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	<description>Sure you could give up. You could settle. Most people do.</description>
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		<title>By: sherman</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So all, does reading these comments better prepare all of us to face 2009? I hope so.  Thanks for everyone's insights, replies, and rebuttals.
One of the ideas here that I learned is, within even the most despondent among us, lies the desire to find a meaning in ones life.
Thanks to all and Happy New Year</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So all, does reading these comments better prepare all of us to face 2009? I hope so.  Thanks for everyone&#8217;s insights, replies, and rebuttals.<br />
One of the ideas here that I learned is, within even the most despondent among us, lies the desire to find a meaning in ones life.<br />
Thanks to all and Happy New Year</p>
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		<title>By: strangegirl</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is by far the most entertaining, honest and utterly brilliant thing I have read on the Internet in years. So true. I especially agree with poster #1 - ernie's comments. Completely explains everything.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is by far the most entertaining, honest and utterly brilliant thing I have read on the Internet in years. So true. I especially agree with poster #1 - ernie&#8217;s comments. Completely explains everything.</p>
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		<title>By: Fail Funnies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I will not fail because I am indeed invinceable.</description>
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		<dc:creator>just re updating the listing &#171; Fail-0-Pages</dc:creator>
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		<title>By: secretman</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>however ive since i realized now ive grown up, when i use to pretend to be average and do dumb things like my friends, i was sooooooo friggin popular everyone loved me, i was sooo popular that the people that secretly hated me was scared to hate me.... but as i grew up and become a adult where we wonder about life, and future like jobs and profession, ive started to just be myself and be who i really am, ive noticed a huge change people now hate me alot of my so called friends,, what all you average people surround yourselves with on a daily basis, all changed and became jealous and bitter... im sick of having to pretend im dumb when im not...  even though i lied as a kid and through high school to make myself look bad i never knew i was more intelligent and creative.. i just lied so i wouldnt get accused cause it upset me.

so now i am who i am, i never say things i cant do, but what i can i do... and guess what people friggin hate me... do you think that is fair!!!!
really people like us we could encounter are 2% of the world the other 98% give us a hard time...

BTW for people that think being gifted is people who have been university and got a job working as accountant your wrong!! these are people that simply studied hard and are smart but not gifted... the gifted might not of ever went school his whole life,,,, but learn and become incredibally smart in a very very short period of time... and creative people they are also the gifted.....

i find alot of average people also deluded they lie so much to other people that they are smarter than they really are,,, they become a lie and believe that themselves,,, they are the worst people for me to come across... someone that blantantly to me is dumb, thinking he is more intelligent than me,,, because simply he is smart enough to understand em its like arguing with a brick wall. you will lose no matter what, cause i understand them but they dont understand me...

im so mad at times, i wish i could be a simple minded fool, thinking about drinking and telling rumours about people all day long...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>however ive since i realized now ive grown up, when i use to pretend to be average and do dumb things like my friends, i was sooooooo friggin popular everyone loved me, i was sooo popular that the people that secretly hated me was scared to hate me&#8230;. but as i grew up and become a adult where we wonder about life, and future like jobs and profession, ive started to just be myself and be who i really am, ive noticed a huge change people now hate me alot of my so called friends,, what all you average people surround yourselves with on a daily basis, all changed and became jealous and bitter&#8230; im sick of having to pretend im dumb when im not&#8230;  even though i lied as a kid and through high school to make myself look bad i never knew i was more intelligent and creative.. i just lied so i wouldnt get accused cause it upset me.</p>
<p>so now i am who i am, i never say things i cant do, but what i can i do&#8230; and guess what people friggin hate me&#8230; do you think that is fair!!!!<br />
really people like us we could encounter are 2% of the world the other 98% give us a hard time&#8230;</p>
<p>BTW for people that think being gifted is people who have been university and got a job working as accountant your wrong!! these are people that simply studied hard and are smart but not gifted&#8230; the gifted might not of ever went school his whole life,,,, but learn and become incredibally smart in a very very short period of time&#8230; and creative people they are also the gifted&#8230;..</p>
<p>i find alot of average people also deluded they lie so much to other people that they are smarter than they really are,,, they become a lie and believe that themselves,,, they are the worst people for me to come across&#8230; someone that blantantly to me is dumb, thinking he is more intelligent than me,,, because simply he is smart enough to understand em its like arguing with a brick wall. you will lose no matter what, cause i understand them but they dont understand me&#8230;</p>
<p>im so mad at times, i wish i could be a simple minded fool, thinking about drinking and telling rumours about people all day long&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: secretman</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>this is very good write up, instead of doing what most average or dumb people do by being bitter and negative , hating gifted people, you have actually aknowledge alot of truth.. and yes a average are better off in the world because the average are the mainstream masses... so even if the genuis is right in a social gathering, he will be wrong, most people will think like the dumb person...
it really is unfair on smart people, but thats why they always do big things and make a difference, because God give them that gift.... and God will also set their path for them to walk...

