Intellectual Loneliness
from this thread and the far-too-many-hours I&#x27;ve spent on Reddit - obviously these feeling are not uncommon, but the tone in which this stuff is presented <i>always</i> reeks of unearned superiority<p>like I think its great that people like OP have enjoyment and passion for &quot;intellectual pursuits&quot;, but most other people don&#x27;t. you have an interest, and like most other interests, people aren&#x27;t going to share your interest because they have their own, different interests. so don&#x27;t be surprised when you try to pivot the conversation, people don&#x27;t want to talk about<p>like it sucks you can&#x27;t share your interest with those close to you, that&#x27;s a problem most everyone has, but when it&#x27;s on the topic of &quot;intellectual pursuits&quot; or whatever 
 - articles like this it <i>always</i> read as &quot;I&#x27;m smart, everyone else is dumb, woe is me&quot;<p>that may not be what people like OP are intending - but the problem is others just have different passions and priorities than you and are turned off when you want to discuss only what interests you. I&#x27;m certain most <i>could</i> have such a conversation with someone like OP, but why would they when their tone smells like &quot;smarter than tho&quot; because they want to talk about esoteric philosophy or abstract ideas at a college party<p>if one want to get rid of this &quot;loneliness&quot; you either need to find a community of like-minded others (see the internet) or introduce conversation topics in a more mutually interesting manner instead of wishing for others to meet you where you are<p>I write this as someone who has been on both sides of the conversation