Reading that quote in his voice, it fits. Except for the Irish bit, unless those courtiers in the ruins are actually Irish and the alcohol in their goblet is just too strong for the adventurers.
I'd love to know who the guy is. Like, how old he is, what he's doing with his life right now. And if he realises how often people take the piss out of his ridiculous quote.
It was in January 2013 according to knowyourmeme, so if he was 14 then he just recently turned 17. Weird to think about. Dude's a veteran quote maker one hit wonder and he might not even be an adult yet.
[deleted] · 30 points · Posted at 18:16:36 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)*
When I was a kid, I was a huge fan of Alanis Morissette. One of her songs contains the lyric 'you know how us Catholic girls can be'. I promptly updated my MSN messenger name to this, not really knowing what being Catholic meant, just liked the song. A friend of mine saw and sent me a long message pouring his heart out to me about his religion and parents how he hadn't got anyone to talk to about it because he didn't know any other Catholics 'until now'. I couldn't bare to tell him the real reason...
Somebody took a screenshot seven hours after? I had no idea it got so popular so quickly. I guess that sort of thing happens when a true genius shares his enlightenment though, eh?
Yup. There've been days I've woken up and people are already complaining about how sick they are of a meme that cropped up after I went to bed the night before.
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 18:07:11 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
This is literally my favourite thing on reddit. Hands down.
barosa · 1 points · Posted at 08:20:16 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Haha I never noticed before that he has "quote maker" in quotes, as if that's a term that's thrown around but he's not really comfortable using it himself.
By the powers vested in me by my 170 IQ, I hereby find you guilty of begrudging. May God (which doesn't exist) have mercy on your soul (which also doesn't exist).
Asarath · 27 points · Posted at 17:54:46 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
I'm currently job hunting for something writing-based, as its my best skill and the one I have most CV-worthy experience in. The best option out there by far is Technical Writer, with other options including: journalism, copywriting, and proofreading/publishing. I highly recommend technical writing though, as it tends to pay very well even at entry level, and (just based on personal experience) they're easier to clear the CV stage and get an interview for.
What kind of rates in the field? For entry level? For someone with 10 years experience?
Asarath · 3 points · Posted at 21:53:28 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
For the jobs I've been applying for, the graduate positions tend to be offering around £25,000. I don't know much about positions with experience but I've seen ads for more experienced tech writers offering £45-55,000.
My uncle does technical writing for the Navy, primarily nuclear submarines. He's extremely well versed and interested in the subject, took it up after retiring from the Navy. He hates it, it's soul killingly boring and allows zero room for any passion or writing style to be expressed. Although It does pay well.
He should stop doing it if he hates it. I've been a tech writer for 16 years and I teach it at university. I love it.
It's not boring at all. I'm constantly playing with new stuff, talking to people who develop the stuff, and playing with words to find the best way to say stuff. Yes, stuff.
So, I'm sorry for your uncle, but the more people who don't like it, the better for me.
I believe that's the plan once his wife retires. It wasn't his "life goal" to be a technical writer, just something to buffer his income after retirement. Maybe if it's you're desire to actually be a technical writer it would be more rewarding, he's just a high ranking retired navy man who likes writing and wasn't expecting what he got.
Meh, nothing wrong with being a decent YA author and enjoying an open communication with your audience. Seems like the dude's living the writers' dream to me
He thinks using an em dash makes him look smart. He's not using it right, and he's using a hyphen with spaces around it instead of an actual em dash or two dashes/hyphens. It's like people who try to look smarter by using semicolons without actually realizing they aren't always a substitute for a period.
I don't give a fuck about grammar in most cases, but if you're going to put people down for using English casually rather than formally, you should at least be using proper grammar (and the proper form of it) yourself.
Jozarin · 5 points · Posted at 04:25:30 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
It's like people who try to look smarter by using semicolons without actually realizing they aren't always a substitute for a period.
Do conscious individuals truly enact this? I am unable to conceptualise that;
So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys—to woo women—and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do.
The red paw guy spoke straight to his heart. I didn't think people like that existed on the internet. The legends are true.
[deleted] · 84 points · Posted at 13:12:53 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Typical Irish begrudgery, cutting down this tall poppy in his brilliance. Were he in America now they'd have been replying "you go girl" and shouting "woop".
The A1, B3 thing is a singaporean grading thing...is it grading aswell in Ireland or does it mean something else?
[deleted] · 22 points · Posted at 18:29:24 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Yeah our grading system goes from A1,A2,B1 all the way to F. He is referring to a grade he received in the leaving cert which is the test you take in Ireland that determines what university you get into.
See, I was thinking about the CEFRLanguage test, so I was confused why he was bragging about having a worse score.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:20:54 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Yeah, the funny thing is, Ireland uses both systems. CEFR is for university level foreign languages though. An Irish person wouldn't use it for English (or even Irish (Gaelige) for that matter) as they are supposed to be fluent by the end of secondary school (thus above the CEFR which ends in 'Native' level)
efie · 2 points · Posted at 22:25:58 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
The leaving cert is the worst test of intelligence ever, the grades mean nothing
Sentence fragments. Sentence fragments galore. As if they came directly from some profound flash of brilliance...This guy really has his Captain Kirk down.
Well, Yik Yak does have a character limit. If you want to be eloquent, you also have to be brief, lest you split your comment into several splintered blurbs that can be interrupted.
Shorthand is also a thing people do. Personally, as long as the idea gets across, it doesn't matter how it got there.
I was trying very hard to avoid sounding like the guy, but I guess I failed.
