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Yavin4

(37,182 posts)
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 07:47 PM Jan 2025

I am done with stupid people. Just done.

My New Year's resolution is to avoid stupid people at all costs. If that means that I have to live like a hermit, so be it. I'm not watching cable news. I'm not watching comedy shows that make fun of cable news. I'm not watching Trump nor any other Republican. I'm not watching MAGA podcasts, not following MAGA Twitter, not watching MAGA YouTube videos.

I do BlueSky. I do DU. I watch streaming TV shows, and most importantly, I study. I just want to spend the rest of my life learning, and I want to spend my time with people who value learning and understanding.

Learning makes the stupid go away.

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I am done with stupid people. Just done. (Original Post) Yavin4 Jan 2025 OP
May Reason Rule Where Delusion Dwells MayReasonRule Jan 2025 #1
A prayer for the ages. enough Jan 2025 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author MayReasonRule Jan 4 #64
Although I'm Not One To Pray... I Wholeheartedly Agree With Your Sentiment... MayReasonRule Jan 4 #65
They are very hard to avoid. Ocelot II Jan 2025 #2
Oh lordy Katcat Jan 2025 #4
" bug me ", pun intended? DontBelieveEastisEas Jan 2025 #19
Plus the unpredictable reactions to 🕷 bites... yorkster Jan 2025 #35
if it's any consolation, Conjuay Jan 3 #45
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2025 #3
Done With Stupid rondawson Jan 2025 #5
Zappa had a interesting take on it DoBW Jan 2025 #6
Reminds me of a couple of Einstein quotes regarding stupidity. Borogove Jan 2025 #11
And I absolutely love THESE quotes, too! calimary Jan 2025 #18
Truth....nt DoBW Jan 2025 #33
I LOVE this quote! calimary Jan 2025 #16
dressed up ... DoBW Jan 2025 #34
I used to think he was kinda funny-looking. calimary Jan 3 #40
A touch of Sam Elliott about him... 3catwoman3 Jan 3 #41
Many Agree With You? Roy Rolling Jan 3 #44
I am feeling keepthemhonestO Jan 2025 #7
I"m with you! PJMcK Jan 2025 #8
I feel like I could have written the same post. Bob in the Land Jan 2025 #9
Another lost relationship PJMcK Jan 2025 #10
PJMcK................. Upthevibe Jan 2025 #17
Quite soon I'll be there, too PJMcK Jan 2025 #32
i'm gonna disagree with your last line orleans Jan 2025 #12
Unfortunately they are not done with you. Sneederbunk Jan 2025 #13
Fair warning DeepWinter Jan 2025 #14
I have been done with stupid people for as long as I can remember. Aristus Jan 2025 #15
Well said, Aristus. 3catwoman3 Jan 3 #42
I've always felt lavoosh99 Jan 3 #54
Noble sentiments JCMach1 Jan 2025 #20
Before you write off YouTube videos, watch this one on the "5 Laws of Stupidity," please. It'll give dobleremolque Jan 2025 #22
Interesting, but... Morbius Jan 2025 #31
Good Old Dunning Kruger! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jan 2025 #38
Interesting intrepidity Jan 2025 #36
Thanks. 👀 checking it out later underpants Jan 3 #53
Salud! ZDU Jan 2025 #23
Avoid stupid people at all costs? LilElf70 Jan 2025 #24
There's several DownriverDem Jan 2025 #25
I'm done with the Magats. Some people are dumb but not that dumb. Dave Bowman Jan 2025 #26
Are you at all concerned about getting Unladen Swallow Jan 2025 #27
Well, yet another person won't deal with me. And that includes my wife. Wonder Why Jan 2025 #28
I am a carbon copy beyondtimes Jan 2025 #29
good luck not having to deal with these people. It isn't possible IMHO Groundhawg Jan 2025 #30
No, you're not. It's not possible to be completely done with them. dchill Jan 2025 #37
Me too Figarosmom Jan 3 #39
I realized that I am a misanthrope 2 years ago. BigmanPigman Jan 3 #43
What's the definition of stupid people? PennRalphie Jan 3 #46
Red hats with MAGA on them provides a big clue Yavin4 Jan 3 #48
If you're not going anywhere PennRalphie Jan 3 #49
Me too. mgardener Jan 3 #47
Sad that the stupid may doom the human race.. Permanut Jan 3 #50
Meme from The Sixth Sense: yagotme Jan 3 #51
Sorry. You live in America maxsolomon Jan 3 #52
Not me. They will not stop hearing from me for the next 4 years, whether in person or online. SunSeeker Jan 3 #55
Just had an interaction with a MAGA christian. Swede Jan 3 #56
Make sure you have a good unlimited data plan... Montauk6 Jan 3 #57
I'll just strap on my headphones and listen to a podcast. Yavin4 Jan 3 #58
From Sir Terry Pratchett GoneOffShore Jan 3 #59
Avoid stupid people The Wizard Jan 3 #60
Against stupidity, even the gods themselves fight in vain. -- Friedrich Schiller alterfurz Jan 3 #61
Stupid people YoshidaYui Jan 3 #62
For at least the last ten years my New Year's resolution has been to OMGWTF Jan 3 #63
I dunno OP ThePartyThatListens Jan 4 #66

