This ones gonna be a fun one ^^ I guess the main theme is, pettiness.
Like systems are worthless-
Facebook, forums, message boards, likes have lost their meaning in most places. Why? Because of the pettiness of people.
I've seen people type something pretty damn cool, and it get a bunch of dislikes. So okay, they disagree. I guess it was a bit controversial. Then someone else types EXACTLY what that person with the dislikes said, and suddenly get likes and stuff FROM THE SAME PEOPLE. Way to discredit yourself like that. I'm sure your mother would be proud.
And congratulations on being so petty that you sacrificed what you stand for to get a jab at someone.
Even more magnificent, it gets to a point where they become predictable. It becomes easy to tell who their likes will go to, who their dislikes will go to, that's because there's a pattern, the same things to the same people.
Meaning it's not about agreeing or disagreeing, it's not about the subject at hand. It's about the person, not the words. A few forums ago, I had made a new saying "Read what I say, not what you think I mean" turns out they knew exactly what I meant, they were just too petty to care, and were mis-reading on purpose.
But due to those reasons, like systems have lost their meanings entirely, because it's not about liking a subject anymore, it's about liking or disliking a person.
Which is a shame really, it's a good way to measure how many people think something without cluttering a topic with the same thing. Too bad it can't be trusted due to these people.
Petty people-
I don't even know where to begin. People who don't care about evidence/facts/subjects/situations/reasons/others, only their feels with people. I'm sure we all have a grudge with someone one way or another, but some people take it to the extreme to a point where it just becomes sad. I guess my version of it going too far is when your grudge gets to a point where you sacrifice what you stand for, make yourself a hypocrite, just to get a small jab at someone you don't like.
That is sad for 2 reasons.
1. What that person is, their very existence is one I don't see of being particularly good.
2. They can't be taken seriously, because they can't even take themselves seriously. They have no consistent stances. They will change their mind in an instant if it means getting at someone. It's just sad and miserable.
Mass bullying-
I've seen people get bullied hard, completely wrecked to the point of insanity, and the MOMENT they retaliate, then suddenly they are the ones who are in the wrong, and suddenly they are the bad guys while the majority completely ignores what they have done to them, and ignores what others have done to them. These people will try to be nice, try to make amends with people and clear things up. Sadly, it's normally the petty people they are dealing with, so them trying to make things right gets seen as harassing. Which leads to the next part.
Notable groups are LGBT and Atheist. Both started nice, and both were driven to the point to retaliate. Now they both are seen as the bad guys.
Not facing anything head on-
YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE THE THINGS I HAVE WITNESSED!!!!!! Grown adults, outsmarted by their 7 year old kid, because the kid challenges things head on, while the adult just ignores, deflects, does everything in their power to ignore their own wrongs. And since they have that power, it is the child that suffers in the end.
Then when that child grows up to be over 18, the parent suddenly has no power over the child. They can't say "Go to your room", they can't deflect well, now, the child knows better and will make sure the parent hears exactly their bullshit. Too bad later on it's just excused/ignored.
Even ignoring that particular situation though, even people on forums. There's a very specific type of person that is protected. Mentally weaker people, people come off as soft and make people feel the need to protect them. Which okay, build up their self confidence, that's good :D
Except people don't know when to stop spoiling them. People will excuse their outright crimes/thievery, and then go after the person who calls them out on it. But no, the softer people don't talk it out, they go straight to someone in power, and then once they have the backing of them, THEN they go after the person who called them out. Too cowardly to face someone on their own, always needing someone else and if someone else isn't there, they don't say anything.
Why is that? I LIKE to think it's because they know they're in the wrong, and when you're in the wrong, the best thing to do is get people to argue for you to give the illusion that you're right through majority rule.
Majority rule- This has become an unofficial fallacy (If not a legit fallacy) to many peoples eyes. People who think they are right because more people agree. The strangest thing is, the few times that I have people for me on a point, are the points that I, myself was wrong about. I have no true explanation on this one as it speaks for its self. Nobodies fault really, it's easy to think you're right if you have like 20 people agreeing with you. But still a pet peeve none the less.
