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Why You're A Hidden Genius

  • 21-06-2012 3:40pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭leggo


    Talking with some girls in work today, one couldn't find something until it turned up right in front of her. The other was saying that it always happens with her and her phone. I nodded, being able to relate.

    Then I thought: wait, no that never happens anymore. Nowadays when it happens, I've trained myself to realise that it could be in my hand, so it's the first place I check. And, often, I'm right. So no panic over lost phones for me.

    Then I thought: "Wow, that's REALLY smart!" Here's a simple human problem that everyone experiences, and here's me after training my brain to overcome it so it's not a problem anymore. Genius!

    Still...it's not something you could put on a CV or anything...so my genius must remain unspoken.

    So that's what this thread is for: first, appreciate my hidden genius. Then: post ways that you are a genius that just seem a little petty to brag about in the real world, but still deserve credit damnit!


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  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Is that you Prof. Cornel West?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭davet82


    you must be really smart because that made no sense to me at all :confused:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,327 ✭✭✭Sykk


    dafuq-did-i-just-read-meme.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Hate to piss on your chips but you are no genius my friend


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,867 ✭✭✭UglyBolloxFace


    Does this thread have a point?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,134 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    I think it's more "short-term memory loss" than "genius".


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    I'm confused. What is the first post about?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,959 ✭✭✭Jesus Shaves


    So just because you find your phone which is either in your hand or straight in front of you that makes you a genius?

    Nobel prizes for me next year so.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,883 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    Sometimes people tell me I'm a genius. I'm not, they're just stupid.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    dafuq?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭leggo


    Relax lads, it's AH. I'm not seriously claiming to have re-invented the wheel here. Ya might wanna read into tone before you get smart yourselves ;).

    It's very simple. Mere mortal thinks:

    "Oh wait, I've lost my phone! No! Noooo!"

    And search frantically before saying, "Wait, it's in my hand! How silly!"

    I, a genius, think: "Wait, I've lost my phone! Wait, is it in my hand? Yes, yes it is." Therefore bypassing the panic stage.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭davet82


    glad to see its not just me then, i was getting worried about my brain there for a second :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭davet82


    leggo wrote: »
    Relax lads, it's AH. I'm not seriously claiming to have re-invented the wheel here. Ya might wanna read into tone before you get smart yourselves ;).

    It's very simple. Mere mortal thinks:

    "Oh wait, I've lost my phone! No! Noooo!"

    And search frantically before saying, "Wait, it's in my hand! How silly!"

    I, a genius, think: "Wait, I've lost my phone! Wait, is it in my hand? Yes, yes it is." Therefore bypassing the panic stage.

    are you having some sort of breakdown? :pac:


  • Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Jayce Puny Maze


    okay


    i have to go over here now
    >


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    So your claim to being a genius is that before embarking on a mission to find a lost item.......you first check if it's in your hand?

    WTF:confused::confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭leggo


    Haha, actual idiots.

    I'll spell it out so: things that aren't really genius, but make you feel really clever when you do them anyway.

    Note to self: never presume intelligence when posting in AH again...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    leggo wrote: »
    Relax lads, it's AH. I'm not seriously claiming to have re-invented the wheel here. Ya might wanna read into tone before you get smart yourselves ;).

    It's very simple. Mere mortal thinks:

    "Oh wait, I've lost my phone! No! Noooo!"

    And search frantically before saying, "Wait, it's in my hand! How silly!"

    I, a genius, think: "Wait, I've lost my phone! Wait, is it in my hand? Yes, yes it is." Therefore bypassing the panic stage.

    You don't really get AH do you?


  • Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Jayce Puny Maze


    leggo wrote: »
    Note to self: never presume intelligence when posting in AH again...

    indeed...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    your OP is extremely poorly written.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,959 ✭✭✭Jesus Shaves


    leggo wrote: »
    never presume intelligence

    Sums up my thoughts of you perfectly at the moment;)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭leggo


    darokane wrote: »
    leggo wrote: »
    never presume intelligence

    Sums my thoughts of you up perfectly at the moment;)

    You may want to punctuate that post before you question others' intelligence, pal. ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,906 ✭✭✭✭PhlegmyMoses


    leggo wrote: »
    Haha, actual idiots.

    I'll spell it out so: things that aren't really genius, but make you feel really clever when you do them anyway.

    Note to self: never presume intelligence when posting in AH again...

    I would not feel clever for panicking about the whereabouts of my phone before reminding myself to check my hand, which has the glorious sense of touch to aid me in my quest.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    leggo wrote: »
    Haha, actual idiots.

    I'll spell it out so: things that aren't really genius, but make you feel really clever when you do them anyway.

    Note to self: never presume intelligence when posting in AH again...
    leggo wrote: »
    You may want to punctuate that post before you question others' intelligence, pal. ;)

    So far you've called everyone in this thread idiots and turned into a grammar nazi.

    Whats your next trick?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,134 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    To summarise:

    "I can't find my phone, but I'm afraid to ask if anyone knows where it is just in case It's in my hand, in which case I'll look a complete dick."