A lot of the things said in this thread are making me reconsider what folk think of me, since I tend to wax poetic when there's no need. I just like pointlessly ornamental language, I'm not trying to be pretentious.
Knaprig · 2 points · Posted at 06:52:18 on February 8, 2016 · (Permalink)
Hey don't worry, there's nothing wrong with your way of writing.
[deleted] · -2 points · Posted at 02:45:28 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Take pride in knowing that you're in Galway, and not somewhere worse like...Roscommon or something. You could be somewhere better mind, like Cork or...Cork, but there's worse.
efie · 5 points · Posted at 22:27:37 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Let's be honest, does anyone really live in Roscommon?
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 00:29:02 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
I guess he's smart enough to own a thesaurus but not enough to form complete sentences.
KeveK0 · 5 points · Posted at 16:38:24 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Funniest thing is his grammar is poor, he even uses the wrong tense. He means to say "In America, I would have..." but just says "In America, I have...".
Now I guess I'm even smarter than very smart, pure delirium.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 00:36:42 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)*
Can 100% confirm. Having lived in both places, the Irish are just more blunt about it. This guy believes that every American he has ever met thinks he is a genius, because they politely smiled and walked away. Everyone in Ireland has been honest with him his whole life....he thinks it is a cultural flaw and that only Americans desperately trying to get away appreciate his eloquence.
More so, IMO. Americans aren't always blunt but there's a huge preference here right now to hate on people using words of more than one syllable. I get called out at work pretty regularly if I accidentally throw a "five dollar" word in, even common ones.
csj20rm · 4 points · Posted at 16:09:45 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Writing books surely?!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:33:07 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Books require complete sentences.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 18:18:36 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
In America I'd have a slew of well wishers by now.
As an American I guarantee the verbal slurs I'd give this poopdick would make that Irish dudes previous comment look like he was giving him the best luck ever.
"In America I have a slew of suggestions from well-wishers by now"
Either he means "I would have had a slew of suggestions" or else the "by now" part doesn't make sense. You don't use "by now" when you're talking about a thing that happened, you use it when you're talking about hypotheticals e.g. "If I'd have saved $1 a day since I was born I'd have $12k saved up by now".
Either way he fucked up in his own reply about his verbal proficiency.
I'm tired of everyone like this thinking that they are some sort of special snowflake , you are average if you weren't average you would be doing something meaningful. Knowing a few words that you get from the thesaurus function of word doesn't make any better, if you have so much insight write a book for others like you to circle jerk about.
Basically an anonymous message board for college students, based on an upvote/downvote system. Only shows posts from a certain radius around your location. It's pretty popular at some schools/cities
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 17:27:15 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Write a shitty book then find out the hard way that no one wants to read that.
There's gotta be a name for that. It's the opposite of the crabs in a bucket concept- the delusion that the other crabs are holding you in the bucket when you really just don't have wings.
I mean, crabs never have wings. But you get the point.
elohyim · 2 points · Posted at 15:18:20 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Have crabs, will fly.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:12:57 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
"I'm so smart and talented I can't find a job!"
DA_Hall · 1 points · Posted at 01:52:15 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Being good at writing means you can use eloquent words in sentences that are easy to understand and don't make you sound like a cunt. This guy isn't ready.
EvanLIX · 1 points · Posted at 04:17:46 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
It's like a shitty, more pretentious version of this exchange from Good Will Hunting
Will: Beethoven, okay. He looked at a piano, and it just made sense to him. He could just play.
Skylar: So what are you saying? You play the piano?
Will: No, not a lick. I mean, I look at a piano, I see a bunch of keys, three pedals, and a box of wood. But Beethoven, Mozart, they saw it, they could just play. I couldn't paint you a picture, I probably
can't hit the ball out of Fenway, and I can't play the piano.
Skylar: But you can do my o-chem paper in under an hour.
Will: Right. Well, I mean when it came to stuff like that... I could always just play.
Jozarin · 1 points · Posted at 04:21:07 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Most people with a gift for words spend their lives working at starbucks.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:09:56 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Other people have practiced and studied years to build proficiency in skills. Me? Oh, I'm naturally good at substituting some words for other words. That should do it.
Being able to clearly communicate complex concepts is the basis of being a teacher. Similary non-fiction writing the ability to communicate clearly is extemely useful.
Other than academia there are still plenty of roles that need clear communication. For example Project management, especially if it involves talking to clients.
why don't you guys start a /r/iamverydumb sub were you can talk in baby talk about how not thinking is so cool...
[deleted] · 22 points · Posted at 17:45:52 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
I think this sub is more about satirising people who go out of their way to appear intelligent for the sole reason of appearing to be intelligent. Were not saying being stupid is the better option.
NathanDickson · 525 points · Posted at 13:47:59 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
At least he summarizes: “I m categorically a failure.”
ericblac · 80 points · Posted at 16:03:47 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
He's a general failure.
fallintrust · 26 points · Posted at 03:17:07 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
General Failure
Microwave_on_HIGH · 49 points · Posted at 14:30:14 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
He's more of a failure than just categorically...
--lI · 11 points · Posted at 19:23:43 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Like punctuationally?
toastedbutts · 24 points · Posted at 21:27:19 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Other people were "Gifted" the ability to climb mountains, but not him.
It's hard coded into DNA you see. No hard work required.
Gohack · -4 points · Posted at 01:00:49 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Sounds like fat logic.
ZonkedZombie · -5 points · Posted at 01:12:23 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
I miss /r/fatpeoplehate
chronotriggerfinger · 455 points · Posted at 14:21:51 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Amazing, my company is looking for a Human Thesaurus!
