[Closed] Fess up... who on here is a pseudo intellectual then?

If you have to ask then it's you 😉

What is a pseudo intellectual when it's at home?

If you don't know then you're one 😉

[pseudointellectual] what we really need is a proper inter-rater reliable scale for the features and atributes that indicate pseudo and genuine intellectualism. [/pseudointellectual]

What is a pseudo intellectual when it's at home?

Like any true pseudo intellectual, I'll field that one utilising the power of Wiki...

pseudo intellectual may be used as a general term of abuse for intellectuals one dislikes or disagrees with ... a pseudo intellectual is someone dishonestly or insincerely using the language, style, or topics of an intellectual, but who lacks the goals, morals, or ability of a “genuine” intellectual. It is someone who acts pretentiously and wishes to win an argument or impress, rather than modestly trying to find the truth – a focus on surface and rhetoric over content.

I'm a pseudo pseudo intellectual, hanging out with pseudo intellectuals in the hope that some intellectualism will rub off on me, allowing me to [s]increase my status in society[/s] get the girls ( I don't really like the sort of girls that real intellectuals attract )

How do you define an actual Intellectual? Is Mark the yardstick against who everyone else is measured?

Shirley it's someone who is well edukated....

How do you define an actual Intellectual? Is Mark the yardstick against who everyone else is measured?

Define 'Mark'.

I have no idea what that means, except that it's likely to get a frenzied mod trying to burn you out of your house shouting 'PSEUDOS OUT'.

It is someone who acts pretentiously and wishes to win an argument or impress, rather than modestly trying to find the truth – a focus on surface and rhetoric over content.

I'd say that covers about 95% of STW posters.....

[i]It is someone who acts pretentiously and wishes to win an argument or impress, rather than modestly trying to find the truth – a focus on surface and rhetoric over content.[/i]

Oh yes. There's a LOT of that on STW. You know who you are pseuds.

I had a pseudo intellectual once, but the brass knobs fell off so I threw it away

Great (pseudo) minds, footflaps! 😀

Bloody pedo intellectuals, always trying to groom the children in the chess club.

I think you have to be a member of the Institute of Physics to be a pseudo intellectual

I'm one. Being an actual intellectual requies work and reading. I pretend to be clever but I don't have the background in classics, philosophy or literature that I ought to.

I just thought it was a nice way of saying posh ****.

Is a Sudo intellectual someone who knows how to clean a cat?

I've not noticed you trying to be clever molgrips.. You can't be very good at it!

Will we be persecuted by pseudo fascists?

soma_rich - Member
Is Mark the yardstick against who everyone else is measured?

you want to compare my what to his who...

I've not noticed you trying to be clever molgrips.. You can't be very good at it!

Or you're just not intellectual enough, perhaps?

I pretend to be clever but I don't have the background in classics, philosophy or literature that I ought to.

[waves willy]

Ooh, I do!

I guess I'm in the top 5% echelon according to footflaps' pseudo-intellectuals-on-stw-quotient' then.

Woo hoo.

* is not convinced *

[/waves willy]

I'm a pseudonymaniac.

Isn't this just like those that think its funny to talk in binnary code..

Isn't this just like those that think its funny to talk in [b]binnary[/b] code..

Is that semaphore spelt out using pictures of Benny Hill?

Is that semaphore spelt out using pictures of Benny Hill?

*Applauds!*

[i]Ooh, I do!

I guess I'm in the top 5% echelon according to footflaps' pseudo-intellectuals-on-stw-quotient' then.[/i]

Ah, so you're a pseudo idiot..?

[i]Isn't this just like those that think its funny to talk in binnary code.[/i]

Or those witches that use base 16 speak to put a hex on you.

Isn't this just like those that think its funny to talk in binnary code..

*Is that pseudo intellectual enough for you? 😉

Ah, so you're a pseudo idiot..?

That's just the kind of surface take on my post I'd expect from a pseudo intellectual... 👿 😉

Whats Sumo Intellectual? A clever fatty? Bound to be a few on here.

