If you feel the need to recite a thesaurus in order to convince fellow internet users that you're smart, you're probably not the most intelligent person. These people regularly brag about being geniuses, but clearly, they aren't. No one in their right minds would believe that pretending to be smart actually makes you smart. Fortunately, these people aren't in their right minds, even though they think they are. They seem to genuinely believe what they're saying while they hurl insults around online about everyone else's inferior intelligence. When you start throwing around words like "paradigm," you're officially overcompensating for something.

These people will never believe they're not smart, and they feel the need to prove their intelligence (completely unprompted) just to shame others for not believing their Flat Earth model is real. Here are some of the most awkward failed attempts at sounding smart online. Here are some truly cringeworthy examples of people trying to convince you that they're the smartest out there.