Today, it's the third time this year I was recommended to meet someone because we're "so smart, we'll get along." At dinner, this person complimented how I'd do great in their graduate course on data science. I helped develop the degree program. I can't believe I missed pinball for this. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, making small talk with my coworkers, I said a restaurant I'd tried recently was "superb". They all gave me weird looks, and one said, "Someone's trying too hard to sound smart." Now I've got a rep as a pseudo-intellectual douchebag. FML
Today, I was super flattered to find out that one of my former white collar colleagues recommended me for a job. It wasn’t until the phone interview that I realized it was at the lunch counter at her new office building. FML
Today, I had my first job interview in months. The guy chuckled mockingly at my master's degree in philosophy and wound up admitting that he had no idea why I'd even been selected to be interviewed. FML
Today, I encountered one of my professors from college. Back when I was in his game theory class, he publicly criticized me for falling asleep and not paying attention, to which I retaliated by acing all of his exams. Four years and a degree later, I met him again... while working at Pizza Hut. FML
Today, I was hitting it off pretty well with a girl I met through a dating app. However, she's never going to speak to me again because I also happened to "match" with her friend. How was I supposed to know they knew each other? FML
Today, in calculus, our substitute teacher told me I was smart. Everybody in the class, including my friends, burst out laughing. FML
Today, I lost my job to a girl that graduated with the same bachelor's degree from the same college as me. She also got a master's in an unrelated field. I've been working there 7 months, and her master's in maths apparently makes her a better athletic trainer than me. FML
Today, a girl with a picture of One Direction as her desktop asked if I wanted to partner with her on a 70% law assignment. Two hours after saying no, I found out that she's a legal genius with a guaranteed job in the field and a near perfect GPA. FML
Today, I finally got to meet the new Director of my department. She was my intern eight years ago, the one I declined to recommend for a full time position due to interpersonal conflicts. She knows. FML
Today, wanting to impress my date, I bullshitted her about how I was an environmental scientist. She got so impressed that she invited me over to her place. Not her home, her office. So that I could give her pointers on her current project. She's a real environmental scientist. FML
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Yudith 28
Ah, women and mansplainers... Did the guy look properly ashamed of himself when you told him, at least?
Earl_KarmasBitch 36
Sounds like you'd do pretty good on that course then.
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Earl_KarmasBitch 36
Sounds like you'd do pretty good on that course then.
Yudith 28
Ah, women and mansplainers... Did the guy look properly ashamed of himself when you told him, at least?
dreams2383 20
how do you know? never once was gender said
MxCrix3333 10
Mannn, I don't know. This person recognized that you are smart and related it to their own frame of reference. They gave you a nice compliment on two levels - one, that you're so smart you'd succeed in a difficult program, and two, that doing well in the program you developed is something notable and to be proud of. That the program is respectable. Also, this was a first date, right? Why do you expect people to recognize your genius at first glance? That's a weird expectation, especially if you then look down on them if they don't properly see how smart you are. How are you presenting yourself? Are y'all just talking about how smart you both are? Is it a date or office hours?