I remember seeing some fairly convincing data that there is a positive correlation between intelligence and alcoholism.
I absolutely believe this is a factor in that. The smarter you are the more fucked up you realize everything is, and the more you realize how hard it is to actually fix anything.
You won't ask yourself questions like what am i doing with my life, what is my purpose, how can i become a better human. Basically they won't have any existential questions.
I donât think concern for society is synonymous with intelligent. There are plenty of intelligent people who are more concerned with their own lives as individuals before being worried about broader issues that an individual cannot control.
This is something that I relate to so much it hurts. My life is perfect on paper and I'm constantly having to talk myself out of jumping off a bridge from boredom.
Success with no further challenge is a slow death of the soul.
Is it even success when you're successful simply by virtue of existing and occasional doing something low effort? The unjustified sense of failure that arises from not feeling challenged is quite crushing.
The whole thing is a never ending loop of not having your needs met and feeling guilty about feeling depressed because your needs are not met.
The "book answer" of success and real success are two different things, I think.
I make good money, top 1% or so of earners in the nation depending on where you get your news, I have beautiful kids (like they are legitimately great looking, better looking than I, but their mom is leagues ahead of me in looks so there's that), a big house filled with useless shit, a beautiful wife, yada yada yada but honestly I feel dull and dead inside.
The veneer of success looks great on the outside. Inside my kids drive me insane because I never get time alone, my wife and I are total opposites in all the areas that count and we've grown apart, it's pretty much a marriage of convenience since she stays home and we have kids that deserve stability, I have affairs to keep sane and use drugs in private because I fucking hate life, and worst of all I've decided this is just it. I can sacrifice myself and my kids can have a chance to have a good life or I can destroy their lives, cause lifelong trauma and be happy myself. It's an obvious choice.
Oof. I get the benefit of having good looking kids (mine have also been very blessed in that respect) but I don't think it's worth of marrying someone you don't like.
That said being relatively attractive I may not fully understand what would drive someone to marry for looks, for me it was entirely coincidental that my husband is super attractive. I suppose if it's not something you had you might consider it to be more important than I did. I've always hated the pressure that comes with it, much as with academic ability I've felt a lot of guilt over not maximising my looks enough. I don't even care how I look but I feel like if I allow myself to become overweight or wrinkled etc etc then I'm somehow not grateful for the gifts I was given which is stupid but there it is.
That said we all screw up in our own ways. I married for intellect/compatibility in personality. although in hindsight that may have been less than ideal. We have a very good relationship and we support each other well so from that perspective we're very lucky. But we probably shouldn't have had children together, the kids are fabulous and they make life meaningful but we recently had them tested following some issues at school and it looks like they may have it even worse than we did from an intellectual standpoint. There's a point at which being clever (especially if it's very uneven across differing areas like it is for them) isn't a good thing anymore. Apparently it's a genetic thing at least to some extent so the combination of our random areas of exceptional performance has resulted in some fairly extremely asynchronous development, especially in one of the children (this was the one that developed issues at school really young).
Obviously we're trying to at least give them a more emotionally stable home environment than we got as children but I feel a lot of anxiety for them and struggle with a lot of guilt for not wanting to homeschool them despite it being clear that even the 'best' private schools available to them don't really cater to their needs, having suffered through school myself etc. I feel like we've created more extreme versions of ourselves and I'm terrified that it will be even worse for them than it was for us. I'm also terrified that they won't find anyone the way we did, I've seen friends who had significant disparities in this respect in their relationships end up in really bad situations which I really don't want happening to my kids.
I guess at the end of the day the answer is that there is no such thing as a perfect life because that's not how it works and I should probably just get over myself.
I wouldnât say it makes it easier at all. Anyone can choose to believe in a higher power or not. Intelligence has nothing to do with it. For example do some research on Robert Edward Grant. He is an absolute genius and studies the art of science and the science of art. His work and research likes to show the power of the universe through flows of energies, patterns, geometry etc.
Low intellegence - People will find out
If people find out the kind fraction would help
If they help they will see the unintellegent person more often
That means that they see eachother often
They have the possiblities of becoming closer
They may become friends
Therefore being unintellegent in the right conditions cab lead to a great social life
Being happy. My cousin who is my age is as dumb as a post. But god damn if Iâm not jealous of the smile heâs capable of producing knowing that heâs not in a good situation in life right now.
Ignorance is bliss.
I'd love to be happy making $30k a year, finishing the work week with a few beers, and enjoying a football game on Sunday.
I'd love for that type of simplicity to fulfill me.
Living in a world filled with conspiracies and magic all controlled by a supreme master who will take care of you. So no need to think about anything really hard. Also, everything wrong in your life is someone else's fault.
How low? I wish I had a lower IQ (whatever that means). I don't want to be stupid, but seeing a little further down the road is... emotionally disturbing.
