Arrogant man consistently brags about his “high IQ” to female friend, his intelligence is put to the test at a party, but he walks away humiliated by her: “He hasn’t been texting in the group chat after that”

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    AITAH for humiliating my friend after he kept bragging about his IQ?

    π "He told our friends in med school that doctors are just good at memorizing"
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    So I have a friend, let's call him Brian, who won't shut up about his IQ. Ever since he took some online test that said he got a 131, he's been acting like he's the second coming of Einstein.
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    At first, it was just kinda annoying. He'd drop random "fun facts" about how high-IQ people process information differently. He started using words like erudite and obfuscate in normal conversations. But then it got worse - he started low-key insulting us.
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    He told our friend Emily (who's in med school) that "doctors are just good at memorization, not real intelligence." He told me I was "wasting potential" because I work in marketing instead of something more intellectually rigorous. Dude works in IT. At a help desk.
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    Anyway, last week we were at a party, and he started talking about IQ again. Someone jokingly asked, "If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?" and Brian, completely serious, goes: "Well, intelligence isn't always about wealth. It's about how you process the world. Low-IQ people can never truly grasp how limiting their perception is."
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    So I looked him de d in the eye and said: " bro, that's crazy. What's it like having a high IQ and still losing at fantasy football every year?" The room exploded. Brian turned red, mumbled something about "variance" and "sample sizes," and left the party early. Now he's barely texting in the group chat, and a mutual friend told me I embarrassed him too much.
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    And now, naturally, half the group has been testing their IQs just to mess with him. Someone dropped this 10-minute Cerebrum IQ test in the chat, and it's become a full- blown competition. If Brian was really a genius, you'd think he'd take it again and prove us all wrong... but nah, suddenly he's not a fan of online tests anymore
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    AITAH for finally saying something? Or did he have it coming?
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    IAmEmptyNutellaJar • 14h ago Brother, you know you're not the a h le, you just wanted to share that burn lol
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    degenerate-t licker ⚫ 14h ago Those 10 min online tests always crank out 131 to get people to buy the full test. It's literally a scam someone with 131 IQ should be able to see through.
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    dmitriev_maksim7k... • 13h ago . I'm gonna say NTA. Brian had been throwing his supposed "high IQ" in everyone's face for ages, acting all superior and dismissive about other people's intelligence. It's honestly kind of obnoxious. I get that the whole "I'm so
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    smart" thing might be coming from insecurity or just wanting validation, but the way he was belittling others, especially someone in med school, is not cool.
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    You didn't really humiliate him; you just called him out in a way that made everyone see how ridiculous he was being. Honestly, he kinda needed to be taken down a peg, and if he's too sensitive to handle a little joke after being that smug, that's on him. Plus, the fact that he dipped after that
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    shows he knew he couldn't back up all his talk. If he can't handle some friendly (but deserved) ribbing, then he shouldn't dish it out in the first place. So yeah, not the ah le here. You just gave him a dose of his own medicine.
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    GoodAcanthocepha... 14h ago My IQ (tested at an academic center) is 148 and sometimes I am dumb, because there are different types of intelligence. The 131 score makes him gifted not a genius. He would know that if he were smart.
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    Hazelmeadowstar • 6h ago NTA. Brian was being a pretentious j, and he kinda asked for it. Bragging about IQ and putting others down is lame, and someone needed to humble him a bit.
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    Duskglowdream • 4h ago Maybe now he'll think twice before acting superior. And honestly, the fantasy football thing is just funny. If he's so smart, he should be able to win, right? He was dishing it out, he should be able to take it.
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    Smitty-TBR2430 • 14h ago I had a coworker some 20+ years ago that was just like this (braggart) in her continuous mentioning that she was in Mensa. (For those that don't know: Mensa is the club for those with a verified IQ of 140 or higher; The definition of genius.)
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    A group of us took IQ tests & were so disappointed to only score 125-139. Damnit.
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    Immontes 14h ago He's 2 SDs above the mean. It takes 3 to be considered a genius. And there's many areas not tested in IQ exams, some are more limited than others. NTA.
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    Actual Somewhere... 14h ago I studied my a off for the Isat and took it and got 155. My bf took a 5 question sampler Isat online and thinks it's cute to brag about his perfect Isat score. I think it's insulting

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