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Best response to "You are being too bookish and nerdy!"?

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Best response to "You are being too bookish and nerdy!"?
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RE: Best response to "You are being too bookish and nerdy!"?
March 7, 2018 at 11:15 pm (This post was last modified: March 7, 2018 at 11:16 pm by Sterben.)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BPL4tKpA6Fi/...ckytryhard

Have a look at this attempt at Satire. Here is the link to this experiment.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXu90eooNjo)
     “A man isn't tiny or giant enough to defeat anything” Yukio Mishima


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RE: Best response to "You are being too bookish and nerdy!"?
March 29, 2018 at 12:44 pm
(March 7, 2018 at 11:38 am)Shell B Wrote: Maybe something along the lines of, "I feel sorry for you that you can't follow the conversation. Maybe a book would help?"

I think that's the best response. Either that, or simply not responding. Certainly better than the harsh response given by Daniel which caused ForumExplorer to become defensive.
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RE: Best response to "You are being too bookish and nerdy!"?
March 29, 2018 at 4:15 pm
"I'm surprised you know what a book is."
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RE: Best response to "You are being too bookish and nerdy!"?
March 29, 2018 at 4:24 pm (This post was last modified: March 29, 2018 at 4:24 pm by Gawdzilla Sama.)
One of my bosses complained that I used too many big words. [sigh]

"Okay, tell me the ones you don't know and I won't use them."
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RE: Best response to "You are being too bookish and nerdy!"?
April 1, 2018 at 1:44 pm
I had a boss that called me verbose on a review. That job didn't end well.
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RE: Best response to "You are being too bookish and nerdy!"?
April 5, 2018 at 5:39 pm
The best response always has been and always will be to a bully - SILENCE.
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