/blast from the radio past
Posted on 12/20/2024 11:00:41 AM PST by Rummyfan
It’s not easy being a super-genius. It’s a burden!
Sure, it’s fun to spend your Sunday afternoons rounding off infinity and memorizing Pi to the gazillionth decimal point, but being a super-genius is a frustrating experience: You’re never on the same wavelength as everyone else. You’ve gotta dumb down all your comments. And in the business world, you’re constantly being ordered around by dopes, dolts, and dunces.
You feel like Albert Einstein being bossed around by George the Animal Steele.
What’s even worse is when we super-geniuses are underpaid. Oh, my intellectually inferior friends: Hell hath no fury like a super-genius on minimum wage! The most jealous man on planet Earth is a super-genius who’s super-broke.
Now, imagine how awful it must be for a super-broke super-genius whose livelihood requires us to report on stupid people. (We call you folks “The Normies.”) We're constantly reminded of the social inequity: The Normies have all the money, all the industry, and all the power. (Plus all the friends, all the sex, and all the fun.)
It’s not fair!
So, we write about it. We might even toss in a witty literary allusion to Shakespeare. (Ha! And they said my English Lit degree wouldn’t pay off!) And maybe, through the power of my reporting — and my vastly superior intellect — I can help those uneducated, unwashed masses see the light.
‘Tis the plight of the mainstream journalist.
It’s for your own good, you see. You Normies can’t be trusted to make decisions on your own. (I mean, have you seen how you people dress? Ew.) Which is why we super-geniuses put our “thumbs on the scales” when reporting on the news: We’re the guiding light of wisdom, leading you dumbasses to the Promised Land.
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He's right about the burden of being a super-genius, though. I've found it tough to bear too.
I thought all progs were super-geniuses. Get them mad and they start throwing degrees around. Get educated! Use your words! Source! :)
Way smarter than you ain’t the half of it - remember, they’re much more caring than you, and infinitely more sophisticated.
George the animal Steele was a college professor in real life I believe.
High school teacher, not a college professor.
“He’s right about the burden of being a super-genius, though. I’ve found it tough to bear too.”
I let my super-genius certification lapse. The deductible for mental health insurance was too high.
“and infinitely more sophisticated.”
Well, to be honest, it wouldn’t take much with me.
The author should have signed this rant “Wile E. Coyote”.
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