how do you deal with idiots

[Shining Raichu]

No really I'm asking because I'm coming up short

 

[Her]

i'm going to laugh at anyone who lies in this thread

i just tell it to them straight and hope that they get angry so i can truly enjoy it

 

[Plumpyfoof]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMx1117cEpg&list=TLT172QcAfBBP5dX4w4mqXYG0b3J0Rq3eS

Embedding is disabled, but TOTALLY RELATED. You'll thank me I love this video.

 

[Broncos]

As in bullies or "tough guys"? When you have a genuine buzo acting like everyone owes him respect, when clearly he does not, you have to act accordingly. If he gets loud, you get louder. There is no other way around it. I've learned how to deal with many types of people - especially the ones who are still living with a facade to trick others into thinking they're hardasses, or self-proclaimed intellectuals, and one-uppers. They're easy people to read for me which is why I can easily mess with their mind. At the end of the day, they're pissed at themselves because they haven't achieved the social validation that they desire so badly.

 

[GreyVirgo]

I prank em, thatsa why almost every classmate of mine doesnt go near me. :( #foreveralone

 

[IggyKoopa]

I ignore them. I'm almost never alone with anyone, so I just let the other people around me deal with them while I fight the urge to flip tables at the person's idiocy.

 

[Aeroblast]

wut iz un idiot? hurr durr #yolo

I just ignore them; they're usually baits anyways.

 

[Tsutarja]

The best way to deal with an idiot is to ignore them and make them look like a fool. Most idiots I encounter these days are those on the road, but probably because I'm not quite back in school yet.

 

[Kikaito plush]

The best way I can deal with them is just walk away from them.

 

[Synerjee]

I just ignore them. If you remove any form of attention towards them, they will eventually think that their behavior isn't producing intended results and will thus stop being idiots or at least reduce their idiotic behaviors. Same thing goes to bullies.

 

[Kanzler]

Usually I ignore, but if it happens in a social context I "name and shame". If somebody is taking advantage of bystander's silence to say stupid and abusive things, I'd like to call it out for what it is and give my perspective on why said person is being full of ****. If they try to justify it, it's usually an unapologetically pathetic/antisocial excuse, so it's an opportunity for them to speak on their own behalf. Usually these people don't really respond when people tell them what's what to begin with and whatever the victim or you the bystander says won't be considered, so at least you can make their social environment a better judge of them.

 

[Towerizer]

ignore them or use my intelligence against them, confusing people tends to help them leave you alone.

 

[Kyrul]

Smiles, flick them off and calmly walk away. Arguing with idiots just makes you look like an idiot.

 

[Esper]

If I can't just leave (like when I'm at work) and it won't hurt me in some way, I play along, play dumb, and let them take the lead. "Oh, you have special permission to do this? I didn't know that. My apologies. What was the form you used to get that? I should know in case someone else comes in." Usually I can't do this though. Much as I don't care for my job it's better than no job.

 

[Nick]

Sarcasm, wit and snide comments.

 

[Sam89]

ignore them or use my intelligence against them, confusing people tends to help them leave you alone.

If this doesn't work, use this philosophy, if you can't beat 'em join 'em. It's fun seeing peoples reactions. That's probably what they're doing. (Unless you know them and they really are like that.) Ohterwise don't pay attention. If they take advantage of that walk away. You don't know how many I deal with. (I'm looking at you 7B. 7A will be the better class forever.)

 

[Sweets Witch]

If I deem a person as an idiot then I avoid them or keep the conversation to a minimum because I am a princess who cannot trifle with that which is below me.

 

[Lalapizzame]

Pseudo-intellectuals, windy teen radicals, bullies, and others should be ignored. Rolling the eyes is OK. I don't like to come off as a jackass smartass, so I don't make smart comments, and I don't like when others do it. Those do not do anything but stroke one's own ego. That reminds me of something...

 

[Sirfetch’d]

Say something witty and insulting (but not entirely super mean, as to avoid trouble) and then leave it at that. I just refuse to talk to them until I hear something intelligent.

^basically what I do, haha. The best part of saying something witty and insulting is it usually makes them look dumber than that already are ;)

 

[Sir Codin]

What kind of idiots are we talking here?

Are we talking the "geniunely lacking in I.Q" idiots or the "I disagree with this person" idiot?