Important Truths for Your Consideration
Drugs don’t make you interesting. Dude, do drugs all you want, but constantly reblogging pictures of “bomb ass weed” and posting diary entries about how you “totally parachuted coke this weekend” do not make you an interesting or unique person. Anyone can do drugs (and most people do), but most of us just don’t talk about it.
Being an atheist doesn’t imply that you’re more logical than everyone else. Yes, atheists found their view in rational (philosophical) evidence, but that doesn’t mean that there are rational (as in, non-religious) arguments for the existence of God, and furthermore simply being atheist doesn’t mean you have a logical reason for it in the same way that no other worldview is automatically rationally justified just by label or definition alone.
Bleeding hearts aren’t stupid. Just because someone cares a lot about a certain cause and feels deeply emotionally committed to it doesn’t mean they don’t also have a rational commitment to it, nor does it mean that they are emotional and hysterical and not to be taken seriously.
Conservatives aren’t heartless. Believe it or not, one can be against wealth redistribution for reasons other than hating the lower and middle class. There are philosophical and ideological reasons to hold certain conservative beliefs that may have implications for certain groups of people, but the negative implications aren’t always why they hold said belief.
Ayn Rand is not a philosopher. Sorry.
Not everyone who sleeps around does so because they have low self-esteem. There are other reasons to have casual sex, such as: I feel like having sex right now; I find this person attractive and they find me attractive as well; [literally any other reason besides “I have terrible self-esteem and no sense of self-respect or ability to control myself].
Hard work can’t overcome everything. Please stop saying that if only you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything. That is not true. For example, if I tried to get a second job the only thing I could realistically get would be retail, and even with my two jobs combined I’ll never be able to buy a house on my own. Ever. Fact of reality. Stop saying it’s cuz I’m not trying hard enough.
You’re racist. I don’t care how sincerely you try not to say racist things, you probably still think them on some level, and you probably have some friends where you feel comfortable actually articulating those thoughts. You’re also undoubtedly sexist, probably classist, and probably bigoted in some way. Don’t worry, though, I’m looking at all of you, not just the white, upper-class straighties.
If you hate a certain blog, website, news source, or television show, stop consuming it. I can’t even count how often I see people say things on social media like, “God, the Kardashians are so fucking vapid, did you see when Kim cried when she lost her earring? I can’t believe this shit is on TV,” or comment on blogs (this one included) things like, “This site used to be good but it’s been shitty for the last six months.” If you don’t like it, stop consuming it — no one’s forcing you! And if everyone followed suit, it’d go away. Nothing but pageviews and ratings are sustaining these things and that’s in your hands, bro.
People who communicate online are not immature. Obviously I’m preaching to the choir here, but I think we’ve all been ridiculed at one time or another for treating internet friends like “real” friends, being concerned about the reception of something we’ve written on the internet, being excited when an “internet famous” person becomes aware of our internet presence, simply using the phrase “internet presence”, etc. Just because it’s representative of a younger generation does not mean it’s a sign of immaturity.
