Having reread my post, it does seem a little unfair and I apologise for it. I do understand where the OP is coming from, and if it helps it usually gets better. Before I was simply struck by the irony of the complaint together with the style of the post.
Yes, there’s hope for her. She’s my niece.
I’ve got all these plans, but I can’t find any sharks with FRICKIN’ LASER BEAMS attached to their head…
I’ve been there too magic8ball. I still am. One thing will help you, it helped me at least. Get over it. Your not perfect, your not infinately smarter than your peers. You may think so but your wrong. They don’t get your political jokes? Stop making them. I used to have a really bad superiority complex so I know from experience. No one is your inferior. Sure, on a knowledge level you may be smarter but that doesn’t make you better than anyone else. Everyone has their place. Being normal is over rated. If your smarter, then teach others. Tell them about things in the most interesting way possible. Show them places like to Straight Dope archive so they can learn more. I don’t understand your desire to drink though. Don’t you want to keep your original liver your whole life :D?
As for “ageism” I don’t think you have much to worry about here. I’ll assume you’ve had experiences where you talk to someone online and its going well. Your having a interesting conversation. Then you tell them how old you are. Automatically they disregard everything you have said and stop talking to you. Doesn’t feel good does it? Well, I have never had that problem here. I’ve found age doesn’t matter, if you have something to say, someone here will listen. If you say something dumb someone will correct you. Ageism is definatly not a problem.
If I got any of this wrong feel free to correct me.
Ok, first off, try capitalization and grammar. Spelling and paragraphing helps too. Try to write older than you are, if you get what I mean. Ageism sucks, but if you don’t reveal your age through your writing, you won’t be subjected to it. You’re in an adult environment, so you’ll get more respect if you write maturely.
Try laying off the teen angst. While many (if not all) people here have gone through this sort of feeling, many have forgotten and will not care or may not be sympathetic (like some of the people who posted earlier).
Find people you can talk to on the same level about politics/science/art/whatever you’re interested in. Try finding some of the teen doper threads for example.
Do your own research about things that interest you. If you like history but can’t stand your history teacher, do some independent research to build up your knowledge so you can discuss it in a place like SDMB perhaps.
Keep your chin up, it’ll pass eventually 
magic8ball,
The trick to learn is when to show your intellect. There is nothing wrong with being smart, just don’t become a slave to it.
Of course, you could just wave a bunch of daffodils around your head and listen to the Smiths.
So what difference would that make?
(sorry)
Twisty, baby, she was born when the Smiths’ popularity was waning. I think she should run around, holding mountain avens, and listening to James Keelaghan.
I was trying to figure out how two people from Yellowknife, NT, could have found this board…I knew there was the one (yer niece), but evidently I forgot yer niece’s SN.
you know, for something I did just because I had to complain about something(if I don’t, my head gets real big and I explode) its sure getting alot of attention.
damn. for someone with absolutely no self esteem, I sure am full of myself. oh well. I’m hoping I’l grow out of it.
school pictures today. I have to go put on a plastic smile…
oh, and actually punha, I had another SN, but I fergot what it was, so i created this one.
I know you!!!
You will find, uh … ::trying to figure out what to call you:: … magic8ball, that lamenting one’s intelligence and ability to get along with adults is not nearly as endearing to the rest of the world as one might think. I remember my brother, a few years ago, lamenting his newfound popularity (among other things … he only recently stopped vocalizing his anger at not being able to get past memorizing 400 or so digits of Pi). Evidently it had become a burden to be sought after by girls … I wouldn’t know, as I was never thusly … vexed? I still don’t see how this was a problem, though I wasn’t in his shoes.
“O woe is me, I am popular” is what I started to say after a while in response to his “girl trouble” du jour, which usually involved yet another girl saying she wanted him, or something of the sort.
Calling attention to your superior nature amongst mere mortals is a surefire way to get them to look for faults in you. If I hadn’t said I had an IQ of 189 when I was a freshman in high school, my time there might not have been as hellish. Hellish nonetheless, but there were things I could have done to easen the load.
Even when you’re an adult, a hearty percent of the population wherever you go isn’t going to get a Douglas Adams reference, or an MST3K or RHPS reference, or understand what you mean when you say “I knew [x person]. I was good friends with [x person]. You, sir, are no [x person]”. That doesn’t mean people are stupid or don’t know as much, it just means they know different things. And relative to where you are in your life and where they are in theirs, what they know in place of those political references may be of more use to them than much of anything else.
[sub]Do they still make you smile for those pictures? For several years I just … didn’t smile. I refused. Why bother faking happiness for the sake of people I didn’t care about?[/sub]
Ah…You’re a telemarketer!
yes, well, I realize that now… and yes, thye made us smile. or tried to. I glared at the photographer dude when he started telling jpkes, so he was just set to take my picture when nessa (best freind)screamed cuz greg tickled her, so I have a slight smile…but then, nessa got suspended yesterdaay for wearing her dog collar in school.
Suspended for wearing a dog collar?! Man, I had to trip the circuit breaker on the north wing to get suspended.
yes, and if she gets caught with it on again she gets expelled and has to go to the other, crappier high school where they teach you to be nice.(its catholic) Knowing her, they’de burn her at the stake. the poor girl.
Umm, magic8ball, I think they meant to send Nessa to a kennell.
no, nessa wouldn’t do well in a kennel. shed scare all the dogs.
and its not actually a dog collar, we just call them tat. thier actually black chockers or wrist bands with spikes on them. VERY fashionable.
Uh, sweetie?
We weren’t kidding about capitalization, spelling, punctuation and grammar. If you wish to be taken seriously 'round here, and I assume you do, this is very important.
Weirdly enough, we are pickier than your English teacher about such trivia. And so far, the grammar police have been very polite…but I don’t know how much more grace you’ll be allowed. There are only two sins worse on this board, and those are Violating The Prime Directive (Thou Shalt Not Be A Jerk), and Leetspeek.
The above-mentioned basics of writing will also help avoid accusations of being just another whiny teen (of the sort you probably most despise). A well-written whine, with an extensive vocabulary and following the basic rules of written communication, on the other hand, will usually find somewhat more support.
And yeah, it is important. It is the only way for most of us to form any impression of you. If you keep your communications in this form, it may not matter how good your points are, or how funny your jokes are, few will pay attention. Except, perhaps, to go out of their way to pick on you for it.
Friend is “I before E”. Choker doesn’t need the extra c. Spellcheck and preview are your friends.
First one to spot Gaudere’s Law wins!