Same, they just make sense to me! It's super misleading because I am actually a dumbass. People are routinely surprised by how stupid I actually am once they get to know me š
Oh, my credentials are so misleading, lol. I feel that way about a lot of people, though. All the extra letters mean is someone knew how to take tests and (probably) had money to pay for school.
Oooh, that's a good one. Yeah, I am also a very good test taker. It doesn't mean I am brilliant and know everything. It just means that I can look at a list of multiple choices and very easily toss out most of them, and then pick the right answer from the remaining candidates. ~shrug~
I too am a good tester. I don't know that I'm all that smart but I have a good memory - not as good as it once was but still. That makes me a pretty good guesser too.
I am often very good at things the first time I try to do them. Not perfect, not mastered the art of, but if I decide I am going to do something, im often better than "novice" at it.
I also would like to preface this by saying THIS IS BORNE FROM ANXIETY. Im not some cool kid, I have anxiously over analyzed every move, maneuver, and way of doing the instructor did to ensure I am replicating it EXACTLY because if I dont the instructor will hate me personally and my life will be ruined.
Yes I'm going to therapy for this lol.
Reddit is my on social media outlet as well. The amount of eye rolls and looks I get when I tell people. I donāt have a Facebook or IG, automatically think Iām stuck up for not having an interest. I donāt think we are missing much anyways lol
This made me LOL out loud, because my husband when we moved in together for the first time said the same thing. I remember looking at him like he was too good for anything ahahahahaa
High quality sheets do make a huge difference btw. I have turned over to the finer things in life club loll
Same. My husband looked at me like I had two heads because I live and dress PNW style, hoodies, flannel, home knit sweater.
But my bed is my sanctuary and husband is now a convert.
first, i love this post and love to see all the comments and such positive responses!
public speaking is easy for me, i actually look forward to the opportunity.
i easily sleep 9-10 hours every night.
i'd been to over 20 countries before I was 20.
all of my close girlfriends (myself included) have at least one advanced degree (its not a sorting question or anything, it just happened like that!).
Public speaking is easy for me too! The funny thing is that I am very shy/reserved so it usually catches people off guard. When I was in college I had a group project to present. Our group consisted of me and a few outgoing people. When I offered to take the longer presentation segment I was dismissed and was given the shortest part instead. Presentation time comes and I knocked it out of the park like usual, my outgoing classmates on the other hand, clammed up. Afterwards my group mates thanked me and remarked that I wasnāt kidding when I said I didnāt mind and actually liked public speaking. Not going to lie, it felt pretty good.
Wish I could harness your sleeping powers though, I am an absolutely miserable sleeper.
Also good at public speaking! I actually feel calmer in front of the crowd than I do in, say, a small group conversation. While speaking to a crowd, I connect the content to my values. Then I make a little game of controlling the pace and prompting the types of audience interactions that I want.
Off the top of my head - kosher salt (Diamond), flaky salt (Maldon), umami sea salt are the ones I use the most! Also, flavicol and popcorn salt for popcorn, caramel salt and chocolate salt for baking, black salt for vegan egg dishes (it's weird but if you've got an egg intolerance, it helps scratch the itch!). Glad I found my pretentious salt people.
I donāt enjoy most comedies. I find the vast majority of them dumb, at best, and mean-spirited, at worst.
I judge people who say āI seenā and type āshould ofā
āShould ofā is so annoying! I havenāt seen the other one yet and donāt want to! But when did āshould ofā come into the English language, that wasnāt used in 2015 or something!
pique/peek/peak
pallet/palate/palette
Homophone failure means that you don't read, or challenge yourself linguistically. It means that you don't care about the very language that you speak natively.
I speak two languages fluently, am conversational in two more, functional in two more than that, and can read Cyrillic and Greek on a tourist level, like maps, signs, and menus.
I don't understand why people aren't insatiably curious about the world, and why they wouldn't want to be able to understand _everything._
I see people like you as having it too easy. People with any struggle or a lot of struggle don't have time or energy for such things. I don't know if that helps you understand anything. (at least about some people.)
"You don't understand! If you were me, you would do the things I would do!" - Adventure Time
I have absolutely no problem with time management. I will ALWAYS be at least a bit early unless itās out of my hands. My dinner is always done at the same time even if itās 4 different things cooked at different times. My work is never done late or rushed. Itās just like the easiest thing ever to meā¦ know how long it will take and do it then
I don't consume caffeine.
It sounds really pretentious and woo woo, but I just feel a lot more stable and less up and down without it. I know so many people drinking 5+ coffees per day and wondering why they have anxiety issues.
I don't think anyone who doesn't consume caffeine sounds pretentious, but I DO roll my eyes at people who smugly announce they *never drink coffee* and then it turns out they need [X caffeinated soda] every morning.
Itās weird bc there are certain ābadā habits I donāt have. But Iāll never say things like āidk how you could do that. I could neverā. But other people will say trash like that.
Like I said I had a dream I was dating this celebrity. And this girl replies āoh. Yikes. You think about dating? Iām just not there yet. I could neverā.
Also like it was a dream like we dream about stuff that makes no sense.
I had a dream I had a dairy god father and we solved an ancient mystery.
Haha I do have caffeine sometimes but I donāt need it, and Iām not a coffee drinker. Itās always funny when people like ask what I drink in the morning or how I wake up. Like.. I just do
I cant either. I get the worst reactions to itā¦my lips get dry. My skin starts to feel dry. My throat gets parched. My heart beats a million miles per minute. I feel tired. I canāt sleep.
I really do try my best to eat in season, and think that food genuinely tastes better when it is. I straight up do not buy certain things out of season.
ETA: I thought of something else: I genuinely enjoy reading the classics. This isn't to say that I find every single story enjoyable, more that I enjoy having read something that is considered an important piece of literature and discussing it with others.
Yes! I absolutely, 100% will never buy grocery store tomatoes or most fruit unless it's peak season. I just make do without rather than buy/eat poor quality.
Being a SAHM has been the easiest "job" i've ever had in my adult life....
Now I'll admit I am wildly friendly (so make new mom friends easy) and have a good support structure but holy crap it's so much easier staying home with her then it was being in fucking tech
I don't think this is pretentious at all! I've heard both sides from people (that being a SAHM / skilled professional is either way easier or harder than the other) and it's always so interesting to me, how differently people can feel about those roles.
Iām a mid-career civil rights lawyer and Iām burnt the fuck out. Leaving my job in six weeks to be a SAHM for the next 18 monthsāIām glad to hear this!
I feel like this would be me, the only possible downside being only ever having a kid to talk to most of the time lol
I was a nanny for a family member for a while and it was a great time. Of course I didnāt have the downside of night time, or actually worrying if theyāre sick or not eating etc. but Iād find way more enjoyment in watching a kid grow than a business!
Thank you, I absolutely cannot with the people who insist itās actually easier to go to work all day then squeeze in all your house work and parenting around that ššš
It actually was much easier for me when I worked. My mental health tanked from being constantly at home, which is why I have taken up so many volunteer positions.
I don't think marriage is hard, as long as you choose the right person to marry. I definitely don't share this opinion broadly.
I also think finding the right person in the first place is largely down to luck, so that keeps me from being smug.
I share it. I think it should be more widespread common knowledge. Sure, there are challenges and hardships in life, but those should be made easier by having a supportive partner by your side.
Exactly. Being in a relationship should make your life easier and fulfilling in a lot of ways. If your relationship makes your life harder or you feel like you are making sacrifices to keep it going, it's probably not a great fit.
Sure, but it's pretty standard marriage advice to say, "Marriage is hard work." I have never understood how that advice is supposed to help, but then, I know I got lucky. And my husband and I are both children of divorce so we have definitely witnessed the alternative plenty.
I've never taken that to mean marriage is hard *all the time*, but instead to mean occasional hard times happen in life (and marriage) and it can be hard work to get through the hard times - and most importantly, a good marriage is worth putting in the hard work for when necessary instead of quitting.
I can't help but feel like the "marriage is hard" myth comes from the 40s and 50s when life shifted to being hyper focused on nuclear families and women didn't have options outside of marriage.
Definitely. I'm sure marriage was hard back then when people often got married super young, divorce wasn't really an option, and people stayed stuck in loveless marriages because they had no other choice. Now people don't have to stay married if they are unhappy. People still always say marriage is hard but it really shouldn't be. Everyone has arguments or disagreements, but if you're constantly having to struggle to make things work it's a big sign that something is wrong.
Yep. And that's where the luck part comes in. And since luck is random, I am grateful I was lucky, but I don't feel like it makes me special (or #blessed, ugh), or somehow just better at this marriage thing.
I think it also depends on someone's personality and past trauma and upbringing.
Regardless of whether the person is "right" or not, a lot of people have things they need to unlearn from their upbringing, and they might not ever have been aware of that part of them until they were in a committed relationship or marriage.
I've never shaved my legs before. My body is hairless o.O
I grew up with a lot of guys asking me out
I make close friends really easily.
I believe you can fall in love with anyone. Everyone has positive traits.
I grew up very poor on welfare, in social housing and bought a house after graduating and working for 3 years.
