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Old 01-23-2009, 03:22 PM
 
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Do you tend to stay away from people who aren't the "sharpest knives in the drawer?"
The older I get, yes. I find the older I get the less tolerance I have for stupidity and ignorance. Although, I do like to help those that are dull, sharpen themselves up if I can. I think we all have something we can teach and we all have something we can learn, even from those that are not the sharpest.
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Old 01-24-2009, 12:30 PM
 
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Do you tend to stay away from people who aren't the "sharpest knives in the drawer?"
you do if you're a snob
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Old 01-24-2009, 01:06 PM
 
Location: Northeast Pa
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I'm one of those dull knives, actually I'm more like a spork; that must explain why I have no friends.
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Old 01-24-2009, 01:33 PM
 
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Do you tend to stay away from people who aren't the "sharpest knives in the drawer?"
no but I stay away from snobs because they tend to be pompous, pedantic, and arrogant
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Old 01-24-2009, 01:37 PM
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Location: MA/NH
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Do you tend to stay away from people who aren't the "sharpest knives in the drawer?"
Haha! Yes!! Stupid people of lower IQ or lacking in commonsense really bother us, so we avoid them like the plague. We usually only have to deal with them in traffic.
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Old 01-24-2009, 01:43 PM
 
Location: In my skin
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The older I get, yes. I find the older I get the less tolerance I have for stupidity and ignorance. Although, I do like to help those that are dull, sharpen themselves up if I can. I think we all have something we can teach and we all have something we can learn, even from those that are not the sharpest.
Amen.
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Old 01-24-2009, 02:32 PM
 
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I'm only saying this because no one else has gone in this direction, but I was always the smartest kid in school so, if I only wanted to hang out with equals, I'd have had a lonely life. I choose my friends based on their values and integrity. One of my dearest friends has a below-average I.Q., spent her childhood in special education. I feel very fortunate to know her because she's a good person.
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Old 01-24-2009, 02:52 PM
 
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I choose my friends based on their values and integrity.
Thank you for this.
Your integrity is evident and appreciated.
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Old 01-24-2009, 03:49 PM
 
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Do you tend to stay away from people who aren't the "sharpest knives in the drawer?"
Yes.

But I should qualify that by saying that I apply that phrase only to those that are really pretty darn stupid.
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Old 01-24-2009, 05:10 PM
 
Location: Henderson, NV
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...Yeah.

But in the case of females; for some reason the hotter the girl is the more dumb I can tolerate. I have no idea why.
HAHA, that's exactly how I am. The amount of hotness is directly proportional to the amount of stupidity I can tolerate, and ironically the amount of hotness is often inversely proportional to intelligence lol, j/k

Yeah all of my friends for the most part are similarly driven, intelligent, etc. Of my closest friends, only 1 out of 5 is religious, and he's religious in a way I can tolerate. None of them really want kids, maybe 1 (religious guy), and all of them are reaching after success and fortune.
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