On Special Snowflake-ism, part III: The Smartest Guy In The Room

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Funny thing is, RWHN, I wrote the OP with you in mind.

No kidding.  It wasn't exactly subtle.  Well the intent, but of course you are off the mark. 


People do tend to see me as a natural leader in many situations.  But I like to help people.  I'm not really concerned about being perceived as the smartest guy in the room.  I just want to be perceived as helpful and as a reliable resource.  And other times I actualky get a little annoyed when people insist on anointing me as the leader of a thing when I'd rather someone else take the reigns.  People have volition but sometimes groups can cause laziness too.

It's "reins". Like you steer a horse with.

[Salty]

Funny thing is, RWHN, I wrote the OP with you in mind.

No kidding.  It wasn't exactly subtle.  Well the intent, but of course you are off the mark. 


People do tend to see me as a natural leader in many situations.  But I like to help people.  I'm not really concerned about being perceived as the smartest guy in the room.  I just want to be perceived as helpful and as a reliable resource.  And other times I actualky get a little annoyed when people insist on anointing me as the leader of a thing when I'd rather someone else take the reigns.  People have volition but sometimes groups can cause laziness too.

It's "reins". Like you steer a horse with.

Seriously, if you just use pedantic dickery to avoid dealing with actual points made you may as well spell check. Or go fuck yourself or both.

[Salty]

Unless...ZOMG..you did it on purpose as some kind of troll.

Naw!

That would be too blisteringly obvious to such a erudite Leader and Difference Maker such as yourself. I expect there's something more clever going on.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Funny thing is, RWHN, I wrote the OP with you in mind.

No kidding.  It wasn't exactly subtle.  Well the intent, but of course you are off the mark. 


People do tend to see me as a natural leader in many situations.  But I like to help people.  I'm not really concerned about being perceived as the smartest guy in the room.  I just want to be perceived as helpful and as a reliable resource.  And other times I actualky get a little annoyed when people insist on anointing me as the leader of a thing when I'd rather someone else take the reigns.  People have volition but sometimes groups can cause laziness too.

It's "reins". Like you steer a horse with.

Seriously, if you just use pedantic dickery to avoid dealing with actual points made you may as well spell check. Or go fuck yourself or both.

I's a natriral leader because of my superior competensly skells!

[Salty]

I cannot wait to use "competensly" IRL.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I cannot wait to use "competensly" IRL.

[Pæs]

CAN'T YOU SEE THAT HE'S USING YOU ALL?

HE'S LIKE SOME KIND OF MASTERFUL PUPPETMASTER.

PULLING YOUR STRINGS.

TWISTING YOUR MIND AND SMASHING YOUR DREAMS.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

CAN'T YOU SEE THAT HE'S USING YOU ALL?

HE'S LIKE SOME KIND OF MASTERFUL PUPPETMASTER.

PULLING YOUR STRINGS.

TWISTING YOUR MIND AND SMASHING YOUR DREAMS.

He's still not as good as that guy who hates the internet though.

[Salty]

CAN'T YOU SEE THAT HE'S USING YOU ALL?

HE'S LIKE SOME KIND OF MASTERFUL PUPPETMASTER.

PULLING YOUR STRINGS.

TWISTING YOUR MIND AND SMASHING YOUR DREAMS.

He's still not as good as that guy who hates the internet though.

That's because he's an idiot.

[AFK]

The thing is, in many, if not most, group endeavours, organizations, fields, or projects...

The overall group WANTS to identify the smartest guy in the room.  They will be hapless and scared without one.  And one WILL be identified and crowned, willingly or not.

The evidence for my POV has been provided.  Thanks, RWHN!   

Tell me why I'm wrong.

Ugh. Well, first, the Smartest Guy in the Room is rarely (if ever) actually the smartest guy (or gal) in the room. That he or those around him may be unaware of this only adds to the problem.

Second, the Smartest Guy in the Room will immediately steer any conversation about something he is unfamiliar with into a conversation about something he is passingly familiar with (for some reason, the SGitR has an enormous lack of any actual expertise on almost everything) just so he can claim the heavyweight title and go back into his to intellectual coma as quickly as possible.

Third, both of these traits describe you to a T.

Fourth, stop mangling threads that were doing just fine without you.

hmm, nope.  I'm afraid you are quite incorrect. 


But now that I think about it, they describe Roger and Nigel perfectly. 

[Pæs]

Don't answer him! It's all a part of his brilliant scheme to make you dance like a trained monkey!

Oh, goodness, is he diabolical!

[AFK]

Funny thing is, RWHN, I wrote the OP with you in mind.

No kidding.  It wasn't exactly subtle.  Well the intent, but of course you are off the mark. 


People do tend to see me as a natural leader in many situations.  But I like to help people.  I'm not really concerned about being perceived as the smartest guy in the room.  I just want to be perceived as helpful and as a reliable resource.  And other times I actualky get a little annoyed when people insist on anointing me as the leader of a thing when I'd rather someone else take the reigns.  People have volition but sometimes groups can cause laziness too.

It's "reins". Like you steer a horse with.

It would take a SGiTR to completely ignore the meat of an argument to be a spelling nazi.  An excellent demonstration of TGRR's OP.  Very well done!

[Junkenstein]

CAN'T YOU SEE THAT HE'S USING YOU ALL?

HE'S LIKE SOME KIND OF MASTERFUL PUPPETMASTER.

PULLING YOUR STRINGS.

TWISTING YOUR MIND AND SMASHING YOUR DREAMS.

BLINDED BY DRUG THREADS CAN'T READ A THING

JUST CALL HIS NAME AND YOU'LL HEAR US SCREAM

FUCK OFF

FUCK OFF

JUST CALL HIS NAME AND YOU'LL HEAR US SCREAM.


Next, I'll be joining P3nt in a death metal version of the proclaimers singing about poverty. Tickets £3.50

[P3nT4gR4m]

CAN'T YOU SEE THAT HE'S USING YOU ALL?

HE'S LIKE SOME KIND OF MASTERFUL PUPPETMASTER.

PULLING YOUR STRINGS.

TWISTING YOUR MIND AND SMASHING YOUR DREAMS.

BLINDED BY DRUG THREADS CAN'T READ A THING

JUST CALL HIS NAME AND YOU'LL HEAR US SCREAM

FUCK OFF

FUCK OFF

JUST CALL HIS NAME AND YOU'LL HEAR US SCREAM.


Next, I'll be joining P3nt in a death metal version of the proclaimers singing about poverty. Tickets £3.50

I'm down with that program. I'll be responsible for getting the mosh pit reclassified as a humanitarian crisis

[Cain]

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