It took awhile for me to fully let this sink in, but it's clear that if you fuck around with stupid people such as puritans, they'll try to make you like them and if their plans don't succeed, they'll do everything in their power to denigrate you. It's relatively easy to fall for their morality or ideological bullshit and completely throw logic out the window. This molds your brain to be confused when they start turning on you. And I've realized there really is no point in directing your attention to such detractors as all it does is embolden them to denigrate you even more. In other words, there really is no point on caring what detractors and puritans think about in the long run as they really have no foundation to begin with, they only thrive if people let them get a hold of you.
Now, I've admittedly applied this horrendously throughout my exodus from lolcow culture due to how I let it mould my brain so the effects of it still persisted in the long run. Realizing takes time. But it's clear that fucking around with strangers, especially in the darkest corners can lead to disaster. Better to have extensive knowledge on said person before trusting them. Trust is a risk factor and there is no universally shared opinion. To win back the respect of stupid people is dumb, they'll never forgive, but in the long run, why apply their wrath towards you onto them.
I'll admit my actions towards these detractors are really stupid but when I was stupid as them, how could I not? Though I know people are gonna call me stupid anyways because no one really has a shared definition of stupid. In other words, this text often means something rather different to a different person. But I don't ask for forgiveness. I'm writing this so people can understand how difficult it is to take the high road. For many, garnering the ability to take the high road is harder than catching lightning in a bottle.
tl;dr - The lion doesn't care what the sheep are thinking.
Now, I've admittedly applied this horrendously throughout my exodus from lolcow culture due to how I let it mould my brain so the effects of it still persisted in the long run. Realizing takes time. But it's clear that fucking around with strangers, especially in the darkest corners can lead to disaster. Better to have extensive knowledge on said person before trusting them. Trust is a risk factor and there is no universally shared opinion. To win back the respect of stupid people is dumb, they'll never forgive, but in the long run, why apply their wrath towards you onto them.
I'll admit my actions towards these detractors are really stupid but when I was stupid as them, how could I not? Though I know people are gonna call me stupid anyways because no one really has a shared definition of stupid. In other words, this text often means something rather different to a different person. But I don't ask for forgiveness. I'm writing this so people can understand how difficult it is to take the high road. For many, garnering the ability to take the high road is harder than catching lightning in a bottle.
tl;dr - The lion doesn't care what the sheep are thinking.