I find this strangely comforting

1  2012-07-17 by ifitallfellout

  1. The state of being unknown, inconspicuous, or unimportant. This particular subreddit seems to be in such a state. I've actually sat here staring at the screen for awhile now. Grammar seems so important when submitting to something popular, but I realize now that my poor usage really won't turn many heads so I guess I'll digress and devolve without fear of denouncement. First off i find it so odd that this particular chuck of the internet has so little traffic, and yet figuratively has so much. The physical state of so many people on reddit and the internet as a whole seems to be one of overwhelming obscurity. You reading this, if anyone ever does, are most likely alone or lacking interaction at the moment with anything other than a screen. Hell, this whole goddamn site runs on a system in which the point is to rise from being unknown, inconspicuous, or unimportant for a few moments of limelight. For some reason I'd rather be here and i don't really know why. This is my only post, and I felt like I'd post it in a place appropriate. The amusing part for my is that my life and personality do not lend themselves to obscurity, and my being here is held in some strange and partial dichotomy. The first part is a mix between fear of dejection of my ideas and the lack of human engagement when sharing ideas. I really hate exchange of ideas if I'm not face to face. I am an ego driven and confident, and i don't like it when others misinterpret my arguments. I feel this is universal. The other side to this warped coin is much more difficult to explain. I guess its opposes of fear because I don't really respect those who I am talking to without ego being a factor. I don't know them, their intelligence level, their experience level, and I don't know their level of hypocrisy. I tend to find argument given over the internet to be stale, incomplete and short. However, I imagine that those droves of idiots i see on the internet are pretty great in person. Do you see? It is so easy to detach oneself and claim superiority over others through this social media. The scales are not in balance, however every single person is on the winning side of that scale as an individual because of the ability to perpetuate and believe in ones self over the internet. When suffers from this imbalance is the lack of quality in the exchanged. Differing opinions are incredibly important, yet them being shared in this way creates biased away from human influences. Logic prevails almost every time. I find that dull. Logic is something to be embraced or ignored, yet an argument should not be settled by it. I imagine most people at this point find this argument ridiculous and that is entirely my goddamn point. How can I see your scolds or confusion and interject at the correct time? Logic is boring. Any idiot can learn it, which is why I believe it seems so popular on the net. In all honesty you and I are not top of the bell curve of human intelligence, we are right in the middle with everyone else. The middle is ruled with an iron fist by logic, it perplexes me how happy we all are pointing out the perfectly obvious. Giddy in our basic understandings and political correctness. Find the outlier and show him how foolish he is, and find pleasure in it. The irony of course being that this is exactly what I am doing at this very moment. Hypocrisy, ego, logic we are all transfixed in its power as we attempt to escape being alone. As we band together. As we attempt to escape from the obscurity that we all undoubtedly live in. Thank you for your time.
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