$200,000 per year + a Ferrari....please send me this guy's contact info!
Daedricbanana · 210 points · Posted at 17:45:59 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
I'd take the job, but only if I get a Lamborghini and knawledge
DarkFlames101 · 86 points · Posted at 18:29:24 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Not to mention room for seven new bookshelves I'm about to buy.
Thing124ok · 50 points · Posted at 18:41:34 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
To hold your 2000 new books you just bought? Just like how Warren Buffet says, "the more you learn, the more you earn"?
Kdj87 · 60 points · Posted at 18:54:28 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
The more you earn, the more you DRIVE UP HERE IN THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS
flameoguy · 36 points · Posted at 19:15:00 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
On my TEDx talk where I talk about this new Lamborghini here.
ScootaliciousScooter · 22 points · Posted at 22:17:26 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
In fact I'm more proud of these new Hollywood hills I had installed to hold these two thousand new lamborghinis
zombisponge · 6 points · Posted at 23:24:24 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
But you know what a like a lot more than this Lamborghini here, is this Lamborghini here
FearrMe · 3 points · Posted at 18:41:52 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
rent*
Nichtmara · 3 points · Posted at 21:11:31 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
And install in my....garage?
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 17:46:02 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Me speek real pretty. Work for you, yes?
BobSilverwind · 1 points · Posted at 14:58:03 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
I'm a writer please I can be an ass too if it gets me a job!
DividingXer0 · 195 points · Posted at 13:32:06 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
This guy speaks like the narrator from Darkest Dugeon.
CyanCorsair · 36 points · Posted at 15:01:54 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Reading that quote in his voice, it fits. Except for the Irish bit, unless those courtiers in the ruins are actually Irish and the alcohol in their goblet is just too strong for the adventurers.
twoeightsixU · 71 points · Posted at 15:25:35 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
FIFY
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 15:57:29 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
True. Wayne June would have some level of tact when if he says shit like this.
gymnasticRug · 14 points · Posted at 20:41:35 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Is he in Ireland and insulting the irish? I give him two days.
smdaegan · 10 points · Posted at 16:27:36 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
The racial quip reminded me of Pierce's dad from Community.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:19:22 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
He's like the Abed of racism.
bolognahole · 998 points · Posted at 13:02:13 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
"I'm really good at words. How do I make money?"
If only there were some kind of profession that requires writing skills.........
Zwoosh · 825 points · Posted at 13:46:12 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Oh, right! Professional quote maker!
1amathrowaway · 328 points · Posted at 15:20:35 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Enjoy.
https://i.imgur.com/3Z6htui.png
https://i.imgur.com/A3Tou.png
https://i.imgur.com/oqCoXfp.png
https://i.imgur.com/BAJcVOe.png
roomnoises · 308 points · Posted at 15:36:17 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
In this moment, I can tell these pictures are misquoting aalewis. Not because the words are wrong. But because, they're missing the absolutely necessary comma.
Eh?
Tee_Hee_Wat · 79 points · Posted at 16:35:08 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
It makes me sad that he deleted his account. His euphoria is something we could all get behind.
Fatally_Flawed · 92 points · Posted at 16:50:42 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
I'd love to know who the guy is. Like, how old he is, what he's doing with his life right now. And if he realises how often people take the piss out of his ridiculous quote.
Tee_Hee_Wat · 56 points · Posted at 17:03:03 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
He should honestly trademark it. he could make a bundle selling that quote.
Wait.
His attempt at making a profound quote actually turned into a quote used to take the piss!
Fazzeh · 34 points · Posted at 17:59:36 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Wasn't he like 14? Poor bastard's probably put off the internet for life.
roomnoises · 15 points · Posted at 22:36:11 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
It was in January 2013 according to knowyourmeme, so if he was 14 then he just recently turned 17. Weird to think about. Dude's a veteran quote maker one hit wonder and he might not even be an adult yet.
[deleted] · 30 points · Posted at 18:16:36 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)*
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Fatally_Flawed · 7 points · Posted at 18:39:57 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
He did?! I have to see this!
AltruisticPenguin · 9 points · Posted at 21:04:57 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
It wasn't actually him.
wittyrandomusername · 14 points · Posted at 23:04:58 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
He wrote a book.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20897273-in-this-moment
He also made another account https://www.reddit.com/user/aalewis____ but it doesn't look like he's active on it anymore.
Fatally_Flawed · 26 points · Posted at 23:08:01 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Just... wow. I think this is enough to turn me to religion.
Euphorium · 20 points · Posted at 00:12:18 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Surely it's not that ba-aaaand I'm Catholic.
JulioCesarSalad · 8 points · Posted at 00:16:00 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Hi, welcome to Catholicism, we have food after Mass.
Fatally_Flawed · 10 points · Posted at 00:20:40 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
When I was a kid, I was a huge fan of Alanis Morissette. One of her songs contains the lyric 'you know how us Catholic girls can be'. I promptly updated my MSN messenger name to this, not really knowing what being Catholic meant, just liked the song. A friend of mine saw and sent me a long message pouring his heart out to me about his religion and parents how he hadn't got anyone to talk to about it because he didn't know any other Catholics 'until now'. I couldn't bare to tell him the real reason...
JulioCesarSalad · 2 points · Posted at 00:27:50 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Oh no, poor kid, what happened after that?
