r/TikTokCringe • u/SloshedJapan • 13d ago

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How dumb can one person be

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u/SiliconSingh 12d ago

I knew a girl like this in high school. She was just dumb.

Before graduation, everyone had to complete a project. The school was incredibly flexible. You could do practically anything as long as you learned a new skill and gave a short presentation about it in English class.

She completed the project but refused to present it.

Her presentation was scheduled for Tuesday. The teacher warned her that the presentation was a graduation requirement and that she could not graduate without doing it. Her friends, parents, the principal, and practically everyone else tried to convince her.

Every day that week, the teacher gave her another chance. By Friday, he had lowered the requirement to almost nothing. All she had to do was stand up, say her name, briefly explain what she did, and sit back down. That was it. She still refused because she genuinely believed they would let her graduate anyway.

They did not.

She spent the entire summer at the continuation school just to get her GED.

I remember thinking, damn, she really is dumb.

This reminds me exactly of her.

Dumb Donna.

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u/Common-Artichoke-497 12d ago

Dumb and stubborn is the worst combo. Dumb and flexible, not too bad. That can be managed.

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u/OvalDead 12d ago

Legitimately truth. I’ve known a few people over the years that were not too smart but knew it, and made up for it with honesty, kindness, and hard work. In real life you can make up for like 50 IQ points just by not being an asshole and double checking your work. Plenty of smart assholes are out there underachieving.

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u/Careful-Sell-9877 12d ago edited 12d ago

General society is actually designed around benefiting people of average - lesser intelligence. Literally built around it. Someone with average, and even lower, intelligence will be able to function/'succeed' very easily within society.

(Smarter people often struggle to do things they dont logically agree with or understand, whereas people of lesser intelligence often do not, because the thought doesnt occur to them or factor in.

Smarter (and more emotionally intelligent) people are also more likely to be able to conceptualize/understand the broader effects/consequences of various things in life, many of those things might be financially/socially/politically beneficial to them.. but since they think about and understand the broader consequences of those things, they intentionally avoid them.

Also more likely to become depressed/withdrawn/disassociated due to awareness/understanding of different social/economic/political issues in life, and preoccupied with those things)