reactionary crap

[rone]

I've been irked all day by thinking about how much of human progress has come out of a complete and opposite reaction against another movement or opinion in the fields of art, science, and politics.  The bloody pendulum swings from end to end and it all seems like a ridiculous waste of energy.  Hey, that's fine if you're 19, because at that age, energy is the only thing you aren't short on.  But for a race that's several millennia old, it seems a tad immature.  We too easily fall into black-and-white perception, either clinging to the old ways or utterly shunning them.

I know that sometimes it's necessary to completely step away from how things are done now to find a new direction.  But it should be a last resort.  I wonder if these childish 180° turns are just a subconscious panicky attempt to save face.

Comments

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

I've been reading a lot of "everybody is stupid except me" rants lately, and it's really wearing on my brain. Most recently, someone who proved that his fellow Americans are all dumb and evil by listing every atrocity of the Bush administration followed by the phrase "and there was not a peep of protest", because apparently he was the only person who ever protested the Bush administration.

Self-described ubermenschen are usually just assholes.

[asienieizi.livejournal.com]

Upon further reflection, I shouldn't have used the word "sheeple" as it conjures up a distinct classification which very naturally sets people's teeth on edge.
I also realize that my current frustration levels have built up in a great many areas lately that requires that I do a lot of suppressing on a daily basis in unprecedented levels within the past four months.
I think I'm just full and felt like and needed to vent.
I'd hate to think I'm an asshole, NTTAWWT!

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, venting can be a good catharsis regardless of its precise logical validity. Speaking personally, I have a tendency to take other people's venting more literally than I usually should, which is why you don't usually see me doing it in public fora (instead, samantha2074 has to listen to me venting late at night). But sometimes it happens.

[twillis.livejournal.com]

I'd hate to think I'm an asshole, NTTAWWT!

Finally! A point where we differ.

[asienieizi.livejournal.com]

"But today is opposite day, right?"

[paracelsvs.livejournal.com]

We need some sort of online resource for deconstructing obnoxious personality types, so that just like when somebody posts a trite urban legend, you can make a snippy reply with just a snopes.com link, you could do the same when somebody makes a rant about how everybody is stupid, or plays the HAW HAW guy, or whatever.

There should be an entry for people who make long, unparseable sentences with lots of commas, and are too lazy to fix them. Also one for self-deprecating self-referential assholes.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

As long as you use your real name (http://news.com.com/2102-1028_3-6022491.html?tag=st.util.print).

[twillis.livejournal.com]

Hey, just because I'm an asshole doesn't mean that everyone except me ISN'T stupid, you know, Mr. Logic Critical-Thinking Guy So-Called.