You kidding? I'm just a dumbass all the time.


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I outsmart myself so much I'm convinced , frankly, i gotta be just the shit for brains dumbest fukin person on earth. I'm my own worst enemy! Been this way all of my lyfe, too! Its nuthin new.
Its so frustrating. Just is.

 

sure.

how on earth?

whaddaya mean, how on earth?? i mean, why not :tongue:

although tbf i'm not really drawn to that kind of pissing contest to start with, so in that sense you're probably right that it's not that common. buttface is the instance i'm thinking of, of course; and i guess you could say she did it by being prepared to go way farther than i think any sane yooman bean would have expected or even imagined she would. it was kind of a don't-bring-your-brain-to-a-gunfight type thing.

 

One time, this girl invited me to her apartment to 'Netflix & Chill.'

It all turned out to be some elaborate ruse to try and sell me a vacuum cleaner.

I'm pretty sure you don't need handcuffs for that.

 

Many have tried
All have failed

 

Of course not! Just make sure you educate Johnny with this quote:

“The first lesson every child of Athena learned: Mom was the best at everything, and you should never, ever suggest otherwise.”
― Rick Riordan, The Mark of Athena

 

I'm sure I have but it's been a lil while. You know, where you have that little marker in your head that says, "it has happened" but you can't conjure up the exact incident(s).

I think there's sort of a break in the timeline (like a BCE/AD sort of deal) where I'd gained enough experience with unsavory folks to recognize markers and patterns and identify that while I may not know what they're up to, I know to keep my ears perked and defenses up around them. Like, "I've seen this movie you're basing your movie on."

Also, I would say it's within my initial assessment of meeting a person now whether or not I believe they could outplay me.

 

I don't even think I get into situations where I'm trying to outsmart someone or they're trying to outsmart me. Does that regularly happen to people? It seems like something I see on TV or movies but doesn't happen in real life. Maybe like politics or something. Or in a board game - in that case, it's been probably 50/50, depends on the group I'm playing with. "Regular" friends, I usually outsmart at games; "nerdy/geeky" friends I tend to be in the pack or get outsmarted

 

Rarely been "outsmarted" but often been naive and blind-sided when young and not so young.

Likely, INTJ's have a huge blind side when it comes to many areas of life.

 

yeah i can speak for intj's i've personally outsmarted, outdominated and outclassed, regular occurrence

 

i outsmart my own self a lot of the time. just did it in a small way today.

luckily, i caught myself out before too much damage was done. but it was lucky i had been keeping an eye on myself or it could have been worse.

 

When I first tried started dating... he almost dated me so I could do his homework. Naive dumb emotions.

Damn.

 

Yes. This guy tricked me into going on a date with him after he witnessed the dumbass before him fail miserably.

This was almost 10 years ago. I was waiting in a lounge for my friends since we planned on seeing Snoop Dogg later that night when a guy started "flirting" with me in the most awkward way. He lied about his taste in music, his job, etc, in an attempt to butter me up so I'd go home with his musty ass.

After he admitted it (w/no prompting), I turned him down and walked away. Then here comes another guy, who was eavesdropping for the entire exchange, who asked me some pointed questions while making sure he did the exact opposite of what the guy before him did. He trapped me with my own logic, so I agreed to a date out of respect.

Long story short, this guy was hot in the pants as well. In the middle of our date, he called his mom talmbout, "I found my future wife." Then he asked if I was vegetarian and if I was willing to move to India. :blushed:

All of that happened in less than 24 hours btw

 

Not often, but when I am I enjoy it. I say "touché" and I appreciate the knowledge gained. Progression, always.

 

Not often. I married the one person who can. My loveable and goofy ENFP wife. Probably the smartest person I know within my given circles. Her math and ability to see complex solutions in science where others fail is beyond impressive. This is just her intelligence, in most games where strategy is involved, she has this competitive drive to see all the moves and win. Though she may lack in common sense and often misplaces items, I still find her at an impressive level to outsmart the general average user.

It's very humorous to me when my colleagues first meet her because she does come off as typical bubbly blonde and then whack, sneak attack roll of +20 on int with her acuity.

Some days she just leaves me in a state of an extremely proud partner, going, I got her to marry me.

 

The only memorable outsmarting has been from a possibly ENTP family member. It mostly occurs within the context of strategy games or logical debate. We enjoy challenging one another that way, and when one of us gets out-smarted, the other appreciates the opportunity to up their game. :laughing:

 

Most of the incidents that come to mind that I know would appear that way from the outside were primarily products of me being prepared to risk a rough outcome for the sake of curiosity. It's not that I didn't see something coming or couldn't have avoided it had I tried necessarily, it's that I wanted to find out what precisely it was so I went toward the ominous shape instead of away from it.

WRT stuff like debates, strategy games, etc. of course I don't win every time so... there's that. And there must be other, real-world incidents as well, probably a lot of small ones - it's just they don't seem significant enough that I've kept track of them. Whether because they know something you don't or because you just aren't paying attention that closely at the time, it happens.

Also I have a prominent memory of trying to pull some sneaky shit in middle school that one teacher in particular saw through. No one believed him though so maybe it was a draw.