Thursday, August 5, 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010
A sad fact.
People are stupid.
Let that sink in past the initial reaction for a moment and think about the phrase. People (more than one usually 5 or more) are stupid (unintelligent, ignorant, panicky, illogical). Its a sad fact of life that we as a species lose our fucking minds when we are in a group together. Now, I am not saying that you the reader are stupid (hell you are reading this so IQ of 125 + assured,) or that I am stupid. A single person can be highly intelligent, logical and can understand the reasonable arguments for a differing point of view. However, once you get people in a group we become sheep. Often one person can lead a group of people like sheep, this is how pointless riots start, looting, hate crimes, we dont think. This has been hard wired into us since before civilization, and we are still as stupid in groups as ever, we have not grown out of it.
"But" you say "Surley all out scientific achievements show we are nt that primitive any longer." Ahh but those are achievements of individuals, and it still has to get through the panicky group mind that its beneficial for us as a society. Some great advancements dont make it that far because we are idiots. Stem Cell Research, due to a few people advising large groups that this is morally wrong, has been retarded by this thinking. Western civilization had a thousand year halt on progress due to the rise of Christianity and the Dark Ages. But surely you think religion would be a cure for this, that all the good works it has done and inspired show a cure for our herd panic. Nope, for every mother Theresa spreading good will, you get a spanish inquisition. Reading this is not going to change a thing, however realizing this about ourselves is a first step in change. So next time you see a riot or a board of education passing a referendum to put stickers about creationism on science text books, just remember that people are stupid.
Let that sink in past the initial reaction for a moment and think about the phrase. People (more than one usually 5 or more) are stupid (unintelligent, ignorant, panicky, illogical). Its a sad fact of life that we as a species lose our fucking minds when we are in a group together. Now, I am not saying that you the reader are stupid (hell you are reading this so IQ of 125 + assured,) or that I am stupid. A single person can be highly intelligent, logical and can understand the reasonable arguments for a differing point of view. However, once you get people in a group we become sheep. Often one person can lead a group of people like sheep, this is how pointless riots start, looting, hate crimes, we dont think. This has been hard wired into us since before civilization, and we are still as stupid in groups as ever, we have not grown out of it.
"But" you say "Surley all out scientific achievements show we are nt that primitive any longer." Ahh but those are achievements of individuals, and it still has to get through the panicky group mind that its beneficial for us as a society. Some great advancements dont make it that far because we are idiots. Stem Cell Research, due to a few people advising large groups that this is morally wrong, has been retarded by this thinking. Western civilization had a thousand year halt on progress due to the rise of Christianity and the Dark Ages. But surely you think religion would be a cure for this, that all the good works it has done and inspired show a cure for our herd panic. Nope, for every mother Theresa spreading good will, you get a spanish inquisition. Reading this is not going to change a thing, however realizing this about ourselves is a first step in change. So next time you see a riot or a board of education passing a referendum to put stickers about creationism on science text books, just remember that people are stupid.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
OH for fucks sake........
So I was going about my adult life happy as a clam. I was on my way to a bloody vampire movie when what do I see? A poster for http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020938/ . Now its no secret that children are some what of a....lets say....major annoyance to me, if not more. But why does there need to be a baby movie? This is not a cutesy comedy either, its a documentary on four babies growing up. So the people who will see this are gonna be parents already, or people who stalk children for a living (you see them at every gathering insisting to hold any child in sight, as if its a right guaranteed by the social contract.) Either way the human infant progression is no mystery to them, unless these children are from a different planet then the only change will be culture and thats a completely different documentary. The messed up part of this is that parents are gonna take their children to this, that makes sense "honey look that was you in a earlier development cycle!" My main problem is that this country has gone baby crazy as of late, the tv shows (john and kate plus 8, while on the subject I cant stand people gaining a level of celebrity just because they had the offspring equivalent of a litter. Wow you had a unnatural amount of children at once, now fuck off to the back yeah.) The pregnancy, of which the mtv show about several girls that are teenager who are pregnant, i caught part of this show and it seems to offer positive reinforcement for reproducing early.
I do not plan on having any children, if you do its your choice and you are entitled to make that choice and have the opinion that this was the correct course of action. However I am tired of people acting that it is a forgone conclusion that everyone loves kids, has no problem accommodating them at ones own inconvenience, no I dont want to hold the baby, no I dont want to watch your kids, no I will not sit quietly while your kid screams during a movie I paid to see and you sit idly by. I value my time and sanity over your childs "freedom" or "self esteem". I have said before but I state again its your kid its your choice, but if it interferes with my life and others it becomes everyones issue and by your inaction I will act.
I do not plan on having any children, if you do its your choice and you are entitled to make that choice and have the opinion that this was the correct course of action. However I am tired of people acting that it is a forgone conclusion that everyone loves kids, has no problem accommodating them at ones own inconvenience, no I dont want to hold the baby, no I dont want to watch your kids, no I will not sit quietly while your kid screams during a movie I paid to see and you sit idly by. I value my time and sanity over your childs "freedom" or "self esteem". I have said before but I state again its your kid its your choice, but if it interferes with my life and others it becomes everyones issue and by your inaction I will act.
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