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kentuck

(115,370 posts) Sat Jan 6, 2018, 09:17 AM Jan 2018

When someone says, "I am really smart", the opposite is probably true? [View all]

Just as when Richard Nixon said, "I am not a crook". The people believed the exact opposite.

Which translated: "I am really smart" means "I am really dumb".

"I am a genius" means "I am really a dumb ass".

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When someone says, "I am really smart", the opposite is probably true? [View all] kentuck Jan 2018 OP

And "I am stable" "batshit crazy." Vinca Jan 2018 #1

Yep! Just incredible this ass is president of the US. It's a horrible reflection on the US RKP5637 Jan 2018 #2

If you have to tell people you're smart... teamster633 Jan 2018 #3

When my father was barely "there" mentally and physically during his last years, no_hypocrisy Jan 2018 #4

a total insecure and most likely a borderline idiot tells others how "smart" they are beachbum bob Jan 2018 #5

It's like when the trash of some "reality" TV shows tells everyone how "classy" they are. TheBlackAdder Jan 2018 #6