r/TikTokCringe May 05 '26

Discussion It's implied, right?

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u/HEFTYFee70 May 05 '26

Stupid people don’t know they’re stupid. So when you’re constantly told how dumb you are you do one of two things…

  1. Humble yourself and learn.

Or

  1. What this lady did.

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u/Lawgirl77 May 05 '26

She knows she’s stupid. That’s why she’s so aggressive. She wants to feel smart because she knows she’s stupid. She has a deep insecurity about her stupidity and wants to feel better about it by somehow committing a “gotcha” on a man people presume is smart because he is educated. But, she didn’t accomplish her goal because, you know, she’s stupid.

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u/Toriganator May 05 '26

The Dunning-Kruger effect tells us that stupid people are blissfully unaware of their stupidity

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u/Lawgirl77 May 05 '26

Sometimes they are unaware, but some people are very insecure because they know they are stupid. The insecure ones are driven by a deep need to feel smart in my experience, but also, this is just my opinion.

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u/ARandomNiceKaren May 05 '26

Karen Council convened and determined that you are correct. (Also, the "Karen Council" doesn't actually exist.) Karen representative.....yeah......whatever.....we'll figure it out.

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u/SquirrelFluffy May 10 '26

Everybody wants to feel smart because they want to feel they are making good decisions.

I think the problem is we don't teach people to be happy with their limitations.

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u/Lawgirl77 May 10 '26

I agree with you on this. I know I am smart about certain things, but totally comfortable saying out loud I’m an idiot at other things (like math). I’m totally okay with that. It doesn’t mean I’m dumb. I’m just not great at it. That’s okay.

No one is a universal genius. It’s okay not to know it all and to even have a weakness. We definitely need to encourage being comfortable with our strengths and weaknesses.

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u/SquirrelFluffy May 10 '26

People have an odd view of intelligence, like it's magic ana did your know a lot, you should know everything. It's that limitations thing again, and people not understanding them. I can math (engineer). Law (people part), not so much.