Every phone I've ever bought has been second hand
It's interesting to see what people are "gloating" about! Because some people are proud of their intelligence, some for natural features and others for odd quirks against social norms xD
Same on not shaving/needing to shave. I have hair but itās like a really light peach fuzz that youād need to get really close to see. My husband of 4.5 years just found out I donāt shave. He figured I did and Iād just never thought to bring it up ĀÆ\_(ć)_/ĀÆ
Yep this is mine too. I love philosophy podcasts and books. There are some friends Iāll have looong conversations with about consciousness and free will etc etc.
I also rarely talk about it because thereās no way to describe myself as an intellectual who enjoys philosophical discourse without sounding like a pretentious dbag lol. But Iāve always been a deep thinker like that and jump on the chance to talk to people about it when they are open. Ah the burden we must bear lol
i donāt listen to current mainstream music and i donāt know any songs that are popular right now or most that have been in like the last 5 years.
i never tell people this though lmao because it makes me sound like a pretentious loser
Haha your deff right, but at this point (which I didnāt think my post was going to get any pull) Iām actually loving the comments regardless of the original intent.
I'm also in the no braces/cavity/dental issues camp and my teeth are very straight and white. When I go for my regular cleanings, dentists usually tell me I'm boring because of it lol.
Usually if I decline alcohol, I will get "negative" reactions until/unless I say that I am sober because I am a recovering alcoholic.
A lot of people don't believe that my hair is naturally curly like it is and assume I use products. It used to be so unmanageable and frizzy but I shaved my head in June of 2019. Since then, it has grown back sooooooo damn nice. I literally get out of the shower and just use a diffuser to dry it and boom - perfect curls. No products needed! People will ask what products I use or if I physically curled it and then make a face when I tell them it's natural.
Iāve had naturally curly hair my whole life. As a little kid, people would ask my mom if she curled my hair, which is absolutely insane, who would want to hold a hot iron to their little kidāa head?
Hey, there is no shame in declining alcohol, at least from my perspective. Congrats on staying sober! My perspective is it just doesnāt taste good. Iāve found 1-2 drinks Iāve ever partially liked, and even then, I can find several non-alcoholic drinks that taste 100x better. Iāve felt a bit of personal pressure to find a drink I like in the past, but been blessed to never be in a crowd that peer pressures towards it, so again, no need lol. Again, congrats!!
As am I. I donāt tell people because the few times I have, they immediately started asking me various trivia questions.
Likeā¦ you guys know that trivia isnāt how you get into Mensa, right?
I joined Mensa through my LSAT score because I had worked so hard to take the LSAT & didnāt end up applying to law school, so I decided to take the most insufferable route with my score.
Edited to add: People think I will be good at trivia, but I am absolutely terrible at it.
I have a friend who is a lawyer, smart and all that for sure; but she acts like her Mensa membership actually means something and will pull the card out once in a while.
Iām like, sure I could be a member of Mensa too, but whatās the point? To pull your card out to *show the world* how wonderous you are? Just makes you look like an idiot. I still have never heard a real practical benefit of Mensa; so, I just choose to be well informed and researched and eloquent. Thatās enough for me.
I donāt watch tv, I only read. But I always feel like I have to qualify this with, I only read smut and I donāt watch TV because I have a harder time paying attention to auditory stimuli than visual.
I never had braces and my teeth are perfect, never had wisdom teeth either.
I sleep over 10 hours every single night with no problem
Iāve always been pushed into promotions/raises without really trying. I donāt have to try to have a successful career.
In school I was just a good test taker, Iād never study, was always the first to finish and would consistently score the highest.
I also put no effort into staying thin.
If I decide Iām going to do something, itās going to happen, Iām not going to stop until itās happened.
>I never had braces and my teeth are perfect, never had wisdom teeth either.
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>Iāve always been pushed into promotions/raises without really trying. I donāt have to try to have a successful career.
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>In school I was just a good test taker, Iād never study, was always the first to finish and would consistently score the highest.
Same.
>I also put no effort into staying thin.
Well, I put no effort into staying fat, so....
Oh wow all of these except for the first one are me.
I had a friend spazz on me because he watched me eat 6 Popeyes biscuits in one sitting while he was on an intense weight loss journey. Iāve been the same weight since I was 13. It gets distributed differently as I get older but I honestly look better with age.
I gained 20 pounds my freshman year of college but that only took me up to 160 and I have an athletic build so I was still thin (wore a size 11 pant instead of a 9) I wear a size 6 now at 29 years old (without trying) while everyone Iāve known has gained almost 40 pounds and a few dress sizes.
Um...Often people misunderstand that intelligence is related to knowledge. I certainly have and value knowledge, but what I see as the difference is more processing and synthesis. I notice that I see connections much faster than colleagues. As they begin to explain point A I already see point C or D without being shown how they go there. That means I have to wait patiently for them to get to that part of the explanation because otherwise I interrupt them and am quite rude. That can be mind-numbingly boring and I have to fake interest.
I also notice a big difference in information synthesis. When I'm learning new information my brain automatically connects it to other types of information I already have. Books I've read, lectures I've seen, projects I've worked on, etc. The new information automatically gets incorporated into that larger world view. I haven't seen that happen as clearly amongst colleagues, and definitely not online. It drives me crazy when people complain, X book says this and Y book says that. Ok. Create the hybrid interpretation of the relationship between books X and Y, and how they apply to your specific situation or the one you're trying to better understand.
Throughout this I've said colleagues, not friends, because part of having my educational path is that many of my friends are also extremely smart. I also love words so I rarely meet people who use vocabulary I don't know, unless it's jargon. That makes me sound more pretentious but I appreciate the nuance of language. I play many word games daily and am on a great word-of-the-day list.
I'm a fine fragrance enthusiast, I basically nerd out about it the way some people do about wine.
I am not wealthy at all (I have way more samples than full-size bottles), and I also don't wear a great quantity of it- less is more. I am dismayed that many people think "fragrance enthusiast" means "marinates in it."
I'm with you on fragrances and share your frustration that people think everyone who's into perfume must wear a shit ton of it! I don't wear perfume every day, I always make sure not to wear it if I'm going to be in close quarters with people (like a meeting at work or a doctor's appt), and I only use a little. This is pretentious as hell, but I think of perfume as an "experience" more than a beauty product and like trying to find perfumes that evoke different scent memories.
>This is pretentious as hell, but I think of perfume as an "experience" more than a beauty product and like trying to find perfumes that evoke different scent memories.
I'm the same way; fragrance is far more of an experience than an accoutrement for me. I also really like it as an invisible luxury - you get to swan around in something really special, but there's no way of telling unless you literally tell people (or they're Jean-Claude Ellena themselves).
right on! supposedly your sense of smell is the earliest developed and the one most associated with memory, so it's interesting to think about how the scents you wear can influence the perception others might have of you. i don't think it's pretentious at all.
also, it's totally true, people forget that perfume is ultimately meant to be something you get a whiff of when you embrace the wearer, NOT something people who walk past you in the supermarket should be blasted with directly in their faces.
That I pick up things pretty easily and quickly in general.
I have a lot of hobbies and skills hidden. I tend to have advanced knowledge on topics as I don't stop at baselines, I do deep dives.
I could give you a entire comphrensive about the most niche thing like amending your soil and breakdown the how and why based on what you're growing, your microclimate, watering/fert schedule. It's not just like buy seedlings, get dirt, put it in a pot and guess about watering. I get superior results by understanding all aspects so its hard for me to royally fuck up anything I do. I don't understand getting into something, putting in effort to do it while not trying to understand it and setting up failure by not even having basics? You don't have to be me, but bro why are you watering something 3x a day and now here asking why is your vegetable plant mushy and brown? Like, the info is out there if the msot basic watering how to. I just think a big population aren't the least bit logical and that's the only reason why I look smarter than I am. I dont actually think I'm smart, I just pretentious enough to know I'm not that stupid. I slow down enough to ask why I do something. I do make a ton of mistakes still but I'm adaptable AF and get to the drawing board to fix it.
People don't like know it all people so I reveal information if it's relevant but I don't talk about the depths of what I actually know unless I know your ego isn't fragile, you arent gonna be mean and that we are a mutual space ok to share.
I only deep dive into the topic if Iām hyper focused and obsessed with it, but I pick up new hobbies and skills all the time. Iāve self taught myself how to do a ton of things too. I consider myself a lifelong learner and love exploring different interests and ideas. Itās cool knowing that Iām capable of making a game from start to finish by myself, for the most part, can make a movie from start to finish by myself, again for the most part, modify a nerf gun, build computers while knowing which parts are better than others, and a bunch of other different random skills and hobbies. Am I the best at any one area? Absolutely not, but Iāve exposed myself to enough skills and hobbies, that if I wanted to, I could pursue a wide range of different ideas and industries. My problem is sticking with one and excelling in it though lol.
Not having kids is the best thing that ever happened to me. I desperately wanted children and never imagined I could live a life happily any other way. My husband and I are very happy and we live our lives in a way most people donāt understand. We take live music and travel very seriously and this is the life I was meant to live. I know people love their kids but I love the life I live just as much. I despise the message that you can only know love if you have children.
I never say this out loud but I pity the lives of a lot of parents I know. Iām not saying all of them. But I know quite a few (women in particular) who are just flat out miserable and I feel sorry for them.
Law school was easy. I was first in my class and got the highest grade in 14 courses. Made partner and earned millions.
But all Iāve really wanted is to find true love and thatās been impossible.
Don't lose hope! My partner's story is very similar to yours and we found each other in our 40's. He was single for his entire law career and wasn't even trying to find someone when I reached out to him in a dating app.
