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Those who have the power to hurt but don't... have won

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.

And i also notice that the more a person is secure with oneself the less pride one has, no matter how intelligent.

I consider myself of above average intelligence...but I am far from arrogant or presumptuous or condescending... hell, Im waaaaaaaay off the opposite end im almost falling :D

I also pride myself in the fact that I can get along with EVERYBODY , in any situation, and am able to adjust to just about anybody i am faced with......and a lot of my friends always tell me this. :)

I only get pissed off with people who are condescending and who feel the need to belittle others for whatever reason...despicable.
 
Black Octagon: yes , absolutely :) Thankyou.

Thanks everyone.... intriguing and very mature responses, I'm really impressed.

I.... really don't have much to add. I could quote bits out of just about everyone's posts here and nod and agree with them, but I'd be here all day ;).
 
I know this one dude who always tries to get into "deep" conversations about things. Things that I have read up on extensively, while he barely grasps the concept. He will argue with me for hours, even when I KNOW that I am right. Eventually the argument will deteriorate into him telling me that I'm contradicting myself (because language is not always precise) and telling me that I don;t know what I'm talking about. I take great pleasure in grinding him into the ground in front of whoever cares to watch.
 
I have extreme tolerance for those who aren't on my "level". I love talking with children and old senile people. When i worked telemarketing, I used to get into huuuge long discussions with people born in the 20s about the state of life and society. While they might not be as quick as me, and may be wrong in my opinion, they ahve been alive alot longer, and seen many more things that I have, and I respect them so much for it, enough to fully listen to what they're saying at least. alot of people consider "intelligence" being how quickly you memorize data, how fast you "come back" from insults. I hardly ever "come back" at insults, partly because I have an attention problem so I don't hang on every word coming out of people's mouths, but also because I refuse to degrade myself to that level. So, I may appear, in a way, "stupid". In highschool, I never had much work ethic. I could have done extremely well, but I chose to never participate, to do as little work as would send me skating by with a C. Obviously in college, I have to work hard now, and I do, and I'm doing very well, but from my highschool grades, you would consider me "stupid".

I love it when people try the "I have memorized more quotes from tv, therefore my brain is bigger" routine. Well, I never watch tv, it rots your mind, wrenches any creative thought out of you, and turns you into a robot consumer, all you see is BUY BUIY BUY ME DAMNETT BUY!.

So, I don't necessarily excel in those areas people consider to be "smart traits". I can however play melodies and learn songs instantly on an instrument by ear, am the best guitarist and pianist of anyone I know and can draw fairly realistically. I cherish those abilities and would never trade them to be able to rattle off every one liner from some lame ass citcom or insult people constantly. I also find insulting people to be the lamest form of comedy. Usually, if I say something funny, it's truely funny and put people on their ass laughing with noone feeling bad.

Basically, we all have to live in this world together for the rest of our lives. People who are dicks are the stupid ones, because they end up friendless and can never figure out why. gonna be a lonely 70,80 years bud.
 
Belisarius said:
If I think someone is talking out of their ass, I do...nothing. This is for two reasons:

1.) I don't know everything. They may either have a point, or I can at least imagine how I would feel if someone came up to me and lorded some "superior" information over me; needless to say, I wouldn't like the latter.

2.) Life isn't an intellectual contest, and I think everyone is where they need to be, whether I agree with it or not. It's not my job to critique others' mental states or beliefs; I have enough problems with my own.
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I try to do the same (ie nothing), but sometimes when the individual is loud, ignorant and offensive, I have to say something or leave.
 
I find it suprising how much I actually learn from people of lower intelligence and as many people have said high intelligence seems to breed arrogance which I hate
 
emesaeler, you seem to have a pretty high opinion of yourself. while you take pride in knowing that you don;t publicly put down those "lower" than you, your arrogance speaks volumes about your character. Its strange how you use the fact that you don't put down others as a stepping stone up to your high horse.
 
Strawberry_lovemuffin said:
... I just heard this quote and although I don't know where it's from I couldn't agree more.
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The quote you're thinking of may be from this scene in Schindler's List:

Goeth: You know, I look at you. I watch you. You're not a drunk. That's, that's real control. Control is power. That's power.

