Stupidity is contagious. If everyone is given an equal voice, words of the wise will be drowned out by the thunderous rumble of morons.
Some still try.
Only an idiot would spend their time trying to figure out who the biggest idiot is.
That’s a very good point
Yelling at a rock won’t change it into a rocking chair, neither does yelling at a rock change you a rock.
Behavior and nature are separate, it’s dumb to argue with idiots, but acting like an idiot once doesn’t make you one (necessarily)
I wonder if Confucius was really just a shit poster before the internet
Confucius was really just a shit poster before the internet
I heard he was pretty big in /c/showerthoughts.
Nothing wrong with pointing out when someone is being an idiot. They can go on being an idiot, but at least the truth is out in the open, where it needs to be.
Intent and result matter. If the goal is to provide broader perspective and that is accomplished even to a minimal degree, perhaps neither is the idiot. The idiot is the onlooker trying to decide who’s who
Just let society decay without doing and saying anything. “We don’t judge”, “everyone’s free to do whatever they want!”, right? That’s the Western way.
I like your fire
And I like the rain. 😁
it’s idiots all the way down
Whoever hired/invited the idiot.
The person yelling. Why are you yelling? Will yelling somehow upload the “correct” (you approved) knowledge into their heads? An “idiot” is often someone just doing something differently but even in the case where they are just an idiot, it’s not like they chose to be an idiot, you might as well be yelling at them for their hair color.