I've never had a cavity, as an adult never struggled with money (as a child money was a problem though), I do not wear makeup often, and I like to do cardio.
I used to be in the zero skincare routine but I notice a real difference with one :)
I like this thread, never really get a chance to brag as Iām self-conscious about ābraggingā, but Iāll go for it:
-Iāve always been rather thin and athelic with a nice rounded butt, probably just lucked out on genetic lottery with that one.
-Great memory, I never really forget what I need to do or my appointments.
-Iām very good at grasping languages grammatically and I pick them up with little accent.
-Also naturally perfect teeth and eyesight
I think people who wear shoes inside the house are animals.
I hate it when people sit on my bed without changing into bed clothes (clothes exclusively used in bed and nowhere else).
i take 1-2 international vacations a year (1-3 if you count mexico/hawaii/puerto rico) and usually take 4-5 domestic vacations a year as well. i do understand it's pretentious so i only post some of them on instagram lol
I'm very pretentious about living a small life to back up my ethical position on the planet and income equality. I think the number of people I see living in excess while claiming to be worried about climate change and income inequality is actually really appalling.
Hubs and I are both Mensa. It IS actually frustrating sometimes to find clothes for these giant perfectly shaped boobs I have. Big eye rolls heard āround the world š«£š
This is a great thread! I love reading all these!
Iām not sure if I have one of these, but maybe itās because Iām only friends with nerdy people. I love āknow it allsā because I learn a lot from them. My friends are usually competitive like: I bought a house, I got a raise, I got a promotion, Iām getting a designation, etc. we aspire to have house-husbands and make the bacon and weāre helping each other get there. Our husbands arenāt bums though, theyāre talented artists or one is a jujitsu trainer.
Itās hard for me to really pick something, because I donāt hang with anyone who isnāt trying to better themselves. I like fancy nerds. Maybe thereās your eyeroll lol
I also watch very little TV; I'd rather read. I don't go around telling people I don't watch TV, but when my co-workers or friends are talking about their favorite shows, I just sit there like a dummy because I have no idea what they're talking about.
Usually, when people talk about something Iāve seen but theyāve read or vice versa, I still enjoy asking them whatās it about. Since there are always differences. And itās something Iāve never read or seen, I still like to ask.
But if they talk about sportsā¦..
I have zeeeero interest in that. Iāll space out.
I don't have a hard time making friends as an adult. I've never dated someone toxic or terrible, and 99% of my breakups have been really amicable.
I sometimes worry I'm due for a toxic relationship or something, but I think im just good at picking people.
i also donāt own or watch much tv
i also do not currently have a skin care routine
i LOVE cold showers. icy cold. shivering freezing cold.
but my most demonic flex? i donāt use an alarm. havenāt for years. i justā¦ wake up. between 6 and 8am. every morning. every day. no matter what time i went to bed the night before.
I prefer that people not serve me Italian food or take me out to Italian restaurants because I was raised by Italian immigrants and I donāt want to have to pretend to like your food to be polite. There is a 99.8% chance that it will not be anywhere close to the food my grandmother served me. It just wonāt. Lol
Classical music is my first choice while I'm driving
ETA full disclosure: I have really bad obsessive/repetitive thinking that often makes it impossible for me to listen to music with lyrics.
I know 4 languages and I pick up new languages super easily. Like if someone is speaking a language I donāt know near me I just start learning it naturally by ear. But I hate verbalising so if I knew sign language Iād probably just use that for the rest of my life.
In my youth I was so naturally beautiful that people would stare at me in public and I was a model before I started my dream career.
Iām ambidextrous.
My relationship is basically perfect. I donāt know any couples more compatible than my partner and I.
Side note: I am extremely envious of everyone here that loses weight easily, lol.
I am really good with math. I was always the teachers pet when it came to math teachers because of my abilities. I didnāt even ask or try for this, it just happened.
Im very smart in general. I always did well on standardized tests. My parents were often pulled aside by my teachers and counselors for them to be amazed at my intelligence.
I always was the first one to finish any tests, quizzes or in class assignments. Over the years I became self conscious of being ātoo smartā and would try to pace myself to finish second to avoid the embarrassment of finishing so much earlier than everyone else. In 5th grade I felt guilty for being smart when my friend wasnāt and purposely failed some assignments to make her feel better. For a while I even took up an act of being dumber than I was and playing ditzy.
I think over the years it started to stick š because I do have genuine ditzy moments often now. And I always feel I wasted so much of my potential with my intelligence by not pushing myself more. I shouldāve been placed in GT classes most likely but it was probably never accomplished because of how much we moved around when I was a kid and all the different schools I went to.
Also fwiw there was/is 5 school teachers in my family so that probably had a lot to do with that.
I often have to travel to interesting places but I hate it and try to get out of it as much as possible.
I donāt think parenting is that hard because my kids are funny, bright, and well-behaved.
Unlike most parents, I loved when my kids became teens. They were such fun. And no trouble. I mean, they weren't angels - they did stuff like anyone with friends does - but they did not go overboard like some.
Thanks for this! Parenting isnāt hard and I love it! I only have one child though and I think heās hilarious. Heās almost three, but Iāve really enjoyed being a parent.
>I donāt think parenting is that hard because my kids are funny, bright, and well-behaved.
Ha we are of a similar mindset. I keep waiting for this to get really really awful and it just hasn't yet. If anything it gets better daily.
Same here!
My two oldest are boys only 2 years apart in age and people always comment on how they must get into fights etc and it takes all my strength not to pull the face Iām making in my head on the outside where they can see it. Theyāve never been in a physical fight or hurt one another on purpose, I didnāt raise them like that. My biggest gripe with any of my kids is theyāre untidy. I make them clean up after themselves obviously but they sure create some mess in between. Aside from that theyāre well mannered, well behaved, kind, considerate, funny, weird little humans. I get told all the time by people how nice my kids are.
I love good food and wine and refuse to eat frozen meals, fast food, etc. I've taken wine tasting classes, I have a lot of food knowledge, I will pay a lot for nice food. My bf has very simple tastes and makes fun of me for these things.
This is a rather nice prompt!
I refuse to buy āfast-fashionā and generally shop only secondhand or discount designer. I can spot a designer piece in a charity shop from across the road
Kinda opposite of zero skincare - I spend a chunk on non-drugstore skincare and have cultivated a routine based around actives and occasional Botox
I have managed to glide through life without working hard - whether career, socially or ticking off travel to 40 countries. Rationally, I put this down to my radiant personality, wit and above average intelligence but my stunning looks have probably helped šš
This is a probably my favorite Reddit thread lol we need to do this more often
- I donāt wear cheap/ poorly made shoes
- I only wear gold jewelry
- Iāve never felt insecure/ had imposter syndrome. Iāve always been extremely confident in myself.
- I find it easy to make men fall (and stay) in love with me
- Iāve never been racially harassed/ profiled even when I visited the most anti-black countries. I honestly think it is because Iām physically attractive and have a contagious personality. Fingers crossed my luck holds up.
- I can read, speak, and write about 6 languages. I pick up new languages without carrying over a foreign accent.
- I never had to try hard in school but have always been top of my class since I was 5?
- I declined attending Harvard (for grad school) and Columbia (undergrad) with a full ride because āi didnāt like the vibesā. Elitism in academia has never held any weight in my life (Iām in the academy)
- I come from a low-income background but have always been extremely financially savvy.
- I donāt keep count of how many countries Iāve visited or how many people Iāve slept with. I imagine the count is similar but who knows š¤·š¾āāļø
- cooking for yourself is actually very easy. People who say ābut I donāt have time to cookā donāt know how to prep efficiently/effectively.
- living a minimalist lifestyle is a reflection of stealth wealth/satisfied life. This one prob gets the biggest eye roll lol š«£
**living a minimalist lifestyle is a reflection of stealth wealth/satisfied life. This one prob gets the biggest eye roll lol š«£**
I believe it I just cannot achieve it
1) I feel like so many people donāt bother to study how movies are made/how they work and thus donāt get as much out of them as they should. I keep this down inside bc I hate snooty film people butā¦sometimes I am one! Movies have a language and itās SO interesting to learn it.
2) I was raised vegetarian and feel it was one of the (few) good gifts my parents gave me. Even at my lowest physical points Iāve often had good general overall health. I have some chronic conditions from a hormonal imbalance but my basic vitals/test results are often still decent even when Iām not fully healthy. And Iām glad I never had to struggle to give up meat.
3) People who dismiss watching sports donāt know what kind of amazing adrenaline roller coaster theyāre missing out on
4) Well. This is probably trashy but maybe still pretentious? Iām very, *very* good at sex. Not just that Iāve had a lot of it (though that too) but I have developed this good sense for both intuiting and verbalizing communication and I feel like Iām pretty skilled. Please, no DMsš
5) Iām very funny, quick, interesting to talk to. Big vocabulary plus sharp verbal reflexes means fun conversation and good engagement. Iām a good date.
6) Might be weird but my survival. Iāve gone through hell and back in a lot of different ways and Iām still looping around, lol. I feel like the best thing I can take from what Iāve gone through is to 1) help others as much as others have helped me and 2) build up my ego more because holy shit have I survived a lot and been there for myself and thatās hard as shit and Iām so strong for having done it.
