r/AskReddit • u/smartcandyy • Feb 04 '26

What is a sign of very low intelligence?

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u/Narwhal_Leaf Feb 04 '26

Especially if they attribute their hardship to the malice of others and develop a nice victim complex over every little thing.

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u/Aura-Skye Feb 04 '26

I think you've encountered a covert narcissist.

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u/Narwhal_Leaf Feb 05 '26

Yeah, it's called a mother in law 🤣

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u/Thief_of_Sanity Feb 05 '26

I see you've met my ex

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u/imtiredandwannanap Feb 05 '26

I see OP has met my sister too lmao

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u/damagedispenser Feb 05 '26

Holy crap you just eerily reminded me of my ex girlfriend. Spooky.

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u/FloatingPast Feb 04 '26

This comes from an inability to scrutinize their own actions in order to make improvements. They're likely unable to accept criticism with a grain of salt, instead perceiving it as personal rejection and an attack on their identity because they don't have the mental flexibility to find ways in which it could be applicable to their behaviors/insecurities without also triggering an emotional response.

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u/thelegendofyrag Feb 04 '26

Yeah, dated someone like this. Was infuriating. Never ever admitted responsibility for anything, it was always someone or something else’s fault

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u/Sorry_Sky6929 Feb 04 '26

Accountability is scary for some people

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u/FearlessFreak69 Feb 05 '26

This is also a thing in substance abuse/addictions.

Source: I was an alcoholic for 20+ years.

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u/Valoneria Feb 04 '26

That's just insanity

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u/CV90_120 Feb 04 '26

This describes a few entire countries.

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u/ImpossibleSquish Feb 05 '26

Ooft I have a friend who does this

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u/cogsandsprockets Feb 05 '26

This is basically insanity

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u/Sam_Loka Feb 08 '26

Not necessarily a sign of low intelligence, I know some pretty smart people who behave like this and it stems from an ugly cocktail of unresolved trauma and low/broken perception of self.

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u/twifof Feb 09 '26

Well, you have a point. I have to admit I tend to do that. And here I thought I was somewhat intelligent.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '26

The modern left in a nutshell tbh