The results of a poll on the ways people try to appear intelligent, from wearing glasses to talking opera.
I’ve got a new 11 Points Countdown episode today, posted a few hours later than usual but let’s blame that on… oh, I don’t know… health care?
This week’s topic is the 11 ways people try to appear that they’re smart. My co-host is making his first appearance on the show — his name is Danny Abrahms and he’s the creator of the web series Self Help.
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Here are the full results of the poll (highlight the first 11 to avoid spoilers)…
- Using unnecessary big words
- Correcting other people’s grammar mistakes
- Wearing glasses
- Having highbrow books on your bookshelf you’ve never read
- Listening to NPR
- Exaggerating academic achievements
- Bragging about not owning a TV
- Staring at modern art as if they’re interpreting it
- Going to the opera
- Exaggerating their job status/role
- Chiming in on current events on social media
- Pretending to know a foreign language
- Criticizing religion
- Joining MENSA
- Bragging about wine knowledge
- Going to the symphony
- Researching famous quotes to drop in coversation
- Quick current events research before parties
- Smoking a pipe
- Pretending to hate popular movies
