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16 Oct 2012, 2:06 am

emimeni wrote:

I've never been accused of being a know-it-all. I've been called a "walking dictionary" or "walking medical encyclopedia", though.

outofplace wrote:

Fortunately, it is not a problem I have with people who are educated. Unfortunately, most of the people I work with are high school educated (if that) and thus are limited in both their vocabulary and knowledge.

I'm a high school dropout and GED graduate. I consider myself quite intelligent.

Sorry...that sort of came out wrong. I did very poorly in high school and most of what I know is from being self-educated. The people around me though do not seem to like to learn much. Not all of them, but most.

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16 Oct 2012, 2:58 am

I don't think there have been many instances where I've been labelled as a 'know-it-all', but more of a person that asks questions continuously and analyses everything. I guess you could say that as a result of this I'm intelligent in regards to memorising details and formulating original ideas, yet ironically the more I'm aware of my intelligence, the more I'm aware of the things that I don't know.

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16 Oct 2012, 3:14 am

Tell us all about it bright boy

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16 Oct 2012, 5:23 am

outofplace wrote:

emimeni wrote:

I've never been accused of being a know-it-all. I've been called a "walking dictionary" or "walking medical encyclopedia", though.

outofplace wrote:

I'm a high school dropout and GED graduate. I consider myself quite intelligent.

I dropped out too, but went on to self-educate myself as well. Sometimes I'm a bit surprised when I realize how far I've come. I've surpassed most of my friends that graduated. Now I really want to go to college to put it to use.

As far as being called a know-it-all I can't say I ever have, but I have a technical curiosity of how things work and a tendency to try and figure things out. Sometimes I get the impression that people think I'm being a know-it-all rather than just saying I don't know, but I don't do it so much anymore.

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16 Oct 2012, 5:26 am

Giygas wrote:

I think I can relate. Do you feel like you have the intellect, but lack the knowledge? I've been thinking about college myself, but have some concerns about how well I'll handle the setting.

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16 Oct 2012, 5:26 am

Yes I do. I get accused of acting proffessional and a know it all.

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16 Oct 2012, 5:27 am

No, I never do because I am not a know-it-all. I know NTs who are know-it-alls though, especially boys.

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16 Oct 2012, 5:46 am

Its unsexy for a girl to be a know-it-all.... hehehehehehehe

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16 Oct 2012, 5:48 am

Surfman wrote:

Its unsexy for a girl to be a know-it-all.... hehehehehehehe

Not for me it isn't.

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16 Oct 2012, 6:10 am

Giygas wrote:

Surfman wrote:

Its unsexy for a girl to be a know-it-all.... hehehehehehehe

Not for me it isn't.

All I have to do to get anyone to lose interest is to break out the random facts. It's like hitting a button that makes most guys (and people in general) tune out.

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16 Oct 2012, 6:24 am

Jeanna wrote:

Giygas wrote:

Surfman wrote:

Its unsexy for a girl to be a know-it-all.... hehehehehehehe

Not for me it isn't.

All I have to do to get anyone to lose interest is to break out the random facts. It's like hitting a button that makes most guys (and people in general) tune out.

I have a friend who is diagnosed with ADHD and he NEVER stops talking about facts. Conversations with him are usually about the Commodore 64, Social Democracy, Open Source Software and the history of the Soviet Union.

In other words, I'm used to it.

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16 Oct 2012, 7:21 am

I remember being nine years old and over-hearing a few friends who had no idea I was close by, they were remarking on how arrogant I was, they said he thinks he knows it all. I heard the same thing from a work colleague some years later.

This has always stuck in my mind, once I get going I’m like a forest on fire, I can’t help it. Almost forty years later nothing’s changed. I have always being the same, I can’t stop talking about myself and what I know.

Expressing knowledge, it’s better than random chatter about your neighbours and what you ate for dinner. Being intellectual is better than gossiping.

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16 Oct 2012, 8:59 pm

outofplace wrote:

emimeni wrote:

I'm a high school dropout and GED graduate. I consider myself quite intelligent.

Implicit apology accept. :wink:

Yeah, kind of weird how people don't like to learn for learnings' sake, isn't it?

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Surfman wrote:

Its unsexy for a girl to be a know-it-all.... hehehehehehehe

Not for me it isn't.

You know, I'd rather be appreciated for my brains than my looks. If the opposite happens with somebody, I'm not going to sleep with them. :roll:

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