Fatally_Flawed · 2 points · Posted at 00:34:33 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Eh, I think we chatted for a bit and then nothing else ever came of it. It was about 15 years ago, I'm sure he's fine now!
hakkzpets · 3 points · Posted at 08:56:29 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
That description must be a joke?
IDidntChooseUsername · 3 points · Posted at 09:06:30 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Is that really him though, or someone else fucking with him?
Real_Clever_Username · 52 points · Posted at 16:05:07 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Eh?
IranianGenius · 118 points · Posted at 15:58:36 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Somebody took a screenshot seven hours after? I had no idea it got so popular so quickly. I guess that sort of thing happens when a true genius shares his enlightenment though, eh?
doctorvonscience · 30 points · Posted at 22:33:06 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Seven hours isn't THAT quick. At least not in reddit time.
Insanepaco247 · 19 points · Posted at 23:02:18 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Seven hours was about the lifespan of "banana for scale."
doctorvonscience · 28 points · Posted at 23:04:29 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Yup. There've been days I've woken up and people are already complaining about how sick they are of a meme that cropped up after I went to bed the night before.
waunakonor · 2 points · Posted at 05:50:06 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Don't tell imgur.
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 18:07:11 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
This is literally my favourite thing on reddit. Hands down.
barosa · 1 points · Posted at 08:20:16 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Haha I never noticed before that he has "quote maker" in quotes, as if that's a term that's thrown around but he's not really comfortable using it himself.
mrgoodnighthairdo · 182 points · Posted at 14:53:41 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
By the powers vested in me by my 170 IQ, I hereby find you guilty of begrudging. May God (which doesn't exist) have mercy on your soul (which also doesn't exist).
RadicaLarry · 6 points · Posted at 22:29:01 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Ha!
BullshitUsername · 30 points · Posted at 17:04:30 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Reference score:
Timing: 10/10
Relevance: 10/10
Payoff of setup: 10/10
[deleted] · 16 points · Posted at 15:27:42 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
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errorami · 3 points · Posted at 22:08:42 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
I think I'm gonna throw up.
AzBrah · 1 points · Posted at 04:20:24 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
If anyone's wondering the app used to make that song is called Songify
Vulamond · 2 points · Posted at 22:48:56 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
10/10 would buy for $9.99 on iTunes.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 15:33:00 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
The real money's in fortune cookies
NRMusicProject · 4 points · Posted at 16:17:52 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
But only if you quote yourself.
~NRMusicProject
LewsTherinT · 3 points · Posted at 19:24:57 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Embiggened by his vocabulary I find him perfectly cromulent
Real_Clever_Username · 2 points · Posted at 16:03:33 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
The real money's in YouTube comments.
kostur95 · 3 points · Posted at 15:35:16 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
"Oh, right! Professional quote maker!" -Zwoosh
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 16:27:30 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Don't be ridiculous. A pro letter organizer has way better benefits. That or a word scientist.
UnknownBinary · 1 points · Posted at 18:14:01 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
I need a synonym for "euphoric".
EaklebeeTheUncertain · 1 points · Posted at 22:38:42 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Ecstatic?
Asarath · 27 points · Posted at 17:54:46 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
I'm currently job hunting for something writing-based, as its my best skill and the one I have most CV-worthy experience in. The best option out there by far is Technical Writer, with other options including: journalism, copywriting, and proofreading/publishing. I highly recommend technical writing though, as it tends to pay very well even at entry level, and (just based on personal experience) they're easier to clear the CV stage and get an interview for.
TheFireflies · 9 points · Posted at 20:45:47 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Copywriting also isn't bad on the pay scale, especially if you can get into tech.
_your_face · 3 points · Posted at 20:09:06 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
What kind of rates in the field? For entry level? For someone with 10 years experience?
Asarath · 3 points · Posted at 21:53:28 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
For the jobs I've been applying for, the graduate positions tend to be offering around £25,000. I don't know much about positions with experience but I've seen ads for more experienced tech writers offering £45-55,000.
SaltyBabe · 1 points · Posted at 00:42:13 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
My uncle does technical writing for the Navy, primarily nuclear submarines. He's extremely well versed and interested in the subject, took it up after retiring from the Navy. He hates it, it's soul killingly boring and allows zero room for any passion or writing style to be expressed. Although It does pay well.
really_rob · 2 points · Posted at 09:30:00 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
He should stop doing it if he hates it. I've been a tech writer for 16 years and I teach it at university. I love it.
It's not boring at all. I'm constantly playing with new stuff, talking to people who develop the stuff, and playing with words to find the best way to say stuff. Yes, stuff.
So, I'm sorry for your uncle, but the more people who don't like it, the better for me.
SaltyBabe · 1 points · Posted at 19:53:04 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
I believe that's the plan once his wife retires. It wasn't his "life goal" to be a technical writer, just something to buffer his income after retirement. Maybe if it's you're desire to actually be a technical writer it would be more rewarding, he's just a high ranking retired navy man who likes writing and wasn't expecting what he got.
really_rob · 2 points · Posted at 23:36:51 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Or maybe the kind of writing he has to do is boring. I'm sure there's boring tech writing work out there.
Also, and I don't know him so I'm not making a judgement, but maybe he's not very good at it and doesn't know how to make it more interesting.
SaltyBabe · 1 points · Posted at 23:40:47 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
I have no idea, I've never had to read technical writing about nuclear submarines.
really_rob · 1 points · Posted at 09:30:46 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
I'm a tech writer. Good stuff.
daneelthesane · 12 points · Posted at 17:21:58 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
No, that takes effort. He wants people to just hand him big bags of money because he thinks he is eloquent.
