Overly educated people....

[mrsmaalox]

Maybe if the overly-educated people got bloviated more, they would loosen up a little. Then nobody would feel dumb any more!

True, true

[resistanze]

Don't be mad, UPS is hiring.

[CuckingFunt]

Is that possible? It seems to be an epidemic around the time most people are in their mid 20's. Something I can admit I was guilty of.

I always found that annoying as . Someone graduates, is undergrad or in grad school and suddenly every email/blog is written with a thesaurus.com window obviously open. They're wine experts, animal lovers, and claim to not watch moe than 4 hours of television a week.

Just venting after running into some philosophy snobs at the bar.

I much prefer real 'murricans.

[Duff McCartney]

There's no such thing as over-educated. However, as evidenced by this thread, there is such a thing as uneducated.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

prime example of said 22 year old know-it-alls.

Perfect example of ing tool who doesn't know his arse from his elbow.

I'm not 22, and there is nothing wrong with education. Just because you have an education doesn't mean you're a pretentious wit.

[Oh, Gee!!]

Just venting after running into some philosophy snobs at the bar.

put 'em on ignore. that's what I do.

[MiamiHeat]

Perfect example of ing tool who doesn't know his arse from his elbow.

I'm not 22, and there is nothing wrong with education. Just because you have an education doesn't mean you're a pretentious wit.

I rest my case. know-it-all

[CharlieMac]

There's no such thing as over-educated. However, as evidenced by this thread, there is such a thing as uneducated.

Yeah, I had one of you guys try to correct how I speak at Highlanders. I mentioned that he sounded ridiculous throwing out the big words. He asked how many hours of college I had. I asked if he taught english too.

CharlieMac - 1
The 22 year old dude with the tight pants and a sports coat - 0

All I'm saying is tone it down kids. Tone it down.

[InRareForm]

Get buff and talk , and education won't matter anymore in the bar.

Like others have said, nothing wrong with being smart, it is just the way you carry yourself ex. being a flatlining pretentious asshole is what pisses me off with some people.

[Smackie Chan]

There's no such thing as over-educated. However, as evidenced by this thread, there is such a thing as uneducated.

[baseline bum]

Yeah, I had one of you guys try to correct how I speak at Highlanders. I mentioned that he sounded ridiculous throwing out the big words. He asked how many hours of college I had. I asked if he taught english too.

CharlieMac - 1
The 22 year old dude with the tight pants and a sports coat - 0

All I'm saying is tone it down kids. Tone it down.

Next time someone tells you how to "correctly" speak, tell him language isn't defined by a ing textbook, and to take his ignorant ass to a linguistics class where he can be knocked off his high horse. BTW, ling is one of the most interesting and useful courses a science major can satisfy his humanities requirements with. Syntax and semantics are especially cool for someone who likes math/cs/engineering/etc.

[timvp]

I hate the people who artifice a thesaurus when they are writing and then end up using a word that doesn't make sense in the context . . .

[DANILO DRASKOVIC]

I hate White People





http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/

[CharlieMac]

I hate the people who artifice a thesaurus when they are writing and then end up using a word that doesn't make sense in the context . . .

Don't misunderestimate those people.

[exstatic]

The failure to distinguish between the highly educated person and the pretentious prick bought us 8 years of George W. Bush. His double dip administration was almost Ragnarok on educated individuals and the spring thaw for religious anti-education, stop the research idiots.

[mookie2001]

Uncle Vanya told us stories

[marini martini]

I'll take five dollar words for $1000.00, Alex!

[caribbean_spur]

Like others have stated, there is no such a thing as over-educated. And being pretentious is not limited to well educated people.

[Creepn]

Is he an example of an over-educated person?

[Winehole23]

Maybe if the overly-educated people got bloviated more, they would loosen up a little. Then nobody would feel dumb any more!

It's the reverse beer goggles effect. When Mr. Smarty Pants gets assholed at the bar he gets smarter and you get dumber. Alcohol gets the stubborn up. Combine this with disinhibition and drunken pride, and the bloviation can get unbearable with a quickness. I've been on both sides of this, and it sucks either way. Can't get no satisfaction. It's a fool's fight.

Alcohol may bring us all closer together, but consider this: you don't want to be that close to everybody.

[FreeMason]

[chreph]

I thought this thread was going to be about career-students. 28 year olds with 4 different BAs who still haven't left college to enter the real world (and I'm not talking about doctors lol). Their resumes look funny

[CuckingFunt]

I thought this thread was going to be about career-students. 28 year olds with 4 different BAs who still haven't left college to enter the real world (and I'm not talking about doctors lol). Their resumes look funny

I can understand the appeal. If I could afford to, I'd be a professional student in a heartbeat.

[Dr. Gonzo]

I hated college. I'm one semester into grad school and I hate that. Career students are bags.

[Cry Havoc]

I rest my case. know-it-all

You're an idiot.

And let me guess: You'd kick my ass, but your problem is that you'd have difficulty reading the street signs the right way to get to my house?