Comments by "Lautaro Quiroga" (@LautaroQ2812) on "Why You Feel Like Everyone Else Is Stupid" video.

  1. Same, but not quite. My background is much different than reddit's OP, yet I have had the same issue. I've always been "against the current", much more critical, skeptical and always tried to have my own opinion or take on things. I found myself debating (with myself...) A LOT of times if I was just horrible or an idiot myself. I have discovered that on certain things I was, more specifically on how I approached certain things, but then with a broader look... that was the problem with me, not that I was stupid. Plenty of times I doubted (and still do) myself, but then you go to instagram and see girls in outfits "dancing" to tiktok songs for 15 seconds, call that content and have 50k likes. Now, dancing in a video is not wrong, dancing to music is not wrong, and I am aware that likes don't mean shit, generally speaking. But it's the whole package and the idea that "people settle for this" or "think this is cool/funny". Like what are you, objective and effectively, looking at? Are you there to jerk off to the girl moving her hips? Is it because she's hot? Do you actually enjoy seeing this? Why this and not an actual performance with actual dancers that put in the work to make something incredible?. Why do they do it? Do they actually think is cute or cool? Or are they just grifting/taking advantage of an easy way into a market? We will never know, unless they tell you privately to your face. I don't think I'm stupid, I don't think EVERYONE ELSE is stupid, because I knew and know some people that are fucking amazing. That said, I do think a lot of people are stupid. And I don't think for myself that I'm productive or smart either, I just know I have a lot of awareness and can explore the topics (any topics) from all the POVs presented if the participants are willing to do the same. But that is rare, exceptions I would say. Almost everyone has their own beliefs and opinions, and they are usually one directional, which makes them what we call "close minded" and also, sometimes make them discriminatory, judgmental and/or aggressive towards you or the rest who think differently. And the cherry on top is that all of them truly believe that what they believe is correct. So is not that all of those people act out of malice. It's like there's some innocence within that stupidity. OP Should take solace and comfort in knowing that he is, in his own way, so exceptional, that it's very very hard to find people that align to you. Which means that you are there to help those who truly want to be helped, truly listen to you and truly care about your thoughts and opinions. I'm not some guru, certainly not a professional psychiatrist/psychologist, and I've had wrong encounters with majority of people I met in my life at one point or another. But those few times when they were in dire situations and asked for help, I was there. And the feedback it's usually along the lines of "wow, no one told me that this way" or something like that. That said, if you truly want connections, you should be aware and know that you have to adjust yourself to fit the context. It's not necessarily lying or pretending, I think there's a difference. If you're actually a genuine person, in general, it will be very hard for you to pretend something completely opposite. But if you know you have to give up certain humor in certain circles, or not say certain things you think because you know it'll be a waste of time and stupid drama, etc. now you're not pretending or hiding or lying, you're basically in damage control so everything goes smoothly. It's something somewhat ugly to say for most and it shouldn't be this way, and also sounds so interested. "Oh, you want no problems to get things out of people", but this selfishness only comes after you are self aware and deep in thought of what the origin of your intentions are. "Why do you want a friend?". For that matter, anything anyone does is "selfish", from that perspective. So it's either that, or just go live alone in the middle of the mountain. There's a lot of broken people, we could even say all of us have some broken piece in us, but there isn't many who are both broken and self aware enough to take things as they are, instead of personal. And now with the internet is much worse. I guess it isn't not being "smart" for me, I am 100% open to the mistakes, no matter how silly or dumb, people make. It's just a lot of them always have an excuse or aren't humble/honest with themselves. And they aren't honest either about not fixing it or not doing it. That's why we have morbidly obese unhealthy people being in front of magazines as models for example, which is outstandingly ridiculous. And at the same time, everyone has a word to say for overweight people, but not a peep for underweight. (kinda like I'm doing right now, ironically enough, yet I am aware of that, conscious and I admit it, and truth is letting out my thoughts and throw them in a bottle into the internet ocean keeps me somewhat sane and healthy, at least thinking that maybe 1 person will see it and it helps them out. But it's also true some people will be completely against of what I just said here, some, half and half.
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