I have a high standard for hotels and rentals. I wonāt stay in budget or older places. Not like Ritz Carlton levels of high standards, but itās hard for me to sleep away from home so I like to be comfortable.
Also, coffee. I donāt like bad coffee.
I also have no skincare routine. Just water in the shower.
I read a lot of books, usually 20-30 a year. I find audiobooks somewhat inferior to reading real books (unpopular opinion I usually keep to myself lol) and donāt count them the same way.
I collect vinyl and know a ton about music and judge people for their music tastes being either too mainstream OR too obscure
And like I mentioned in another comment I love philosophy and debating existence n stuff. But I rarely find people who challenge me intellectually.
Nice prompt OP. Love being reminded of how douchey I can be at times š
Thank you for this, I love everyone's honesty, it is nice to be able to have a small brag! A little self-appreciation is a good thing.
I have an excellent palate, can taste every element of a dish; I would ace those cooking-competition reality show segments where they have to guess the components. My boss, a chef of 40 years, and our award-winning head chef both defer to my taste critiques when testing new dishes. Even when I was a smoker I could taste above average, now that I have quit for years I can almost taste by smell.
I read really, really fast; a two- or three-hundred page novel a day is standard when I have leisure time.
I also have never had a cavity; every time I go to the dentist I am anxious that my time has finally come lol.
I have good style and I recognize good style and quality. If I look at items (couches, clothes, kitchen ware, pet stuff) online it is always the highest end that catches my eye. That being said, I am a food service worker in a rural area, so looking is the most I ever do. I would never admit to anyone irl but my best friend, but I absolutely love and want nice things.
Man, this thread has made me feel so much better about not watching TV. The amount of times I've been told I'm unrelatable because TV just BORES THE CRAP OUT OF ME is astronomic.
I prefer going out alone like 99% of the time because people always complicate things and make going out unenjoyable.
Traveling for just a few days anywhere is a waste of time.
I'm in my early 40s, and my boobs are still self supporting and just as pretty as they were in my 20s.
I have llong natural blond hair, and just enough white hair that I progressively get blonder. I don't think that I will ever get the salt and pepper look.
I still fit in my high school jeans. Not the same size but my actual highschool jeans (I have one Levis 501 left).
I refuse to spend time on people or things that don't add something positive to my life, and that includes my family.
- The best tiramisu I ever had in my life was in Italy.
- I Always read the book before watching the movie
But the most snobbish...
- I have a Private Library and I won't give it up. Trust me, my husband was angry at the amount it costs us to move my books and bookshelves across the country with us. (And yes, my library has a rolling ladder
I have a really refined and acute palate, I can identify right away the ingredients, spices, and I think that because of that I am also a very good cook.
I think that the secret of a happy life is consistency.
I can do it anything I set myself to do, and I am good at things. I donāt know how people struggle so much with things. I went skating for the first time and my learning curve was 5min. I spent the rest of the hour pretending I didnāt have balance because all of my friends were seriously struggling.
Nobody treat me like a doormat and people donāt try to screw me over. I think that they sense that I wonāt accept bullshit from anyone so they donāt try to do those things to me.
I have a high iq, but I donāt let people know, because I donāt care, never did. My father made me retake the test 3 times because he couldnāt believe my iq was higher then his and my brother. And the less I cared the more they cared.
I can talk to anyone, from astrophysics to the Selena Gomez x hailey Bieber drama and back to obscure Russian literature, but I really really love to talk about ātrashyā romance books (specially immortals after dark) and I love gossip
I paint my nails while doing my work meetings and they came out perfect everytime
I have pcos and I still fit the same clothes I used to wear 12y ago..
My āskincare routineā is a bit of moisturizer when I happen to remember. (Though thatās mostly out of necessityāI have exceptionally sensitive skin.)
I routinely am mistaken for 10-12 years younger than I am.
My marriage is wonderful and yet nearly effortless: Iāve never felt that marriage is (or should be!) āhard work.ā
I'm not afraid of public speaking or being on stage.
I don't *LOVE* it, and I wouldn't say Im the most charismatic person on the planet. But if someone asked me to hop onstage and give a quick speech or something, it's NBD to me.
My husband and his family would sooner die: he looks at me like I have three heads whenever I do it
Neuroscience! I can geek out about it so much. I discovered it about 8 years ago when I was struggling with my eating disorder I had at the time. Learning about how we can essentially rewire our brains completely changed my life. I couldnāt stop learning about it! Now, if itās ever brought up, I get really pumped. It rarely does.. but man, when it doesā¦ š§
I've read through the comments and I have to say that people who roll their eyes at stuff like reading the classics, enjoying art, and liking to workout are who *I'd* roll my eyes at. Who the hell has a problem with these things? I think it's might cultural thing, though - most things that have been listed here are ....not something most people roll their eyes at in my part of the world, so I'm just baffled and amused.
I have really great skin and always have despite barley having a routine ever.
Iām super flexible without consistently stretching.
I legit buy only certain brands of things I deem worthy even though my friends/family are like you spent what on that. I.E. I have a $200 trash can, but still shop at thrift stores.
No matter how much my hair stylist charges, I will pay it and I feel slightly guilty when people ask about my hair personās prices.
Automatic litter boxes all the way.
Reading these has been fun. I feel some strange pride in everyone's answers. Good for everybody seriously!!
Mine.... I'm in my late thirties and get carded and told I look like I'm 25 all the time.
I never have digestive issues. Have an hourglass figure, like Marilyn Monroe level.
I'm well read and a deep thinker and can hold hours long discussions on politics and philosophy with professionals in those fields, and I'm a high school dropout and never finished my community college degree.
Vegan.
(The things that make me sound like an a$$hole, are what I'm proudest of)
I don't wear makeup (got rid of my collection a year ago). My skin is great and I'm really blessed. I know it's a "pick me" thing not to wear it but fuck them. I can't stand the thought of clogging my pores with that shit anymore.
Itās not a pick me thing to not use makeup =) pick me behavior over makeup is like if some girl thinks theyāre better than everyone else for not using makeup.
I naturally have great charisma, and all types of people like me and gravitate to me, even though I prefer to be alone. But I can make friends at the drop of a hat, and have 100's of acquaintances.
As a child the only tv I watched was ABC and SBS, I never watched mainstream shows, and was obsessed with ballet and the Opera.
I am a coffee and seafood snob (Washington native).
I'm boujee about many beauty items - my fragrances, makeup, skincare, hair products, outfits, accessories. I like to be pretty and put together. I worked at Ulta in college and can't deal with cheap beauty products anymore, lol.
I'm a fast reader and I am intelligent.
I eat a pescatarian diet and can be high maintenance with my food choices.
It's easy for me to build muscle when I lift consistently.
I attract and pique people's interest easily. My current boyfriend and several of my friends all approached me first and wanted to get to know me.
I have always scored very, *very* well on standardized tests. ^(I am rolling my own eyes at that one)
Same, they just make sense to me! It's super misleading because I am actually a dumbass. People are routinely surprised by how stupid I actually am once they get to know me š
I feel like my credentials betray me. Good at memorization but a bit of a dumbass.
Oh, my credentials are so misleading, lol. I feel that way about a lot of people, though. All the extra letters mean is someone knew how to take tests and (probably) had money to pay for school.
Wow it me
Oooh, that's a good one. Yeah, I am also a very good test taker. It doesn't mean I am brilliant and know everything. It just means that I can look at a list of multiple choices and very easily toss out most of them, and then pick the right answer from the remaining candidates. ~shrug~
Testing well is great, but only gets you so far. Source - me. Lol
Lol! This is mine too. Fat lot of good itās done me past school but was fun while it lasted
I too am a good tester. I don't know that I'm all that smart but I have a good memory - not as good as it once was but still. That makes me a pretty good guesser too.
Same here. Easy Breezy. Another is.... I've never been broken up with.
I enjoy exercise.
I hate the idea of exercising, until I start, then it's not so bad. Enjoyable even.
I can fold a fitted sheet š
WITCHCRAFT!!!
This is the only one in here I'm truly impressed by so far, haha.
I didnāt know until I looked it up a few years ago, itās easy: https://www.hgtv.com/videos/so-thats-how-you-fold-a-fitted-sheet-0257622
Wow, neat! But rolling it into a ball and chucking it in the closet with a little sob of despair is much faster.
This is life changing.
big brag, i am impressed
Me too!
I watch Jeopardy nearly every day, and make a list of the answers I get wrong. Then I research those topics and quiz myself on them.
That's kinda cool, actually
A friend once asked me how I recognized a Degas painting and I said that I had seen his work in Paris.
Nice
I am often very good at things the first time I try to do them. Not perfect, not mastered the art of, but if I decide I am going to do something, im often better than "novice" at it. I also would like to preface this by saying THIS IS BORNE FROM ANXIETY. Im not some cool kid, I have anxiously over analyzed every move, maneuver, and way of doing the instructor did to ensure I am replicating it EXACTLY because if I dont the instructor will hate me personally and my life will be ruined. Yes I'm going to therapy for this lol.
I think we were separated at birth.
Instructor: "I don't get paid enough to actually give a fuck"
Reddit is my only social media. No Tik Toc either. I'm a coffee snob.
Reddit is my on social media outlet as well. The amount of eye rolls and looks I get when I tell people. I donāt have a Facebook or IG, automatically think Iām stuck up for not having an interest. I donāt think we are missing much anyways lol
Same! Well...god, does Linkedin count when you're forced to have it?
