Why do people think quiet people are dumb?

[TruleyBlessed]

why do some people think shy,quiet girls/guys are dumb just because they don't talk as much.

[FierceMegan2]

I was quiet in school, and no one thought I was dumb because the few times I did speak my answers were very well put together, and when I was asked a question I gave the right answer.

Some people judge easily. It's hard not to be annoyed by it, but the person being judged can't let someone else's ignorance effect them.

I also think that being "opinionated" is a sign of intelligence, and people only know what they see. If they see nothing that is what they think the person has. It's stupid, but I really think that is how it works with most people.

[Anonymous]

I thought the stereotype for quiet people was that they were the smart ones? You know, the shy quiet NERDY girl / guy?

And all the loud outgoing people are obsessed with their looks, have to be the life of the party, can't be alone for more than 5 minutes, and would rather party than learn anything - you know the dumb JOCKS, PARTY girls / guys?

Whoever got the stereotypes confused is an idiot...

[TruleyBlessed]

am quiet and I was hanging out with this guy and I didn't have anything to say and he said am really quiet I might kill him

[Opinion Owner]

lol that doesn't mean he called you dumb silly - he was referring to the whole " look out for the quiet one's " deal.

You know that other stereotype that suggest quiet people are wicked and secretly all murderers lol

[TruleyBlessed]

i know

[Cuddle_Muffin]

Because they don't talk much...just like dumb people...

But if they say words...the opinion should change instantly.

[Lupianwolf]

I'm quiet and have had people say that to me

I guess they just don't know how clever you are as you never speak up

so they might think that you just don't know the answers

[aMuse]

Those that tend to listen, tend to learn more. If they think you are dumb, take advantage of the fact that they have underestimated you.

[honeyltsme]

typically because they're dumb themselves

To the contrary, Russians even have a saying "It's the quietest pond, in which devil takes residence". As in, quiet people have much more to them that meets the eye, that can even be one's undoing :)

[upsyndrome]

Because they're stupid. I hate when people assume something is wrong with someone just because they aren't extroverts.

[TruleyBlessed]

i agree,because am really socially awkward and sometimes I think people think am dumb and am really not

[AllDay]

I don't think that way

I always thought this

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt"

[TruleyBlessed]

i have heard that poem before I just can't remember who wrote it

[AllDay]

I googled it but I couldn't find one source.

Some said Mark Twain others said Abe Lincoln

[TruleyBlessed]

and some of the most famous people where quiet.

[FierceMegan2]

Abraham Lincoln.

[AllDay]

Prove it.

[RedThread]

Also another thing against the notion that quiet people are dumb... "Quiet people have the loudest minds" - Stephen Hawking

[FierceMegan2]

link - Maybe I am wrong. I like the Stephan Hawkings quote.

[calialltheway1993]

I've never heard anyone call quiet people dumb. In fact, they're considered mysterious and outrageous.

[palek]

Being as I'm quiet myself...I'm absolutely certain of it.

[FierceMegan2]

LOL

[palek]

; - )

[The_Supid_Genius]

I never assume they're dumb...just weird. I don't trust quiet people.

[TruleyBlessed]

why you don't trust them?

[The_Supid_Genius]

I don't know. It's like they're silently analyzing things...it just weirds me out.

[Anonymous]

I've never gotten dumb, but I have heard comments about being dangerous. Unfortunately, all of those nuts that go on a rampage are described as people that keep to themselves.

[Prof_Don]

I honestly never knew people thought that about quiet people. :-X

[TruleyBlessed]

maybe am just over thinking it

[kdizzleforizzle91]

I'm more on the quiet side, and people have always assumed I'm smart.

[SallyWillson60]

This girl said that she used to think I was dumb because I didn't talk much... then she said that everyone thought I was dumb (which I dont think is true)

[Anonymous]

i thought people assumed the quiet ones were always the geniuses and the stupid ones were motormouths?

[TruleyBlessed]

your right

[Anonymous]

people have fears of the unknown so they assume things that they don't know about. I mean certain people like keeping things to themselfs. I prefer quiet people then some annoying person who talks constantly and never stops.

[TruleyBlessed]

i know quiet people can be really cool once you get to know them

[JilliansHere]

I don't know anyone that thinks that, usually it's the loud people that are dumb?

[TruleyBlessed]

thats what I think too

[nermalinda]

I usually think they are smart.

[septimus]

i think the opposite lol

[TruleyBlessed]

i agree,because we think before we say anything stupid

[septimus]

indeed :)

[Anonymous]

Ignorant people..

[TruleyBlessed]

i know people are just too lazy to get to know you before they judge

[michael0314]

I don't.