Response to enough (Reply #21)

MayReasonRule

(2,893 posts)
65. Although I'm Not One To Pray... I Wholeheartedly Agree With Your Sentiment...
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 09:12 PM
Jan 4


Happy Saturday y'all!

Ocelot II

(123,950 posts)
2. They are very hard to avoid.
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 07:58 PM
Jan 2025

It is said that no matter where you are in the world, you are never more than six feet away from a spider. Stupid people are more noticeable (and more pernicious) than spiders, but no matter where you are in the world, there's a stupid person somewhere nearby, either physically or virtually, who's prepared to make your life unpleasant. I'll take spiders, thank you very much.

Katcat

(451 posts)
4. Oh lordy
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 08:16 PM
Jan 2025

I gave you a rec for that but dang, I hate spiders! All those legs and hairy spots bug me and I don’t know why.

Conjuay

(2,337 posts)
45. if it's any consolation,
Fri Jan 3, 2025, 09:58 AM
Jan 3

bugs outnumber us; there are trillions of them. So DON’T get them angry!

Response to Yavin4 (Original post)

DoBW

(2,401 posts)
6. Zappa had a interesting take on it
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 08:31 PM
Jan 2025

"Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe."
-- Frank Zappa

Borogove

(145 posts)
11. Reminds me of a couple of Einstein quotes regarding stupidity.
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 08:59 PM
Jan 2025

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has limits.”

“Only two things are infinite - the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the universe.”

calimary

(85,675 posts)
18. And I absolutely love THESE quotes, too!
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 09:16 PM
Jan 2025

I collect quotes and use one of ‘em at the start of our Indivisible group’s weekly Call to Action email. That’s gonna start cranking back up again this weekend.


Einstein quotes regarding stupidity. Keepers For SURE:
“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has limits.”

“Only two things are infinite - the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the universe.”

calimary

(85,675 posts)
16. I LOVE this quote!
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 09:11 PM
Jan 2025

Keeping it!!!

"Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe."
-- Frank Zappa

Just another reason to find Frank Zappa utterly fascinating.

calimary

(85,675 posts)
40. I used to think he was kinda funny-looking.
Fri Jan 3, 2025, 01:06 AM
Jan 3

But this photo shows he was actually rawther handsome.

keepthemhonestO

(619 posts)
7. I am feeling
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 08:36 PM
Jan 2025

This also.

I thought I would pop up and have some small talk and ask how they were all doing this week and there is a new girl up there. The new girl seemed so sweet, friendly enough but out of the blue asked me do I believe in global warming and I was like oh yes of course. I thought maybe being middle age white girl that maybe I looked like the type that believed that maga crap. However she went on to say that she believes this is just natural phase the the earth goes through.

We moved on from that conversation quickly somehow we got on to cars and one of the girls was talking about how she got pulled over for not having insurance or it had lapsed or something. The new girl goes oh good reminder I better go get my car insurance. Basically she's just driving around with out insurance waiting to be arrested. I mean I just don't know what to do with people, I can't deal. This is why I can't do small talk. 🤪

We have all these people going down these rabbit holes of flat Earth and whatever conspiracy theories they think it's real and I don't I just don't know what to do,what a world. 🤦

PJMcK

(23,417 posts)
8. I"m with you!
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 08:44 PM
Jan 2025

We gave up on network news decades ago and now cable goes in the ash can. They were all wrong and why pay for crap?

Print media? My decades long favorite, The New York Times is dead to me. Same for WaPo and LA Times.

In the past week, I've decided to abandon three friends I've known a long time because of their support for Trump. Because they live in an alternate reality, we have no commonality so there's no point in trying to relate to one another. Simply put, fuck 'em.

We're looking at opportunities in other countries since the re-ascendence of Trump-- and other authoritarians around the world-- signals troubled times ahead. There is an historical example a mere 90 years ago.