[deleted] · 34 points · Posted at 16:14:26 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
>Writing
>Making money
thirdangletheory · 19 points · Posted at 16:35:36 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Writing money?
KingOCarrotFlowers · 7 points · Posted at 17:03:17 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Someone's gotta do it!
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 20:22:16 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
>JK Rowling
>John "the meme" Greene
joewaffle1 · 5 points · Posted at 20:42:11 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Fuck John Green but damn is he good at pandering to a specific demographic and profiting from it
A_Dissident_Is_Here · 15 points · Posted at 21:47:20 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Meh, nothing wrong with being a decent YA author and enjoying an open communication with your audience. Seems like the dude's living the writers' dream to me
ecky--ptang-zooboing · 1 points · Posted at 16:46:58 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Professional e-book writer!
FreeRangeHumans · 1 points · Posted at 17:45:41 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
M'arrogance
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 17:50:22 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
They should work as someone that continues the flow of great posts on this sub
Deepcrater · 1 points · Posted at 18:09:08 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Or car salesman.
[deleted] · 382 points · Posted at 10:46:39 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)*
Bonus intellectual content: http://imgur.com/a/zFVKU
Bonus intellectual battle content: http://imgur.com/h24Ytsu http://imgur.com/SwFJosq
Only upvoted him so his comments wouldn't disappear.
[deleted] · 349 points · Posted at 11:53:41 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Really, really.
Really?
Alekzcb · 72 points · Posted at 14:46:53 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
I really really really like this yak
[deleted] · 26 points · Posted at 17:12:59 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)*
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Alekzcb · 6 points · Posted at 20:33:45 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Thanks Lori
ArosHD · 1 points · Posted at 06:35:22 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
No problem Mike, see you on Thursday.
[deleted] · 16 points · Posted at 16:02:07 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
I'm super duper good at articulating myself guys!
bluepandadog · 17 points · Posted at 15:02:07 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
They ask me if I'm high, I say really, really
zackafshar · 2 points · Posted at 18:45:31 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Such a good song
I-Downloaded-a-Car · 8 points · Posted at 20:11:22 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
"Ooh, I love that magazine. My favorite section is, " How to Increase Your Word Power." That thing is really, really... really... good."
-The Simpsons
Gorthon-the-Thief · 7 points · Posted at 19:56:38 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
He thinks using an em dash makes him look smart. He's not using it right, and he's using a hyphen with spaces around it instead of an actual em dash or two dashes/hyphens. It's like people who try to look smarter by using semicolons without actually realizing they aren't always a substitute for a period.
I don't give a fuck about grammar in most cases, but if you're going to put people down for using English casually rather than formally, you should at least be using proper grammar (and the proper form of it) yourself.
Jozarin · 5 points · Posted at 04:25:30 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Do conscious individuals truly enact this? I am unable to conceptualise that;
Albert_Heijnstein · 5 points · Posted at 17:46:44 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
He is really really smart.
Evey9207 · 3 points · Posted at 19:44:29 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
REALLY?!
SaltyBabe · 3 points · Posted at 00:46:18 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
scealfada · 2 points · Posted at 20:10:51 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Jaysus, my English is really good, but it isn't really really good.
He must be... really really really good!
yonicthehedgehog · 74 points · Posted at 15:25:34 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
The last guy is the hero /r/iamverysmart deserves.
stokleplinger · 22 points · Posted at 15:58:00 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
His comment was the most eloquent one in the whole exchange.
askmeaboutmyjelly · 12 points · Posted at 17:50:01 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
The red paw guy spoke straight to his heart. I didn't think people like that existed on the internet. The legends are true.
[deleted] · 84 points · Posted at 13:12:53 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Typical Irish begrudgery, cutting down this tall poppy in his brilliance. Were he in America now they'd have been replying "you go girl" and shouting "woop".
tanukibearX3 · 2 points · Posted at 01:28:33 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
woop 4 lyfe fam
PrimalPrimeAlpha · 30 points · Posted at 16:47:03 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Mic fucking drop.
AleksTheGr8 · 8 points · Posted at 17:11:15 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Are you Singaporean op?
[deleted] · 28 points · Posted at 17:42:47 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Haha no I'm from Ireland, what made you think I was Singaporean?
AleksTheGr8 · 14 points · Posted at 18:09:07 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
The A1, B3 thing is a singaporean grading thing...is it grading aswell in Ireland or does it mean something else?
[deleted] · 22 points · Posted at 18:29:24 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Yeah our grading system goes from A1,A2,B1 all the way to F. He is referring to a grade he received in the leaving cert which is the test you take in Ireland that determines what university you get into.
PresterJuan · 2 points · Posted at 23:40:19 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
See, I was thinking about the CEFRLanguage test, so I was confused why he was bragging about having a worse score.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:20:54 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Yeah, the funny thing is, Ireland uses both systems. CEFR is for university level foreign languages though. An Irish person wouldn't use it for English (or even Irish (Gaelige) for that matter) as they are supposed to be fluent by the end of secondary school (thus above the CEFR which ends in 'Native' level)
efie · 2 points · Posted at 22:25:58 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
The leaving cert is the worst test of intelligence ever, the grades mean nothing
andyvorld · -7 points · Posted at 18:32:02 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
I think the grading system is actually from the GCE which both the UK and Singapore uses.
scealfada · 7 points · Posted at 20:13:16 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
IN UK its A*(A-star). In Ireland It's A1.
Similar system, except for that one bit with the UK's A*.
