I freaking love being wrong, mostly because most of the things I predict are bad/stupid things and heyyy look at that, everything is going to shit just like I thought it would. I would LOVE for something to surprise me.
I've been told for years I'm overreacting about international politics, Fascism spreading in USA, Climate change, and lately, Fascism spreading in Europe.
I am so fucking sick of being right all the time, but I just can't stop. Everything keeps getting worse. It's like we've all adopted Russia's political roadmap: "Everything fucking sucked, and then it got worse".
you would call it Cassandra syndrome, but some Cunt stole that term already
Its the worst the best is to just be silly enough that nobody takes you seriously and yells at you for being right most of the time so you don't feel so bitter when they always agreed with you later and also you get yo be silly being silly is better than being correct
"The further onwards, the scarier"
~ Russian Proverb
I was surprised three times about a political thing in the last months, all of them positive:
I'm pessimistic about a lot of things, but compared to many people I know, I'm tentatively optimistic about the US. It looks to me like they're still “only” doing voter suppression at a scale that isn't close to “Nazi Brownshirts standing in the booths”.
There's a socialist sweep happening but the Trump admin is likely starting to crack down, they've expanded their definition of terrorist again
I have predicted pretty everything that has happened since 9/11
I hate being right about things that are so fucked
I've been right about the good things too, but unfortunately they're less frequent than the shitty stuff at the moment
And by "moment", I mean last 25 bloody years...
Being a pessimist is great because you're either right or pleasantly surprised.
Being wrong is always interesting to me because I get to learn the actual truth next.
This meme kind of sums up a lot of my Reddit experience and why I left.
Not because people shouldn’t question themselves or accept they might be wrong. That is healthy. The problem is how often that idea gets turned into a performance.
A lot of Reddit now feels less like people having a conversation and more like people trying to prove they are the only enlightened person in the room. Every joke gets dissected. Every casual comment becomes a debate. Every disagreement gets reframed as “you just didn’t understand,” “you’re emotional,” or “you need to question your beliefs.”
It stops being curiosity and becomes status-seeking and ultimatly boring as fuck. Been so nice to have actual convosations where if I have my view challenged and changed it's not a huge reaction.
It's not Reddit. I know quite a few people who seem to think anyone will agree with them if they just explain it properly.
Because it is entirely impossible for someone to disagree with them, so if you don't hold the same opinion, it's because you don't understand things well enough.
This is intrinsic to idealist thinking. Liberals literally think history is a struggle of ideas and the most correct ones will win if everyone just sits down and thinks about it.
They would! Unfortunately, that's not how humans work. Why sit down and think about it when you can just take the other guy's stuff?
And if you're not good at thinking, how are you supposed to know when the guy you're sitting down with isn't just bullshitting you?
Why sit down and think about it when you can just take the other guy’s stuff?
The liberal would probably say something like "the social contract prevents this kind of behavior, enlightenment thinking, etc." The materialist would point out that behavior is exactly what society is organized around, because we have mutually exclusive class interests with the people doing the taking.
What do you think idealism and materialism mean when you use them?
Broadly, here's the wikipedia page. In the context of categorizing political philosophies, Idealism is the belief that human development and conflict is a conflict between ideas, as opposed to physical reality. You may see this framed as "great men and their ideas".
Materialism on the other hand holds that human development is a product of material conditions, specifically around ones relationship with the mode of production.
Yeah, sometimes you just gotta kill those who disagree.
You're clearly baiting something.
Haven't you ever heard the saying that it's difficult to get someone to understand something when their salary depends on them not understanding it?
This alone should tell you that you sometimes need more than just ideas. Like, sometimes you need to cut their salary.
Wait until you hear how the philosophy of the ruling class achieves and maintains dominance.
Hint: It's not by calm, measured debate with the people whose oppression it justifies.
I stopped thinking this way when I realized why the tortoise wins the race and not the hare. People often just... don't do things they should do, even when they're aware of their responsibilities, and understand how easy it would be. Like reassessing your beliefs when confronted with a fact you can't argue with - it's easy to do, but people just... don't. This just didn't click for me. For decades I thought everyone would naturally have the motivation to do something simple, maybe not right away, but eventually.
