I just wanna say it’s fucking sad how our natural instinct is to attack anyone who ever acts like they’re better than anyone else. Like fuck, I’m sorry for one time admitting that I am intelligent, I’ll go back to being self-deprecating and making fun of myself I guess. There’s literally no way to ever compliment yourself in any way without seeming like a piece of garbage. I don’t even think I’m better than anyone else but ever revealing my one single redeeming quality, a specific type of intelligence that’s not even very useful in real life, gets me shat on from all sides. I’m not even that fucking smart, I’m just like top 95th percentile or something, which means that anytime I go to a place with intelligent people I feel like a massive idiot. Idk how to find the balance between calling myself an idiot and admitting that I’m smart where I can actually get along with people