Ok, so I have this idea. Bear with me now, it’s very
controversial. I mean, I don’t want you
to become offended, but just in case you do, please understand, I’m not just
trying to be as pretentious as I can, so that I can maybe get some Facebook
likes, and in the process, fuck your world up royally. I’m trying to really create change and hope
here. Ok, so here’s my idea: How about
each and every single one of you assholes that thinks that you’ve figured out
the secret just stop saying stupid and ignorant shit, because people actually
believe you.
Yes, I know that you’re not a
doctor. Yes, I know that you’re not a
child-rearing expert, a marriage counselor, a clinical psychologist, or in any
possible way qualified to make these general statements. Yes, I can see through your phoniness. Yes, I know that you are full of Grade-A
self-important horse-shit. However, the “masses”
do not. You are a shyster (before anyone
throws a fit here, there is no proof that this word is offensive, sorry), selling
your idiomatic Snake Oil, but instead of cash, your racket is pseudo-fame, internet
popularity. You are disgusting, and I
want you to know that. However, and I’ll
be fair here, in the interest of disclosure, I am ALSO looking for views, but
my goal is altruistic. I don’t care
about my message getting anywhere except for the small percentage of the
population that feels as though they are somehow superior to everyone else, and
they have an entitlement to convince everyone else how to live their lives. If you are NOT writing these blogs, then by
all means, feel free to skip reading the rest.
The greatest sin of all in your
barely coherent ramblings is the evident air of mock humility. As you are writing your blog, you are PRAYING
that the millions see it. That it
becomes a viral message, spread across the Twitterverse and the Facebook Walls
of the many. What you consider innocent “Like”
whoring is decimating our country, a little at a time. You may not be familiar with the name “Dunning–Kruger
effect” but you are living examples of those that exploit it. In general terms, there is a correlation
between ignorance or incompetence and confidence, and knowledge or competence
and self-doubt. One of the more endearing qualities in modern
times is humility, a trait that you lack as evidenced by these writings. It would seem, therefore, to be a correlation
between your lack of self-doubt and your smarmy terribly constructed condescending
articles.
To be fair, no one is perfect,
and I, of all people understand that. I
generally hide my self-doubt behind walls of bravado, arrogance, and
attitude. That doesn’t change the fact
that, when presented with a subject that I requires internal reflection, I
openly admit that I am beyond my ability.
And I certainly wouldn’t decide at that point to begin telling everyone
else that I had the secret to life locked up in my brain, and for the price of some
Google AdSense impressions, I will share it.
This entire blog post is a
complete hypocritical piece of garbage. I
know this. I admit it. But there is no other way that I could
express just how disappointed I am in today’s internet culture. By now, we were supposed to be able to block
this shit out. To be able to find this hucksters
and flay them figuratively online, to prevent the barely computer literate
people that accidentally stumble upon these from believing that they are
truth. Maybe my complacency and others’
as well are to blame. I don’t know. But we live in 2013 right now, and if it were
up to these traditionalists, we probably wouldn’t have indoor plumbing, either.
Anyway, that's just my opinion.
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