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    leggo wrote: »
    Haha, actual idiots.

    I'll spell it out so: things that aren't really genius, but make you feel really clever when you do them anyway.

    Note to self: never presume intelligence when posting in AH again...

    Like checking if what you're looking for, is actually in your hand??:confused:

    Sorry Einstein, the genius part must be going over my head i suppose!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭leggo


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    To summarise:

    "I can't find my phone, but I'm afraid to ask if anyone knows where it is just in case It's in my hand, in which case I'll look a complete dick."

    Haha, which isn't genius!

    And I'm claiming it is!

    Could there be the remote possibility that I'm being ironic there, Ted?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,959 ✭✭✭Jesus Shaves


    leggo wrote: »
    You may want to punctuate that post before you question others' intelligence, pal. ;)

    other's?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭davet82


    leggo wrote: »
    Haha, which isn't genius!

    And I'm claiming it is!

    Could there be the remote possibility that I'm being ironic there, Ted?

    so you really are clever?

    idk i'm lost here :confused:


  • Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Jayce Puny Maze


    darokane wrote: »
    other's?

    nope


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    leggo wrote: »
    Still...it's not something you could put on a CV or anything...so my genius must remain unspoken.

    Yea, but I'm still smarter!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,959 ✭✭✭Jesus Shaves


    bluewolf wrote: »
    nope

    I'm going to have to disagree with you on that one, I was only referring to one other person which as i recall make's it "other's", if i was referring to more than one person then it would be others'


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭leggo


    The awkward moment AH realises it was wrong...


  • Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Jayce Puny Maze


    darokane wrote: »
    I'm going to have to disagree with you on that one, I was only referring to one other person which as i recall make's it "other's", if i was referring to more than one person then it would be others'

    But the reply was intended as "before you question the intelligence of other people", so it's plural
    couldn't fit it in their reply as singular form. "before you question the intelligence of other's" makes zero sense

    I think i'm coming close to being in trouble here so i best leave it there :)


  • Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    darokane wrote: »
    I'm going to have to disagree with you on that one, I was only referring to one other person which as i recall make's it "other's", if i was referring to more than one person then it would be others'

    Uh Oh. Did you just give bluewolf a grammar lesson :eek:


    Oh and. Make's. Sorry. So so sorry.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 853 ✭✭✭toexpress


    I often used to shout and roar at my assistant looking for my glasses which would always turn up on top of my head


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    bluewolf wrote: »
    I think i'm coming close to being in trouble here so i best leave it there :)

    Ah no... please go on :D


  • Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Jayce Puny Maze


    Uh Oh. Did you just give bluewolf a grammar lesson :eek:


    Oh and. Make's. Sorry. So so sorry.

    he tryin' to school me yo?? oh no he didn'?!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,959 ✭✭✭Jesus Shaves


    Uh Oh. Did you just give bluewolf a grammar lesson :eek:


    Oh and. Make's. Sorry. So so sorry.

    Balls!


  • Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I read here or was told by someone that their mother kept forgetting if she had plugged out the iron so she started singing a particular song every time she plugged it out. That way, though she didn't remember unplugging the iron, she remembered singing the song!

    Is that the kind of thing you're talking about OP?

    :D


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  • Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,917 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    *thread-steals*

    Does poetic genius count? :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,959 ✭✭✭Jesus Shaves


    bluewolf wrote: »
    he tryin' to school me yo?? oh no he didn'?!

    In Yo Face person of Authoritaaaaai


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭Sinfonia


    Using my superior intellect, I understood the OP.
    Therfor I are an hiden genus.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8 Noah and Ebony


    Hair Styling


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭leggo


    I read here or was told by someone that their mother kept forgetting if she had plugged out the iron so she started singing a particular song every time she plugged it out. That way, though she didn't remember unplugging the iron, she remembered singing the song!

    Is that the kind of thing you're talking about OP?

    :D

    Finally someone gets it!


  • Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    leggo wrote: »
    Finally someone gets it!

    \o/

    I are genius :D


  • Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Jayce Puny Maze


    I read here or was told by someone that their mother kept forgetting if she had plugged out the iron so she started singing a particular song every time she plugged it out. That way, though she didn't remember unplugging the iron, she remembered singing the song!

    Is that the kind of thing you're talking about OP?

    :D

    I have to admit I need to do the same sometimes - saying "right, I've locked the car", or "I am closing the front door right now" - saves the later "did I or didn't I?" :o


  • Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    bluewolf wrote: »
    I have to admit I need to do the same sometimes - saying "right, I've locked the car", or "I am closing the front door right now" - saves the later "did I or didn't I?" :o

    I do it too :(

    I talk to myself an awful lot :o


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭davet82


    you should have explained it easier for us of an average IQ OP, it would have been a good thread otherwise :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭leggo


    bluewolf wrote: »
    [I have to admit I need to do the same sometimes - saying "right, I've locked the car", or "I am closing the front door right now" - saves the later "did I or didn't I?" :o

    That's useful though. Mere mortal runs down in the dead of night in their boxers to check, you sleep easy. You win that round of the game of life.


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