This is the first time ever that I have come across an article mentioning exactly what I encounter on a daily basis: the extremely destructive powers of the stupid, and the fact that one cannot "just avoid" the stupid. Every other article about stupid people is just the same: "avoid them".
Well, how can one? They are everywhere, they get put into positions of power by the intelligent but corrupt who have their own agendas (employers prefer stupid employees because they can easily get exploited). They are safe in the knowledge that they cannot get fired no matter what they do.
I tried to cite examples but it came up as "comment too long" and there's no indicator showing how many characters one is allowed, so I'll keep this short: the stupid are everywhere and you cannot do the simplest things, whether buying a house, getting a job, going to a doctor etc, if there is a stupid person arguing until they are blue in the face because they are too stupid to understand your very simple reason for wanting to attend (to speak to the lawyer, doctor etc).
The stupid are indeed extremely irrational, which is why all my carefully made plans of how to deal with any given situation have failed: because I encountered new, yet more shocking irrational behavior. I cannot follow a disordered train of thought. I am therefore defenseless against the inevitable destruction to MY life that follows. I could, and will one day, write a book about the extremely destructive methods that the stupid use to destroy normal people's lives.
Excellent article, very true, and very well written!
Thank you Sarah and I agree. On Thursday I ran into another case of extreme stupidity and somehow, despite my my age, I got so enraged that I lost a whole night’s sleep about it. I am getting better at dealing with idiots but I am not perfect.
I know what you mean! I also get badly affected by this. I'm used to stupid people by now but it's when it harms me, especially when the harm is severe and I am powerless to avoid it, that it really gets to me.
Take for example at the moment. Last year I came down with a very serious medical condition. Couldn't get the doctors to understand that it was more than "just a bit of neckpain" as they claimed. Result: it got worse, since beginning of this year I'm severely disabled, cannot walk or sit or look after myself. Cannot make the neurologist understand that I need an operation - she continues to refuse to refer me for that (we cannot self refer here in the UK, and the operation I need is not available privately so I'm stuck with the NHS).
Result of that: expected loss of job, career and home in the near future. Harm to me: loss of income, loss of home, loss of all belongings, loss of ability to work, loss of ability to live independently, loss of ability to find a life partner, suffering on a personal level. Harm to society: loss of a taxpayer, loss of my talents, social assistance for me, social (low income) housing or homeless shelter for me, round the clock care for me - ie massive expenses to the government, result of this: higher taxes for everybody.
It's when they create such damage on a collossal level to me - and society - that it upsets me so much that I haven't slept properly since this all started. I cannot understand what goes on in the mind of someone who watches a patient who is young and was perfectly healthy until last year, suddenly being severely disabled but still refuses to ensure the patient gets the treatment that's needed.
And the fact that these stupid people always treat me as if I were the stupid one is another thing that gets to me! I've had doubts about my appearance and the way I speak over that until I realized they are projecting, ie accusing me of what's true of them (very common with narcissists!). I've tried everything to deal with this, from showing that I got degrees to pretending to indeed be as stupid as they want me to be - nothing works! Whatever I try, it ends in harm being done to me, and them going away feeling all smart and smug with themselves.
Currently I'm trying sarcasm, but this gets them so enraged and aggressive (because I'm showing them up for what they are, ie stupid) that it inevitably results in them making false accusations against me, claiming it was me that was oh so aggressive and abusive. Some have gone so far as to falsely accuse me of violence. They got away with it even though I showed their managers that I'm severely disabled and as such wouldn't be able to carry out any acts of violence. Society protects the stupid and punishes the normal ones.
If you find a surefire way of how to deal with them please let me know, I'm running out of things to try.
GPT2?
This is the first time ever that I have come across an article mentioning exactly what I encounter on a daily basis: the extremely destructive powers of the stupid, and the fact that one cannot "just avoid" the stupid. Every other article about stupid people is just the same: "avoid them".
Well, how can one? They are everywhere, they get put into positions of power by the intelligent but corrupt who have their own agendas (employers prefer stupid employees because they can easily get exploited). They are safe in the knowledge that they cannot get fired no matter what they do.
I tried to cite examples but it came up as "comment too long" and there's no indicator showing how many characters one is allowed, so I'll keep this short: the stupid are everywhere and you cannot do the simplest things, whether buying a house, getting a job, going to a doctor etc, if there is a stupid person arguing until they are blue in the face because they are too stupid to understand your very simple reason for wanting to attend (to speak to the lawyer, doctor etc).
The stupid are indeed extremely irrational, which is why all my carefully made plans of how to deal with any given situation have failed: because I encountered new, yet more shocking irrational behavior. I cannot follow a disordered train of thought. I am therefore defenseless against the inevitable destruction to MY life that follows. I could, and will one day, write a book about the extremely destructive methods that the stupid use to destroy normal people's lives.
Excellent article, very true, and very well written!
Thank you Sarah and I agree. On Thursday I ran into another case of extreme stupidity and somehow, despite my my age, I got so enraged that I lost a whole night’s sleep about it. I am getting better at dealing with idiots but I am not perfect.
I know what you mean! I also get badly affected by this. I'm used to stupid people by now but it's when it harms me, especially when the harm is severe and I am powerless to avoid it, that it really gets to me.
Take for example at the moment. Last year I came down with a very serious medical condition. Couldn't get the doctors to understand that it was more than "just a bit of neckpain" as they claimed. Result: it got worse, since beginning of this year I'm severely disabled, cannot walk or sit or look after myself. Cannot make the neurologist understand that I need an operation - she continues to refuse to refer me for that (we cannot self refer here in the UK, and the operation I need is not available privately so I'm stuck with the NHS).
Result of that: expected loss of job, career and home in the near future. Harm to me: loss of income, loss of home, loss of all belongings, loss of ability to work, loss of ability to live independently, loss of ability to find a life partner, suffering on a personal level. Harm to society: loss of a taxpayer, loss of my talents, social assistance for me, social (low income) housing or homeless shelter for me, round the clock care for me - ie massive expenses to the government, result of this: higher taxes for everybody.
It's when they create such damage on a collossal level to me - and society - that it upsets me so much that I haven't slept properly since this all started. I cannot understand what goes on in the mind of someone who watches a patient who is young and was perfectly healthy until last year, suddenly being severely disabled but still refuses to ensure the patient gets the treatment that's needed.
And the fact that these stupid people always treat me as if I were the stupid one is another thing that gets to me! I've had doubts about my appearance and the way I speak over that until I realized they are projecting, ie accusing me of what's true of them (very common with narcissists!). I've tried everything to deal with this, from showing that I got degrees to pretending to indeed be as stupid as they want me to be - nothing works! Whatever I try, it ends in harm being done to me, and them going away feeling all smart and smug with themselves.
Currently I'm trying sarcasm, but this gets them so enraged and aggressive (because I'm showing them up for what they are, ie stupid) that it inevitably results in them making false accusations against me, claiming it was me that was oh so aggressive and abusive. Some have gone so far as to falsely accuse me of violence. They got away with it even though I showed their managers that I'm severely disabled and as such wouldn't be able to carry out any acts of violence. Society protects the stupid and punishes the normal ones.
If you find a surefire way of how to deal with them please let me know, I'm running out of things to try.