Know-It-Alls

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  • If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    eyedclaar wrote:
    Just when I think you could (with a lot of training) pose the slightest intellectual challenge, you insult Kurt Vonnegut. I now see the kind of numbskullery I'm dealing with. This could be the amusing, or profound, or even provocatve side of me speaking, but I'll move on in hopes of finding fair game.
    That was rude.
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  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    TrixieCat wrote:
    That was rude.

    Your overseas crush started with the insults, I was merely playing along.
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  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    eyedclaar wrote:
    Your overseas crush started with the insults, I was merely playing along.
    I think you should say you are sorry. :o
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    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    TrixieCat wrote:
    I think you should say you are sorry. :o


    Trix, you know I love ya and everything, but I rarely apologize to anyone except my wife.
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  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    eyedclaar wrote:
    So, nobody likes 83% of the people who post around here, yourself included?

    Well, now that I think about it... you're probably right.


    Actually....I thought you started it ^ whatever. You are obviously one of said smart arses, and comfortable with it, I'll be happy for you to move on.
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Relax guys!
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  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    jamie uk wrote:
    Actually....I thought you started it ^ whatever. You are obviously one of said smart arses, and comfortable with it, I'll be happy for you to move on.

    If that little joke is what set you off, you are a sensitive soul indeed. Yes, I am a smart ass and have no problems admitting it. I've seen lots of smart ass posts from you as well which I thought were smart and funny. So, I'm sorry for once thinking you were smart and funny. I won't make that mistake again.
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  • smg9779smg9779 Posts: 235
    I am *SO* not a fan. :rolleyes:

    At least you don't live with one like I do.
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  • I must bump this thread..
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  • angie76angie76 Posts: 646
    I work with a know-it-all...man it's annoying.
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  • angie76 wrote:
    I work with a know-it-all...man it's annoying.

    It seriously irritates me more than anything else!!! I consider myself an intelligent person but I feel like that when know-it-alls start spewing stats all over they're being condescending and patronizing.
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  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    I must bump this thread..
    I am glad you did
    I had no idea it had taken such a weird turn to it!!! ;)
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  • Lizard wrote:
    I am glad you did
    I had no idea it had taken such a weird turn to it!!! ;)

    When things get off track like that, I tend to stop reading. But I was sufficiently annoyed by a know-it-all this morning and felt the need to bump this thread. (Many of you know exactly why)
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  • I know a few of these. Sometimes I'm scared I might BE one :o However, I rarely comment on issues unless I do actually KNOW something worthwhile about it.
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  • angie76angie76 Posts: 646
    It seriously irritates me more than anything else!!! I consider myself an intelligent person but I feel like that when know-it-alls start spewing stats all over they're being condescending and patronizing.

    oh it is so irritating...I share a cubicle with this person who is always condescending and patronizing. I will be talking to another employee and she will chime in with some remark that contradicts what I say or to make herself look smart. :mad:
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  • angie76 wrote:
    oh it is so irritating...I share a cubicle with this person who is always condescending and patronizing. I will be talking to another employee and she will chime in with some remark that contradicts what I say or to make herself look smart. :mad:

    EXACTLY!! They do it to make themselves feel better, I'm guessing for the most part they have self esteem issues and need to compensate.
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  • And, I've noticed, they are usually so self-absorbed they have no idea that they're acting as such. If you try to talk to a friend about their incredible need to spew stats, they don't "get it".
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  • angie76angie76 Posts: 646
    EXACTLY!! They do it to make themselves feel better, I'm guessing for the most part they have self esteem issues and need to compensate.

    Yeah, Im guessing that's the case with this person. So I just humor her. :p
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  • angie76 wrote:
    Yeah, Im guessing that's the case with this person. So I just humor her. :p

    It's truly all you can do! :) (And then vent about it here!!) :D
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  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
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    you know why...
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  • I need to vent too by sharing some awful stories of know-it-alls that I worked with a long time ago:

    1. This one lady was the type that no matter what you said, she had something to add to it. You cant just say one thing to a know it all cause it turns into a big annoying conversation. You learn to just not talk to them.