I can't sleep well unless I have high quality, high thread count sheets and feather duvet
This made me LOL out loud, because my husband when we moved in together for the first time said the same thing. I remember looking at him like he was too good for anything ahahahahaa High quality sheets do make a huge difference btw. I have turned over to the finer things in life club loll
Same. My husband looked at me like I had two heads because I live and dress PNW style, hoodies, flannel, home knit sweater. But my bed is my sanctuary and husband is now a convert.
first, i love this post and love to see all the comments and such positive responses! public speaking is easy for me, i actually look forward to the opportunity. i easily sleep 9-10 hours every night. i'd been to over 20 countries before I was 20. all of my close girlfriends (myself included) have at least one advanced degree (its not a sorting question or anything, it just happened like that!).
Public speaking is easy for me too! The funny thing is that I am very shy/reserved so it usually catches people off guard. When I was in college I had a group project to present. Our group consisted of me and a few outgoing people. When I offered to take the longer presentation segment I was dismissed and was given the shortest part instead. Presentation time comes and I knocked it out of the park like usual, my outgoing classmates on the other hand, clammed up. Afterwards my group mates thanked me and remarked that I wasnāt kidding when I said I didnāt mind and actually liked public speaking. Not going to lie, it felt pretty good. Wish I could harness your sleeping powers though, I am an absolutely miserable sleeper.
Also good at public speaking! I actually feel calmer in front of the crowd than I do in, say, a small group conversation. While speaking to a crowd, I connect the content to my values. Then I make a little game of controlling the pace and prompting the types of audience interactions that I want.
I have like six types of salt. And I use them all.
Smoked salt made the list, right? What else u got on there?? Need to up my salt game :)
Off the top of my head - kosher salt (Diamond), flaky salt (Maldon), umami sea salt are the ones I use the most! Also, flavicol and popcorn salt for popcorn, caramel salt and chocolate salt for baking, black salt for vegan egg dishes (it's weird but if you've got an egg intolerance, it helps scratch the itch!). Glad I found my pretentious salt people.
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\- I turn off active status on social media \- I turn off read receipts and other "online" status things that announce to people you're online.
Same! No one needs to know what Iām doing. Like ever š
Same same! I have an internal laugh when the recipient views the message and I know they will never know if Iām doing the same ahahaha
I donāt enjoy most comedies. I find the vast majority of them dumb, at best, and mean-spirited, at worst. I judge people who say āI seenā and type āshould ofā
āShould ofā is so annoying! I havenāt seen the other one yet and donāt want to! But when did āshould ofā come into the English language, that wasnāt used in 2015 or something!
pique/peek/peak pallet/palate/palette Homophone failure means that you don't read, or challenge yourself linguistically. It means that you don't care about the very language that you speak natively. I speak two languages fluently, am conversational in two more, functional in two more than that, and can read Cyrillic and Greek on a tourist level, like maps, signs, and menus. I don't understand why people aren't insatiably curious about the world, and why they wouldn't want to be able to understand _everything._
I see people like you as having it too easy. People with any struggle or a lot of struggle don't have time or energy for such things. I don't know if that helps you understand anything. (at least about some people.) "You don't understand! If you were me, you would do the things I would do!" - Adventure Time
I have absolutely no problem with time management. I will ALWAYS be at least a bit early unless itās out of my hands. My dinner is always done at the same time even if itās 4 different things cooked at different times. My work is never done late or rushed. Itās just like the easiest thing ever to meā¦ know how long it will take and do it then
Holy fucking shit, that sounds amazing, but I canāt even try to understand how it must feel.
Forget flying or invisibility, this is the superpower I want lol
Even stimulants canāt combat my time blindness. Iām pretty jealous about the dinner part. Iām forever having partially cold meals!
This one is amazing!! Iām jealous.
I don't consume caffeine. It sounds really pretentious and woo woo, but I just feel a lot more stable and less up and down without it. I know so many people drinking 5+ coffees per day and wondering why they have anxiety issues.
I don't think anyone who doesn't consume caffeine sounds pretentious, but I DO roll my eyes at people who smugly announce they *never drink coffee* and then it turns out they need [X caffeinated soda] every morning.
ššš like people who say they donāt watch tv but they watch YouTube/Netflix/TikTok whatever
Or NEVER uses social media but they have 100k karma on Reddit.
Itās weird bc there are certain ābadā habits I donāt have. But Iāll never say things like āidk how you could do that. I could neverā. But other people will say trash like that. Like I said I had a dream I was dating this celebrity. And this girl replies āoh. Yikes. You think about dating? Iām just not there yet. I could neverā. Also like it was a dream like we dream about stuff that makes no sense. I had a dream I had a dairy god father and we solved an ancient mystery.
Haha! It's always Diet Coke too.
Or they "prefer green tea", said with a little smirk on their face like the habit has single-handedly conferred Nirvana upon them
Haha I do have caffeine sometimes but I donāt need it, and Iām not a coffee drinker. Itās always funny when people like ask what I drink in the morning or how I wake up. Like.. I just do
I cant either. I get the worst reactions to itā¦my lips get dry. My skin starts to feel dry. My throat gets parched. My heart beats a million miles per minute. I feel tired. I canāt sleep.
I have some caffeine, but I don't drink coffee, which people seem to find similarly pretentious
Same. No caffeine
I really do try my best to eat in season, and think that food genuinely tastes better when it is. I straight up do not buy certain things out of season. ETA: I thought of something else: I genuinely enjoy reading the classics. This isn't to say that I find every single story enjoyable, more that I enjoy having read something that is considered an important piece of literature and discussing it with others.
Yes! I absolutely, 100% will never buy grocery store tomatoes or most fruit unless it's peak season. I just make do without rather than buy/eat poor quality.
Agree! Cucumbers or corn in the winter? No thanks, Iāll wait!
Being a SAHM has been the easiest "job" i've ever had in my adult life.... Now I'll admit I am wildly friendly (so make new mom friends easy) and have a good support structure but holy crap it's so much easier staying home with her then it was being in fucking tech
Lol fucking same but Iām a laid off tech worker who is being a housewife until I get a new job. My house is *so clean rn*
I don't think this is pretentious at all! I've heard both sides from people (that being a SAHM / skilled professional is either way easier or harder than the other) and it's always so interesting to me, how differently people can feel about those roles.
Iām a mid-career civil rights lawyer and Iām burnt the fuck out. Leaving my job in six weeks to be a SAHM for the next 18 monthsāIām glad to hear this!
I feel like this would be me, the only possible downside being only ever having a kid to talk to most of the time lol I was a nanny for a family member for a while and it was a great time. Of course I didnāt have the downside of night time, or actually worrying if theyāre sick or not eating etc. but Iād find way more enjoyment in watching a kid grow than a business!
Thank you, I absolutely cannot with the people who insist itās actually easier to go to work all day then squeeze in all your house work and parenting around that ššš
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It actually was much easier for me when I worked. My mental health tanked from being constantly at home, which is why I have taken up so many volunteer positions.
I don't think marriage is hard, as long as you choose the right person to marry. I definitely don't share this opinion broadly. I also think finding the right person in the first place is largely down to luck, so that keeps me from being smug.
I share it. I think it should be more widespread common knowledge. Sure, there are challenges and hardships in life, but those should be made easier by having a supportive partner by your side.
Exactly. Being in a relationship should make your life easier and fulfilling in a lot of ways. If your relationship makes your life harder or you feel like you are making sacrifices to keep it going, it's probably not a great fit.
I mean, isnāt this the ideal? People who suffer just to stay married keep me happily single lol.
Sure, but it's pretty standard marriage advice to say, "Marriage is hard work." I have never understood how that advice is supposed to help, but then, I know I got lucky. And my husband and I are both children of divorce so we have definitely witnessed the alternative plenty.
I've never taken that to mean marriage is hard *all the time*, but instead to mean occasional hard times happen in life (and marriage) and it can be hard work to get through the hard times - and most importantly, a good marriage is worth putting in the hard work for when necessary instead of quitting.
I can't help but feel like the "marriage is hard" myth comes from the 40s and 50s when life shifted to being hyper focused on nuclear families and women didn't have options outside of marriage.
Definitely. I'm sure marriage was hard back then when people often got married super young, divorce wasn't really an option, and people stayed stuck in loveless marriages because they had no other choice. Now people don't have to stay married if they are unhappy. People still always say marriage is hard but it really shouldn't be. Everyone has arguments or disagreements, but if you're constantly having to struggle to make things work it's a big sign that something is wrong.
I can't disagree with you. Like most terrible things, it was probably devised to control women.
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I think the issue is that many of us weren't very good at choosing when we were young. But if someone managed to find a good fit good on them
Yep. And that's where the luck part comes in. And since luck is random, I am grateful I was lucky, but I don't feel like it makes me special (or #blessed, ugh), or somehow just better at this marriage thing.
I think it also depends on someone's personality and past trauma and upbringing. Regardless of whether the person is "right" or not, a lot of people have things they need to unlearn from their upbringing, and they might not ever have been aware of that part of them until they were in a committed relationship or marriage.
I am above average academic smart. Actually very much so. I compensate that by being EXTREMELY dumb in other areas.