Schindler: Is that why they fear us?

Goeth: We have the f--king power to kill, that's why they fear us.

Schindler: They fear us because we have the power to kill arbitrarily. A man commits a crime, he should know better. We have him killed and we feel pretty good about it. Or we kill him ourselves and we feel even better. That's not power, though, that's justice. That's different than power. Power is when we have every justification to kill - and we don't.

Goeth: You think that's power.

Schindler: That's what the emperors had. A man stole something, he's brought in before the emperor, he throws himself down on the ground, he begs for mercy, he knows he's going to die. And the emperor pardons him. This worthless man, he lets him go.

Goeth: I think you are drunk.

Schindler: That's power, Amon. That is power. (Schindler gestures toward Goeth as a merciful emperor) Amon, the Good.

Goeth: (smiles and laughs) I pardon you.
 
elemenohpee, forgive me for coming off as arrogant. It doesn't reflect my general character at all, anyone who knows me personally would agree. In fact, I have had self esteem problems for years due to problems in my childhood and growing up, and have just recently, in the past couple years gotten to a point where I've built myself up enough, I have confidence in everyday life. I didn't mean to sound like "I'm better than you for these reasons:", and obviously if it did sound that way, I may still have some self esteem issues, but fact is I was just getting emotional. I was relating the subject to experiences/people in my own life, and that was why I came off so harsh. This subject is very common in my everyday thoughts, and I was merely suggesting that people tend to maybe look at intelligence in a closed minded sort of way. We all have similar hardware, it's just we use them differently, and that has nothing to do with our own actions or choices. It's how we're made, so I don' think it's right to look at certain people as better than others. I'm just saying take pride in your own abilities, instead of scrutinizing other's for weaknesses.
 
glowbug: bingo, thankyou. I got the quote wrong. And it was referring to a different type of power.... but it still applies.

I just got the idea in my head that people are often (even here, or perhaps, especially here on bluelight) unnecessarily cruel and dismissive of those they believe to be intellectually 'lower' than themselves. Regardless of whether those people have acted in an idiodic way or not. And that's not an attractive quality, imo.
 
yougene - then what is your "further" take on power? I'm guessing you're going to say, "there's nothing wrong nor nothing good about power. It just is."

It seems like we all want power, up to the power level of God... the ultimate creation and destruction. The idea of the Matrix pops into my head every time I think about this.
 
Dr. Karl!!!

I will admit I sometimes I belittle people intellectually if I think they say something stupid and damaging, for example if they make a boneheaded sexist or racist remark.

I do try to withold this part of me because I don't find it particularly endearing...

I often find it hard when I'm out on a weekend to avoid belittling all the people wearing exactly the same clothes as everyone else and thinking this makes them look attractive rather than stupid.
 
I have alot of tolerance for people who don't know certain things or that I consider less intelligent than myself - most of the time. That's because I consider myself to be of fairly average intelligence, I'm just lucky that I had parents that taught me to think independently and that I am also very well read.

I can't pass a basic math test to save my life :(

I'm very proud to be able to help people out when I can, like explaining certain concepts to them or the way a computer program works, it takes me a long time to learn these things so I have alot of patience for other people learning them.

Certain things just push my buttons though. For example when someone says that they use the pull-out method of contraception and it really works. For some reason I really have to bite my tongue with statements like that. Just because I consider it very important not to take risks like that.

So when somebody's stupidity is dangerous, like people who drive stupidly, I lose patience quickly.
 
Absolutely .... obviously we can't go around being Peace Angels and spreading light and love everywhere all the time ;) Sometimes people just do really tick you off . That's human and pretty normal.

=D
 
Someone's inability to be civil to those they deem inferior in any way is more a reflection on them and their own ego.

IMHO of course. ;)




:)
 
Not always, I can tolerate people who are simply not as bright, but I cannot be civil with ignorant people. If I've taken the time to learn something, and it can be as simple as reading a journal article or a book, and then someone who didn;t even bother is gonna come and try tell me that I don't know what I'm talking about? No way, they'll be hearing something about it from me.
 
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