My closest irl fren just asked that I not text them dark shit and get a new hobby.
I can't just be an ostrich... what now.
Also thank you @eriner
You're a lighthouse for us trolls.
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I used to be this way. I found it doesn't work. It's basically yelling at a wall. It makes you look crazy. You're not, they just can't see it yet. I found a better way was to be much more gentle with normies. You have to slowly ease them into the boiling water. You need to be an example that they look to. Small correct predictions over time build a pattern of trust. When they ask, provide proof from preferably sources they trust if possible. Don't evangelize.
@Sirensabotage @eriner
@Max_Imum @Sirensabotage I often tell people what is going to happen years prior to whatever it is actually happening, then I (try to) shut up about it.
Years later after it comes to pass, they come to me and say "hey, you were so right when you told me about XYZ a while back".
"So you'll take what I have to say into consideration now?"
"No, you're a crazy racist conspiracy theorist"
@eriner @Max_Imum @Sirensabotage some people just cant be helped.
@Some_German_Guy @eriner @Max_Imum @Sirensabotage if what he said is a non-embellished retelling, then I think that's the case too. It could be the radical's fault, because a lot of people sperg etc.
If you know your stuff and explain calmly, people will respect it after a while, I've found. Maybe a bit of selection bias too, but that's basically what you said. They just can't be helped.
If you know your stuff and explain calmly, people will respect it after a while, I've found. Maybe a bit of selection bias too, but that's basically what you said. They just can't be helped.
@WandererUber @eriner @Max_Imum @Some_German_Guy
I guess I should find a happy news, cute puppy story to share once in a while, not just all the gloomy shit.
But now we're bombing Iran soo 🤷
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1Humor and ridicule are powerful tools. Often a way to disarm people's defense systems. People will just stop listening if it's all horrible. They have to come to it when they are ready. If you are a mountain guide, you don't take novice people to Everest on their first few hikes. You take them on fun easy ones until they want the challenge. Otherwise it will feel like you are screaming into the void.
@Sirensabotage @WandererUber @eriner @Some_German_Guy