Curse Of Intelligence | House M.D.

this is how every dude that uses reddit sees himself

Knew a guy like this in college. A real mousy little kid who, unbeknownst to all the rest of us, also happened to be some super genius. In fact, I kind of thought he was stupid for a while. He never got his driver's license, and whenever I'd ask why, he'd just say "I won't need one." He never had a girlfriend as far as I knew, and would spend all his free time playing Dota. Still, dude was chill af, and he had the biggest dorm so we'd hang out at his place. It went like that for about 2 years. Then, out of nowhere, the guy disappears! Doesn't tell anybody and no one knows where he's gone (this was before Myspace and Facebook). A week or two go by and we all think he quit or got expelled or something when he shows back up in town. Obvi we all get together and ask him where tf he's been and what he's doing back. He says that he's just back to pick up his computer and that's he leaving again the next day. I ask him where he's going, and he just turns to me and goes "Sweden." My immediate response is "Wtf you doing in Sweden?" Turns out this little kid had been enrolled in some military rocket engineering course for like three years straight, the ENTIRE time we'd known him! None of us ever talked about classes or nothing so I no one ever knew. Apparently, he'd managed to score a free ride to some crazy military engineering project in Europe, where he was allowed to CHOOSE where he was stationed. Where'd he choose? Sweden. Why? Well, according to him, it's because "Sweden has the best ping." This mfer joined the military as a rocket engineer, did four whole years in college and left the country so he could have better internet to fcking play Dota. The best part? Boy asked me for a ride to his parents place to pick up some of his stuff. I asked if he had his license yet. Dude just shakes his head and goes "Told you I wouldn't need one." To this day, I have never respected a mfer so damn much

"Have you ever tried to kill yourself?" "Not quickly!" Best line-response pair in the clip.

My brother has an IQ of 164 Stanford-Binet and a Phd in maths. I once asked him if he wondered what it would be like to be even more intelligent than he is right now and he said something that will always stick with me: "No, I'm miserable enough as it is" which came as a shock as he's always came across as a very sociable and happy person; a true and upsetting insight into his inner world.

Okay but when I gave that same speech to my doctor, he didn’t give me my meth back.

Just tell him to stop watching Rick and Morty.

Most people watching this: "I can relate to him struggel, noone knowsed how hardy it is to bee a jenius"

After seeing dr house 3 times I became interested in medicine and pharmacology and ended up addicted to opioids. thank you dr house

Being smart is easy. Being stupid is easy. When you're smart enough to want more, but too stupid to obtain it. Now that is hard.

If intelligence is a curse, then I must be very blessed.

Love how house feels relieved when Chase explains he wasn't actually mad when he punched him, it was just the more logical solution to his problem, he must have been worried that Chase was actually so angry as to punched him.

I’m not even sure I know why, but the phrase “I was mowing the lawn when the phone rang” is one of the funniest lines from anything I’ve ever heard. I can’t even pinpoint why it tickles me so much lmao

"I'm so smart I can't actually simplify the functions of this machinery to explain to a normal person."

You're not the only one cursed with knowledge, Stark.

Given the information portrayed at the beginning of the episode, this fictional character was the youngest person to graduate from MIT, has an IQ of 178, published 3 books and 35 paper before the age of 18. If in correspondence to real life standards? No. No this guy is SCARY intelligent. Without debate.

I love that pretty much the first thing the patient said was "Just because I am smarter than you doesn't mean i know everything you know," which is what House most needs reminding of.

Nobody: Dude in his moms basement watching rick and morty: I relate to him

Yes, exactly what all geniuses do. Draw devices to measure energy expended by subatomic particles...

I had a friend like this. The solution for him was dancing. The isolation is the curse of intelligence. Dancing is motion that body’s find together, a kind of togetherness that is separate from any conversation. He could find connection through the motion, his self reflected in others and others reflected in him.

At 3:40 he realized just how smart House was and how miserable he is. What a moment.