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Why are people with intellectual interests looked down on?

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Because people are generally ignorant with such ends, that or the social group you're used to is, however there are plenty of people who hold merit in intellectual pursuits and intellect itself.

Reply 41

Gardocki

Reading social science books is a weird interest to have to be fair. I'd say weird more than intellectual anyway.

Reply 42

rajandkwameali

Gardocki

Reading social science books is a weird interest to have to be fair. I'd say weird more than intellectual anyway.

and i am judgmental? :s-smilie:

Reply 43

Gardocki

rajandkwameali

and i am judgmental? :s-smilie:

Everyone is judgmental. I'm sorry but even as someone who chose to study that reading those books and considering it an interest is bizzare.

Reply 44

theBOON

Who do you consider so important to acknowledge/care about them looking down at your interests?

Reply 45

rajandkwameali

Of course everybody is judgmental. The double standard you (collectively) put forward just seems odd.

Reply 46

rajandkwameali

theBOON

Who do you consider so important to acknowledge/care about them looking down at your interests?

Nobody, since people have to earn admiration. Everything in life is earnt.

Reply 47

Justbuildingmydam

Kreuzuerk

They're shorter.

Reply 48

infernalcradle

flugestuge

You are a pseudo-intellectual douche bag rather than an intellectual.
You are inarticulate and completely unable to provide any evidence of intellect.
Your failure to capitalise correctly does not help either.

I learnt what douchebag means today....

apparantly a douche is used for washing a vagina....so you are calling him as bag which washes a vagina....

I LIKE :eek3:

Reply 49

Gardocki

Q: Why are people with rubbish interests looked down on?
A: Because their interests are rubbish.

Reply 50

Chrosson

rajandkwameali

It's common sense, by not worrying what other people do.

How the hell is that common sense? What do you mean by healthy?

rajandkwameali

Nobody, since people have to earn admiration. Everything in life is earnt.

Innocence is not earned, only lost.

Reply 51

GodspeedGehenna

Don't bother trying to debate with OP. Blatant personality disorder.

Reply 52

Retrospect

fox_the_fix

I've never been looked down on.
People just find it funny that I would sit on a bus reading Leviathan or some other abstract book :eek:

However I never really talk about my schooling. If someone asks me what I study I usually just say drama/history/media or something of the sort as people look flabbergasted when I say 8 A levels lol.

8 A Levels? :eek:

In all seriousness; that's amazing. What subjects?

Reply 53

rajandkwameali

Chrosson

How the hell is that common sense? What do you mean by healthy?

psychologically healthy.

Innocence is not earned, only lost.

According to whom?

Reply 54

rajandkwameali

aeterno

The main reason people would look down on those with intellectual interests would be because of jealousy.
Much like why you look down on those with 'common and shallow' interests; your jealousy lies in being 'socially inept', for lack of a better term.

Common and shallow interests are not my thing, why is that wrong?

However, considering you seem like the kind of person who likes to think he is 'intellectual' - it's not jealousy. It's just relatively normal to despise the arrogant.

i am not jealous of anybody. Healthy people never are.

Reply 55

josh_a_y

Depends what you mean by "intellectual interests", would be better if you rephrase the thread to "geeky interests", then I might know what you mean :wink: