http://www.cracked.com/article_19177_5-shocking-ways-you-overestimate-yourself.html
Just for kicks, read this then post how attractive/intelligent you are and why
Here's mine for example:
I am unabashed in my belief that i am above average attractive and above average intelligent. I understand that the rationale of both in text may come off as conceited, in general though i dont praise or demean myself, its all (at the best of my ability) based on empirical observation (as opposed to psychic observation i guess)
7-why attractive: good skin, very thin, good bone-structure. I am not voluptuous and look very young so i do have a semi-niche appeal in that, if you like well endowed peeps, im not it. But at the very least i believe i am of the threshold of attractiveness to appeal to most people (which for clarification, if you believe, statistically MOST-ie, people who do not have a very strict type- people will find you physically attractive, for me 7 is the beginning of that threshold)
8-why intelligent: did very in school, straight A's, been going to college since my sophomore year in high school (and i get doing well in school and being smart are not necessarily linked but it is a good indicator usually), felt hilariously smug (well smug mixed with a glowing sense of accomplishment a kid gets when they do something right) that id organically worked through a lot of things before officially learning them (in subjects ranging from math to philosophy)and in general have an overall excellent ability to put two and two together without very much information, and quickly to boot. I believe i am intelligent enough to grasp and formulate abstract ideas that are frequently more complicated than a good number of people can understand.
disclaimer: i understand that i could be talking out of my ass and doing exactly what the article says people do. But its interesting, will you go with what is "honest" (and may seem conceited or misrepresented) or say something that may be not quite as good as what you would've said had you read the article, perhaps to prove what a discerning individual you are.
so, escapist, keeping in mind our proclivity to overestimate ourselves, what do you think of you?
Just for kicks, read this then post how attractive/intelligent you are and why
Here's mine for example:
I am unabashed in my belief that i am above average attractive and above average intelligent. I understand that the rationale of both in text may come off as conceited, in general though i dont praise or demean myself, its all (at the best of my ability) based on empirical observation (as opposed to psychic observation i guess)
7-why attractive: good skin, very thin, good bone-structure. I am not voluptuous and look very young so i do have a semi-niche appeal in that, if you like well endowed peeps, im not it. But at the very least i believe i am of the threshold of attractiveness to appeal to most people (which for clarification, if you believe, statistically MOST-ie, people who do not have a very strict type- people will find you physically attractive, for me 7 is the beginning of that threshold)
8-why intelligent: did very in school, straight A's, been going to college since my sophomore year in high school (and i get doing well in school and being smart are not necessarily linked but it is a good indicator usually), felt hilariously smug (well smug mixed with a glowing sense of accomplishment a kid gets when they do something right) that id organically worked through a lot of things before officially learning them (in subjects ranging from math to philosophy)and in general have an overall excellent ability to put two and two together without very much information, and quickly to boot. I believe i am intelligent enough to grasp and formulate abstract ideas that are frequently more complicated than a good number of people can understand.
disclaimer: i understand that i could be talking out of my ass and doing exactly what the article says people do. But its interesting, will you go with what is "honest" (and may seem conceited or misrepresented) or say something that may be not quite as good as what you would've said had you read the article, perhaps to prove what a discerning individual you are.
so, escapist, keeping in mind our proclivity to overestimate ourselves, what do you think of you?