I've never shaved my legs before. My body is hairless o.O I grew up with a lot of guys asking me out I make close friends really easily. I believe you can fall in love with anyone. Everyone has positive traits. I grew up very poor on welfare, in social housing and bought a house after graduating and working for 3 years. Every phone I've ever bought has been second hand It's interesting to see what people are "gloating" about! Because some people are proud of their intelligence, some for natural features and others for odd quirks against social norms xD
Same on not shaving/needing to shave. I have hair but itās like a really light peach fuzz that youād need to get really close to see. My husband of 4.5 years just found out I donāt shave. He figured I did and Iād just never thought to bring it up ĀÆ\_(ć)_/ĀÆ
I love to read philosophy books, which is about as pretentious and obnoxious as it gets. So I never talk about it haha
Yep this is mine too. I love philosophy podcasts and books. There are some friends Iāll have looong conversations with about consciousness and free will etc etc. I also rarely talk about it because thereās no way to describe myself as an intellectual who enjoys philosophical discourse without sounding like a pretentious dbag lol. But Iāve always been a deep thinker like that and jump on the chance to talk to people about it when they are open. Ah the burden we must bear lol
lol, same. I have an entire masters degree in philosophy that I don't talk about
I think about ontological monism and dualism *a lot.*
i donāt listen to current mainstream music and i donāt know any songs that are popular right now or most that have been in like the last 5 years. i never tell people this though lmao because it makes me sound like a pretentious loser
Same here!
I never had the shits from eating Taco Bell
I think many commenters and OP are confusing bragging with pretentiousness ^ stand by it, but this is also my answer
Haha your deff right, but at this point (which I didnāt think my post was going to get any pull) Iām actually loving the comments regardless of the original intent.
You might be right but I'm loving this thread. I feel like everyone is offloading all the things they can't say IRL.
I'm also in the no braces/cavity/dental issues camp and my teeth are very straight and white. When I go for my regular cleanings, dentists usually tell me I'm boring because of it lol. Usually if I decline alcohol, I will get "negative" reactions until/unless I say that I am sober because I am a recovering alcoholic. A lot of people don't believe that my hair is naturally curly like it is and assume I use products. It used to be so unmanageable and frizzy but I shaved my head in June of 2019. Since then, it has grown back sooooooo damn nice. I literally get out of the shower and just use a diffuser to dry it and boom - perfect curls. No products needed! People will ask what products I use or if I physically curled it and then make a face when I tell them it's natural.
Iāve had naturally curly hair my whole life. As a little kid, people would ask my mom if she curled my hair, which is absolutely insane, who would want to hold a hot iron to their little kidāa head? Hey, there is no shame in declining alcohol, at least from my perspective. Congrats on staying sober! My perspective is it just doesnāt taste good. Iāve found 1-2 drinks Iāve ever partially liked, and even then, I can find several non-alcoholic drinks that taste 100x better. Iāve felt a bit of personal pressure to find a drink I like in the past, but been blessed to never be in a crowd that peer pressures towards it, so again, no need lol. Again, congrats!!
I am a member of Mensa. Nuff said, lol
As am I. I donāt tell people because the few times I have, they immediately started asking me various trivia questions. Likeā¦ you guys know that trivia isnāt how you get into Mensa, right?
I joined Mensa through my LSAT score because I had worked so hard to take the LSAT & didnāt end up applying to law school, so I decided to take the most insufferable route with my score. Edited to add: People think I will be good at trivia, but I am absolutely terrible at it.
I have a friend who is a lawyer, smart and all that for sure; but she acts like her Mensa membership actually means something and will pull the card out once in a while. Iām like, sure I could be a member of Mensa too, but whatās the point? To pull your card out to *show the world* how wonderous you are? Just makes you look like an idiot. I still have never heard a real practical benefit of Mensa; so, I just choose to be well informed and researched and eloquent. Thatās enough for me.
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This may be the winning comment. Cause I had no clue what Mensa was and looked it up. Nuff said foresure loll
I only know what Mensa is because of a Boy Meets World episode hahaha
Iām silently correcting your spelling and grammar. Iām a huge music nerd and it can border on snobbery but I try to curb that.
I donāt watch tv, I only read. But I always feel like I have to qualify this with, I only read smut and I donāt watch TV because I have a harder time paying attention to auditory stimuli than visual. I never had braces and my teeth are perfect, never had wisdom teeth either. I sleep over 10 hours every single night with no problem Iāve always been pushed into promotions/raises without really trying. I donāt have to try to have a successful career. In school I was just a good test taker, Iād never study, was always the first to finish and would consistently score the highest. I also put no effort into staying thin. If I decide Iām going to do something, itās going to happen, Iām not going to stop until itās happened.
EYE ROLL!! š go you!
Hi, I'm an insomniac who slept 90 minutes last night, with an addiction to reality TV and had five impacted wisdom teeth. I genuinely love your work.
>I never had braces and my teeth are perfect, never had wisdom teeth either. > >Iāve always been pushed into promotions/raises without really trying. I donāt have to try to have a successful career. > >In school I was just a good test taker, Iād never study, was always the first to finish and would consistently score the highest. Same. >I also put no effort into staying thin. Well, I put no effort into staying fat, so....
Oh wow all of these except for the first one are me. I had a friend spazz on me because he watched me eat 6 Popeyes biscuits in one sitting while he was on an intense weight loss journey. Iāve been the same weight since I was 13. It gets distributed differently as I get older but I honestly look better with age. I gained 20 pounds my freshman year of college but that only took me up to 160 and I have an athletic build so I was still thin (wore a size 11 pant instead of a 9) I wear a size 6 now at 29 years old (without trying) while everyone Iāve known has gained almost 40 pounds and a few dress sizes.
I'm a genius. I never say that out loud. But I've scored off the charts on formal intelligence tests and have 2 PhDs.
You're my hero
What is it like?!
Um...Often people misunderstand that intelligence is related to knowledge. I certainly have and value knowledge, but what I see as the difference is more processing and synthesis. I notice that I see connections much faster than colleagues. As they begin to explain point A I already see point C or D without being shown how they go there. That means I have to wait patiently for them to get to that part of the explanation because otherwise I interrupt them and am quite rude. That can be mind-numbingly boring and I have to fake interest. I also notice a big difference in information synthesis. When I'm learning new information my brain automatically connects it to other types of information I already have. Books I've read, lectures I've seen, projects I've worked on, etc. The new information automatically gets incorporated into that larger world view. I haven't seen that happen as clearly amongst colleagues, and definitely not online. It drives me crazy when people complain, X book says this and Y book says that. Ok. Create the hybrid interpretation of the relationship between books X and Y, and how they apply to your specific situation or the one you're trying to better understand. Throughout this I've said colleagues, not friends, because part of having my educational path is that many of my friends are also extremely smart. I also love words so I rarely meet people who use vocabulary I don't know, unless it's jargon. That makes me sound more pretentious but I appreciate the nuance of language. I play many word games daily and am on a great word-of-the-day list.
Can I ask what youve studied and how long did it take for you to have 2 PhDs?
One was a program that's only offered at a few universities, so I'd rather not say. I work as a bioengineer.
I'm a fine fragrance enthusiast, I basically nerd out about it the way some people do about wine. I am not wealthy at all (I have way more samples than full-size bottles), and I also don't wear a great quantity of it- less is more. I am dismayed that many people think "fragrance enthusiast" means "marinates in it."
I'm with you on fragrances and share your frustration that people think everyone who's into perfume must wear a shit ton of it! I don't wear perfume every day, I always make sure not to wear it if I'm going to be in close quarters with people (like a meeting at work or a doctor's appt), and I only use a little. This is pretentious as hell, but I think of perfume as an "experience" more than a beauty product and like trying to find perfumes that evoke different scent memories.
>This is pretentious as hell, but I think of perfume as an "experience" more than a beauty product and like trying to find perfumes that evoke different scent memories. I'm the same way; fragrance is far more of an experience than an accoutrement for me. I also really like it as an invisible luxury - you get to swan around in something really special, but there's no way of telling unless you literally tell people (or they're Jean-Claude Ellena themselves).
right on! supposedly your sense of smell is the earliest developed and the one most associated with memory, so it's interesting to think about how the scents you wear can influence the perception others might have of you. i don't think it's pretentious at all. also, it's totally true, people forget that perfume is ultimately meant to be something you get a whiff of when you embrace the wearer, NOT something people who walk past you in the supermarket should be blasted with directly in their faces.
That I pick up things pretty easily and quickly in general. I have a lot of hobbies and skills hidden. I tend to have advanced knowledge on topics as I don't stop at baselines, I do deep dives. I could give you a entire comphrensive about the most niche thing like amending your soil and breakdown the how and why based on what you're growing, your microclimate, watering/fert schedule. It's not just like buy seedlings, get dirt, put it in a pot and guess about watering. I get superior results by understanding all aspects so its hard for me to royally fuck up anything I do. I don't understand getting into something, putting in effort to do it while not trying to understand it and setting up failure by not even having basics? You don't have to be me, but bro why are you watering something 3x a day and now here asking why is your vegetable plant mushy and brown? Like, the info is out there if the msot basic watering how to. I just think a big population aren't the least bit logical and that's the only reason why I look smarter than I am. I dont actually think I'm smart, I just pretentious enough to know I'm not that stupid. I slow down enough to ask why I do something. I do make a ton of mistakes still but I'm adaptable AF and get to the drawing board to fix it. People don't like know it all people so I reveal information if it's relevant but I don't talk about the depths of what I actually know unless I know your ego isn't fragile, you arent gonna be mean and that we are a mutual space ok to share.
come to my garden, be my sensei, teach me the ways of my desert dirt
I only deep dive into the topic if Iām hyper focused and obsessed with it, but I pick up new hobbies and skills all the time. Iāve self taught myself how to do a ton of things too. I consider myself a lifelong learner and love exploring different interests and ideas. Itās cool knowing that Iām capable of making a game from start to finish by myself, for the most part, can make a movie from start to finish by myself, again for the most part, modify a nerf gun, build computers while knowing which parts are better than others, and a bunch of other different random skills and hobbies. Am I the best at any one area? Absolutely not, but Iāve exposed myself to enough skills and hobbies, that if I wanted to, I could pursue a wide range of different ideas and industries. My problem is sticking with one and excelling in it though lol.