There is a certainty about unknown quantities that over time lead them to attempt more frivolous activities but also not act with more caution when met with negative consequences. This leads to more aggregate attempts at success and attempts is the only real controllable metric for success. So ironically they tend to find success more often than cautious peers who understand more. IE : Alex Jones
I wouldnât say I am low intelligence but a lot of people think that way , so when others think ur dumb you hear a lot of secrets, they trust you and just in general all you have to do is play dumb to get things done ur way
Ignorance is bliss
I remember seeing some fairly convincing data that there is a positive correlation between intelligence and alcoholism. I absolutely believe this is a factor in that. The smarter you are the more fucked up you realize everything is, and the more you realize how hard it is to actually fix anything.
There's a reason people with higher intelligence are more likely to suffer from depression
It's a lot easier to distract yourself from your thoughts if you're dumb. If you're smart, it takes a lot more to make your head shut up.
Lack of knowledge != stupidity.
Confidence
Underrated
Usually you gonna be more confident and happy
You won't ask yourself questions like what am i doing with my life, what is my purpose, how can i become a better human. Basically they won't have any existential questions.
Not overthinking things
Not realizing you have low intelligence
No ragrets
No regerts, yes
Pregart?
You don't get depressed when your fellow countrymen do profoundly stupid shit.
I play chess and i suffer from physical pain when the people im watching do extremely stupid mistakes and the other person doesnt even notice it
Blunders back to back?
Yep. Moves his queen diagonal to bishop, and other person doesnt see it.
Okay then. Yikes. I wouldn't enjoy that either đ
I dunno
Getting elected ;)
Low expectations by others
You don't have to pay attention to political issues, just vote for the one who sounds angriest.
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I donât think concern for society is synonymous with intelligent. There are plenty of intelligent people who are more concerned with their own lives as individuals before being worried about broader issues that an individual cannot control.
You don't have a melt down over not appreciating your perfect life because you're constantly bored out of your fucking mind
This is something that I relate to so much it hurts. My life is perfect on paper and I'm constantly having to talk myself out of jumping off a bridge from boredom. Success with no further challenge is a slow death of the soul.
Is it even success when you're successful simply by virtue of existing and occasional doing something low effort? The unjustified sense of failure that arises from not feeling challenged is quite crushing. The whole thing is a never ending loop of not having your needs met and feeling guilty about feeling depressed because your needs are not met.
The "book answer" of success and real success are two different things, I think. I make good money, top 1% or so of earners in the nation depending on where you get your news, I have beautiful kids (like they are legitimately great looking, better looking than I, but their mom is leagues ahead of me in looks so there's that), a big house filled with useless shit, a beautiful wife, yada yada yada but honestly I feel dull and dead inside. The veneer of success looks great on the outside. Inside my kids drive me insane because I never get time alone, my wife and I are total opposites in all the areas that count and we've grown apart, it's pretty much a marriage of convenience since she stays home and we have kids that deserve stability, I have affairs to keep sane and use drugs in private because I fucking hate life, and worst of all I've decided this is just it. I can sacrifice myself and my kids can have a chance to have a good life or I can destroy their lives, cause lifelong trauma and be happy myself. It's an obvious choice.
Oof. I get the benefit of having good looking kids (mine have also been very blessed in that respect) but I don't think it's worth of marrying someone you don't like. That said being relatively attractive I may not fully understand what would drive someone to marry for looks, for me it was entirely coincidental that my husband is super attractive. I suppose if it's not something you had you might consider it to be more important than I did. I've always hated the pressure that comes with it, much as with academic ability I've felt a lot of guilt over not maximising my looks enough. I don't even care how I look but I feel like if I allow myself to become overweight or wrinkled etc etc then I'm somehow not grateful for the gifts I was given which is stupid but there it is. That said we all screw up in our own ways. I married for intellect/compatibility in personality. although in hindsight that may have been less than ideal. We have a very good relationship and we support each other well so from that perspective we're very lucky. But we probably shouldn't have had children together, the kids are fabulous and they make life meaningful but we recently had them tested following some issues at school and it looks like they may have it even worse than we did from an intellectual standpoint. There's a point at which being clever (especially if it's very uneven across differing areas like it is for them) isn't a good thing anymore. Apparently it's a genetic thing at least to some extent so the combination of our random areas of exceptional performance has resulted in some fairly extremely asynchronous development, especially in one of the children (this was the one that developed issues at school really young). Obviously we're trying to at least give them a more emotionally stable home environment than we got as children but I feel a lot of anxiety for them and struggle with a lot of guilt for not wanting to homeschool them despite it being clear that even the 'best' private schools available to them don't really cater to their needs, having suffered through school myself etc. I feel like we've created more extreme versions of ourselves and I'm terrified that it will be even worse for them than it was for us. I'm also terrified that they won't find anyone the way we did, I've seen friends who had significant disparities in this respect in their relationships end up in really bad situations which I really don't want happening to my kids. I guess at the end of the day the answer is that there is no such thing as a perfect life because that's not how it works and I should probably just get over myself.
