HN included. I cringe every time I read some comment here saying something to the effect of “I’m sure almost everybody here was a gifted child, is super smart

HN included. I cringe every time I read some comment here saying something to the effect of “I’m sure almost everybody here was a gifted child, is super smart and makes a half million a year...”. Literally every forum I’ve been on has some variant of this. Joel’s old forums had the same comments, slashdot, Kuro5hin, everything.... Everybody wants to think they are above average.