From: nospam@example.net   
      
   I recommend the book flowers for algernon for a book length   
   meditation/story on the theme below. I really enjoyed it!   
      
   On Sun, 14 Apr 2024, oldernow wrote:   
      
   > There's nothing dumber than becoming smart on Planet   
   > Moronia.   
   >   
   > All that accomplishes is heightening one's sense of   
   > where and how things could be made better, which on   
   > Planet Moronia means becoming increasingly aware of the   
   > natives making everything worse every step of the way,   
   > in every possible way - and then despising you for being   
   > - relative to their inherent stupidity - a "know it all"   
   > "fuckwit" that "speaks/writes in word salad".   
   >   
   > That's how the majority sees anyone that raises their   
   > wherewithal/skills game on Planet Moronia.   
   >   
   > I know it feels tempting to become smarter. You think it's   
   > going to improve your life, streamline it, increase the   
   > fun/effort ratio, etc., etc.   
   >   
   > And it does.   
   >   
   > Except that it *effectively* doesn't, because the natives   
   > of Planet Moronia vastly outnumber you, and await you   
   > every step of the way to render your self /life / world   
   > improvement efforts not merely meaningless, but literally   
   > foolish.   
   >   
   > You'll hear some of them say "you just need to let it   
   > go". The more seemingly spiritual amongst them will even   
   > couch what you need to do in terms of "non-attachment".   
   >   
   > Thing is that for a Planet Moronia native, it's not   
   > non-attachment: it's BEING TOO STUPID TO KNOW ANY BETTER,   
   > TOO STUPID TO SEE FUCKUPPEDNESS AS PRECURSOR TO FIXING IT.   
   >   
   > Oh, how nice it must be to be too insolently stupid to   
   > hear/see all the trees falling in the forest!   
   >   
   > I dare say that "non-attachment" is a practice invented   
   > by really smart people to provide a possible inner escape   
   > route to as far away from the natives of Planet Moronia   
   > as possible....   
   >   
   >   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)