From time to time, the relentlessness of the assaults on my sanity and emotional balance becomes too much, and I want to rant about it to people who might get it. If I wanted to talk about it, I'd have a conversation about it. If a freak rants in the forest and no one hears him, does he make a sound? Yes, if you believe in independent existence apart from the herd! No one got hurt in Kate Chopin's story, The Storm, and I don't need to have an Anatomy professor who makes lame dick jokes when he has to define pinocytosis. It has nothing to do with penises. Make a lame wine joke, ffs, as that at least would help us remember the definition.
Then I have to wonder why I can't let this idiocy slide. They aren't even slings and arrows! I benefit no one by wishing these people had more sophistication, and furthermore, where would they have learned it? I will do myself no good, though, by imagining myself as the "bringer of enlightenment." That would represent a greater lack of sophistication on my own part. If anyone cares, they'll notice and learn from me, but only if I remain fairly humble, but not too humble.
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"I find that the best way [to increase self-confidence] is to lie to yourself about who you are, what you've done, and where you're going." - Richard Ayoade