Topic: Simpletons
+Anonymous A — 6 months ago #67,738
There’s a reason why the word simpleton is made from the root word simple. Something I find really annoying is people who need everything to be simple. A lot of people can’t seem to understand or accept that most things are overdetermined. Instead they need some simple stupid explanation like, "the world is this way because the good people always win and the bad people always lose and the good people are smart and the bad people are stupid and that’s why rich people are rich and poor people are poor and some countries are powerful and some countries aren’t and some races are doing well and others aren’t." And it’s just like, no matter how hard you try, some people are just too damn stupid to understand anything.
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·Anonymous A (OP) — 6 months ago, 54 seconds later[T] [B] #672,107
@OP
Ironically these people are always convinced they’re one of the "good ones" and everybody else is evil. It’s so annoying. And they’re usually bratty about it too.
Ironically these people are always convinced they’re one of the "good ones" and everybody else is evil. It’s so annoying. And they’re usually bratty about it too.
+Anonymous B — 6 months ago, 2 minutes later, 3 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #672,109
·Anonymous A (OP) — 6 months ago, 2 minutes later, 5 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #672,110
Like I remember having this really stupid argument with somebody over why Nigeria and Hong Kong aren’t compatible because Hong Kong is a city that was located next to a special economic zone in the most populous country in the world and Nigeria is a country. But the other person kept trying to argue, "Well colonialism doesn’t make a country poor because then why isn’t Hong Kong poor! It has to be the same everywhere!" While I was trying to explain that China in the 1960s was poorer than Africa and colonialism actually did make China poor, but China and Nigeria are at different stages in their economic development due to differences in population demographics that account for how many young working aged people they had at what time but it’s like… some people are so damn stupid.
·Anonymous A (OP) — 6 months ago, 53 seconds later, 6 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #672,111
@672,109 (B)
I’m not gonna lie I’m probably a bad person who lies about everything including this sentence.
I’m not gonna lie I’m probably a bad person who lies about everything including this sentence.
+Anonymous C — 6 months ago, 5 minutes later, 12 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #672,113
·Anonymous A (OP) — 6 months ago, 13 minutes later, 25 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #672,116
@672,110 (A)
They also had some stupid opinion that "all modern technology was created by free countries like the United States, the UK, and Japan!" But then I brought up space travel and the USSR. I feel like people don’t even bother thinking before they say stuff.
They also had some stupid opinion that "all modern technology was created by free countries like the United States, the UK, and Japan!" But then I brought up space travel and the USSR. I feel like people don’t even bother thinking before they say stuff.
·Anonymous A (OP) — 6 months ago, 3 minutes later, 28 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #672,117
@previous (A)
People will remember that the US put the first man on the moon but forget who put the first man in space, the first woman in space, the first satellite in orbit, the first probe on the surface of the moon, none of which was America. It was that other country without the freedom.
People will remember that the US put the first man on the moon but forget who put the first man in space, the first woman in space, the first satellite in orbit, the first probe on the surface of the moon, none of which was America. It was that other country without the freedom.
·Anonymous A (OP) — 6 months ago, 2 minutes later, 30 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #672,118
@672,113 (C)
Random fact, but the USSR also put the first African guy in space.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnaldo_Tamayo_M%C3%A9ndez
Random fact, but the USSR also put the first African guy in space.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnaldo_Tamayo_M%C3%A9ndez
+Anonymous D — 6 months ago, 8 minutes later, 38 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #672,119
@672,116 (A)
I think the bigger problem is the lack of education and opinion being taken for fact. All human progress was a matter of contribution, everyone stands on someone else's shoulders so it's theft to take credit for someone else's work. It's also inconsistent to condemn others for what we ourselves are guilty of.
I think the bigger problem is the lack of education and opinion being taken for fact. All human progress was a matter of contribution, everyone stands on someone else's shoulders so it's theft to take credit for someone else's work. It's also inconsistent to condemn others for what we ourselves are guilty of.
·Anonymous A (OP) — 6 months ago, 3 minutes later, 42 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #672,120
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·Anonymous D — 6 months ago, 14 minutes later, 57 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #672,121
@previous (A)
I think those who worship wealth who don't actually have it are in for a rude awakening since continued negative GDP will mean a depression, not a recession, and firing people from the government en masse will not only create bottlenecks in government efficiency and higher unemployment/ jobless claims, obviously, and all at a time when an unnecessary trade war destabilizes the markets and threatens hyper-inflation with a does of devalued 401k, none of which are good economic indicators except for the cultists in denial. The good news is the widespread suffering will snap some of them out of it. If the left keeps it's cool and doesn't snap in response, we can live through the depression and come out of it sooner.
I think those who worship wealth who don't actually have it are in for a rude awakening since continued negative GDP will mean a depression, not a recession, and firing people from the government en masse will not only create bottlenecks in government efficiency and higher unemployment/ jobless claims, obviously, and all at a time when an unnecessary trade war destabilizes the markets and threatens hyper-inflation with a does of devalued 401k, none of which are good economic indicators except for the cultists in denial. The good news is the widespread suffering will snap some of them out of it. If the left keeps it's cool and doesn't snap in response, we can live through the depression and come out of it sooner.
·Anonymous A (OP) — 6 months ago, 6 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[T] [B] #672,122
@previous (D)
Unfortunately, sometimes people only learn the hard way. But fortunately, once people learn the hard way, they stick with it more. Germany for example learned their mistakes the hard way after WWII. Even though they still have some problems, it is kinda remarkable they don’t have more problems than what they do.
Unfortunately, sometimes people only learn the hard way. But fortunately, once people learn the hard way, they stick with it more. Germany for example learned their mistakes the hard way after WWII. Even though they still have some problems, it is kinda remarkable they don’t have more problems than what they do.
·Anonymous D — 6 months ago, 12 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[T] [B] #672,123
@previous (A)
They used to say 'the hard headed only learn the hard way', but not everyone can accept personal responsibility and is thus unwilling to learn. That's the most unfortunate thing, that everyone will have to suffer because of a greedy few. I don't hold a grudge against the brainwashed, I wish they were free of the madman that is already the source of their own suffering. It will take a while for reality to sink in but we all must face it sooner or later.
They used to say 'the hard headed only learn the hard way', but not everyone can accept personal responsibility and is thus unwilling to learn. That's the most unfortunate thing, that everyone will have to suffer because of a greedy few. I don't hold a grudge against the brainwashed, I wish they were free of the madman that is already the source of their own suffering. It will take a while for reality to sink in but we all must face it sooner or later.
·Anonymous C — 6 months ago, 14 hours later, 16 hours after the original post[T] [B] #672,154
@672,118 (A)
they also put the first dog in space.
it turns out it makes sense to use animals for risky situations rather than needlessly sacrificing a sentient being.
they also put the first dog in space.
it turns out it makes sense to use animals for risky situations rather than needlessly sacrificing a sentient being.