you ask many many true genius's that arent currupted,, they all belive in God, and all choose to believe in GOD by their own will, because like many of things, they or we can work out things negative or positive, and also posibilties calculator like speeds. and by doing this we see there is a GOD and most gifted people if not all believe GOD gave them that gift...

gifted people often do not think to much about money and whats happening on the weekend, you are completely spot on, and thats where they fail at socializing, and the most gifted people in the world only have few friends that are TRUE friends, also given by god, where as the average will have many friends but are only good for fun and never there when you need them.. 

and i totally agree i use to think everyone thought like me,, and i often got mad when someone didnt understand something, i use to think how can they possibly not see that or understand what i mean... but i never ever thought liek a average person and label that person dumb,,, i just couldnt understadn why they couldnt see it... and yes gifted people often dont like praise and are often unaware of how good they really are.... its kinda naive, but most gifted people are good hearted too....

i find it so hard sometimes, gifted people hardly lie,, where as the average person lies and amke themself sound better than they really are,,, gifted people just say exactly what they are... and me growing up, i was often accused of lying... so as i grew up i learnt to adapt and lie alot and make myself sound not as good as i really was.. (i mean common how unfair is that, people lying makiing themselfs sound better, i had to lie to make myself sound worse)  so from even little things like i taught myself how to ride a bike, and i taught myself how to swim literally in 5 minutes,,, my parents and family and friends still think someone taught me cause thats what i told them.. had i said i learnt myself they would ahve accused me of lying... so i carried this all through my early life and school years, i never lied but if i did, it was too make myself look worse.... im good at anything i do but i also have to pretend to not be as good, and often make myself look foolish... how strange is that... thank God for my gifts but why is it sooo hard for me!!      completely unfair but i know ill be where im suppose to be one day</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>this is very good write up, instead of doing what most average or dumb people do by being bitter and negative , hating gifted people, you have actually aknowledge alot of truth.. and yes a average are better off in the world because the average are the mainstream masses&#8230; so even if the genuis is right in a social gathering, he will be wrong, most people will think like the dumb person&#8230;<br />
it really is unfair on smart people, but thats why they always do big things and make a difference, because God give them that gift&#8230;. and God will also set their path for them to walk&#8230;</p>
<p>you ask many many true genius&#8217;s that arent currupted,, they all belive in God, and all choose to believe in GOD by their own will, because like many of things, they or we can work out things negative or positive, and also posibilties calculator like speeds. and by doing this we see there is a GOD and most gifted people if not all believe GOD gave them that gift&#8230;</p>
<p>gifted people often do not think to much about money and whats happening on the weekend, you are completely spot on, and thats where they fail at socializing, and the most gifted people in the world only have few friends that are TRUE friends, also given by god, where as the average will have many friends but are only good for fun and never there when you need them.. </p>
<p>and i totally agree i use to think everyone thought like me,, and i often got mad when someone didnt understand something, i use to think how can they possibly not see that or understand what i mean&#8230; but i never ever thought liek a average person and label that person dumb,,, i just couldnt understadn why they couldnt see it&#8230; and yes gifted people often dont like praise and are often unaware of how good they really are&#8230;. its kinda naive, but most gifted people are good hearted too&#8230;.</p>
<p>i find it so hard sometimes, gifted people hardly lie,, where as the average person lies and amke themself sound better than they really are,,, gifted people just say exactly what they are&#8230; and me growing up, i was often accused of lying&#8230; so as i grew up i learnt to adapt and lie alot and make myself sound not as good as i really was.. (i mean common how unfair is that, people lying makiing themselfs sound better, i had to lie to make myself sound worse)  so from even little things like i taught myself how to ride a bike, and i taught myself how to swim literally in 5 minutes,,, my parents and family and friends still think someone taught me cause thats what i told them.. had i said i learnt myself they would ahve accused me of lying&#8230; so i carried this all through my early life and school years, i never lied but if i did, it was too make myself look worse&#8230;. im good at anything i do but i also have to pretend to not be as good, and often make myself look foolish&#8230; how strange is that&#8230; thank God for my gifts but why is it sooo hard for me!!      completely unfair but i know ill be where im suppose to be one day</p>
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		<title>By: Dereck</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ Dave - You're part of the smallest subset, I'd say. Of the people for whom this article resonates with, most would consider themselves smart, some might consider themselves average. In other words, of all the people who "fail" or feel like they fail, many of them might fail for the reasons I wrote about, and most of them would identify themselves as smart. 

