Trae Crowder

And I always loved Uncle Tim and was always just very opposed to that. And part of that also was that I did not grow up in the church at all. So those two things definitely made me sort of stand out. And also I was very... Combative is not the right word, but I was very open with how I felt about that stuff and my disagreements. And a lot of people were...

And I always loved Uncle Tim and was always just very opposed to that. And part of that also was that I did not grow up in the church at all. So those two things definitely made me sort of stand out. And also I was very... Combative is not the right word, but I was very open with how I felt about that stuff and my disagreements. And a lot of people were...

And I always loved Uncle Tim and was always just very opposed to that. And part of that also was that I did not grow up in the church at all. So those two things definitely made me sort of stand out. And also I was very... Combative is not the right word, but I was very open with how I felt about that stuff and my disagreements. And a lot of people were...

It's not really that impressive, but I didn't know that.

I had no frame of reference.

So at the time, as a child and as a teenager, I literally left that town.

I left high school genuinely believing that I was goodwill hunting, like a prodigy.

level intellect.

That's how I thought of myself.

A lot of times the people in places like that who are on the other side or on the left or whatever, they just – they, like, never speak up and I don't blame them. It's like you don't want to be the one that ruins Thanksgiving dinner or whatever or just gets yelled – gets ganged up on.

A lot of times the people in places like that who are on the other side or on the left or whatever, they just – they, like, never speak up and I don't blame them. It's like you don't want to be the one that ruins Thanksgiving dinner or whatever or just gets yelled – gets ganged up on.

A lot of times the people in places like that who are on the other side or on the left or whatever, they just – they, like, never speak up and I don't blame them. It's like you don't want to be the one that ruins Thanksgiving dinner or whatever or just gets yelled – gets ganged up on.

And then realizing in my 20s that that was not the case really screwed me up and engendered a major quarter-life crisis that fucked me forever.

A lot of gifted kids have that problem.

You end up being just a burned-out husk at 26 or whatever.

So I get it, but I never had that problem when I was growing up. And what I've always chalked that up to is the other thing that was going on with me as a kid was that, like – I was the smart kid in my school, which I realize now looking back is like being the straightest guy to share a concert. It's not really that impressive, but I didn't know that. I had no frame of reference.

So I get it, but I never had that problem when I was growing up. And what I've always chalked that up to is the other thing that was going on with me as a kid was that, like – I was the smart kid in my school, which I realize now looking back is like being the straightest guy to share a concert. It's not really that impressive, but I didn't know that. I had no frame of reference.

So I get it, but I never had that problem when I was growing up. And what I've always chalked that up to is the other thing that was going on with me as a kid was that, like – I was the smart kid in my school, which I realize now looking back is like being the straightest guy to share a concert. It's not really that impressive, but I didn't know that. I had no frame of reference.

But anyway, but as a kid and as a teen, I thought very, very highly of myself in terms of intelligence and intellect.

And so it was always a thing where it's like, well, yeah, all these so many people surrounding me, they disagree with me.