Before you boast, have some decency to look at what you fail in.

I can daresay that I have never boasted openly in front of others how good I am. Or at the very least, I would tend to give a strong opinion on things which I am good at. But never have I said that I am "better than you" unless someone pissed me off or if they asked me that question because I believe that if one is good, it will show naturally without having to say.

And it never fails to irritate me (or more recently it does) when people start to compare about how smart a person is to me. Look, I know what I suck in, and what I don't. I'm ok with people making fun of my inability to do subjects like physics, I don't really let it get to me because I don't care anyway, but that doesn't make me stupid. Please don't make it as if I have no ability to excel in anything else. And sometimes, some people just get carried away and the whole conversation just becomes insulting to my dignity as a person who has a brain, literally and figuratively and possess some skills.

And even more I scorn at people who say in front of me that they think they are "smarter than me", because there is never a single person who is smarter than any other in every aspect. We all have our strengths and abilities. Just like how a person is good in English, he or she may be bad in Science. What's the big boasting of how great you are in general when you have your own areas that you do not excel in? I really do not understand just how much of an ego boost these people need. Usually, I would just smile and let the person rant whatever they want, but the condescending way (it felt to me) he/she talked just made me pissed. Want to compare, please start on EQUAL grounds and compare. Please don't take only the areas that you are strong in and simply say that others are not smart, because that's a shitload of bull and I'm not taking it. Please don't factor in the fucking obvious bias-ness that is spilling out of your perspective to judge as well. Also, please take a good look at whether people WANT or people CAN excel. There can be people who have the ability to do well, but due to external factors that doesn't mean they are not as good as you, it's just that they didn't put in the right effort and get judged superficially.

I know that sometimes I criticize people for their inability to do something well, or make certain remarks that may not go well with people but I always try and refrain from saying. That and that I know that everyone has different strengths so I should not judge them on the whole just like that (unless I make a joke or suan them for fun).

Seriously, take a good look at yourself before you start to say you are smart.

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