# Sometimes I pretend everyone else is incompetent and unskilled **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 12, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-pretend-everyone-else-is-incompetent-and-unskilled/681109 "2014-02-12T01:09:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PlainLost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac8455/32.png) [@PlainLost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainLost)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-pretend-everyone-else-is-incompetent-and-unskilled/681109/21 "2014-02-12T19:08:45Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > [QUOTE=Chessic Sense] > Enough about narcissism, let’s talk about me. That is hilarious. [/QUOTE] LOL. Sometimes I dream about me being awesome and the best. It’s really satisfying when I’m in it, but when I stop, I feel bad about myself. I also have a weird self esteem issue that I hate myself and at the same time, unconsciously think I’m better than everyone else! ---
**Author:** ![PlainLost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac8455/32.png) [@PlainLost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainLost)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-pretend-everyone-else-is-incompetent-and-unskilled/681109/22 "2014-02-12T19:25:47Z")
I got 5 on that test. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-pretend-everyone-else-is-incompetent-and-unskilled/681109/23 "2014-02-12T22:14:47Z")
I didn’t take the test, I’m too important to be bothered. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-pretend-everyone-else-is-incompetent-and-unskilled/681109/24 "2014-02-12T22:31:19Z")
I also do the Bill Murray golf thing. I also cook like I have a captive audience. They are so amazed at how I add peas AND carrots to my rice before starting the rice cooker. And they applaud when I flip an egg without a spatula. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-pretend-everyone-else-is-incompetent-and-unskilled/681109/25 "2014-02-12T22:52:23Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > I’m curious – what do you score on [this](http://psychcentral.com/quizzes/narcissistic.htm) test? I got an 18. "Your Total: 3 Between 12 and 15 is average. Celebrities often score closer to 18. Narcissists score over 20." - He who despises himself, nevertheless esteems himself thereby, as a despiser.\* - Nietzsche ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-pretend-everyone-else-is-incompetent-and-unskilled/681109/26 "2014-02-12T22:59:26Z")
**Slithy Tove** , thank you for that amazing quote. New to me. I, of course, don’t need to take this test because I am one of the most self-effacing people on the entire Internet. I would score a negative value and thereby break the model and then there would then be the gnashing of teeth in the outer darkness. Again. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-pretend-everyone-else-is-incompetent-and-unskilled/681109/27 "2014-02-12T23:03:15Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > **Sometimes I pretend everyone else is incompetent and unskilled** > > Yeah, be careful what you pretend. You might be right! Damn straight. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-pretend-everyone-else-is-incompetent-and-unskilled/681109/28 "2014-02-13T15:53:33Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > "Your Total: 3 > > Between 12 and 15 is average. > Celebrities often score closer to 18. > Narcissists score over 20." > > - He who despises himself, nevertheless esteems himself thereby, as a despiser.\* > > - Nietzsche I’m surprised the average is so high. I got a 1 on the quiz, but I don’t think it’s because I think more poorly of myself than most people. It’s just that the way most of the narcissistic options were set up, you have to be the nearly the best, which is rarely the case. Especially when the other option would give you a lot more wiggle room, not necessarily even contradicting the narcissistic option. And the rest seemed to be more about issues of introversion versus extroversion. With the high number of insecure or just modest people and high number of introverts, I’d expect the average to be lower. The test is designed with a certain small subgroup in mind, where getting just over half puts you at the tail end of the bell curve. Yet the average score is closer to the narcissistic side than to 0. I’d expect the average to be around an 8. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-pretend-everyone-else-is-incompetent-and-unskilled/681109/29 "2014-02-13T18:29:48Z")
1. But I thought about posting this in very small type. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-pretend-everyone-else-is-incompetent-and-unskilled/681109/30 "2014-02-13T19:05:55Z")
4, only got points for superiority and entitlement. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-pretend-everyone-else-is-incompetent-and-unskilled/681109/31 "2014-02-13T19:15:59Z")
I scored a 6. I tested as my MIL and she scored a 31 and that was giving her the benefit of the doubt on a few. Not surprising if you ever met her. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-pretend-everyone-else-is-incompetent-and-unskilled/681109/32 "2014-02-13T20:06:07Z")
I scored 3 and I don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-pretend-everyone-else-is-incompetent-and-unskilled/681109/33 "2014-02-14T02:12:41Z")
I scored 18. Most of the questions were borderline though, so it’s probably not as bad as it seems. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-pretend-everyone-else-is-incompetent-and-unskilled/681109/34 "2014-02-14T15:36:39Z")
Scored a 2. I noticed some of those questions kept repeating in slightly altered forms. ---
**Author:** ![WheatCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@WheatCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WheatCat)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-pretend-everyone-else-is-incompetent-and-unskilled/681109/35 "2014-03-04T04:10:12Z")
10, but 8 to 10 years ago I would have scored about 15. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-pretend-everyone-else-is-incompetent-and-unskilled/681109/36 "2014-03-04T20:13:09Z")
Everyone sharing their low scores on that test is a narcissist by showing off and ignoring the request of the OP to answer his question. Also, I got a 9. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-pretend-everyone-else-is-incompetent-and-unskilled/681109/37 "2014-03-04T21:16:47Z")
I got halfway through and thought, why bother? I already know the result…:0) ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-pretend-everyone-else-is-incompetent-and-unskilled/681109/38 "2014-03-04T21:50:16Z")
> [@WheatCat](#): > > 10, but 8 to 10 years ago I would have scored about 15. Hey, I scored a 15. According to this totally valid diagnosis, I score high on authority and self-sufficiency, but have pretty much no superiority or entitlement. Probably should have scored higher on superiority as I am better than everyone else, but whoever made this test didn’t know what the hell he was doing. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-pretend-everyone-else-is-incompetent-and-unskilled/681109/39 "2014-03-05T03:02:06Z")
Got a 1. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-pretend-everyone-else-is-incompetent-and-unskilled/681109/40 "2014-03-05T14:10:18Z")
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