Dr.Grass cried today

[Runa216]

Dr.Grass said:

"I'm rather astonished someone as  smart and ADHD riddled as you finds quality company in a supermodel"

She's an artsy chick - NOT a supermodel-type. She surfs, goes to trance parties, paints and grows veggies and she treats me like a god. She's the best thing I've ever discovered. Doesn't get inflated about her wealth one bit.

"assumes people would think all people in Africa are lazy"

Not all people. Just most of them. It really, really is true. If you said "Chinese people work hard" then everyone would accept that. This is the same. Nothing agains anyone - just an observation.

"And to be honest, the thread kinda feels like satire.  while there is a chance a supergenius would come to gamrConnect, I kind of doubt that, anyone as smart as this story claims to be would announce it.  I mean, I learned when I Was in my teens to never preach how intelligent you supposedly are.  I'm not sure who said it, but a great man once said that a smart person never declares themselves smart; if they were smart, their actions would do the speaking for them.  or something.  I'm greatly paraphrasing here.  "

I never got that. A person can surely objectively measure himself to some extent!? I can surely consider my IQ as a type of signifier that (on average) 99.975% of people are less gifted than me!? I never go and talk like this to people in real life, but a forum-ego can be deleted in a whisk. Some people are naturally humble. Some people flaunt. And some people pretend to be humble because they have learnt that it is a better way to gain respect. Whatever the case may be, I don't really care, because, from what I've learnt, hard work is WAY more important than IQ.

"But if your story is true, I Feel for you. I really, really do. "

Thanks :) but I must say that I didn't right it for the pities I'd get. No, I always write to myself. And VGChartz was open while I was sobbing like a little girl in the lab.

Oh, I agree that there's nothing wrong with acknowledging one's strengths and weaknesses.  If you're smart, you're smart.  If you're dumb, you're dumb. Understanding the difference is key. 

The point I was trying to make is that, like you said, intelligence doesn't matter.  I supposedly have an IQ of 189, or so I was told by the people that tested me, but that's not a number I flaunt because I've done nothing with it.  I Went to a mid-range college (graduated with honors), then proceeded to do nothing with my life.  I never mustered up the concentration or dedication to apply for those jobs, get my credentials (would you believe I only got my drivers license this year?), and I Even had to move back with my parents for a period of over two years.  Intelligence is great, but all it does it make you realize how much better you could have been.  I Still have a lot of life ahead of me, but I know precisely what I'm capable of, and it pains me to know that I never lived up to potential and likely never will.  

So yes, I know what you're feeling, and I understand the 'depression' that comes with that sinking realization.