Sometimes people do things that make you look at them a little sideways. You may realize how smart someone actually is when you see their impressive problem-solving skills in action, or watch them win at โJeopardy.โ But then there are people who you may have considered fairly smart, right up until they do something that changes your mind about them forever.
A Reddit thread digs into this by asking, โWhat makes you instantly question someoneโs intelligence?โ More than 8-thousand responses have come in and these are some of the best:
- โSubscribing to a political party like itโs a religion.โ
- โWhen they repeat a certain statement word for word I get the impression that they memorized something to sound more intelligent than they are.โ
- โIf they believe in TV magicians, ghost hunting shows, or that most other reality shows are not scripted.โ
- โPeople who can only argue by raising their voice.โ
- โThey aren't open to changing their beliefs when given new information.โ
- โLitteringโ
- โActive hostility to books (as opposed to simply not reading them).โ
- โBeing confidently ignorantโ
- โBeing proud of never having read a bookโ
- โOddly enough, when they try and tell me their IQ.โ
- โPeople who unironically use the words โalpha maleโโ
- โTalking about horoscopes. โI'm toxic and clingy because I'm a caprisun.โ No, Sharon โฆ The stars had nothing to do with it.โ
- โSupposablyโ
- โHaving even a cursory interest in what the Kardashians are doing.โ
- โIf they pour milk before cerealโ
- โWheels or a stereo worth more than the car they are in.โ
- โIf you have โlive laugh loveโ anywhere in your houseโฆโ
- โInterest in a pyramid scheme.โ
Source-Reddit
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