OceanRacoon · 3 points · Posted at 19:33:24 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
I'm from Ireland. You thought you were safe on reddit since all the crazies are an ocean away, but now I'm coming to get you.
umbra0007 · 3 points · Posted at 20:50:17 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
No idea why there was that Car Radio referenced there
Microwave_on_HIGH · 94 points · Posted at 14:35:44 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Sentence fragments. Sentence fragments galore. As if they came directly from some profound flash of brilliance...This guy really has his Captain Kirk down.
EasyReader · 31 points · Posted at 15:12:30 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
"Sentence fragments" is also a sentence fragment.
skiingbeing · 12 points · Posted at 17:04:56 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Linguo IS dead.
diphiminaids · 1 points · Posted at 02:41:11 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Lrn2ToyStory
Fundude50 · 3 points · Posted at 20:42:24 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Almost like poetry. He writes. Is it free-form? Or just "eloquent"?
SaltyBabe · 1 points · Posted at 00:49:21 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
The term is "speaking colloquially" you peasant.
Squoghunter1492 · 4 points · Posted at 21:51:32 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Well, Yik Yak does have a character limit. If you want to be eloquent, you also have to be brief, lest you split your comment into several splintered blurbs that can be interrupted.
Shorthand is also a thing people do. Personally, as long as the idea gets across, it doesn't matter how it got there.
legacy702 · 7 points · Posted at 23:09:28 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
...OP? Is it you?
Squoghunter1492 · 3 points · Posted at 23:26:07 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
I was trying very hard to avoid sounding like the guy, but I guess I failed.
A lot of the things said in this thread are making me reconsider what folk think of me, since I tend to wax poetic when there's no need. I just like pointlessly ornamental language, I'm not trying to be pretentious.
Knaprig · 2 points · Posted at 06:52:18 on February 8, 2016 · (Permalink)
Hey don't worry, there's nothing wrong with your way of writing.
[deleted] · -2 points · Posted at 02:45:28 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
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Squoghunter1492 · 2 points · Posted at 03:05:26 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Well, fuck you too.
bigbear1992 · 51 points · Posted at 14:44:32 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
"I'm so smart that I ask people for advice based on nothing but the fact that they're in the same city as me."
Elaine_Benes_ · 32 points · Posted at 15:29:31 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Then I bash them for living in the same country I do
[deleted] · 125 points · Posted at 15:12:47 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
This guy. This guy has a way with words.
[deleted] · 12 points · Posted at 22:07:03 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
That's seriously the most quintessentially Irish response to such twattery.
Source: New Zealander, we'd react the same way.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 22:09:05 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Been to Nelson? I was born there
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 22:19:47 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
I lived in Blenheim as a kid, so yeah, I've been to Nelson a few times.
VicisSubsisto · 1 points · Posted at 22:26:20 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Something something, inflatable sheep.
Jellocycle · 7 points · Posted at 21:49:21 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
YikYak commenters love to bring down the hammer of truth. It's great.
Henatronw70 · 4 points · Posted at 09:02:26 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Irish guy here I think I have said that about 8 times this weekend alone
[deleted] · 32 points · Posted at 15:06:39 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
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[deleted] · 20 points · Posted at 16:39:53 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
This guy gives us a bad name dude, I'm ashamed to be in the same county.
nerohamlet · 11 points · Posted at 17:54:54 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Fellow galwegian, don't be ashamed.
We, as a people now have a voting issue for the upcoming election. Whoever hammers this little shit gets An vótáil #1
VicisSubsisto · 5 points · Posted at 22:27:52 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Well, if you hadn't posted it for all of us non-Galwegians to see, he wouldn't be giving you a bad name, now would he?
efie · 5 points · Posted at 22:27:06 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Don't worry, the UCD one can be just as bad. Although I shudder to think what the Trinity one is like
lukemacu · 3 points · Posted at 19:01:13 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Take pride in knowing that you're in Galway, and not somewhere worse like...Roscommon or something. You could be somewhere better mind, like Cork or...Cork, but there's worse.
efie · 5 points · Posted at 22:27:37 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Let's be honest, does anyone really live in Roscommon?
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 00:29:02 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Just one lonely homophobe
PresterJuan · 2 points · Posted at 23:57:58 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
What's so bad about Roscommon?
jodius · 1 points · Posted at 01:14:39 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)*
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[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 00:28:26 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
I wonder...are you from Cork per chance?
Xoshi · 1 points · Posted at 01:34:50 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Haha I had a feeling it was Galway Yik Yak!
GeorgeRRZimmerman · 19 points · Posted at 14:13:53 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
I'm actually not entirely convinced that this isn't a bot.
somanayr · 38 points · Posted at 15:58:56 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
That guy sucks with words. He doesn't form complete sentences, and he uses long and complicated words where simpler words will work too.
That's not good communication skills. That's arrogance and an ego bigger than a 1960s computer.
jew_jitsu · 1 points · Posted at 21:36:02 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Really putting that articulating complex concepts to use.
britishboi · 10 points · Posted at 14:51:45 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
This was painful to read. Holy fuck people are weird.
[deleted] · 20 points · Posted at 13:52:13 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Obviously a trinners student
Dr-Kipper · 9 points · Posted at 16:58:38 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)*
I am going to cinema
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 00:32:05 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
OP said Galway.
https://www.reddit.com/r/iamverysmart/comments/44fpmm/how_do_i_profit/czq345q
Trinity students give advice, even when they have no clue what they are talking about, they don't ask for it.
WASPingitup · 7 points · Posted at 16:29:21 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
I guess he's smart enough to own a thesaurus but not enough to form complete sentences.
