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Originally Posted by SweetSoulMusic  They grow up to in a strange sense become a "tortured genius". |
it's interesting, I'd call that kind of person a 'lonely genius'.
People doesn't seem to understand us. I hate to talk to most people, honestly, not because I hate them, I just hate to pretend that I enjoy listening to and talking about parties, how much I/someone drunk, you know, simple stuff. And then on the other hand I do enjoy talking to people about ideas, visions and topics including some thoughts, that's what makes me happy and content, it inspires me, not some regular bullshit. But people like easy stuff to talk about.
And when I stay in solitude and contemplate, enjoy the flow of my thoughts, for hours, people (read my peers) think I'm crazy. And I don't seem to be generally popular among my peers because I don't talk about fun stuff. But when I interact with people few years older than me, e.g. PhD students or people in industry, we do have something to talk about, and we make fun of our ideas and we do laugh. It's different class of people.
Fortunately I'm happy with my life, I do what I love and I love what I do and I don't care what others think.