Posted: May 02, 2018 8:06 pm
Deride me, ostracize me etc. Just shit all over me if they think they can get away with it. People are chimps.
A recent episode turned out rather favorably for me though. I made a prediction—based on the available evidence—about the outcome of a politically charged event (not the 2016 election of Trump; I honestly didn't see that coming). But people I had known for years were existing in an utter echo chamber and just would not listen to me. One told me that I was "lying", "delusional" and "retarded" for failing to accept the echo chamber judgment. Then when the thing happened that I said would happen I had a heyday with it and these people were—I think—legitimately frightened by this and the failure of their Very Smart™ peers to come up with a correct assessment. Months after the incident I was at a bar browsing the Facebook of the "lying" and "delusional" individual on my phone on an alt account—as I had been blocked on my main—and I found gloating about how it appeared that the "fascist nerd" was wrong, with favorable reactions from about twenty people. Comments were open so I started gloating back. You wouldn't believe how fast I got blocked.
The incident impressed upon me the power of logic and reason to quash and suffocate chimp shit. I think this power will only expand as we head further into the 21st century and I am looking forward to it.
