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10/06/2005: "You people make my brain hurt"
Song of the Day: The Corrs - Irresistable
I don't know why I do this to myself.
I frequent a video games forum, where I've always gotten useful information about whether new releases are worth buying, some discussion about the games themselves, and some help when I have questions about one of the games I'm playing.
Unfortunately, like most themed forums out there, there is also a "General Chat" section, where people tend to bring up stuff that they know nothing about and try to sound like they're experts on the matter. I try to stay away, I really do. I've managed to go cold turkey and boycott the General Chat section for months at a time. Somehow, I always end up going back out of curiosity. Yeah, I know that bit about the cat.
People love to start discussions about political things, law-related things, and other topics that are often best left to those who know more than jack shit about them. Given that I know a little more than most people on these matters (it comes with the law school territory), I often try to throw in my own thoughts. And almost always, someone comes back and tells me that I'm wrong, and gives a wickedly disasterous explanation of why.
After experiencing that again today, and feeling my law n3rd self twitch in pain over the misinformation being presented, I've decided, no more! I will let the internet idiots try to discuss topics that go over their heads amongst themselves, and I will laugh at them floundering in their ignorance.
I really, really want to leave a remark such as, "You people make my brain hurt," but I think I will leave being a pretentious bastard to people who are really good at it. :D
Replies: 2 Comments
Me? Pretentious? How dare you?!? You are not worty of... ok, fine. I'm pretentious. But do you have to tell the whole internet?DPearl, Thursday, October 6th
...................... sigh.j!!, Thursday, October 6th