Comment Easy there, pilgrim. (Score 1) 242
I say this with the utmost respect to you as a human being (because I dont respect you for much else. - Kidding! Honest. =P). You seem to be suff'rin from what I think I'll name: elitist counterculturism.
Basically, this is the idea that you've risen above general society and have a new and better view on all its faults and complications. So, ya go around posting like you're a particularly enlightened soul and can offer epiphanies to any passers-by. In reality... yer coming off lookin like a big dork at best, and an airhead at worst. =] No offense intended there, but ya gotta lighten up and talk about these issues without waxing poetic. Normal people are ... survey says! ... normal!; and are generally not going to respond with respect to anything written like that.
Most people aren't oblivious to the problems of society - you're not doing anyone any favors by talking to them like they're unenlightened dullards. You've probably got some good ideas, but we cant really see em because of a huge brick wall: the way you try to deliver those ideas.
Basically, this is the idea that you've risen above general society and have a new and better view on all its faults and complications. So, ya go around posting like you're a particularly enlightened soul and can offer epiphanies to any passers-by. In reality... yer coming off lookin like a big dork at best, and an airhead at worst. =] No offense intended there, but ya gotta lighten up and talk about these issues without waxing poetic. Normal people are
Most people aren't oblivious to the problems of society - you're not doing anyone any favors by talking to them like they're unenlightened dullards. You've probably got some good ideas, but we cant really see em because of a huge brick wall: the way you try to deliver those ideas.