2011-04-04, 08:39 PM
Honestly, you're right, I'm stereotyping, and for that I'm sorry, but believe it or not my argument has merit to the discussion at hand, considering it's essentially the discussion at hand. Now before you get all uppity, no, I'm not saying certain stereotypical groups are always and only the socially inept ones, but considering the context of this conversation (read: thread appropriately titled "kid genius"), such examples have merit.
Side-bar: of all people I'm the last person you need to give a lesson to on stereotyping, considering I'm stereotyped every day of my life. Needless to say, it comes as quite the surprise to many stereotypers when I mention to them I have a world ranked Lv. 200 in an online video game.
Beyond myself, like I said in my first post which you're still attacking, I have a lot of brilliant, "kid genius" friends who are anything but the "nerd" stereotype. My only point with using the examples of a Nobel laureate and "nerdy braniacs" is to paint an exaggerated picture in one's mind so as to highlight the underlying issue of being socially unawares of one's surroundings. Anyone can be an arrogant prick in any context and in any field, provided they're trying to annoyingly flaunt their particular intellect in the matter in a manner that pisses others off. But again, the only reason I used the examples I did is because - wait for it - we're discussing socially "unacceptable" overachieving.
Side-bar: of all people I'm the last person you need to give a lesson to on stereotyping, considering I'm stereotyped every day of my life. Needless to say, it comes as quite the surprise to many stereotypers when I mention to them I have a world ranked Lv. 200 in an online video game.
Beyond myself, like I said in my first post which you're still attacking, I have a lot of brilliant, "kid genius" friends who are anything but the "nerd" stereotype. My only point with using the examples of a Nobel laureate and "nerdy braniacs" is to paint an exaggerated picture in one's mind so as to highlight the underlying issue of being socially unawares of one's surroundings. Anyone can be an arrogant prick in any context and in any field, provided they're trying to annoyingly flaunt their particular intellect in the matter in a manner that pisses others off. But again, the only reason I used the examples I did is because - wait for it - we're discussing socially "unacceptable" overachieving.