List of Things to Know that Make You Seem Smarter

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>For example, there was this thread on April 1st this year about impending decisions arrival, and TheYank was like, "Ah, Schrodinger's Cat!" as a reference to the fact that you'd never know your result until you opened the experiment box/envelope. :)</p>

<p>And if I'd known to read more stuff on time warping, traveling, wormholes, etc. I might've actually been able to participate and look intelligent on AeroEngineer and m...'s thread on the possibilities of time travel. :(</p>

<p>Not to mention the witty insightful quotes from Paradise Lost, assorted Romantic poets, etc. that could've been used to heighten knowledge. And Millancad's erudite vocabulary words that I have to look up in secret before pretending to have known all along. :D</p>

<p>Does anyone have anything else to add to the list?</p>

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<p>become a french movie buff and quote obscure films. and when people go “what?” give them a shocked, ‘oh dear lord i can’t believe you didn’t know that’ look.</p>

<p>they are so irritating, but they seem smart. even though all they are is annoying :@</p>

<p>oh, and go through latin dictionaries / flip to a random page in an olden english dictionary and randomly throw in words in everyday conversations, not necessary in the right context… just for fun/to sound smart, you know? ;)</p>

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<p>Watch The Big Bang Theory and memorize Sheldon’s lines.</p>

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<p>I break the ice with this fact:</p>

<p>In ancient Greece, adulterous men had a large radish placed into their rectum as punishment.</p>

<p>I don’t like pretentious people… i.e. people who think they’re oh so quirky/hipster. Which isn’t necessarily “smart”, but still annoying.</p>

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<p>I know a lot of really random useless things about the world, and because of that people think I’m smart. I however, would contest that it’s only because I spend way too much time on Wikipedia and watching the History Channel. But I would say that’s the best way. </p>

<p>Try not to sound too pedantic though! </p>

<p>(irony anyone?)</p>

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<p>lol you know…it’s just nice to be able to know that you KNOW things when they’re said…or simply that you KNOW about more things. Just in general. I think that’s a good thing. ;)</p>

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<p>I guess knowing how to solve rubrics cubes will always make someone seem smart. I never learned or…cared. </p>

<p>I really do like talking about wormholes and the speed of light and theories on time travel. Also multi-verses and such cause those are just fun.</p>

<p>But really it’s kinda…whatever. I mean, fun to talk about with the right people, but no one at school actually cares to talk about it. We all just make a bunch of jokes about sex or each other.</p>

<p>Oh I like Paradise Lost too! But I’ve never quoted it in everyday life. That’s just odd to do.</p>

<p>I know about Shakespeare and plays too, but again, that’s just to help with the sex jokes. The best musicals usually involve prostitution and Shakespeare is basically the reason for all sex jokes ever made and I don’t think he took his plays that seriously so I hate when others do. I’m in theater a lot so I guess I’m “cultured” but it all boils down to sex jokes.</p>

<p>I don’t know, listen to classical music, which is kinda terrible to be honest. </p>

<p>Oh, and speaking Latin, which is basically the least practical language to learn but it makes you seem smart.</p>

<p>I say just actually be smarter if you wanna seem smarter.</p>

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<p>Random fact:</p>

<p>For Latin, witness is “testis” and now the male part is called testicle b/c witnesses had to swear upon them back then (hence no real women witnesses).</p>

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<p>Knowing random trivia. Like, being able to be, “Well, obviously Nephelococcygia means Cuckoo Cloud Land and was invented by Aristophanes for his play the Birds.” Quiz Team helps with that.</p>

<p>Knowing Latin (which is totally useful to learn! harumph) is great too.</p>

<p>IRL, I mainly rely on fancy words, ability to write complex sentences, and knowledge of random junk to get by.</p>

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<p>this is all garbage, disgusting</p>

<p>i could write a long paragraph but ill just give up hope on you</p>

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<p>Know a ton about anatomy.</p>

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<p>Memorize interesting facts in the World Almanac. </p>

<p>I spent my library time in elementary school reading the world almanac by myself. :]</p>

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<p>Pick a field of knowledge and claim it as your own for the purposes of looking smart. For example, learn everything you can about anthropology so when your math friends begin discussing the Cantor set you can bring up pantribal sodalities and A. ramidus.</p>

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<p>I’m just a universal man. I can take what someone says and relate it to any subject on the dot. No wonder Asians hate me.</p>

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<p>^Why would that make Asians hate you?</p>

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<p>^^ stereotyper!!!</p>

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<p>I know many, many words (thanks to my 8th grade English teacher). Now, when my 12th grade English teacher puts up the week’s vocab and everyone scrambles for the dictionaries, I just sit there. Smart people know to just ask me the definitions instead of fighting for one of the 10 dictionaries in the classroom.</p>

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<p>^I was known as the human dictionary in elementary school because I could and still can spell almost anything right.
(Except for taser, **** TCBH. hehe. :D)</p>

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<p>I used to be a perfect speller. It’s just one of those things you lose with age.</p>

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<p>Seriously?? Oh thank God, I wasn’t the only one.</p>