Boomers and other general idiots seem to care a lot more about the "conversational high" rather than the truthfulness of the words being said.
It's like they're in a circlejerk and don't realize it. They don't SAY THINGS in conversations. They memorize phrases and emotional responses in certain situations to get a rise out of people. And that's all they have, they don't have the knowledge to SAY THINGS.
These phrases they memorize have no logical connection, even though they are always presented as basic facts. They just saw other people say it and they copy it like a child.
The word "clowns" comes to mind?
There's a lot of ramifications to this. I just wanted to see if anyone else has noticed this?
yeah its pretty irritating talking to normies when they just repeat whatever they heard on the radio or tv news and then sit there agreeing with each other about it
particularly when its a subject they have never expressed any interest in before until it became a social hot topic and now all of a sudden they have an opinion - because one has been provided to them - and apparently an overwhelming urge to share said opinion with anyone who will listen
like if you really care enough to have an animated discussion about a topic why not at least spend 5 minutes googling it first
Juan Flores
People in general are fairly vapid and I imagine that most don't have the mental capacity to carefully consider and respond to an opinion in a conversation
Blake Jackson
I don't think that normies understand knowledge. Or how to study.
Like, in public school, all of the assignments were bullshit and the study material was busy work, and I think they got the idea that any and all study is like that. Pointless and to be avoided.
Furthermore, they do circlejerk each other, and that exacerbates the problem, as it gives them unbased confidence.
Do you think they know how to study? Or why to study?
Cooper Jenkins
This is true, but I'm looking for the reason why. Maybe we can fix this.
As said, they need to be provided opinions. What if we provide an opinion on studying that is based? Could we stop the normies at the source?
Noah Lopez
You can't fix stupid. The worst are the people that quote television and movies, or worse yet act out behavior they see in them.
its not only knowledge and how to study its even just simple logic, a lot of people don't really seem to understand the very basic foundation of a logical argument. they just kind of hear something and then that's fact to them somehow, i don't really understand it. there is no part of their brain wanting a logical explanation or asking why or looking for the whole "premise a + premise b = conclusion a"
its sort of like the difference between memorising a times table and trying to remember which number you are supposed to say when you see 7x12 instead of actually understanding how to multiply numbers together. it boggles my mind somehow that people can be seemingly so idiotic in some respects but also being relatively functional adults
Jason Howard
I know it seems that way, as I too have suffered the frustration of attempting a logical debate with an idiot.
But I'm thinking that since I used to be an idiot, that there has to be some way. Certain areas seem to have more intelligent people without an idiot screening process. Maybe it's the environment around the idiot?
The circlejerk comes to mind.
Maybe we can have a based commune with a screening process. If this hypothetical screening process is successful, and we suck the intelligent out of areas infested with normies, do you think they'll be able to run the city on their own? Will it collapse a-la natural selection style?
Memorizing the answers WAS the CORRECT thing to do. No logic, just memorization.
Remember people that "hate word problems"?
Maybe they've been trained to do that from birth.
I think that one way to counter that is to promote creativity. Building a project and seeing it through provides that logical connection you mention.
I have high hopes for the Minecraft kids, man.
Andrew Lopez
Dude, I wish I was underage.
When I left highschool, I thought I was done with this shit. But now that it's still here, I feel like we adults need to do something about it.
Asher Sanders
I'm a truck driver. My house is the open road. I talk to many people day after day
Lincoln Lopez
Another thing that kills me:
Define "normal".
Are we not all unique. Does neuroplasticity not necessitate this? This phenomenon we identify as "normal". It's something different. Like a social virus
Cooper Hernandez
>, do you think they'll be able to run the city on their own? Will it collapse a-la natural selection style? I dunno man. I'm barely intelligent to recognize my own stupidity. I think shit irreversibly fucked. Ted Kaczynski was right. Make sure you exercise truckerbro. Sitting all day and eating greasy food on the road isn't good for your cardiovascular health.
I eat nothing but rice and beans, man. It's: >cheap >dry storage >High nutritional content >Made to taste good with just olive oil and salt, which are also nutrient-rich >cooks while I drive
Thanks for looking out for me bro.
You mention Ted Kaczynski. I feel like he's seen this same shit, but he reacted by attacking the circlejerk in universities. In a Malcom X kinda way.
Call me MLK, bro. There's gotta be a better way.
I think he put too much faith in the educational system, and when it betrayed him, he went apeshit. I know the feels, but I've always been an independent american in my personal life. Like most philosophers, I think others should think and behave the same.
But will they do so if I don't TRULY CONVINCE them?
Liam Gutierrez
Also, neuroplasticity doesn't ever stop, user.
The nature of intelligence has everything to do what the volume of knowledge you possess. As long as you can integrate that knowledge successfully into your personal world view, you're doing it right.
Don't just memorize, understand.
Everybody's path is different. This is why I don't like schools and prefer the library.
Asher Johnson
everything to do with*
Alexander Watson
yep.
will confirm.
i hate this media brainwashed trash whom are collectively failing their children, drowning in their degeneracy and narcissism
Jonathan Perry
the boomers are so out of touch with what their own children are dealing with and are hoarding everything for themselves. i absolutely despise what they've become. old fucking retards doing nothing, harming the rest of us with their stupidity, and burying their heads in the fucking sand.
Jaxon Lopez
>but he reacted by attacking the circlejerk in universities Teddy was killing off the people responsible for destruction of the things he loved. People didn't understand how killing professors and bean counters were responsible. It was less random killing than we give him credit for. >neuroplasticity doesn't ever stop, user. Yeah, but I've gotten lazy and forgot how to so even some not so complex mathematics I used to do. You can lose your knowledge and regress if you don't hone your skills.
I don't know if you've ever heard of the "generational baton"
It's like in a race, where you pass the baton to the next runner and he picks up where you left off. The boomers were supposed to pass the baton. I feel like they neglected it, and now we must dig it up, clean it off, and keep running on our own
Camden Jackson
That does suck, but please do remember that you were once a pant-shitting baby, and at one point learned how to do that.
It sucks that you must learn again, but that doesn't mean the race is over
I need to do more research on Ted Kaczynski, I'll respond to that in a bit
Cameron Price
Upon further wikipedia-ing, I still think my previous statement holds true.
Easton Rivera
>From WIkipedia
As a sophomore, Kaczynski participated in a study described by author Alston Chase as a "purposely brutalizing psychological experiment" led by Harvard psychologist Henry Murray. Subjects were told they would be debating personal philosophy with a fellow student, and were asked to write essays detailing their personal beliefs and aspirations. The essays were turned over to an anonymous attorney, who in a later session would confront and belittle the subject – making "vehement, sweeping, and personally abusive" attacks – using the content of the essays as ammunition, while electrodes monitored the subject's physiological reactions. These encounters were filmed, and subjects' expressions of anger and rage were later played back to them repeatedly.[25] The experiment lasted three years, with someone verbally abusing and humiliating Kaczynski each week.[26][27] Kaczynski spent 200 hours as part of the study.[28]
Sounds like Teddy got a condensed normie conversation. Sounds like he was pretty butthurt, honestly
