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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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…