The diminishment of public education has dumbed-down several generations of Americans to the point that far too many people lack critical thinking skills. They don't have a civics knowledge of how our governments work. Many were raised in some level privilege by so-called helicopter parents and have developed a laissez-faire perspective of our country. This is one of the profound effects of Republican efforts to mess up public education. The Founding Fathers knew that an educated public was necessary for a functional democracy. After all, if you don't know about your leaders, how can you choose them?

Meanwhile, I've always loved your screen name. Wetyin's Colony might be a swell place to retire to.

Bob in the Land

(50 posts)
9. I feel like I could have written the same post.
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 08:44 PM
Jan 2025

I don’t have enough years left to deal with stupid.

PJMcK

(23,417 posts)
10. Another lost relationship
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 08:52 PM
Jan 2025

After I posted above, I realized I'm done with my cousin and her husband. They are the archetypal MAGA stupids and I just cannot look at them in any way without contempt. They will be among the most hurt by Trump and Project 2025 but because of their ignorance, they'll never see it coming. Then they'll blame Democrats because they're idiots.

orleans

(35,840 posts)
12. i'm gonna disagree with your last line
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 08:59 PM
Jan 2025

learning does not make the stupid go away -- you might get smarter but they will still be there

(unless you meant that when people learn it makes their own stupid go away... b/c they're learning

 

DeepWinter

(931 posts)
14. Fair warning
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 09:09 PM
Jan 2025

BlueSky has it's MAGA groups building in numbers.

Upside - They are quick to ban.

Downside - I've seen them ban everyone violating the TOS. Left, right, center. Maybe not a bad thing. Obey the TOS.

Aristus

(69,523 posts)
15. I have been done with stupid people for as long as I can remember.
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 09:11 PM
Jan 2025

I was pretty young when I realized I was a thinking person on a planet overpopulated with brainless meat puppets who screw up everything with their fecklessness and corrosive idiocy.

lavoosh99

(16 posts)
54. I've always felt
Fri Jan 3, 2025, 01:10 PM
Jan 3

I was a precocious child in a world full of naked emperors. Lately it seems we (DUers, progressives, liberals) are corks of sanity floating in a sea of lunatics.

dobleremolque

(988 posts)
22. Before you write off YouTube videos, watch this one on the "5 Laws of Stupidity," please. It'll give
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 09:54 PM
Jan 2025

you some new tools to reveal who the stupid really are.

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Morbius

(379 posts)
31. Interesting, but...
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 10:16 PM
Jan 2025

Last edited Thu Jan 2, 2025, 11:48 PM - Edit history (1)

I've always thought that stupidity is contagious, and that no one can claim immunity. I may not be an inherently stupid person, but that doesn't mean I'm not stupid sometimes. On the other hand, I have noticed that really, really stupid people think they're really, really smart. Which scares me, a little.








Edited for spelling. See? Stupidity reigns.

intrepidity

(8,219 posts)
36. Interesting
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 10:40 PM
Jan 2025

Nearly all magats qualify: harm to themselves plus harm to others (lose-lose).

Trump nearly qualifies, but he's got just enough self-interest to be also classified as a bandit (win-lose).

This world needs more win-win people, my favorite kind.

LilElf70

(797 posts)
24. Avoid stupid people at all costs?
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 10:02 PM
Jan 2025

Sheeeeeeet... Dat's a full time job all by itself. I see them every day.

DownriverDem

(6,790 posts)
25. There's several
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 10:05 PM
Jan 2025

left leaning broadcasters on YouTube (free one). You can subscribe to them so they come up. I like MeidasTouch among others.

 

Unladen Swallow

(491 posts)
27. Are you at all concerned about getting
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 10:07 PM
Jan 2025

curated information that is too one-sided, and potentially missing out on something? That's a big fear of mine. I like to read and look at things from as many sides as possible.

Wonder Why

(5,331 posts)
28. Well, yet another person won't deal with me. And that includes my wife.
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 10:08 PM
Jan 2025


But, hey, we've been married 52+ years and I can't remember which one she is anyway.

So losing my best friend, Yavin4, won't bother me.

beyondtimes

(8 posts)
29. I am a carbon copy
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 10:11 PM
Jan 2025

of your changes in lifestyle. No cable news. No videos of Tump or his maga cult. NO NO audio of his mentally deranged voice spewing nonsensical word salad. I just do you tube videos of my favorite democratic pundits and democratic underground. Until 2029!!!!

dchill

(41,802 posts)
37. No, you're not. It's not possible to be completely done with them.
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 10:40 PM
Jan 2025

No matter what you do, at least one of them will track you down!

