…you are utterly, utterly bored?

Rant of course!! I must find a reason to rant first, however, I’m not sure what it would be.

Maybe my I’m-tired-of-being-attacked-because-of-my-intellect rant will be alright for this occasion. I haven’t used it in some time.

And I am, you know. Tired of being attacked because of my intellect. If you have the correct answer to something and you just so happen to answer the question more than once than someone looks at you as if you’re a genius or as if you are a cretin that should be stepped on. It’s not like I’m the only one who knows the answer! Every one else can make something up or raise their hand (or whatever they do) and answer the question themselves! Gah! Why don’t they? Because they actually want to look unintelligent. Why is intelligence something to view with contempt in the first place? Why would you want to look like a twit? I like looking smart, thank you very much, so things like, “Oh Athena, you’re so smart” is not actually an insult to me! Why should it be?

This is an intellectual hierarchy that we live in and in the knowledge equals power world, the more intelligent you are the more powerful you can become. What’s so wrong in that? It’s nice! It’s a good thing that we measure the worth of man (as in human) through skill as opposed to some random nonsense now. So why is my generation so intent on dumbing themselves down? Is it some weird inferiority complex? How can people be so…idiotic?