New word: giftarded
We all know one - plays pokemon or D&D in college. Wears a cloak or Spock ears? I guess they’re all so smart that they’re bored? Maybe smartness is conserved - social intelligence goes by the board at the expense of towering intellect?
I just wonder sometimes why some really smart people are so socially inept? Not all smart people are - it seems like maybe some just make a choice. To them I offer a new adjective: giftarded.
Although I don’t play pokemon (I used to) or D&D in college, wear a cloak or Spock ears I would certainly class myself as one of the people you are targeting with this new word.
We do not make the choice to be socially inept any more than you make the choice to not be intelligent or bad at maths/science. we are borne as we are and try as we might we cannot improve (much). I have been trying to improve for the last five years and while I may be getting a bit better at social interaction I would still class myself as socially inept.
Let me explain. When I am about to engage in social conduct it feels as though there is an invisible force preventing me, and try as I might I cannot approach the person (especially if she is a girl) that I want to talk to. It’s no point saying how easy it is just to walk up to someone and open your mouth. I know that it makes no sense, I’m smart remember.This is the worst part of it, we are all smart enough to realise just how nonsensical it is.
It’s really annoying and we are well aware of it and so don’t need people like you coming along and judging us.
Yours
Kieran Finn
p.s. I’m good at maths and science not english so don’t feel the need to point out every mistake I made in this comment.
Thanks for your comment Kieran. I should really clarify the post a bit as I’ve gotten a few comments off-post as well.
I’m trying to poke fun at a class of people who actively ingratiate themselves in strange ways, not people who are naturally shy, unassuming or socially tormented. I apologize for not being more clear in the original post.
I bet you know some of the people I’m talking about though: they want to bend your ear about SecondLife or Pokemon rules or whatever bizarre hobby without any concern as to whether you are interested or not. It’s the disregard of social conventions for healthy conversation and one-sided monologues that mark the giftarded for me.
-S