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Re:For gifted children, being intelligent can have dark impl... by timwaagh on Friday February 12, 2016 @06:22AM (#11086515)
luckily not everyone who is smart is necessarily a wreck, but some are. i was too. still am but now i'm a more powerful wreck and some people actually need to listen me.
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Re:For gifted children, being intelligent can have dark impl... by IIAOPSW on Friday February 12, 2016 @07:21AM (#11086707)
Totally unrelated but I recognize you from /r/worldroleplay. Fancy seeing you here.
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Re:For gifted children, being intelligent can have dark impl... by selimthegrim on Friday February 12, 2016 @06:34AM (#11086558)
I know it's incredibly immature of me to applaud this, but this sounds like music to my ears too.
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Re:For gifted children, being intelligent can have dark impl... by qb45 on Friday February 12, 2016 @08:33AM (#11087000)
Sure, but you may want to keep an eye on situations when this attitude limits you.

Stubborn power freaks tend to be excessively self conscious when they know how others are going to react once they "finally" make some big mistake.

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Re:For gifted children, being intelligent can have dark impl... by erikbc on Friday February 12, 2016 @07:53AM (#11086833)
But, can you capitalize?
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