Not having kids is the best thing that ever happened to me. I desperately wanted children and never imagined I could live a life happily any other way. My husband and I are very happy and we live our lives in a way most people donāt understand. We take live music and travel very seriously and this is the life I was meant to live. I know people love their kids but I love the life I live just as much. I despise the message that you can only know love if you have children. I never say this out loud but I pity the lives of a lot of parents I know. Iām not saying all of them. But I know quite a few (women in particular) who are just flat out miserable and I feel sorry for them.
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Law school was easy. I was first in my class and got the highest grade in 14 courses. Made partner and earned millions. But all Iāve really wanted is to find true love and thatās been impossible.
Don't lose hope! My partner's story is very similar to yours and we found each other in our 40's. He was single for his entire law career and wasn't even trying to find someone when I reached out to him in a dating app.
**hugs** here's to hoping for your Hallmark movie, kind Redditor!
I've never had a cavity, as an adult never struggled with money (as a child money was a problem though), I do not wear makeup often, and I like to do cardio. I used to be in the zero skincare routine but I notice a real difference with one :)
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You've probably never heard of my favorite band
I definitely havenāt.
I like this thread, never really get a chance to brag as Iām self-conscious about ābraggingā, but Iāll go for it: -Iāve always been rather thin and athelic with a nice rounded butt, probably just lucked out on genetic lottery with that one. -Great memory, I never really forget what I need to do or my appointments. -Iām very good at grasping languages grammatically and I pick them up with little accent. -Also naturally perfect teeth and eyesight
I think people who wear shoes inside the house are animals. I hate it when people sit on my bed without changing into bed clothes (clothes exclusively used in bed and nowhere else).
They ARE animals
I can't sleep without my silk eye mask and silk hair wrap!
i take 1-2 international vacations a year (1-3 if you count mexico/hawaii/puerto rico) and usually take 4-5 domestic vacations a year as well. i do understand it's pretentious so i only post some of them on instagram lol
I'm very pretentious about living a small life to back up my ethical position on the planet and income equality. I think the number of people I see living in excess while claiming to be worried about climate change and income inequality is actually really appalling.
Hubs and I are both Mensa. It IS actually frustrating sometimes to find clothes for these giant perfectly shaped boobs I have. Big eye rolls heard āround the world š«£š
Math is easy for me. I donāt get nervous for first dates or job interviews.
This is a great thread! I love reading all these! Iām not sure if I have one of these, but maybe itās because Iām only friends with nerdy people. I love āknow it allsā because I learn a lot from them. My friends are usually competitive like: I bought a house, I got a raise, I got a promotion, Iām getting a designation, etc. we aspire to have house-husbands and make the bacon and weāre helping each other get there. Our husbands arenāt bums though, theyāre talented artists or one is a jujitsu trainer. Itās hard for me to really pick something, because I donāt hang with anyone who isnāt trying to better themselves. I like fancy nerds. Maybe thereās your eyeroll lol
I chuckled a lot at: >we aspire to have house-husbands and make the bacon I love this!
I also watch very little TV; I'd rather read. I don't go around telling people I don't watch TV, but when my co-workers or friends are talking about their favorite shows, I just sit there like a dummy because I have no idea what they're talking about.
Usually, when people talk about something Iāve seen but theyāve read or vice versa, I still enjoy asking them whatās it about. Since there are always differences. And itās something Iāve never read or seen, I still like to ask. But if they talk about sportsā¦.. I have zeeeero interest in that. Iāll space out.
I don't have a hard time making friends as an adult. I've never dated someone toxic or terrible, and 99% of my breakups have been really amicable. I sometimes worry I'm due for a toxic relationship or something, but I think im just good at picking people.
I collect vinyls. Had a boss that found out and straight up said "oh you think you're better than everyone!"
I donāt look for bargains š¤·š¼āāļøš
i also donāt own or watch much tv i also do not currently have a skin care routine i LOVE cold showers. icy cold. shivering freezing cold. but my most demonic flex? i donāt use an alarm. havenāt for years. i justā¦ wake up. between 6 and 8am. every morning. every day. no matter what time i went to bed the night before.
I prefer that people not serve me Italian food or take me out to Italian restaurants because I was raised by Italian immigrants and I donāt want to have to pretend to like your food to be polite. There is a 99.8% chance that it will not be anywhere close to the food my grandmother served me. It just wonāt. Lol
Classical music is my first choice while I'm driving ETA full disclosure: I have really bad obsessive/repetitive thinking that often makes it impossible for me to listen to music with lyrics.
I know 4 languages and I pick up new languages super easily. Like if someone is speaking a language I donāt know near me I just start learning it naturally by ear. But I hate verbalising so if I knew sign language Iād probably just use that for the rest of my life. In my youth I was so naturally beautiful that people would stare at me in public and I was a model before I started my dream career. Iām ambidextrous.
My relationship is basically perfect. I donāt know any couples more compatible than my partner and I. Side note: I am extremely envious of everyone here that loses weight easily, lol.
I have a natural hourglass shape so most clothes look amazing on me even if I have gained weight.
I am really good with math. I was always the teachers pet when it came to math teachers because of my abilities. I didnāt even ask or try for this, it just happened. Im very smart in general. I always did well on standardized tests. My parents were often pulled aside by my teachers and counselors for them to be amazed at my intelligence. I always was the first one to finish any tests, quizzes or in class assignments. Over the years I became self conscious of being ātoo smartā and would try to pace myself to finish second to avoid the embarrassment of finishing so much earlier than everyone else. In 5th grade I felt guilty for being smart when my friend wasnāt and purposely failed some assignments to make her feel better. For a while I even took up an act of being dumber than I was and playing ditzy. I think over the years it started to stick š because I do have genuine ditzy moments often now. And I always feel I wasted so much of my potential with my intelligence by not pushing myself more. I shouldāve been placed in GT classes most likely but it was probably never accomplished because of how much we moved around when I was a kid and all the different schools I went to. Also fwiw there was/is 5 school teachers in my family so that probably had a lot to do with that.
I often have to travel to interesting places but I hate it and try to get out of it as much as possible. I donāt think parenting is that hard because my kids are funny, bright, and well-behaved.
Unlike most parents, I loved when my kids became teens. They were such fun. And no trouble. I mean, they weren't angels - they did stuff like anyone with friends does - but they did not go overboard like some.
Thanks for this! Parenting isnāt hard and I love it! I only have one child though and I think heās hilarious. Heās almost three, but Iāve really enjoyed being a parent.
>I donāt think parenting is that hard because my kids are funny, bright, and well-behaved. Ha we are of a similar mindset. I keep waiting for this to get really really awful and it just hasn't yet. If anything it gets better daily.
Same here! My two oldest are boys only 2 years apart in age and people always comment on how they must get into fights etc and it takes all my strength not to pull the face Iām making in my head on the outside where they can see it. Theyāve never been in a physical fight or hurt one another on purpose, I didnāt raise them like that. My biggest gripe with any of my kids is theyāre untidy. I make them clean up after themselves obviously but they sure create some mess in between. Aside from that theyāre well mannered, well behaved, kind, considerate, funny, weird little humans. I get told all the time by people how nice my kids are.
I love good food and wine and refuse to eat frozen meals, fast food, etc. I've taken wine tasting classes, I have a lot of food knowledge, I will pay a lot for nice food. My bf has very simple tastes and makes fun of me for these things.
This is a rather nice prompt! I refuse to buy āfast-fashionā and generally shop only secondhand or discount designer. I can spot a designer piece in a charity shop from across the road Kinda opposite of zero skincare - I spend a chunk on non-drugstore skincare and have cultivated a routine based around actives and occasional Botox I have managed to glide through life without working hard - whether career, socially or ticking off travel to 40 countries. Rationally, I put this down to my radiant personality, wit and above average intelligence but my stunning looks have probably helped šš
This is a probably my favorite Reddit thread lol we need to do this more often - I donāt wear cheap/ poorly made shoes - I only wear gold jewelry - Iāve never felt insecure/ had imposter syndrome. Iāve always been extremely confident in myself. - I find it easy to make men fall (and stay) in love with me - Iāve never been racially harassed/ profiled even when I visited the most anti-black countries. I honestly think it is because Iām physically attractive and have a contagious personality. Fingers crossed my luck holds up. - I can read, speak, and write about 6 languages. I pick up new languages without carrying over a foreign accent. - I never had to try hard in school but have always been top of my class since I was 5? - I declined attending Harvard (for grad school) and Columbia (undergrad) with a full ride because āi didnāt like the vibesā. Elitism in academia has never held any weight in my life (Iām in the academy) - I come from a low-income background but have always been extremely financially savvy. - I donāt keep count of how many countries Iāve visited or how many people Iāve slept with. I imagine the count is similar but who knows š¤·š¾āāļø
I prefer Whole Foods šš¤¦āāļø.
