Nightmare Housemate

[Jewpacabra]

Here's the situation:
I moved in with my girlfriend and one of her mates about 6 months ago on a 12 month lease. Her friend is a ****. He's the sort of sneaky wanker that literally believes that he is the greatest, smartest and most enlightened creature to roam this earth. It is literally impossible to argue or reason with him, or even stop him when a rant gets going. And he is dumb. Not completely, but enough so that his rants are nonsensical, but he knows all and is right. And possibly the worst thing is that he believes himself to be both mine and my partner's mental superior. We are the backwards simpleton's he is slowly enlightening or some shit. And I don't think I'm that smart. But to have disparage and ignore all my ideas, opinions and thoughts simply because I am not him is more than I can bear. And it isn't just a case of my partner and I being to close to the situation, my own friends have begun avoiding the house simply because exposure to him fills them with the urge to maim
So, my problem is this:
If I tell him all of this, this "enlightened" man will resort to violence. Telling him all of this will probably shatter his ego, and make him violent.
How do I tell him he's a **** and get him out of my life without being killed?

 

[BloatedGuppy]

Believe it or not, dealing with annoying people is one of the things that teaches us patience and helps expand our world view. If you ever get a job dealing with the public, it becomes an essential skill. And really, there's no reason for you to sit there dumbfounded while this guy holds court if you've had enough. Presumably you're there to see your girlfriend, yes, and not him? Go to another room, or ask him politely if you can have some alone time with your girl. Losing your shit, calling him names, being intellectually insecure because he's a know it all...these are a child's reactions to a stressful situation. Be the bigger man.

 

[Jewpacabra]

To answer generally, yes, i live with both him and my girlfriend. We're all sharing a lease. I don't really care what he thinks of me or my ideas, im just not comfortable knowing that no matter what i say to him he will never listen to me. I'm just not accustomed to being shut down in that way on an hourly basis. I know he has the capacity to be violent because his former friends have told me as such, and I've seen violent displays whilst i've been living with him.I also apologise for the excessive cursing, may have had a few when i posted this >.< but thanks for the advice, it does help me look at this a bit differently