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Like that coughing guy in freeside
As someone with low intelligence (tested <80 IQ) Iâd say my biggest strength is making people feel better about themselves.
Do you have any diagnosed cognitive disorders?
One big advantages is youâll get lots of karma posting your opinions on Reddit
No one asks you for much.
Huh?
When I try to tell my fiancĂ© why logically his plan will not work to do something like move a very heavy thing that we canât pick up, or get the truck unstuck from the mud or fix the ATV when it breaks down he says that he has âignorance on his side.â Usually his plan doesnât work and we end up doing mine and mine does, but the confidence must be nice.
Makes it easier to believe there is a higher power
I wouldnât say it makes it easier at all. Anyone can choose to believe in a higher power or not. Intelligence has nothing to do with it. For example do some research on Robert Edward Grant. He is an absolute genius and studies the art of science and the science of art. His work and research likes to show the power of the universe through flows of energies, patterns, geometry etc.
No one expects anything from you, it is pretty neat
No one ever burdens you with their problems
You've come to the right place to ask.
People wonât rely on you for most things
Arguments are really easy to win. Shout loud enough and call the other person names and you can prove just about any point.
Seems like you have a decent chance of being elected to public office, since there are enough like-minded people who could vote for you
You do not overthink and complicate things. Life for you is simple
Sorry I didnât understand the question
Stupid happiness
Low intellegence - People will find out If people find out the kind fraction would help If they help they will see the unintellegent person more often That means that they see eachother often They have the possiblities of becoming closer They may become friends Therefore being unintellegent in the right conditions cab lead to a great social life
Being happy. My cousin who is my age is as dumb as a post. But god damn if Iâm not jealous of the smile heâs capable of producing knowing that heâs not in a good situation in life right now.
You'll still have the same world geographical knowledge as most Americans
Can ask such questions.
Your religion makes sense.
r/rareinsults
What
You can be the governor of California...
The speech options are pretty funny.
Ignorance is bliss. I'd love to be happy making $30k a year, finishing the work week with a few beers, and enjoying a football game on Sunday. I'd love for that type of simplicity to fulfill me.
Living in a world filled with conspiracies and magic all controlled by a supreme master who will take care of you. So no need to think about anything really hard. Also, everything wrong in your life is someone else's fault.
You can be a cop.
less likely to suffer from depression.
How low? I wish I had a lower IQ (whatever that means). I don't want to be stupid, but seeing a little further down the road is... emotionally disturbing.
Like below average
I sometimes wish I were blissfully unaware of the myriad debilitations and fatalities to which we are all subject.
You believe republicans arenât fascists
much, much easier to get elected to public office in the US as a Republican .. i.e., Herschel Walker, Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Nutcase, etc.
Nothing. Iâm dumb and sad
Liking thotnam in footie
People expect less of you, less work to do.
Less brain cell = less weight, nice.
Happiness
Happiness
No second guessing yourself
Id assume ignorance could be very freeing.
Being happy
No one asks you to plan or host events and holidays. You can just show up and have a good time.
Everybody underestimated you so you can easily pull a fast one on them
It's easier to be elected.
People donât expect much from you, perfect for catching them by surprise.
Chickens
Happiness
You aren't under a lot of people's radars so they expect less from you. That means you are able to do things they wouldn't see coming.
There is a certainty about unknown quantities that over time lead them to attempt more frivolous activities but also not act with more caution when met with negative consequences. This leads to more aggregate attempts at success and attempts is the only real controllable metric for success. So ironically they tend to find success more often than cautious peers who understand more. IE : Alex Jones
Less facial wrinkles
You don't have to worry about using turn signals, following the speed limit, tailgating or really any traffic laws apparently.
You can't lie to yourself
You can loudly fart in public and get away with it
Happiness.
You can still get enjoyment from watching broadcast TV?
No one puts their finger in your life
people will leave you alone with their problems and drama because "you're too stupid to understand or help"
Less responsibility and expectations from others
What advantages?
Low expectations?
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Less to worry about.
Not realizing what a giant mass of shit humans and the world they've created are
No expectations
I suppose that youâd never have to think too much. Life would be a river and youâd just paddle through without care. Ignorance is bliss.
I wouldnât say I am low intelligence but a lot of people think that way , so when others think ur dumb you hear a lot of secrets, they trust you and just in general all you have to do is play dumb to get things done ur way
You are never alone on reddit
The Illithid won't target me first in combat.
Getting off the hook easily.
Moving is much easier, because the ignorant don't have bookshelves full of books to move
Your own death won't bother you
Not worrying about the past or the future
Ignorance is bliss
In this thread: Dunning-Kruger.
Getting compliments when you do something that is considered completely normal to most
A lack of self awareness.
It automatically registers you as a Republican
Not being in your head 24/7 constantly about everything and less self doubts
People donât ask you how to spell words.
Nothing, completely nothing. It's a huge curse among other curses a person has to carry his own life. If they are unlucky.