Poll of the Day > Can intelligent people be bad or is it just us dummies?

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Every time there is a despicable human being they seem to be associated with stupidity.
I get that intelligence is considered virtuous but why are all bad people dumb?

I don't know about your question but this gimmick is pretty fucking bad

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I have a cousin who is book smart graduated from college with honors but in the real world he's an idiot.

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I give this account until the end of the day

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TheOkHornedRat posted...

I give this account until the end of the day

I thought it'd get banned after the first few shitty gimmick troll topics, but it seems so bulletproof it must be connected and you've got some posters -- although a few of them are people I'd suspect might be behind the account -- who have been buying into the shit, hook, line, and sinker.

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Far-Queue posted...

I don't know about your question but this gimmick is pretty fucking bad

its winters alt lol

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I really havent seen many intelligent people, so I have no idea.

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Intelligent people are way better at being evil than simple dumb dumbs

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Intellect/stupidity is completely independent of good/evil.
Both smart and dumb people can be evil, they just go about it in entirely different ways.

"Dumb Evil" types are by far the most immediately destructive and dangerous, but thankfully their own stupidity means they tend to come in roaring only to quickly flame out and go down with a pathetic wimper.
Examples: hitler, Donald Trump, Martin Shkreli ("pharma bro"), the "Afluenza" kid

"Smart evil" types are less damaging but also far more successful at their goals. They recognize the need to keep the extent of their evil hidden from the public and to possibly "throw them a bone" once in a while so there's no massive uprising against them as they work within the system to extract maximum profit. The thing is, it's tough to point out examples b/c the best "Smart evil" people know to avoid the limelight completely, not having a clue about who they are or what they're doing is kind of the whole point.
Examples: Any corporate or special interest lobbyist that no one knows the names of but basically write the bills and get everything they want. Congress and White House members themselves could be a more publicly known example. Yeah, everyone hates them, but few know just how much they abuse the system for their own benefit. Even then, the types like Ted Cruz don't really fall into this category b/c they're too grandstanding and dumb. It's more like these people...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/dec/05/obamacare-fowler-lobbyist-industry1

Anyone can be bad. That should be obvious...

BUMPED2002 posted...

I have a cousin who is book smart graduated from college with honors but in the real world he's an idiot.

Ive seen this quite often. Book smart people who have trouble with real world stuff...
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Smart people are bad in away no one notices or cares. I mean look at Bill Gates, dude got to where he is being a back stabbing prick. Steve Jobs, well is just a massive douche in every way.

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hypnox posted...

Smart people are bad in away no one notices or cares. I mean look at Bill Gates, dude got to where he is being a back stabbing prick. Steve Jobs, well is just a massive douche in every way.

Bill Gates has done a massive amount of net good for the world, you shouldnt disregard people just because you find out that they werent nice to everyone or they made some mistakes, which everyone does

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LinkPizza posted...

Ive seen this quite often. Book smart people who have trouble with real world stuff...

The thing about being book smart is you can do it in safety. Retaining facts and knowledge doesn't even require you to apply it.

Street smart people learn it through trial and error. You get beat up. You get scammed. You get robbed. You lose. You lose repeatedly.

A lot of the book smart bitches have mommy and daddy's money backing them so they never have to put their neck out on the line in their entire lives. They fall in line with the status quo and they live their scripted lame ass lives.

And they say it's because you're WHITE and it's your PRIVILEGE.

Any type of person you can think of can be "good" or "bad".

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smart-bad goes unnoticed. stupid-bad doesn't.

if you read a book many of them are about smart bad people

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