Figarosmom

(5,005 posts)
39. Me too
Fri Jan 3, 2025, 12:19 AM
Jan 3

That's what I've been doing since the election. Maybe I'll even start drawing and painting again even though I can't see. Monet did.

BigmanPigman

(52,744 posts)
43. I realized that I am a misanthrope 2 years ago.
Fri Jan 3, 2025, 03:15 AM
Jan 3

Recently I re-watched the film There Will Be Blood. The main character explained that his goal of becoming enormously wealthy was so he could build a house and live alone and away from all humans. He said he'd rather be left alone since he had learned to hate people over the years through his life's experiences.

Ditto!

PennRalphie

(406 posts)
46. What's the definition of stupid people?
Fri Jan 3, 2025, 10:18 AM
Jan 3

Choosing to not visit a website with content you know you won’t like is easy. So is avoiding news that you know will anger or depress you.

What about other people that you know you must interact with in life? How do you determine their intelligence? Do you quiz your doctor’s receptionist? Or the cashier at your local grocery store? The person processing your property tax payments?

Permanent isolation that’s being chosen to avoid “stupid people” can’t be healthy.

I hope you find the comfort you seek.


PennRalphie

(406 posts)
49. If you're not going anywhere
Fri Jan 3, 2025, 12:32 PM
Jan 3

You can’t see red hats.

Like many here, you’re refusing to associate with anyone with a different political belief. Certainly your choice. I’ve read thread after thread after thread of DU’ers bragging about disowning family and ending life long friendships over politics.

What’s the strategy to get them to your side in the future? After disowning and ending friendships, you’re going to “hope” they see the error of their vote and come crawling back to your side? I highly doubt that happens.

Before this election, I was posting about VP Harris strategy in PA. The economy here is booming. Not one ad about that. In fact, the opposite. The message was I know the economy is bad, I’ll fix it.

The strategy of the Democratic Party and those of you who refuse to associate with anyone who doesn’t agree with you is going to work in 26 and 28?

By then, you might be, as you claim, a hermit. With no way to affect the vote of any of the “stupid people”.

Good luck.

Permanut

(6,924 posts)
50. Sad that the stupid may doom the human race..
Fri Jan 3, 2025, 12:33 PM
Jan 3

Maybe the cockroaches will treat the planet better when they take over.

I'd like to come back to Earth for a visit 10,000 years from now just to see what happened.

yagotme

(4,083 posts)
51. Meme from The Sixth Sense:
Fri Jan 3, 2025, 12:39 PM
Jan 3

"I see stupid people. And they don't even know they're stupid."

Line from "Riddick":

"Is it true that 1/2 of the people you meet, are below average intelligence?"

SunSeeker

(55,322 posts)
55. Not me. They will not stop hearing from me for the next 4 years, whether in person or online.
Fri Jan 3, 2025, 02:50 PM
Jan 3

I will constantly remind them how much they've been had by their Orange King.

Swede

(35,816 posts)
56. Just had an interaction with a MAGA christian.
Fri Jan 3, 2025, 03:02 PM
Jan 3

It was about Noah's Ark. I posted how long did it take for the penguins take to walk to the middle east for the grand tour? Also, did no one else have boats?

He goes, there was no winter back then. Read a book I post. Then he goes "How can anyone survive on a boat for 300 days?" I post back "Exactly!"

Stupid is, as stupid does.

Montauk6

(8,985 posts)
57. Make sure you have a good unlimited data plan...
Fri Jan 3, 2025, 03:10 PM
Jan 3

Your phone will be a good savior when the waiting room, airport, gym, etc. are blasting Fox News.

 

Yavin4

(37,182 posts)
58. I'll just strap on my headphones and listen to a podcast.
Fri Jan 3, 2025, 03:34 PM
Jan 3

I don't even turn on my TV for most of the day.

GoneOffShore

(17,767 posts)
59. From Sir Terry Pratchett
Fri Jan 3, 2025, 04:01 PM
Jan 3
.....Polly decided that she knew enough to be going on with. ‘The enemy wasn't men, or women, or the old, or even the dead. It was bleedin' stupid people, who came in all varieties. And no one had the right to be stupid.'

Sir Terry Pratchett - Monstrous Regiment

alterfurz

(2,596 posts)
61. Against stupidity, even the gods themselves fight in vain. -- Friedrich Schiller
Fri Jan 3, 2025, 04:43 PM
Jan 3

Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results. -- Margaret Atwood

OMGWTF

(4,631 posts)
63. For at least the last ten years my New Year's resolution has been to
Fri Jan 3, 2025, 07:27 PM
Jan 3

keep idiots and assh0les out of my life. It is glorious to only associate with smart, kind people. I recommend that everyone do that.

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