*WARNING* This is a blunt, angry rant to express my
frustration at the level of stupidity particular individuals are capable of.
*END WARNING*
So a fellow named Bertrand Russell once
said "The fundamental cause of trouble in the world is that the
stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” I've allayed all
my doubts. I've decided old Bert is spot on with the former statement and the
latter is no longer going to be a problem.
I am now certain that certain people are fundamentally,
genetically and inescapably senseless. In fact I should have listened to Elbert
Hubbard (whom I’m sure I’ve quoted before) when he said “Two things are
infinite: the universe and human stupidity: and I’m not sure about the
universe.” As you’ve probably gathered I question a lot of things; but I’m now
undoubtedly certain of one thing - a person can most unquestionably be, simply
and totally, stupid.
I’d feel sorry for the stupid if they weren’t so
convinced that not only are they NOT stupid, they are quite significantly
intellectually and emotionally superior to the majority of their peers. Making
us ‘doubtful intelligent’ question our very intellect, sanity and well-honed
emotional maturity. Say the stupid; Ah yes I’m an adult but I’ll act like a
cockier version of Brad Pitt to hide the fact that I’m actually just inherently
retarded. Yes Frank Leahy, it must be true; “Egotism is the anesthetic that
dulls the pain of stupidity.”
Thus I leave them in their ignorance - being the
kind-hearted person I am (comes with intelligence) - and saving them from the
painful realisation of their inferior minds. I’ve done them a favour by maintaining
the façade they themselves can’t see past and never will.
"The ugly and the stupid have the best of it
in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at the play. If they know nothing of victory, they are at least
spared the knowledge of defeat."
-Oscar Wilde
