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Re:What impossible meant to Richard Feynman by watwut on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @12:07PM (#29394445)
People who barely finished high school routinely call each other "stupid" or "ridiculous" and it has nothing to do with them realizing any of your points. Many subcultures are rude or swear a lot or insult other a lot. This does not imply they call everything stupid because they are too humble while being aware of how intelligent they are. This just means that Caltech had using words like "stupid" normalized.

Frankly, this just shows that Caltech student can twist run-of-the-mill rude behavior into tale of their own greatness.

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Re:What impossible meant to Richard Feynman by slingnow on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @12:34PM (#29394846)
I finished high school and college, and my friends and I routinely communicate with each other in this way. I also never went to Caltech.

Any other odd blanket statements?

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Re:What impossible meant to Richard Feynman by watwut on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @02:02PM (#29407724)
That is my point. Nothing special about people using insulting language.

Only some groups, here including some Caltech students, then claim that it somehow shows how great, intelligent and secure in their intelligence they are. You really need to be full of yourself to conclude that saying "stupid" is somehow consequence of unique greatness.

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