Mostly, no. But I think there are overlapping issues here which should be disentangled
3/like dudes will prove they're smart to each other w/ discrete math esoterica or husserlian phenomenology or w/e dumb shit
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that's rly hard to see as smart if ur not as smart, and also pretty easy to fake; plus, girls just aren't wired to swoon for it
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but like teasing, wordplay, irony, jokes, stories; u can't be funny by trying to look smart but if ur smart u do this naturally
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also, girls love it if u can find ways to combine accurate statement with praise, etc. (rhetorical term is paradiastole)
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that is what "do i look fat in this" etc is about... not about flattery, or negs, it's a sperm-quality check. High iq needed
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>hit or miss I'm guessing u r mostly trying to amuse urslf/ur männerbund? if you don't care about audience, jokes don't hit
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idk could also mean that you're desperate for attention, no filter, no quality control. be more reserved, bite your tongue?
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what am I on, 4/? other thing is girls admire guys' iq for problem-solving skills, but they assess that mostly in practical fx
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so w/ nanny state, it's kinda irrelevant, thots all have the only provider they need. But also, super-brainy careers don't pay.
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(generally guys seem to think ppl should respect iq based on demands of their career, but girls need to see prestige/status)
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5/the one way in which your original thought might be true is if smarter guys tend to get too far ahead of themselves
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i.e. they can do backwards induction from the end of a possible relationship and see that it might be kinda crappy for the girl
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