Playing the Dumb Card
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Minkey Boodle
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That just seems too, well....dumb to me. I don't see the point.
Rambling Rose
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*giggle*
Black_Bird
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Not only women play the dumb card, lav; I deal those bad boys out to my superiors whenever I can. I wouldn't, however, use it in a non-professional setting. There's no reason to.
horny_giraffe
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Actually, I play dumb--a lot.
I feel that people react better to me if they think I'm a regular guy. If I use too many big words, people tend to percieve me as hostile and distant. In addition, one really needs to communicate at a level that others can understand--so one could say that I often appear less intelligent because I don't want to confuse anyone with unfamiliar concepts.
The Marines has a pretty strong anti-intellectual element in its culture, so I quickly learned to dumb down to make myself less threatening and/or geeky.
In my current mileau (college crowd) I find myself being "taught" things that I already know by some women, because I wish to encourage them to display some intelligence.
Actually, I'm finding that I tend to gravitate towards people who are smarter than I am. I'd consider myself a Beta who prefers to hang out with Alphas--to use the parlance of Brave New World.
So when I find myself talking to the equivalent of Deltas, I find myself throwing in caveats like "I heard that..." before information that I actually know quite well, and saying things like "I found out an interesting word that means..." as if I just recently discovered this stuff rather than knowing this stuff for years.
I feel that people react better to me if they think I'm a regular guy. If I use too many big words, people tend to percieve me as hostile and distant. In addition, one really needs to communicate at a level that others can understand--so one could say that I often appear less intelligent because I don't want to confuse anyone with unfamiliar concepts.
The Marines has a pretty strong anti-intellectual element in its culture, so I quickly learned to dumb down to make myself less threatening and/or geeky.
In my current mileau (college crowd) I find myself being "taught" things that I already know by some women, because I wish to encourage them to display some intelligence.
Actually, I'm finding that I tend to gravitate towards people who are smarter than I am. I'd consider myself a Beta who prefers to hang out with Alphas--to use the parlance of Brave New World.
So when I find myself talking to the equivalent of Deltas, I find myself throwing in caveats like "I heard that..." before information that I actually know quite well, and saying things like "I found out an interesting word that means..." as if I just recently discovered this stuff rather than knowing this stuff for years.
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Johnny Cool
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lavender said:
I dunno, dumb girls are so hot.
Cheyenne
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Azwed said:
I'd change that to some people don't like people that are smarter than they are- it scares them.
And I'll admit to having "dumbed down." Sometimes it makes things easier, some times it is for entertainment- mine. And sometimes it is just to not scare people, same as Azwed. In a relationship? Nope, won't do it.
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Sadly I noticed my step daughter started doing this. I asked her what made her do it and she said very simply "Boys dont like a know it all"
She was 8.
Needless to say I asked her if she thought I was smart, she said yes, I said well Daddy likes me and I am smart. So she does it a whole lot less now.
She was 8.
Needless to say I asked her if she thought I was smart, she said yes, I said well Daddy likes me and I am smart. So she does it a whole lot less now.
bknight2602
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Kitte said:
LMAO Is that all it took? I should have tried that one my girls!
sexy-girl
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i think though that a lot of women/people come to literotica for different reasons ... sometimes they don't want to debate politics or be deep about anything
does that mean they are dumbing themselves down ?
i also think that you won't find a man to admit that he likes women who dumb themselves down ... but im sure a lot of men would prefer women on here who are more flirty and don't get into the political debates
but again maybe thats because they come to literotica for flirty people not for political debates ... does that mean they like women that are dumb ? ... i dont know
does that mean they are dumbing themselves down ?
i also think that you won't find a man to admit that he likes women who dumb themselves down ... but im sure a lot of men would prefer women on here who are more flirty and don't get into the political debates
but again maybe thats because they come to literotica for flirty people not for political debates ... does that mean they like women that are dumb ? ... i dont know
JazzManJim
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I've dumbed myself down considerably socially. I've done it a time or tem most of my life.
The point is that someone who is intelligent and articulate about any number of issues isn't very welcome in most conversations. Hell, I've even done that here, just to stay vital in a conversation.
The point is that someone who is intelligent and articulate about any number of issues isn't very welcome in most conversations. Hell, I've even done that here, just to stay vital in a conversation.
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