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What (most) people don't understand is that these kids are not trying to impress! It comes naturally to them and telling them that just contributes to isolate them even more. Being an outlier is already a lonely place.

In the end you can only communicate with people at the same intelligence level (or whatever you want to call it) as you.



At least of a similar range level yeah. Withing comfortable distance instead of an uncomfortable or insurmountable one.




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