1.This person tried to sound smart by analyzing "OMG" but ended up sounding insufferable.

2.This person was "smart" enough to have understood that Edgar Allan Poe wrote "The Raven," but not smart enough to realize that literally everyone knows that.

3.The person who shared this thought it was difficult to understand.

4.This person was apparently smart, yet thought it was a good idea to act this pretentious on social media.

5.I'm not sure when "hacking into someone's Gmail account" became the bar for intelligence.

"It matters not to me" is giving...

6.This "smart" person tried to put down the general population...but ending up roasting themselves.

7.This person tried to sound smart by saying they had a PhD in their dating profile...then clarified they just "might as well" because they "know a little bit about just about everything," which is definitely the same thing (sarcasm).

8.This person also tried to claim they had a PhD...which they apparently got in four days.

9.This "smart" guy thought calling a woman "simply pulchritudinous" would make her "titillated."

10.And this "smart" guy thought this was a good idea to put in his dating profile.

11.Uh, I don't think you "actively participating in class discussions" is the reason women aren't into you, bro. Maybe it's that you're sexist and full of yourself?

Basically...

12.This person thought that it was their intelligence that was pushing people away, and not, I don't know, posting crap like this on social media.

13.This guy thought he was soooo smart, and yet he sabotaged his own chance to get this construction job by putting ridiculous bragging claims in his résumé that were irrelevant to the job.

14.This person was "smart" enough to..."consume libraries" (???) but not smart enough to realize he sounds like a total and complete jackass.

15.This person claimed teachers tried to sabotage him because they disliked that he was smarter than them...

...to which I say, "Sure, Jan."

16.I'm also gonna call "Sure, Jan" on this third assertion here.

17.This person claimed they were tested by MENSA and told their IQ was 197...when the test only goes up to 170.

18.And this guy claimed to have an IQ over 200.

19.This "smart" person got utterly schooled on art when they tried to be pretentious.

20.This person tried to claim they almost accidentally invented AI that would pass the Turing test and could take over the world just briefly in their head.

21.This person was just so confidently wrong.

22.This person tried to sound superior by roasting someone for starting a dating app convo with "hey, what's good," and promptly got their ass handed to them.

23.This person was just soooo smart, and yet didn't realize he shouldn't refer to women as "females" if he actually wants to talk to one.

24.This person decided to be an ass by correcting someone when he knew what they meant, and got his perfect comeuppance when he made a similar error.

25.This person just straight up lied to make himself sound smarter, and was rightfully exposed.

26.I like OP's caption, so I'm using it: "They taught him history, but not how to not be a condescending dickhead."

27.This person tried to sound superior and yet somehow thought they were the only young person to listen to Pink Floyd and Queen.

28.And finally, I just had to include this one because of the "I'll be in 9th-century Byzantine by noon." Get over yourself.

H/T: r/IAmVerySmart