Slow and steady wins the race not because it's better than being quick and nimble, but because the person who can do it effortlessly knows how easy it would be, and puts it off to the point where it never gets done. So the person who gets off their ass and gets things done will win even if they're slow. The motivation to do things is more important than the skill to do them easily.
You're emotional
Rheeeeeee🤣
1st Reddit ban: saying Putin should be dealt with after he took Crimea.
2nd Reddit ban: arguing that the countryclub feature on subs was racist back when they required photos of skin color.
3rd Reddit “ban”: recently tried again, immediately shadow banned for saying that ill-behaved Israeli settlers in Thailand should be dealt with harshly by the military. Post instantly moderated by AI. Deleted my account.
Reddit has strayed far from its original vision and purpose
That's what's refreshing on Lemmy people will contradict you or call you out for ranting, but almost always in a respectful way. Unless you mention libidos, some people get really upset about that, lol.
Who wants ORAL SEX?
Who wants TO GO SECOND?
Don't let this man know the power of the 69
I'll take seconds!
Ok, who wants to go third?
I'm in!
oh no, someone put yummy sauce on this yummy snack, what will I do???
Yeah sure, that's the preferred order. I need get turned on as well and giving one is better than receiving one anyway.
TIL: Taking mushrooms and experiencing ego death makes you a superior intellectual. Well I have those qualities, and I assure you, I'm not an intellectual
you're more of an intellectual than a "140iq superior intellect" person who is blinded by their own ability to solve puzzles and thinks they're better than everyone else and never wrong about anything
The Ben Shapiro types. Okay, yeah yeah, you're smart on paper, but you're dumb as shit.
I'm ok with being wrong and revising my knowledge. I'm not ok with trying to talk to someone that refuses to admit when they're wrong even when they're presented with clear evidence of the fact.
Everybody has opinions.
Some people confuse being strongly and loudly opinionate about many things with intellectual capability.
Personally I think it's the oposite: you have to be really dumb to believe anybody could possibly trully understand most things and, worse, to think you yourself are such a person.
“The only true wisdom is in knowing that you know nothing.” (Or something like that)
-Socrates (probably)
Yeah sure, i like it. Opens up new possibilities and thinking patterns. That has been kinda useful over the years.
One of the main reasons i use forum or whatever type of social media lemmy and reddit are is to have my thinking patterns questioned and tested and to read other peoples thought patterns as well.
I really don't care whatever it says about my intellect, it's just useful and can make my life easier and as an added benefit due to understanding others better, hopefully make their lives a little easier as well.
More accurately...
Who wants to claim to be a superior intellectual?
Who is capable of explaining their opinions beyond repeating the same talking points they'be been fed?
How to tell you're dealing with #1 and not #2? Once they've exhausted their shallow pool of talking points their next steps are...
Completely switch topics
Attack your character
Try to fight you
Use the phrases "do your own research" or "I'm just asking questions"
Really hate it when people ask questions, eh? Ngl, kinda ableist to bring "capability" into it, you utter buffoon. Bike racks. Noon.
Edit: forgot the /s. I was just trying to hit all 4 bullets with the minimum number of characters fucking relax
"Just asking questions" had become the go-to response for people who are being utter dicks about something until they're proven wrong or someone stands up to em.
It's like the mild equivalent of someone saying "it's just a prank bro"
Asking questions and "just asking questions" are two different things in this context. "Why are Jews overrepresented in the media and banking industries?" is a perfectly valid and normal question. If you're asking it with the intent to understand the sociopolitical context behind this fact, that's good. If you're asking it to try and push a narrative about Jews being in control of the world, that's bad.
I'm tired of people who are clever with regard to one thing thinking that they're right about everything
You're not a genius, you're autistic, and your one niche subject of interest isn't actually making the world a better place
specialization =/= autism
intelligence ~/~ (does not have a definite relationship to) autism
This made sense until the insinuation that intelligence and autism are mutually exclusive
is that bugs bunny on the podium?
No to the first, yes to the following three.
Pane two is why an ml mod banned me for 14 days yesterday lmao
Edit: and hexbear today. Those guys are the most sensitive little snowflakes in the world.
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