Do insults really work on intelligent people?

Do anyone with a high IQ allow them selfs to be insulted? Swear words aren't insults nor are animal and sexual related things :)

Nah - you just have to be a stone-cold mofo. Like, able to kill a man in cold blood and not feel a thing. Feels good, man.

Just insult their intelligence it works every time.

Nah - you just have to be a stone-cold mofo. Like, able to kill a man in cold blood and not feel a thing. Feels good, man.

coolbeans90

That sounds soooo badass. (:

Nah - you just have to be a stone-cold mofo. Like, able to kill a man in cold blood and not feel a thing. Feels good, man.

coolbeans90

It depends on the insult. Calling a straight person a f****t isn't going to upset him at all. He would probably get mad at you for trying to insult him but the actual insult won't do anything.

Insults have to be personal to be insulting.

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Nah - you just have to be a stone-cold mofo. Like, able to kill a man in cold blood and not feel a thing. Feels good, man.

Hallenbeck77

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Nah - you just have to be a stone-cold mofo. Like, able to kill a man in cold blood and not feel a thing. Feels good, man.

Hallenbeck77

Somewhat. Like, you could pretend that insults don't bother you in front of other people and maybe even ignore people calling you names while you walk away.

Um, wut?

trust me, there is always a soft spot you can land a blow on.

That's more of an emotional endeavor than one of intellect.

I work with this actuary who is one of the smartest fellows I know, yet he has the emotional capacity of a ten year old.

That's more of an emotional endeavor than one of intellect.

I work with this actuary who is one of the smartest fellows I know, yet he has the emotional capacity of a ten year old.

cybrcatter

I am sure he enjoys working with you.

On the contrary, I think intelligent people might be more inclined to dwell on and overthink some insults that hit particularly close to the bone, whereas insults more often then not roll off of the uncouth like water from a duck's back.

I read it's mostly to do with having some level of perception and empathy and an intelligent, liberal minded person may well have access to such feelings, whereas a unread narrow-minded person is apparently less likely to. However to think that an individual's specific reaction to an insult really has anything to do with said individual's level of intelligence whatsoever is laughable in my humble opinion.

Its not about intelligence, its more about emotions. I can't remember the last time someone successfully insulted me.

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That's more of an emotional endeavor than one of intellect.

I work with this actuary who is one of the smartest fellows I know, yet he has the emotional capacity of a ten year old.

coolbeans90

I am sure he enjoys working with you.

It's true. I never feel insulted!

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Nah - you just have to be a stone-cold mofo. Like, able to kill a man in cold blood and not feel a thing. Feels good, man.

Hallenbeck77

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Nah - you just have to be a stone-cold mofo. Like, able to kill a man in cold blood and not feel a thing. Feels good, man.

biohaznerd

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Nah - you just have to be a stone-cold mofo. Like, able to kill a man in cold blood and not feel a thing. Feels good, man.

biohaznerd

Intelligence has zero to do with how they handle insults. I know a few smart people who get really worked up when someone tries pushing their buttons.

I think it has more to do with temper than intelligence.

I often find that no rebuttal is the best insult of all. However, a quick and witty response to shut an insulting person down is fun now and again.

I, however, don't think I have above normal intelligence (as most people do), I just make the choice to use the intelligence I do have.

[QUOTE="biohaznerd"][QUOTE="Hallenbeck77"] Don't know if I'm that stone cold, but I have used a toilet of someone who was a jerk, and never flushed it...does that count?Hallenbeck77

Obviously the basic answer is, "it depends", but I'm rather curious about just what it means for an insult to "work". Does it mean that the insult incites anger? Does it mean that the insult causes a feeling of shame or embarresment?

If anything, they work better on them.

If anything, they work better on them.

sonicare

srs answer: purely anecdotal, but in my experience, both in reality and on the internet, it is almost always easier to visibly anger less intelligent people than more intelligent people. Might not be a causal relationship, though.

EDIT: I imagine that it's easier for more intelligent people to know whether an insult is unfounded or not, perhaps making it easier for them to ignore.

Nah - you just have to be a stone-cold mofo. Like, able to kill a man in cold blood and not feel a thing. Feels good, man.

coolbeans90

You don't go far enough. You should also kill his entire family and burn his house to the ground.

It's easy to insult smart people. You troll them with things that don't make sense and then act like you're beating them. Even if they have a good comeback you just look back at them with a stupid grin and say something even more preposterous. When they get mad you laugh over the top of anything they have to say.

It's easy to insult smart people. You troll them with things that don't make sense and then act like you're beating them. Even if they have a good comeback you just look back at them with a stupid grin and say something even more preposterous. When they get mad you laugh over the top of anything they have to say.

cheese_game619

Real life trolls. You have to avoid them at all costs!

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Nah - you just have to be a stone-cold mofo. Like, able to kill a man in cold blood and not feel a thing. Feels good, man.

Tangmashi

You don't go far enough. You should also kill his entire family and burn his house to the ground.

That's it? No breaking their limbs and stringing wire through the wounds to make them living puppets?

Or you can be a really stupid person and not understand the insult. Either or.

It's easy to insult smart people. You troll them with things that don't make sense and then act like you're beating them. Even if they have a good comeback you just look back at them with a stupid grin and say something even more preposterous. When they get mad you laugh over the top of anything they have to say.

cheese_game619

Of course. Everyone has a soft spot, something they are weak at or take pride in. If you insult that...you can offend even the most intelligent people.MgamerBD

[QUOTE="MgamerBD"]Of course. Everyone has a soft spot, something they are weak at or take pride in. If you insult that...you can offend even the most intelligent people.Frame_Dragger