Comment Re:Hold your head high ! (Score 2) 684
I agree with every point here, and it's all gung-ho to say "to hell with the world!", but that makes acquiring and keeping friends quite difficult.
Never had your lines of conversation at parties shut down because 1/2 the people in the room didn't understand a word of it? "But how about that game last night! Right?!". Isn't this article essentially about the same thing?
They're not bullies in the "wedgie" sense of the word, but in the end your adult friends can also be "bullies" in more subtle ways, and then there's the spouses. You and Bob from work can relate about that interface design you're working on, but his wife is standing there bored to death because she has no clue what you're on about.
Yeah, that's right, as much as talk about the Lakers game may bore you, your droning on about NAS's has the same effect on other people. And they like it just as little as you do. Social situations require some give-and-take. I'm not surprised "bullies" start to feel alienated by people who insist on talking down to them. I'm even less surprised that smarter people react by adjusting. They *are* smart after all!