Originally Posted by no5no5
Originally Posted by Syler
After all, people tend to like people with whom they compare favorably.

I don't think that this is true. I think that people like people who feel that they compare favorably. You want to be around someone who appreciates and respects you. Other people are the same. If you don't appreciate and respect those around you, regardless of their relative intelligence level, of course they won't want to be your friend. If you do, they will, despite the fact that they may recognize that you are more intelligent.

Originally Posted by Syler
I have noticed that some are more accepting than others. But I don't fit in with them either.

You can't hope to fit in. But no one can, really. Everyone is different from the average person in one way or another. If fitting in is your goal, you are bound to be disappointed. Perhaps, instead, you should seek to be a valued and respected member of a diverse community of individuals.

That's why I am here. I need to find people similar to my self. I guess I also need to learn to be patient with people. I guess that a lifetime of being misunderstood and consequentially mistreated has made it difficult for me to deal with people who seldom understand what I say.

But it isn't just me. Often, I say something that people don't understand and they respond with ridicule. I can tell that they don't get what I'm saying or that maybe they do get it but resent the fact that it flies in the face of what they thought or believed. People don't like being wrong or having their ideas put down - they feel humiliated. They like to have their own ideas validated and they shun those who make them feel otherwise.

I guess maybe I should learn to filter what I talk about and just talk about certain things with my more intelligent friends.