• schmidtster@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If you’re stupid you’re not going to notice the world burning down around you. Blissful ignorance.

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      1 year ago

      You’d need to hit that sweet spot, especially right now

      It’s easy to take advantage of someone who doesn’t know any better, and part of that manipulation (especially recently) is trying to get people angry and upset.

      I’d rather know enough to not fall for it

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      1 year ago

      So dumb people don’t suffer from being stupid? You really must be hitting that button. In my experience stupid people suffer the most, unless they are also rich af.

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          1 year ago

          So by your logic the dumb people who bought property in a flood zone dont suffer and don’t notice when their homes get destroyed? or you just consider that to be a small fraction of the dumb people? either way I disagree

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            1 year ago

            That’s a stretch and half there…

            Foolishness and stupidity aren’t the same thing, you would be foolish to buy something in tornado alley or a fault zone, but sometimes you also don’t have an option. Or maybe those people are the bottom 10%, notice how OP said until they were happiest, they understand going too far tips the scale again.