Should I be surprised?
Probably not. But the idiotic and juvenile behavior people can display can still make me raise an eyebrow sometimes. The things they focus on and obsess over are just stupid - something they should have outgrown at the age of 10. I mean, really, WTF is wrong with people? I want to look at them and say “Get a life, please and thank you.” I know it wouldn’t make a damn bit of difference. As Forrest says, stupid is as stupid does.
Damn.
There have been way too many reminders lately of why the hell I normally am a bit of a hermit and I’m careful about whom I let close to me. I relaxed those boundaries when my mother was ill and dying. VERY bad and clouded judgment on my part, I guess. Because now I’ve seen so many reminders of how stupid the average person is, all I can do is shake my head and wonder how the human race made it this far.
And then I have to ask why I let this get to me? Why? I know people are stupid, I KNOW it. Why do I ever expect anything more? I guess sometimes, I want to expect more. I want civility, kindness from people. I know we are capable of this. Somewhere, below all the other stuff, we have the ability to be more. But it’s never what I see. Fuck me running. One day I'll stop looking.
Damn.
There have been way too many reminders lately of why the hell I normally am a bit of a hermit and I’m careful about whom I let close to me. I relaxed those boundaries when my mother was ill and dying. VERY bad and clouded judgment on my part, I guess. Because now I’ve seen so many reminders of how stupid the average person is, all I can do is shake my head and wonder how the human race made it this far.
And then I have to ask why I let this get to me? Why? I know people are stupid, I KNOW it. Why do I ever expect anything more? I guess sometimes, I want to expect more. I want civility, kindness from people. I know we are capable of this. Somewhere, below all the other stuff, we have the ability to be more. But it’s never what I see. Fuck me running. One day I'll stop looking.