smart people

We love seeing stupid people get shut down by intelligent professionals. Unfortunately, experiencing this IRL is an extremely rare blessing. Instead, we have to rely on the comment-happy idiots of the internet to say dumb things and get schooled by the good samaritans who value science and fact over, well, the opposite. And these are some pretty good instances of such intellectual slaughter. 

Ever see someone drop some complicated stats in a post that make you wonder if the math checks out? Well some nerds out there will literally do the math to prove a point, calculate the internal physics of a meme, or just for the hell of it. Let's be real, most of us plebs hate math, but it sure is entertaining to catch someone else dropping some mathematical knowledge on the rest of us. We've got some amusing examples of brainiacs in the wild that did the math.  

If you're someone who gets satisfaction out of seeing slightly misguided or straight up rude people get owned by the reasonable and informed, we've got a load of screenshots from r/murderedbywords that capture these rare moments. Lately there's been an influx of misinformation spreading about the new Covid-19 vaccines. Of course, it's always a good idea to scrutinize anything you're putting into your body, but some people seem to just make stuff up on the fly and tweet about it like it's proven fact. Well thankfully, there are professionals out there who are always ready to school the ignorant.

We love to see ordinary people exploiting glitches in the system, flawed discount deals, lazy employers, and any big institution that profits from usually doing the exploiting. When you spend most of your life rising and grinding every damn day to pay the bills, even the smallest win can feel like striking gold, like figuring out how to secure a free weekly lunch for the next couple years. 

We've got a bunch of great examples of clever people taking advantage of loopholes thanks to a hot recent thread from r/AskReddit.

High school math teachers are always talking about how wonderful and useful algebraic equations are, but I bet if teachers told their students they could use math for epic punchlines or to totally own people online, the kids would pay closer attention in class. Whether you're a huge math nerd or you love to see people drop witty comments they obviously spent way too long crafting, you'll surely be into these internet moments of smartassery. r/theydidthemath is a goldmine of mathematical zingers, so be sure to check out the sub.

Has anyone ever given you the answer you weren't expecting but they weren't technically wrong? Those pedantic friends that are always trolling you with words? We've got a bunch of hilarious examples of these puzzling and somewhat irritating instances. People who deliver the wrong correct answer just to be annoying often deserve an eye-roll and a slow clap, but a lot of these unexpected replies had us LOLing.

It's hard not to enjoy seeing people get totally owned online after they say something painfully idiotic. The internet is rife with spontaneous battles of wit, and although it's more common to see a bunch of hot-heads saying stupid shit at each other in a void, once in a while you can catch someone schooling others with some fire comebacks. We've got a handful of these instances where someone was totally murdered by words.

Sometimes we intellectuals just need a safe space to converse among ourselves - the conversation untainted by those of inferior intellect. These memes are for those who love to ponder life's persistent questions and casually solve quadratic equations. We hope you'll appreciate this judgment-free zone, away from those who just don't get you.

This is an equal-opportunity meme list. Whether your geekiness is DnD leaning, or chemistry, from history to math - these memes really have something for everyone.