Do you get joy from your level of intelligence?

Serious question.

I've been thinking a lot about this lately. I have fairly high intelligence, no genius or anything, but even so I sometimes wish I were dumber. While there are some joys I get from being smart, a lot of things are either annoying, depressing, or grating about day-to-day life. I find myself correcting people and knowing a ton of details that people don't care about, and it gets tiresome.

One example would be play a drinking game. Part of this is OCD, but once we cover rules it's in my nature to adhere to them very strictly. I can't tell you how many times I've been told to "lighten up" or "oh whatever" because (for good reason) it's not really about following the rules.

The same thing used to happen with email forwards ... I would always be the one pointing out how or why they're fake or illogical or whatever, and it made me the "buzzkill".

So, for those of you who would consider yourselves intelligent, do you find that being that way gives you more joy in day-to-day life, or do you feel that "ignorance is bliss"?

I try to separate intelligence from being an asshole.

Works for me.

so you have fairly high intelligence, huh?

Unfortunately I don't know what it feels like to have any other level of intelligence, but yes, there have been times in my life I would describe as "joyous", and at this time I had my level of intelligence.

You may just have good observation skills, maybe you're not intelligent.

I'm saying have you ever noticed or reflected on enjoying something primarily because you're smart enough to comprehend it? For example, do you like using a computer because you appreciate the intricate interactions of parts and notice good user-interfaces, or do you like it because it's a fun box that shows you webpages? That's sort of a bastardization of the more general idea I'm talking about but hopefully you get the point.

That isn't intelligence it's just what you grew up with so you understand it better. It is like learning a language from a young age as to at 40 years old.

Since when is understanding not intelligence?

Nope, I absolutely don't get the point. I don't know how to experience both levels of "joy" (as which you describe based on "intelligence") and know which one is better or worse. I perceive everything at exactly my level of intelligence every time, and I can't step outside of it to see how different levels of comprehension feel.

So a mechanic is smarter than a college professor because he understands how a car works, and a professor often dosent?

I'm female so I can't answer this question.

im smart as hell and i want everyone to know. let me put it this way: when i play beer pong, i'm "On Fire" every single game

Sounds like you aren't intelligent enough to know when something is worth pointing out to other people :-)

dosent

I guess we all know that Enders's level of intelligence is then.

yours too

Just sounds like you're uptight, JS. Probably stems from believing in god.

Enders's? Fine then, Enders'. Either way it looks incorrect because he has a stupid fucking username.

I'm not a particularly smart guy, but I do have an extremely fast mind, and I think about things a lot. I'm like a computer with a really fast processor but not much on the harddrive. I tend to hyper-analyze things, and I think too much, plus now that I'm single I have a lot of free time. I also have a lot on my mind lately, with the girlfriend and heroin mom, etc. And I find it hard to distract myself from it. Either way, I'm extremely miserable at the moment, and I think I have valid reasons to be, but if I weren't as emotionally complex/screwed up and didn't have such an over-critical mind, I definitely would be happier. The only thing that distracts me anymore is music and hope for the future. /emo

that

I can't believe this is actually a thread

Intelligence is not simply "knowing stuff". IMO, the most intelligent people are the ones who realised the meaning of their lives and are living it to the full extent.

But enough offtopic.

Right now I'm pretty happy with it as I see how it turns my woman on.

@ Jeff Jenson: Meh, it's presented extremely arrogantly (like everything JS posts) but it's still an interesting topic and hardly one that isn't valid or talked about.

~ ❤ ~ Intelligence is knowing what she needs and when she needs it. Never apologizing for her. Never making her cry. Never arguing with her because you know she's right. Never treating her anything less than what she is. ~ ❤ ~

progfan spelled backwards

my god someone actually thought this was a good idea

were you ever a mod? have you ever been in a position of power? i hope to FUCK not

One thing I like about you: Your abolity to play alcoholic gamez

On thing i dont like about you; You'r ability to have intellidence

i have no reason to be alive

I'd trade a few IQ points for social grace and the ability to care more for others in a heartbeat.

i kind of like being an assburger really. Sometimes before I fall asleep I will view my life from a detached perspective and lol a bit.

Linux operating system.

I get joy from my high level of intelligence because I'm not a socially awkward faggot

Absolutely

holy fuck

Also I was really smart as a kid and I often wonder what my life would be like if I worked hard on something other than lol.

GNU/Linux*

It's hard for me to enjoy the simple things sometimes because I feel like I see inherent weaknesses or deficiencies in things and maybe I focus too much on them. I think I was happier overall when I was younger and dumber.

I was considered smart as a kid and I enjoyed that, but now I feel like I'm not smart enough to get jobs that I would like, and feel like I'm trapped working in retail stores and supermarkets. Also just in general life stuff everyone knows way more about things than me. I know a bit more about music theory than the general public, but what fucking use is that?

So no.

I kind of hate it. All through highschool and my first attempt at college, I wanted to find out I was below average intelligence so that it would be easy to blame my bad grades on that. Then when it was proven to be way above average I was pissed because it hasn't really done much for me aside from giving me the ability to overthink everything in my life, greatly increasing the amount of depression I've experienced.

I remember when I asked if we should have a serious subforum, and mods and admins were like "lol no, just say it's a serious discussion and we'll take care of trolling". Oh well.

I tried to make it clear that I wasn't saying "it sucks being as smart as I am!" because I'm pretty far from the top in that regard. The point is more "is ignorance really bliss?" because I'm starting to feel that it is. I know several people who choose to ignore details and a deep pursuit of knowledge, and who only think critically at a level that lets them get by ... and they are the happiest people I know. Maybe "the grass is always greener" but that seems way more preferable compared to how I currently feel day-to-day.

Oops but anyway taco faggot, stupid thread, meme, GIF, etc.

Why can't you just seriously respond to serious posts and laugh at the jokes? How would this thread be more worthwhile if the jokes were deleted?