Go to college. Take any study (preferably one that interests you), do your best to get through it. Get a job. i.e get out into the world. spending your days behind a computer is not going to exercise your brain enough. That's what your problem is. to be cliche, your brain is like a muscle. If it's not used, it'll deteriorate. Academics aren't the only way to work your brain either. Also, I kinda felt the same as you before I left high school. However, I joined the army (not necessarily recommending that), and have since done many things. I don't feel air-heady at all anymore. you just have to live, man.

>>1367
You're assuming I don't get out when that's not the case. I work full time (albeit at a minimum wage job), I make music videos, and I have gone to college (though it wasn't really my thing). I know a shit ton about the things I've studied, that's not my problem. My problem is general knowledge, and being able to speak well.

If you want to feel smarter, read some youtube comments. 4srs, your ability to string together sentences and your desire to do so puts you in a higher class than most already.
So, lets dispense with the idea that you are dumb. I know dumb people. Dumb people don't think they're dumb. They think that they know everything, even though they are basically always wrong.

So, lets start there, with your self-awareness. That much is good. Now let's see if I understood what you are trying to say. So, first, you have difficulty communicating verbally. Okay, tagged that. Second, I get the feeling that you have a decent amount of specialized knowledge but feel you are lacking what seems like basic competency in whole fields. Is this accurate?

Regarding point 1, you say you get out plenty. That's cool. Do you talk much? That is, do you often speak with friends or strangers, in formal (like a defined role i.e. you are an employee they are a customer,) or informal settings? To put it another way, when you're holding down a conversation, do you find it easier to communicate if you are playing a specific role in that conversation, or is the difficulty present regardless of circumstance?

I probably should have asked this earlier, but how about some vitals? I would guess early/mid twenties and a history of light substance abuse, just based on you posing on 99ch. Developmentally, were you verbal at a young age, or did you take a while to catch up? When you say you should be able to pronounce a word, do you mean that you figure it out after you've mispronounced it, or that you try to pronounce it and you aren't able to?


As to the 2nd thing, when you say your general knowledge is lacking, are you talking about trivia or basic proficiency, and are you talking pop or academic? Like, are we talking about naming three Van Gogh paintings off the top of your head or what key James Brown's "Sex Machine" is in? Or is it more like you don't know Hooke's Law or Avagadro's Number from Maslow's Heirachy of Needs?

I know it's hard to point at what isn't there, but what kind of stuff do you feel you ought to know, but don't?

>>1372
>Second, I get the feeling that you have a decent amount of specialized knowledge but feel you are lacking what seems like basic competency in whole fields. Is this accurate?

Yeah that's pretty accurate.

>Do you talk much?
A far amount. I work as a barista at a local coffee shop. It's a fairly friendly place so I tend to make small talk with the regulars. I find it both formal and informal conversations equally difficult. That being said, I'm not anxious when it comes to meeting people or talking to people. I'm not a shy guy. I can get a little self conscious though when I can't think of the correct word or mix up two similar sounding words.

Your guess of early twenties and some substance abuse is correct. I do pretty much follow the typical 99channer stereotype. I drink fairly regularly and smoke pot occasionally.

> Developmentally, were you verbal at a young age, or did you take a while to catch up?
I was pretty average developing vocally. Nothing unusual there, really.

>When you say you should be able to pronounce a word, do you mean that you figure it out after you've mispronounced it, or that you try to pronounce it and you aren't able to?
The latter. Sometimes I look at words and think to myself "shit, I can't pronounce this" and I'll ask my friends for help. They'll do it with ease.

>As to the 2nd thing, when you say your general knowledge is lacking, are you talking about trivia or basic proficiency, and are you talking pop or academic? Like, are we talking about naming three Van Gogh paintings off the top of your head or what key James Brown's "Sex Machine" is in? Or is it more like you don't know Hooke's Law or Avagadro's Number from Maslow's Heirachy of Needs?

Pretty much all of that. I don't know any of your examples. I can't name 3 Van Gogh's. I don't know what key James Brown's "Sex Machine" is in. I don't even know what you're talking about in the last sentence there. I've never heard of those things. There's also pop culture stuff too. Everyone in a room will be singing along to a song and I just won't know it. Everyone seems to know the lyrics to Bohemian Rhapsody, except for me.

I also didn't mention this earlier, but I am not witty at all. I cannot be funny to save my life. The only time I ever make people laugh is when I say something dumb.

>>1377

You ending sentence made me laugh, because it reminded me of myself. I also would like a nice reply to this question OP, because I exhibit all of those traits.

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