>>465466 If you're making a VR thing that's not entirely off-the-shelf hardware you're probably pretty smart. You've chosen to focus on physical objects instead of people and that's not an invalid choice. But it does mean you'll be better working with things, not people. If you choose, you can spend years of effort learning how people interact. You can read books about it and then go practice in bars or parks. You can observe casual conversations and apply what you see to what you know of human motivations. But humans are complex entities. Whether that's worth the time it is up to you. On one hand you'll probably end up with a better job, on the other hand you'll find yourself becoming a shallow fraud who skims an "I'm smart" book before Thanksgiving dinner just so you can impress people who are, in turn, trying to impress you.

>>465466 >one dude even about to buy a house Even though I can relate; I really hope you didn't mention this because you're one of those "I'm really smart, but broke" fellas.

>>465466 >big discussion around the table about the books they've been reading >I had absolutely nothing to contribute <I was supposed to be a smart person

>>465466 Well anon the fact you're posting here about it means you feel insecure about that interaction. You felt alienated among your friends and feel they don't even care about you. Out of your depth, alone, inferior to all those happy folks enjoying nice homes, talking hobbies, living good lives. You fell for the "I don't need social circles or follow teh rat race like those normies, Im smarter than them" ego boosting technique many modern men and women usually fall for. As evident by your reaction to that fairly normal thanksgiving interaction, your "smartness" might be limited to few domains but the thing is you've thought of your smartness as a crutch for being a valuable person, a cut above the crowd, or even as an excuse to say I don't need those normalfag stuff like emotions or caring about things, I've a goal of VR program Im working on. Truth is, it doesn't matter that much. We are basic animals with big brains but bigger egos. You've considered your smartness as a self worth source of validation. You thinking you "contribute nothing the entire time" and feeling bad, when its not a show-and-tell competition to show up with the best things in life. Others have many things to bring up, so you think they contributed, brought value, are successful. You brought nothing like that, so you feel lacking, unvalued, useless, just being there. "Feeling Smart" isn't working here. You've inardently tied your self-value to these "smart things you can bring up to the table" like cool knowledge or smart facts about specific things. When in reality you just being there is enough for thanksgiving. Any other contribution is just sweet extra. Chin up. You're smart enough to realise that smartness isn't everything. Or making a big project, or buying a house. We need all around development.

>>465478 I agree with your assessment. I think I understand people enough that I could assimilate if I wanted to, but I do find the rewards of fitting into society mostly pretty shallow. Although sex with women I'm actually attracted to would be nice lol. But you're right, I guess I've chosen a path that diverges from other people and leaves me alone. >>465484 >I really hope you didn't mention this because you're one of those "I'm really smart, but broke" fellas. Nope >>465486 Yep >>465495 Thanks, that's a nice way of looking it at. Still, I can't shake feeling alienated any time I catch up with a friend and they are doing all these normal things that I wouldn't necessarily know how to do, or have the means to achieve myself. It's not necessarily envy or anything, but just a feeling of "boy I hope I'm not fucking up because it's starting to feel like it"