    2. Lack of social skills k.i.a.: "My dog got hit by a car and died". No sorry from the k.i.a. "Well, that is a common way for dogs to die" or "My wife lost her job after 20 years at the same bank"
    k.i.a.:"Thats a dangerous job to have right now, turnover is at an all time high for the banking sector"

    3. Lack of empathy k.i.a: "His dumb ass shouldnt have been at a bar and he wouldnt have gotten shot" or "If she had a decent car she wouldnt have gotten hurt so badly in that accident"

    4. If I were u k.i.a: "If i were u I wouldnt have done that...." or "I would have never let that happen"

    I could go on and on, KIA's are probably my biggest pet peeve.
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  • I don't think know it alls should be confused with condescending patronising fuckheads! I know people who THINK they know it all and will condescend and patronise until you PROVE they're wrong and then you feel like a shit for making them small. My brother, on the other hand, actually KNOWS it all. But he's not in the least condescending or patronising. If you ask him anything, he knows the answer... but if you argue it in a 'know it all' kinda way, he'll just say 'ok'. He just knows it but doesn't make you feel stupid for not knowing the answer. I can't wait til he comes over for our pub quiz :D he'll get excited for the 'history' or 'science and nature' rounds that bores the fuck out of everyone else :D we came 5th again tonight :rolleyes: but we're at least 2nd in the league :)
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  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    I don't think know it alls should be confused with condescending patronising fuckheads! I know people who THINK they know it all and will condescend and patronise until you PROVE they're wrong and then you feel like a shit for making them small. My brother, on the other hand, actually KNOWS it all. But he's not in the least condescending or patronising. If you ask him anything, he knows the answer... but if you argue it in a 'know it all' kinda way, he'll just say 'ok'. He just knows it but doesn't make you feel stupid for not knowing the answer. I can't wait til he comes over for our pub quiz :D he'll get excited for the 'history' or 'science and nature' rounds that bores the fuck out of everyone else :D we came 5th again tonight :rolleyes: but we're at least 2nd in the league :)
    People that are simply intelligent and knowledgable are great! My mom is one of those types...she is wise and always gives excellent advice.

    What annoys the FUCK out of me is people who drown you with useless stats (etc) that seems to be for sole purpose of making them feel better about themselves. I have noticed know-it-alls suffer from low self-esteem. It's like by talking about all they know (patronizingly) proves to themselves that they are intelligent and worthy.

    They also seem to be totally and completely self-absorbed.
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  • The situation that my family is going threw we are dealing with a ''know it all''. And that person that thinks they know it all happens to be my sister. I have kept my mouth shut but I'm so close to saying something to her. My other sister refuses to talk to her alone. And her husband feels the same way I do. Isn't family just grand? lol
  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    The situation that my family is going threw we are dealing with a ''know it all''. And that person that thinks they know it all happens to be my sister. I have kept my mouth shut but I'm so close to saying something to her. My other sister refuses to talk to her alone. And her husband feels the same way I do. Isn't family just grand? lol
    Yeah, family sucks. My aunt is like that when it comes to my grandparents' health problems. Maybe if you calmly sat her down and told her how you felt??
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  • People that are simply intelligent and knowledgable are great! My mom is one of those types...she is wise and always gives excellent advice.

    What annoys the FUCK out of me is people who drown you with useless stats (etc) that seems to be for sole purpose of making them feel better about themselves. I have noticed know-it-alls suffer from low self-esteem. It's like by talking about all they know (patronizingly) proves to themselves that they are intelligent and worthy.

    They also seem to be totally and completely self-absorbed.
    People like that don't bother me... cos they actually know fuck all. I actually let them talk and inwardly feel sorry for them :) a few years ago, I wouldn't have been able to do that... but it's so much easier to not give a fuck or let people bother ya. Everyone has their bad points... if it wasn't that, it'd be something else!
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Yeah, family sucks. My aunt is like that when it comes to my grandparents' health problems. Maybe if you calmly sat her down and told her how you felt??

    My sister Lynn is like a bomb. You say the wrong thing to her she blows up. Always has and always will be.

    We are having a sit down with the doctors on Thursday. She has already said she doesn't need to ask any questions. Good I hope she shuts the hell up. But I know she wont.
  • My sister Lynn is like a bomb. You say the wrong thing to her she blows up. Always has and always will be.

    We are having a sit down with the doctors on Thursday. She has already said she doesn't need to ask any questions. Good I hope she shuts the hell up. But I know she wont.
    People like that... you're just gonna have to wait til they learn their lesson. I've known a few and eventually they usually DO learn... but there's nothing you can do but learn to get around them :(
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • People like that... you're just gonna have to wait til they learn their lesson. I've known a few and eventually they usually DO learn... but there's nothing you can do but learn to get around them :(

    I know Helen my sister will one day learn her lesson.

    But I see myself cutting her out of my life if she keeps this shit up. In yrs to come when my folks have passed on. Sad and as bad as that sounds. I've just had enough of her. The only reason I put up with it now is because I don't wanna upset my mom.
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