Intelligence and education are important endeavours for many folks all around the world. Pursuing degrees and advanced levels of knowledge is rewarding and interesting for many. It's great to feel smart, but some people take their intelligence (or perceived intelligence) too far. Being smart and using intelligence to help people is great, it's when it's used to boast and embarrass people that it gets bad.

The internet is full of self-proclaimed geniuses who like to think they are the smartest person in every room. They purposefully use unnecessary and confusing vocabulary to talk down to people, they share their IQs online and they shake their heads at those who enjoy meaningless entertainment. These kinds of people are so cringeworthy, but they're fun to laugh at.

Reddit's /r/iamverysmart is a sarcastically titled subreddit where users share the "smartest" people they come across online. Get ready for some intense amounts of cringe, it gets bad. Here are 26 "super smart" people who need everyone to know how smart they really are.