You might be the conundrum. In the unhappy article I labeled average people as Romans, and quite clearly, you are no Roman. 

So what am I saying? I'm saying the problem you have with the article is justified. 

@ PSC - Life is a game of exploitation. It's a bitch, no?

As to there not being smart versus dumb people, instead, interesting versus boring, both sets of terms are subjective. Highly. In fact, the most interesting people to me are smart. ;)

&lt;blockquote&gt;We must find our soul mates.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

This is quite true. Remarkably, for me, finding people who share my tastes is just as difficult these days, even with all the mass communication available, as it ever has been. 

@ Jeremy - This is ultimately, one of the greatest goods: to need never to rely so much on others for how you define your personal success so that it won't come easy to you once you decide, intrinsicly, that you made it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ Dave - You&#8217;re part of the smallest subset, I&#8217;d say. Of the people for whom this article resonates with, most would consider themselves smart, some might consider themselves average. In other words, of all the people who &#8220;fail&#8221; or feel like they fail, many of them might fail for the reasons I wrote about, and most of them would identify themselves as smart. </p>
<p>You might be the conundrum. In the unhappy article I labeled average people as Romans, and quite clearly, you are no Roman. </p>
<p>So what am I saying? I&#8217;m saying the problem you have with the article is justified. </p>
<p>@ PSC - Life is a game of exploitation. It&#8217;s a bitch, no?</p>
<p>As to there not being smart versus dumb people, instead, interesting versus boring, both sets of terms are subjective. Highly. In fact, the most interesting people to me are smart. <img src='http://www.iwillnotdie.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<blockquote><p>We must find our soul mates.</p></blockquote>
<p>This is quite true. Remarkably, for me, finding people who share my tastes is just as difficult these days, even with all the mass communication available, as it ever has been. </p>
<p>@ Jeremy - This is ultimately, one of the greatest goods: to need never to rely so much on others for how you define your personal success so that it won&#8217;t come easy to you once you decide, intrinsicly, that you made it.</p>
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		<title>By: sherman</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anyone

Ready to reveal a bit more about themselves?</description>
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<p>Ready to reveal a bit more about themselves?</p>
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		<title>By: Jeremy Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is so true. We are really distracted by things that dont amount to much such as partying. But you know what? Failing my societies standards is ok as long as you succeed by your standards. What do you think?

Cheers,
Jeremy

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;Jeremy Day&#180;s last blog post..&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsightWriter/~3/443606820/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Your Capacity is Low Because Your Devotion is Thin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is so true. We are really distracted by things that dont amount to much such as partying. But you know what? Failing my societies standards is ok as long as you succeed by your standards. What do you think?</p>
<p>Cheers,<br />
Jeremy</p>
<p><abbr><em>Jeremy Day&#180;s last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsightWriter/~3/443606820/" rel="nofollow">Your Capacity is Low Because Your Devotion is Thin</a></em></abbr></p>
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