About Stupid People

It hasn't got anything to do with the subject, I just relate to it.

Yeah, I promised to post this rant a week ago, I know. I just haven't been on the mood. (It's not like anyone reads these anyway.)

So, yeah, as promised, I'll talk a bit about stupid people. This may come as a surprise to a lot of people that know me, but I don't hate stupid people. I don't even vaguely dislike stupid people.

You see, stupidity, as I understand it, is not something you choose. Kinda like left- or righthandedness, or sexual orientation, you come pre-equipped with certain amount of mental capabilities. So, people who possess less brain power than you (or in my case, I) do, can not help it. Nothing there to hate. Another thing it has in common with handedness and sexuality is that it is not something to mock people for.

Nor should the stupid people be pitied. In my opinion, if you ever come across a person you perceive as more stupid than yourself, you should take a bit of responsibility of teaching them (yes, I'm using singular 'they' as a gender-neutral pronoun. Sue me.) stuff. You know, broadening their horizons. It can be very frustrating at times, but when you see their face light up with a realization and hear those four little words ("I get it now") it is oh, so rewarding!

So, yeah. I don't hate on stupid people. What I do hate, however, is people who are not stupid, but act like they are. I guess I call those people 'ignorant'. It's a handy word. It stands for someone who doesn't know (something or anything about a subject), yet it contains just a hint of ignoring (the subject). These people do possess the ability to know and to understand, yet for some reason or other, they choose not to.

Since I don't want to be one of those people, I've tried - really tried - to understand these people, but to no avail. It might just be my curious, inquisitive nature, but I just can't wrap my head around the concept of a person not wanting to understand something they (often quite easily) could. Similarly unfathomable is the possibility of not wanting to learn or to know about stuff.

In case someone I know IRL happens to read this blog: yes, I have quite recently learned I don't need to know everything. That does not change the fact I want to know everything!