KeveK0 · 5 points · Posted at 16:38:24 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Funniest thing is his grammar is poor, he even uses the wrong tense. He means to say "In America, I would have..." but just says "In America, I have...".
Now I guess I'm even smarter than very smart, pure delirium.
PmMeYourWhatever · 6 points · Posted at 16:54:10 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
That is the most "reads like the guy's head is up his ass and a thesaurus at the same time" post I've ever seen.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 17:54:04 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
"I can use a thesaurus, any easy money in that?"
TheRealChatseh · 6 points · Posted at 19:29:59 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
"If this were America..."
Nope, everyone would still think you're an idiot.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 00:36:42 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)*
Can 100% confirm. Having lived in both places, the Irish are just more blunt about it. This guy believes that every American he has ever met thinks he is a genius, because they politely smiled and walked away. Everyone in Ireland has been honest with him his whole life....he thinks it is a cultural flaw and that only Americans desperately trying to get away appreciate his eloquence.
nyctaeris · 0 points · Posted at 16:54:51 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
More so, IMO. Americans aren't always blunt but there's a huge preference here right now to hate on people using words of more than one syllable. I get called out at work pretty regularly if I accidentally throw a "five dollar" word in, even common ones.
csj20rm · 4 points · Posted at 16:09:45 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Writing books surely?!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:33:07 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Books require complete sentences.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 18:18:36 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
As an American I guarantee the verbal slurs I'd give this poopdick would make that Irish dudes previous comment look like he was giving him the best luck ever.
Master_of_Shapes · 4 points · Posted at 15:41:50 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Phase 1 - Collect underpants
juicepants · 5 points · Posted at 17:47:06 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Everyone in America thinks you're a twat too
Meatslinger · 3 points · Posted at 18:14:56 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
It's like watching an alien learn to talk.
chironomidae · 4 points · Posted at 19:38:22 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Either he means "I would have had a slew of suggestions" or else the "by now" part doesn't make sense. You don't use "by now" when you're talking about a thing that happened, you use it when you're talking about hypotheticals e.g. "If I'd have saved $1 a day since I was born I'd have $12k saved up by now".
Either way he fucked up in his own reply about his verbal proficiency.
kuronokeiyakusha · 2 points · Posted at 20:22:56 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
you're 33?
chironomidae · 3 points · Posted at 20:45:01 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Sure why not
Call_Me_911 · 3 points · Posted at 18:23:41 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
I read this is Martin Prince's voice.
Chaosfreak610 · 3 points · Posted at 18:28:11 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Good lord.
zecchinoroni · 3 points · Posted at 19:09:24 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
That's funny, I'm from America I think he's a douche twat too.
WaldoWow · 3 points · Posted at 19:19:38 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Choosing the most complicated sounding words =/= being good at writing
ive_had_other_accnts · 8 points · Posted at 15:50:06 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
I'm tired of everyone like this thinking that they are some sort of special snowflake , you are average if you weren't average you would be doing something meaningful. Knowing a few words that you get from the thesaurus function of word doesn't make any better, if you have so much insight write a book for others like you to circle jerk about.
HereHaveSomeEyedrops · 2 points · Posted at 16:30:39 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
lol
adwarakanath · 2 points · Posted at 16:35:34 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Become a politician
RealRickSanchez · 2 points · Posted at 16:56:41 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lVmmYMwFj1I
LEGITIMATE_SOURCE · 2 points · Posted at 17:24:01 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Tha fuk is yikyak
saxmanatee · 1 points · Posted at 21:02:12 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Basically an anonymous message board for college students, based on an upvote/downvote system. Only shows posts from a certain radius around your location. It's pretty popular at some schools/cities
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 17:27:15 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Write a shitty book then find out the hard way that no one wants to read that.
pieman7414 · 2 points · Posted at 17:38:13 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
He should sell KNOWLEDGE
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 17:45:19 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Using words to profit? Nope, never been done in all of human history...
Hmm, maybe someone should write a book about that?
Dadentum · 2 points · Posted at 17:58:36 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Translation: "I'm ugly and have no talents."
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 20:12:55 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
How to profit? That's what this guy and every English/Lit. major wants to know.
PrintPrant · 2 points · Posted at 21:03:23 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
I'm sorry, did tou use "can paint" and "climbs mountains" as examples of profitable skills? I think not.
Nitsua87 · 2 points · Posted at 21:31:58 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Oh, the Irish and their devastating flaws...
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 23:33:37 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Great username
ThePointyBird · 5 points · Posted at 11:08:24 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Needs a blowjob.
MarleyandtheWhalers · 5 points · Posted at 16:44:03 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Charge your goddamn phone
imwearingyourpants · 3 points · Posted at 17:02:34 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Your battery is dying!
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 15:28:56 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
I want to write several paragraphs explaining to this guy what is wrong.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 15:51:05 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
I'm fairly certain anyone who goes on like that is probably on reddit so he will more than likely see this if it gets to the front page.
nuclearsalt · 2 points · Posted at 16:41:16 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
"How do I generalize all Irish?"
Dungeon47 · 1 points · Posted at 18:50:18 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Shouldn't it be "slough" as in a river sort of thing and not "slew" as in killed?
aberrantgeek · 2 points · Posted at 19:38:39 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
No, slew is correct. Informal North American word for "a large number" coming from the Irish "sluagh" meaning "horde." Dictionaries!