Cluedo Ineffectual = rubbish at board games?

Cluedo Ineffectual = rubbish at board games?

I'll totally fess up to that one, wwaswas. 🙁

I might also use it as a medical condition next time the family comes around and suggests Monopoly or some other hellish pastime.

'Sorry love, no can do. I'm Cluedo Ineffectual'.

😉

How do you measure interlectulism

How do you measure interlectulism

shoe size squared multiplied by the square root of the number of posts on STW in a month

shoe size squared multiplied by the square root of the number of posts on STW in a month

Having made a quick mental calculation (which I can do because I'm a proper pseudo intellectual and know how to use a calculator), I discover to my shame that I my interlectulism score is miserably low.

Must post more. Or stretch feet.

Pseuds Naughty Corner then?

shoe size squared multiplied by the square root of the number of posts on STW in a month

This would explain why euro types are better at the intellectual thing than the Brits.

Hmmm I had to search for him on twitter "pseudo intellectual"... my experience of stwmark is that I do not like they contempt he displays to us, the customers, even to recipients of the ban_hammer. It has reduced my participation here significantly, and has made sure that I would never pay anything to STW.

Wouldn't know because I don't follow him... that tweet was a little odd, though, all IMO of course...

* ducks *

As much as I like the website, when was the last time Mark said anything worth reading?

Anyway, I can't be bothered to make an elaborate unix privileges joke here, could someone else do it for me?

As much as I like the website, when was the last time Mark said anything worth reading?

😀

I've found this place to be populated with many interesting intellectually capable people. They tend not to be the "noisy" ones.

If one of Mark's employees had made such a comment, they'd be disciplined by him, no?

Who disciplines Mark?

Why couldn't the privilege get pregnant?
She was married to a unix.

Sorry, that's poor but best I could do at short notice.

Who disciplines Mark?

Whoever the agency sends round.

Whoever the agency sends round.

Which means it's usually this fella:

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Which means it's usually this fella:

Is that Chipps in a Gimp suit?

I don't take part in most threads because I simply don't understand politics or the economy.

Is that Chipps in a Gimp suit?

It's like The Stig. His identity is unknown. Some say it's Elfinsafety, others say it's Fred, while it has been whispered it could even be Rudeboy.

The Pinkster - Member
Isn't this just like those that think its funny to talk in binnary code..

There are 10 people that would apply to - those who can and those who can't.*
*Is that pseudo intellectual enough for you?

I made a binary joke when I was best man at my mates wedding

even the IT geeks there didnt laugh, they were definately pseudo -intellectuals

The binary joke is so old that it's no longer funny, that's the problem.

I dunno.. geeks... 🙄

I dunno.. geeks...

Quick! Someone send an ambulance round to Molgrip's house. Tell the paramedics they'll find him in the greenhouse, under a load of broken glass.

It's called ironing.

this was mine......

bride was german

so maren ......... Wir wünschen Euch eine glückliche Ehe!
and as that wasnt very fair on kris
heres a message in a language only you speak
011100100101100100101100010001101

my hexadecimal joke is so new it's not funny either, apparently.

I dunno, geeks.

st colin - Member
I don't take part in most threads because I simply don't understand politics or the economy.

Being aware of your ignorance has already elevated you above us pseudo intellectuals.

I sort of know everything, I have google.

I'm not sure if any maths-related joke is actually [i]funny[/i]...

But there's nothing like a good effort to underline your pseudo intellectual credentials... 😉

As much as I like the website, when was the last time Mark said anything worth reading?

The transition from 'pseudo-intellectual' to subject of mirth and ridicule is a long, drawn out and altogether unfulfilling affair...

The elf will think it's Christmas.

Which means it's usually this fella:

I'm sure I read about someone from here who'd just got a new wetsuit, a triathlete maybe?

The binary joke is so old that it's no longer funny, that's the problem

It was never funny.

The elf will think it's Christmas.

Don't. Now I'm starting to feel sorry for him - and that can't be healthy.