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exercise_in_futility
Joined: 11 May 2009
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 Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:24 pm Post subject: How to trick people into thinking you are smart? |
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I'll start things off:
1. Wear glasses.
2. Scream out all the answers during Jeopardy... the one you saw earlier on a rerun.
3. Look smug, wear a tweed suit with leather elbow patches, cross your legs and smoke an obnoxious pipe.
4. ?? |
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exercise_in_futility
Joined: 11 May 2009
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:42 pm Post subject: Re: How to trick people into thinking you are smart? |
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| exercise_in_futility wrote: |
I'll start things off:
1. Wear glasses.
2. Scream out all the answers during Jeopardy... the one you saw earlier on a rerun.
3. Look smug, wear a tweed suit with leather elbow patches, cross your legs and smoke an obnoxious pipe.
4. ?? |
what you people are just naturally smart or something, c'mon!
4. Go to an anonymous message board like Daves and throw words like "sophomoric" and "germane" around... also "normative".
5. Change your name to Mordecai or Saruman. Wear a wizard hat everywhere. |
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Rory_Calhoun27
Joined: 14 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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just remember though, Disco Stu dont need to advertise....  |
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Senior
Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Haha, definitely know a lot of trivia. people are really impressed by that for some reason. |
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Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:05 pm Post subject: Re: How to trick people into thinking you are smart? |
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| exercise_in_futility wrote: |
| 4. Go to an anonymous message board like Daves and throw words like "sophomoric" and "germane" around... also "normative". |
These are totally normal, every day words. I don't think they're likely to impress anyone. |
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Senior
Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:06 pm Post subject: Re: How to trick people into thinking you are smart? |
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| Fox wrote: |
| exercise_in_futility wrote: |
| 4. Go to an anonymous message board like Daves and throw words like "sophomoric" and "germane" around... also "normative". |
These are totally normal, every day words. I don't think they're likely to impress anyone. |
They sound more like hipster music review words, to me. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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Quote Something- The Simpsons, The Big Lebowski, Shakespeare, The Bible, Poetry, etc.
Throw in references to history using phrases like - "When Person X was facing Situation Y in year Z he did/spoke N" or "Are you familiar with the work of Q" or "In his work A, Author B went on to detail act C"
Speak with a vaguely British accent.
Top Hat, Cane, Monocle, Bow Tie, Fancy Pens, Pocket Watches, Silk Handkerchiefs, Lapel Pins, Cufflinks, Leather/White Cotton Gloves
Hand-write long-winded 19th century style letters to people. In cursive. With your long S written in that old style that looks like an 'f'.
Let the more opinionated people babble during a conversation and then interject with some wise-sounding point 15 minutes into it after a long silence.
Use a typewriter/sliderule or any other piece of analog technology. Take notes in shorthand. Be intimately acquainted with practices and technology of the 1860s-1950s
Eat and Drink Slowly
Use U (Upper Class) English
Use as much Latin, Ancient Greek, and French as possible
Stare silently and thoughtfully in deep contemplation at nothing for a long time.
Profess ignorance at anything relating to pop/mass culture in the last 10 years
Sweater Vests, Cardigans, 3 piece suits
Be well-manicured |
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Senior
Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Steelrails wrote: |
Quote Something- The Simpsons, The Big Lebowski, Shakespeare, The Bible, Poetry, etc.
Throw in references to history using phrases like - "When Person X was facing Situation Y in year Z he did/spoke N" or "Are you familiar with the work of Q" or "In his work A, Author B went on to detail act C"
Speak with a vaguely British accent.
Top Hat, Cane, Monocle, Bow Tie, Fancy Pens, Pocket Watches, Silk Handkerchiefs, Lapel Pins, Cufflinks, Leather/White Cotton Gloves
Hand-write long-winded 19th century style letters to people. In cursive. With your long S written in that old style that looks like an 'f'.
Let the more opinionated people babble during a conversation and then interject with some wise-sounding point 15 minutes into it after a long silence.
Use a typewriter/sliderule or any other piece of analog technology. Take notes in shorthand. Be intimately acquainted with practices and technology of the 1860s-1950s
Eat and Drink Slowly
Use U (Upper Class) English
Use as much Latin, Ancient Greek, and French as possible
Stare silently and thoughtfully in deep contemplation at nothing for a long time.
Profess ignorance at anything relating to pop/mass culture in the last 10 years
Sweater Vests, Cardigans, 3 piece suits
Be well-manicured |
This guy just sounds plain awesome. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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| I should add Play Bridge/Backgammon/Cribbage/Whist/Baccarat |
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exercise_in_futility
Joined: 11 May 2009
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Steelrails wrote: |
Quote Something- The Simpsons, The Big Lebowski, Shakespeare, The Bible, Poetry, etc.
Throw in references to history using phrases like - "When Person X was facing Situation Y in year Z he did/spoke N" or "Are you familiar with the work of Q" or "In his work A, Author B went on to detail act C"
Speak with a vaguely British accent.
Top Hat, Cane, Monocle, Bow Tie, Fancy Pens, Pocket Watches, Silk Handkerchiefs, Lapel Pins, Cufflinks, Leather/White Cotton Gloves
Hand-write long-winded 19th century style letters to people. In cursive. With your long S written in that old style that looks like an 'f'.
Let the more opinionated people babble during a conversation and then interject with some wise-sounding point 15 minutes into it after a long silence.
Use a typewriter/sliderule or any other piece of analog technology. Take notes in shorthand. Be intimately acquainted with practices and technology of the 1860s-1950s
Eat and Drink Slowly
Use U (Upper Class) English
Use as much Latin, Ancient Greek, and French as possible
Stare silently and thoughtfully in deep contemplation at nothing for a long time.
Profess ignorance at anything relating to pop/mass culture in the last 10 years
Sweater Vests, Cardigans, 3 piece suits
Be well-manicured |
this guys got the right idea! |
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exercise_in_futility
Joined: 11 May 2009
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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Make an obscure reference to some high-falutin book that nobody has read and present premises that appear in such book as your own.
Warning: Do not do the above when trying to steal girlfriend from Matt Damon |
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exercise_in_futility
Joined: 11 May 2009
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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| use words like "high falutin" a lot |
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Kestav
Joined: 14 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:07 am Post subject: |
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| I like the Hodgman approach of making things up. |
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Senior
Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:14 am Post subject: |
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| Kestav wrote: |
| I like the Hodgman approach of making things up. |
Global Warming: Solved.
Energy Crisis: Averted.
Super Viruses. Cured.
Sasquatches: Captured.
"You're Welcome." |
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Michael_75
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:34 am Post subject: |
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"I don't suppose you've read Dostoevsky?"
Smart and a nobhead. Kill two birds with one stone. |
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