Dungeon47 · 2 points · Posted at 19:43:37 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Cool, thanks.
kredfield51 · 1 points · Posted at 20:14:39 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Politics you asshat.
sakkara · 1 points · Posted at 21:00:49 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Because there never was nor will be someone who became famous or made millions (whichever you prefer) by using his talent with words.Areyoukiddingme?
wheresmyhouse · 1 points · Posted at 21:08:17 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
And racist to boot.
justin914 · 1 points · Posted at 21:10:45 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
I've killed men for less
EliteNub · 1 points · Posted at 22:09:12 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
This guy thinks he's James Joyce because he's Irish.
Ace-O-Matic · 1 points · Posted at 22:41:00 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Make more money than you are spending. Next.
Barvoucher · 1 points · Posted at 23:35:58 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
OP, what are you listening to on Spotify?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:48:08 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Think it was audio slave, or it could have been one of the songs from my Disney princess playlist. Can't remember which.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 23:55:15 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
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AzBrah · 1 points · Posted at 04:20:57 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Yik Yak
elhaupto · 1 points · Posted at 00:14:02 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
I love how these people always think that they're somehow unique in their ability to do this.
Kaneshadow · 1 points · Posted at 00:26:40 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
There's gotta be a name for that. It's the opposite of the crabs in a bucket concept- the delusion that the other crabs are holding you in the bucket when you really just don't have wings.
I mean, crabs never have wings. But you get the point.
elohyim · 2 points · Posted at 15:18:20 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Have crabs, will fly.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:12:57 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
"I'm so smart and talented I can't find a job!"
DA_Hall · 1 points · Posted at 01:52:15 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
It's like a real life Dennis Reynolds.
golfreak923 · 1 points · Posted at 02:15:53 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Maybe start with understanding the difference between a hyphen and a dash?
Alvins_Hot_Juice_Box · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:07 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
I'm a huge dickhead. Give me money???
HauntedShores · 1 points · Posted at 03:25:04 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Being good at writing means you can use eloquent words in sentences that are easy to understand and don't make you sound like a cunt. This guy isn't ready.
EvanLIX · 1 points · Posted at 04:17:46 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
It's like a shitty, more pretentious version of this exchange from Good Will Hunting
Will: Beethoven, okay. He looked at a piano, and it just made sense to him. He could just play.
Skylar: So what are you saying? You play the piano?
Will: No, not a lick. I mean, I look at a piano, I see a bunch of keys, three pedals, and a box of wood. But Beethoven, Mozart, they saw it, they could just play. I couldn't paint you a picture, I probably can't hit the ball out of Fenway, and I can't play the piano.
Skylar: But you can do my o-chem paper in under an hour.
Will: Right. Well, I mean when it came to stuff like that... I could always just play.
Jozarin · 1 points · Posted at 04:21:07 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Most people with a gift for words spend their lives working at starbucks.
thesnake742 · 1 points · Posted at 05:49:11 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Wow. This guy doesn't realize the actual number of people who profit from climbing high mountains is probably less than 1000.
ItsZachTime · 1 points · Posted at 05:52:48 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
OP you should charge your phone.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:09:56 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Other people have practiced and studied years to build proficiency in skills. Me? Oh, I'm naturally good at substituting some words for other words. That should do it.
riffler24 · 1 points · Posted at 07:52:51 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
If this guy thinks he would get better treatment in the States he's obviously never been to New England
KerbalrocketryYT · 1 points · Posted at 20:10:15 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
Where doesn't he profit?
Being able to clearly communicate complex concepts is the basis of being a teacher. Similary non-fiction writing the ability to communicate clearly is extemely useful.
Other than academia there are still plenty of roles that need clear communication. For example Project management, especially if it involves talking to clients.
turdmogrol · 1 points · Posted at 01:05:29 on March 2, 2016 · (Permalink)
Don't believe him about having supporters in America. We don't condone this fuckwad.
lkuecrar · 1 points · Posted at 19:07:15 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Fuck you
-guy from "America"
Osama-bin-sexy · 1 points · Posted at 19:55:44 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Wow he's an asshole AND a racist! Some one tell me the odds?
elhaupto · 3 points · Posted at 21:48:53 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
98%? Racists tend to be assholes.
Saigot · 1 points · Posted at 00:11:26 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)
All racists are assholes, but not all assholes are racists.
killerdead77 · 0 points · Posted at 17:20:35 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Lol nigga mc donald? Shieeet
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 21:51:37 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
what the fuck is this app
anagram88 · -14 points · Posted at 16:04:20 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
r/quityourbullshit You took a screenshot 2 seconds after the OP posted
[deleted] · 20 points · Posted at 16:22:57 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
If I posted it there would be a dustbin in top right hand corner. Sorry.
iDontShift · -22 points · Posted at 17:23:17 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
why don't you guys start a /r/iamverydumb sub were you can talk in baby talk about how not thinking is so cool...
[deleted] · 22 points · Posted at 17:45:52 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
I think this sub is more about satirising people who go out of their way to appear intelligent for the sole reason of appearing to be intelligent. Were not saying being stupid is the better option.
iDontShift · -13 points · Posted at 17:59:53 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
while i agree on the premise, it appears to be otherwise.
Pheonixi3 · -7 points · Posted at 19:24:33 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
how can you tell he's not being genuine, though?
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 19:33:39 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
Ay, that's the real question. Maybe he is a genius, but I guess we will never know.
Pheonixi3 · -8 points · Posted at 19:37:48 on February 6, 2016 · (Permalink)
doesn't take a genius to realize how braggy your shit sounds
or maybe it does? i take my knowledge for granted. hint hint i'm a fucking genius hire me or ill fuck your wife