Jusuf Nurkic says Kobe would trash talk him in Bosnian to get in his head:
“He started speaking my language. He was psycho man. He was learning all these languages so he can talk sh*t. I was shocked that he was actually cursing at me in my language."
(via Sofascore Basketball)
High intelligence often comes with heightened pattern recognition. You start noticing social masks, forced conversations, performative friendships, hidden motives, emotional immaturity, and energy that feels draining instead of nourishing. Many highly intelligent people also have more active nervous systems, deeper inner worlds, and lower tolerance for superficial stimulation, so solitude can feel safer than constantly shrinking themselves to fit environments that don’t feel aligned.
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