Look at That Idiot
The most common conversation in the world—and why I’m tired of it.
Lately I’ve been noticing just how much of our conversation—online and off—boils down to one thing: “Look at that idiot.” It’s everywhere. My YouTube feed? Half the videos are just pointing at someone and laughing, or raging. Facebook? Same story. And I’m not above it. A huge percentage of my own conversations fall into that exact pattern.
Sometimes it’s hilarious. Other times it’s maddening. But the sheer volume of it is starting to feel like a one-track mind. It doesn’t always come from cruelty. It can be clever, even insightful. But more than anything, it’s a reflex—and I’m tired of it.
It’s not that every instance is harmful. It’s that the repetition starts to wear me down. It replaces thinking. It becomes the default lens. And for me, it’s too much.
The cure? Exit “X”, fraudbook, U-tube and all the rest of the mindless leaders of the brain dead pandemic of uselessness.