Out of the frying pan and into the fire. Ok. You escaped the church. Out of that social engineering but most people buy into someone else’s game they got going.

I find very few people really think for themselves. They end up repeating someone’s propaganda because they got lured in with one shiny object or another. It never ends for most people.

Lol. You say that with no apparent recognition of how ironic it is.

Everyone who agrees with me is an insightful genius. Everyone else is a propagandist hack.

Easy, eh?

    Most people think they're on
the right track, going with the
proper flow ... but EVERYONE is
going against someone's grain,
rubbing them the wrong way.

    I think Rubicon is saying,
"...don't trust the people who
make too much noise about how you
are living your life; you're doing
fine if you're calmly and quietly
doing what you think best."

    It's the jibber-jabber of all
the people loudly declaring that
you are a fool for not listening
to their instructions that is so
annoying.

" It's the jibber-jabber of all
the people loudly declaring that
you are a fool for not listening
to their instructions that is so
annoying."

Too right.

The big problem is they are the ones getting the press. And, by getting all the press they make everyone think they are the one in the know or at least formidable. And by press, I mean Tik Tok and Twitter, unfortunately.

Most people are spectators who think buying a prius or a tesla make them ecology heroes and major players in the save the planet game as they gather cute sayings to bolster their feeble agendas.

Watched a very simple statement on climate change on YT. Under the title:"Comedian leaves Oxford Union speechless."

I always laugh when exmormons claim they will now become catholic.

Are you still whining about schools teaching that the Earth revolves around the Sun instead of around you, Rubicon?

Your post reminds me of a Quentin Crisp quote I like:

"Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are."

Not the only thing you can adopt though to let someone else define you.


Most people following a societal trend will claim to be making their own decisions and on the forefront of being unique. Man bun anyone? Be a rebel and get one!

Hippies were the last ones. Remember when a a protest was actually a protest?

Another one from that film, on Quinton Crisp, The Naked Civil Servant: a woman says "I think everything that happens to us is our fault... but that's not our fault".

So what's your current shiny object?

"They end up repeating someone’s propaganda because they got lured in with one shiny object or another."

Or a nice set of boobs.