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I can understand that.. I hate it that people do overlook that and at least talk with me so they can see I am not a worthless guy try to prove them wrong but never got the time of day ..

Yeah, I've had ppl try and take advantage of me due to my inability to keep up and making jokes about me and not realizing it, and them laughing at me rather with me, so yeah being slow sucks. So that's why I try and make up for it in other departments such as I.Q. I've been brushing up on my Math and Science two subjects I was bad at and now it's becoming my strengths, but no matter how much intellect I gain the curse is still there.....

I get the jokes too, often because I'm not up on the use of slang and contemporary colloquialisms. As a child, I may have watched too much television out of the UK and Australia. Even today I get people asking me if I'm from those places based on how I talk or how I pronounce some words. ( I'm sure some of that even comes through here as I only recently realized how terse American English is ) The worst jerks are the know it alls and the guys with Male Answer Syndrome. Once someone gains the idea that they know everything, their ability to learn dies and they see themselves as oracles of knowledge who can not accept anything new.