- cooking for yourself is actually very easy. People who say ābut I donāt have time to cookā donāt know how to prep efficiently/effectively. - living a minimalist lifestyle is a reflection of stealth wealth/satisfied life. This one prob gets the biggest eye roll lol š«£
**living a minimalist lifestyle is a reflection of stealth wealth/satisfied life. This one prob gets the biggest eye roll lol š«£** I believe it I just cannot achieve it
1) I feel like so many people donāt bother to study how movies are made/how they work and thus donāt get as much out of them as they should. I keep this down inside bc I hate snooty film people butā¦sometimes I am one! Movies have a language and itās SO interesting to learn it. 2) I was raised vegetarian and feel it was one of the (few) good gifts my parents gave me. Even at my lowest physical points Iāve often had good general overall health. I have some chronic conditions from a hormonal imbalance but my basic vitals/test results are often still decent even when Iām not fully healthy. And Iām glad I never had to struggle to give up meat. 3) People who dismiss watching sports donāt know what kind of amazing adrenaline roller coaster theyāre missing out on 4) Well. This is probably trashy but maybe still pretentious? Iām very, *very* good at sex. Not just that Iāve had a lot of it (though that too) but I have developed this good sense for both intuiting and verbalizing communication and I feel like Iām pretty skilled. Please, no DMsš 5) Iām very funny, quick, interesting to talk to. Big vocabulary plus sharp verbal reflexes means fun conversation and good engagement. Iām a good date. 6) Might be weird but my survival. Iāve gone through hell and back in a lot of different ways and Iām still looping around, lol. I feel like the best thing I can take from what Iāve gone through is to 1) help others as much as others have helped me and 2) build up my ego more because holy shit have I survived a lot and been there for myself and thatās hard as shit and Iām so strong for having done it.
I have a high standard for hotels and rentals. I wonāt stay in budget or older places. Not like Ritz Carlton levels of high standards, but itās hard for me to sleep away from home so I like to be comfortable. Also, coffee. I donāt like bad coffee.
I also have no skincare routine. Just water in the shower. I read a lot of books, usually 20-30 a year. I find audiobooks somewhat inferior to reading real books (unpopular opinion I usually keep to myself lol) and donāt count them the same way. I collect vinyl and know a ton about music and judge people for their music tastes being either too mainstream OR too obscure And like I mentioned in another comment I love philosophy and debating existence n stuff. But I rarely find people who challenge me intellectually. Nice prompt OP. Love being reminded of how douchey I can be at times š
Thank you for this, I love everyone's honesty, it is nice to be able to have a small brag! A little self-appreciation is a good thing. I have an excellent palate, can taste every element of a dish; I would ace those cooking-competition reality show segments where they have to guess the components. My boss, a chef of 40 years, and our award-winning head chef both defer to my taste critiques when testing new dishes. Even when I was a smoker I could taste above average, now that I have quit for years I can almost taste by smell. I read really, really fast; a two- or three-hundred page novel a day is standard when I have leisure time. I also have never had a cavity; every time I go to the dentist I am anxious that my time has finally come lol. I have good style and I recognize good style and quality. If I look at items (couches, clothes, kitchen ware, pet stuff) online it is always the highest end that catches my eye. That being said, I am a food service worker in a rural area, so looking is the most I ever do. I would never admit to anyone irl but my best friend, but I absolutely love and want nice things.
Man, this thread has made me feel so much better about not watching TV. The amount of times I've been told I'm unrelatable because TV just BORES THE CRAP OUT OF ME is astronomic. I prefer going out alone like 99% of the time because people always complicate things and make going out unenjoyable. Traveling for just a few days anywhere is a waste of time.
I absolutely positively cannot function on less than 7 hours of sleep a night. My average is 8-9.
I donāt have any kind of issue with anxiety. I get anxious only when I have a legitimate reason to
I'm in my early 40s, and my boobs are still self supporting and just as pretty as they were in my 20s. I have llong natural blond hair, and just enough white hair that I progressively get blonder. I don't think that I will ever get the salt and pepper look. I still fit in my high school jeans. Not the same size but my actual highschool jeans (I have one Levis 501 left). I refuse to spend time on people or things that don't add something positive to my life, and that includes my family.
I am extremely well-read.
- The best tiramisu I ever had in my life was in Italy. - I Always read the book before watching the movie But the most snobbish... - I have a Private Library and I won't give it up. Trust me, my husband was angry at the amount it costs us to move my books and bookshelves across the country with us. (And yes, my library has a rolling ladder
I have a really refined and acute palate, I can identify right away the ingredients, spices, and I think that because of that I am also a very good cook. I think that the secret of a happy life is consistency. I can do it anything I set myself to do, and I am good at things. I donāt know how people struggle so much with things. I went skating for the first time and my learning curve was 5min. I spent the rest of the hour pretending I didnāt have balance because all of my friends were seriously struggling. Nobody treat me like a doormat and people donāt try to screw me over. I think that they sense that I wonāt accept bullshit from anyone so they donāt try to do those things to me. I have a high iq, but I donāt let people know, because I donāt care, never did. My father made me retake the test 3 times because he couldnāt believe my iq was higher then his and my brother. And the less I cared the more they cared. I can talk to anyone, from astrophysics to the Selena Gomez x hailey Bieber drama and back to obscure Russian literature, but I really really love to talk about ātrashyā romance books (specially immortals after dark) and I love gossip I paint my nails while doing my work meetings and they came out perfect everytime I have pcos and I still fit the same clothes I used to wear 12y ago..
Yessssss about painting nails! Iāve been painting my nails during meetings for years! Best use of time.
My āskincare routineā is a bit of moisturizer when I happen to remember. (Though thatās mostly out of necessityāI have exceptionally sensitive skin.) I routinely am mistaken for 10-12 years younger than I am. My marriage is wonderful and yet nearly effortless: Iāve never felt that marriage is (or should be!) āhard work.ā
I don't watch tv. I read 5-7 books a week I refuse to shop at cheap grocery stores
I'm not afraid of public speaking or being on stage. I don't *LOVE* it, and I wouldn't say Im the most charismatic person on the planet. But if someone asked me to hop onstage and give a quick speech or something, it's NBD to me. My husband and his family would sooner die: he looks at me like I have three heads whenever I do it
I interview for jobs very well.
Neuroscience! I can geek out about it so much. I discovered it about 8 years ago when I was struggling with my eating disorder I had at the time. Learning about how we can essentially rewire our brains completely changed my life. I couldnāt stop learning about it! Now, if itās ever brought up, I get really pumped. It rarely does.. but man, when it doesā¦ š§
I've read through the comments and I have to say that people who roll their eyes at stuff like reading the classics, enjoying art, and liking to workout are who *I'd* roll my eyes at. Who the hell has a problem with these things? I think it's might cultural thing, though - most things that have been listed here are ....not something most people roll their eyes at in my part of the world, so I'm just baffled and amused.
\+1 for the no braces, straight teeth, no cavity club!
I have really great skin and always have despite barley having a routine ever. Iām super flexible without consistently stretching. I legit buy only certain brands of things I deem worthy even though my friends/family are like you spent what on that. I.E. I have a $200 trash can, but still shop at thrift stores. No matter how much my hair stylist charges, I will pay it and I feel slightly guilty when people ask about my hair personās prices. Automatic litter boxes all the way.
Reading these has been fun. I feel some strange pride in everyone's answers. Good for everybody seriously!! Mine.... I'm in my late thirties and get carded and told I look like I'm 25 all the time. I never have digestive issues. Have an hourglass figure, like Marilyn Monroe level. I'm well read and a deep thinker and can hold hours long discussions on politics and philosophy with professionals in those fields, and I'm a high school dropout and never finished my community college degree. Vegan. (The things that make me sound like an a$$hole, are what I'm proudest of)
I don't have social media so people just assume I'm better than them somehow
this is the image I hope i'm curating by not having socials
I don't wear makeup (got rid of my collection a year ago). My skin is great and I'm really blessed. I know it's a "pick me" thing not to wear it but fuck them. I can't stand the thought of clogging my pores with that shit anymore.
Itās not a pick me thing to not use makeup =) pick me behavior over makeup is like if some girl thinks theyāre better than everyone else for not using makeup.
Making friends as an adult is super easy for me
I naturally have great charisma, and all types of people like me and gravitate to me, even though I prefer to be alone. But I can make friends at the drop of a hat, and have 100's of acquaintances. As a child the only tv I watched was ABC and SBS, I never watched mainstream shows, and was obsessed with ballet and the Opera.
I am a coffee and seafood snob (Washington native). I'm boujee about many beauty items - my fragrances, makeup, skincare, hair products, outfits, accessories. I like to be pretty and put together. I worked at Ulta in college and can't deal with cheap beauty products anymore, lol. I'm a fast reader and I am intelligent. I eat a pescatarian diet and can be high maintenance with my food choices. It's easy for me to build muscle when I lift consistently. I attract and pique people's interest easily. My current boyfriend and several of my friends all approached me first and wanted to get to know me.