RantSome: A Personal Soapbox Site

To be clear, there are some certain people that I like and admire and respect (sometimes all three of those at once!). But in general, I find people to be irritating and annoying, and most of them have the mentality of sheep. Sheeple.

There are some people who simply cannot be reasoned with. No matter how many points of logic and evidence you put in front of them, they "know" it's wrong, and you're wrong. You may as well argue with a wall. The thing about these people that I find most frustrating is that they seem to manage to generate a little band of supporters who will rally around them and support them in their astounding ignorance, mostly because the supporters are just as ignorant. They'll whine about how it's "their right to express their opinion", but for some reason, it's not the right of anyone else to have a counter opinion...

These people also tend to attack the person, rather than the argument. You point out that some fact or observation is incorrect, and they call you names or make various other accusations and assumptions about your character. These kind of people also seem to be extremely threatened by anyone who appears to be "smarter" than they are (i.e., who knows more about some given topic). They totally overlook the fact that there's an easy cure for not knowing a lot about a particular subject, and that's to learn more about it, yourself. No, no, too much work, too scary to have to learn things. Much easier just to call someone who does know more about it names and run away and hide behind your little band of supporters who will soothe your poor widdle hurt feelings resulting from someone who actually knows what they're talking about pointing out that you made a mistake.

Then you have people who expect the world to be magic. They think that all they have to do is wish for something and it will magically happen, without much or any effort on their part. Put up a website selling widgets, or list your widgets anywhere on the web, and magically, customers will appear waving money and demanding to buy from you. And if that doesn't happen, it's certainly not the fault of the "business person" who had no clue what they were doing or not doing, it's the fault of the listing venue or the web host or the Prime Minister or China or the United States or who knows what else.

Here's a hint, folks. Knowledge and prosperity often go hand in hand, and neither one happens by accident. Both require work and effort. Nobody is born knowing everything or, for that matter, much of anything at all. It's all acquired. And while some people are born into wealth, they're not necessarily prosperous as a result. History is rife with stories of people who were born with enormous financial and social advantages and who squandered it all and died in poverty.

Knowledge is power, and prosperity comes from applying the right kinds of knoweldge, mixed with a combination of perserverence (i.e., stubbornness) and hard work.

So why on earth do people resent knowlege when it's delivered to them on a silver platter? What is it about someone who offers to share their knowledge that's such a threat? Is it because it just reminds certain people how ignorant they are? Or are they actually afraid of learning something else?

Whatever it is, I don't get it. And not only do I not get it, I find it irritating in the extreme. As I've said before and no doubt will say again, stupid people piss me off.

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Stupid People Piss Me Off