]plethora of words you harbor[/i]...then use that gift to write or something. Put this obvious passion you have into essays for school or journal writing...channel it in a positive way...not in one that hurts others around you.[/color] [/B][/QUOTE] [color=royalblue]That's all fine and good...but I believe DBZChika is saying that her friends insult her because of the larger words she uses. I particularly hate it when people make some joke or something if a large word is used...as if using large words is somehow a bad thing. So I think that DBZChika is actually bearing the brunt of "anti-big-word" friends...as opposed to her proactively saying "they're dumb". And I think many of us get that sometimes...others making a joke when bigger words are used. 'tis a shame...but I do agree that by the same token, if you ARE infact more intelligent than someone (and there is no shame in being more intelligent than someone lol), you shouldn't rub it in their face etc..[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Voodookanaka Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 it does not sound right 'cause its 'laughING out loud' which would be traditionally wrote *laughing out loud* :laugh: U dont have to b smart to be a nerd, and on another note, from what ive seen many many members here are complete nerds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonballzman Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 [QUOTE]"lol" stands for "laugh out loud".[/QUOTE] O_o I'm not THAT stupid...o_O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Dragonballzman [/i] [B] O_o I'm not THAT stupid...o_O [/B][/QUOTE] [color=royalblue]I realize that. :rolleyes: I pointed it out to demonstrate that saying "u" instead of "you" is different from saying "lol" instead of "laugh out loud". As saying the latter would look pretty dumb. :laugh: [/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonballzman Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 Well, why don't you just use ":laugh:"? HAHA! :toothy: :devil: :D See? It's alot easier! Whats that James? What if you've used too many smilies in your post and can't fit ":laugh:"? Well, just...Uh...Damn. <(-___-)> Uhhh...Say "I'm laughing my *** off!!!" HAHA! <(^_^)> Or just use my little kirby friend here...!<(^.^)> I can think of loadz of other stuff to say instead of "lol"! <(o_O)> :lecture: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Dragonballzman [/i] [B]Well, why don't you just use ":laugh:"? HAHA! :toothy: :devil: :D See? It's alot easier! Whats that James? What if you've used too many smilies in your post and can't fit ":laugh:"? Well, just...Uh...Damn. <(-___-)> Uhhh...Say "I'm laughing my *** off!!!" HAHA! <(^_^)> Or just use my little kirby friend here...!<(^.^)> I can think of loadz of other stuff to say instead of "lol"! <(o_O)> :lecture: [/B][/QUOTE] [color=royalblue]Hmm...have you taken your medication lately? :laugh: Heheh... All I'm saying is that the use of "u" and "ur" etc looks stupid. How in god's name did we get into this irrelevant side area? lol [/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by James [/i] [B] [color=royalblue]Hmm...have you taken your medication lately? :laugh: Heheh... All I'm saying is that the use of "u" and "ur" etc looks stupid. How in god's name did we get into this irrelevant side area? lol [/color] [/B][/QUOTE] maybe people use text messaging in their mobile/cellular phones too much :smooch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shift Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 [SIZE=1]Ummm...my friends make fun of me because i can't do anything about it...Just ask N-Man...[/SIZE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerdsy Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Herman Nation [/i] [B][SIZE=1]Ummm...my friends make fun of me because i can't do anything about it...Just ask N-Man...[/SIZE] [/B][/QUOTE] [COLOR=deeppink]Darn right. :P *laughs at Herman because his posts keep getting deleted* Heh, all in good fun. Herman's actually one of the few good people in our general area... Even though he does call me too much. ^_^ [/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shift Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Nerdsy [/i] [B] [COLOR=deeppink]Darn right. :P *laughs at Herman because his posts keep getting deleted* Heh, all in good fun. Herman's actually one of the few good people in our general area... Even though he does call me too much. ^_^ [/COLOR] [/B][/QUOTE] [COLOR=darkblue]Hey now, i'm just alittle messed up in the brains..LOL!!![/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Sephiroth [/i] [B] maybe people use text messaging in their mobile/cellular phones too much :smooch: [/B][/QUOTE] [color=royalblue]Nah, as much as I'd like to suspect that...I'm more inclined to suspect sheer laziness. lol But thanks for the smooch smiley, you're one step closer to your beloved Yaoi forum...lol! :drunk: [/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duo Maxwell Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Deus_Ex_Machina [/i] [B] simple minds are amused by the simplest things... [/B][/QUOTE] that is soooooo true... hand someone my glasses case and they'll sit there for hours just marvelling at the fact that it can turn around... but it keeps people out of my hair while they're playing with em... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asar Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Duo Maxwell [/i] [B] that is soooooo true... hand someone my glasses case and they'll sit there for hours just marvelling at the fact that it can turn around... but it keeps people out of my hair while they're playing with em... [/B][/QUOTE] Too true!! I have glasses with the glare reduction film (it makes the reflected light look green) and you could swear that all they would need were these glasses to be completely content for the rest of their lives- completely engrossed. [QUOTE]... but it keeps people out of my hair while they're playing with em...[/QUOTE] Haha...lol...i thought that it it said "but it keepes people out of my hair whist i'm playing WITH them" That would be quite an interesting thing to try next time!!:laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan L Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Duo Maxwell [/i] [B] that is soooooo true... hand someone my glasses case and they'll sit there for hours just marvelling at the fact that it can turn around... but it keeps people out of my hair while they're playing with em... [/B][/QUOTE] Marvelling at the fact that it can turn around? My god.... Now I'm glad I wear contacts... though when I do wear glasses my friends alway say 'can I try them on'.. and wonder why they can't see through them :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liamc2 Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 this reminds me of the statement: 'Small minds are amused by small things' and my friends and my retort: 'and even smaller minds look on in disgust' ----- well I could be called an intellectual, but I tend not to do the stereotypical thing and do the whole 'i'm so smart, listen to my smartyness' Its more fun to play the fool:whoops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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