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I hope you realize you are furthering the impression of not being a particoularly intelligent person.
Have a nice day nevertheless.
There's this weird phenomenon where if an IQ difference is larger than 30 points, the person on the lower side becomes confused and belligerent, believing the other person is the problem because they keep pointing out flaws in what they're saying.
It's why the line for intellectual impairments is an IQ of 70. At 30 points difference communication is hindered.
Unfortunately I've taken an actual proctored Wechsler exam... This might feel new to you, especially if you're a full standard deviation above 100.
Statistically speaking, there's just not many times you'd run into someone more than 3 standard deviations above average. Like, lemmy world is the biggest instance, assuming an equal distribution the amount of people over 145 is single digits. You very well might never interact with someone two standard deviations above you again.
So don't feel bad, I get this a lot.
This is the first time I've been accused of having a low IQ for pointing out spelling errors tho, usually it's taking steps of logic for granted and the other person can't fill in the gaps on their own.
That was very insighful, thanks!