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Old 05-18-2015, 12:01 AM
 
Location: New Orleans, LA
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Like you like good stuff such as reading, technology, history, vehicle such as cars and mechanics and other good stuff to learn while other people such as society of some who make fun that of what you like, they like like crap such as porn, crap rap music, hanging out and such.

What is it these days that it's not cool to be smart and have knowledge while it's cool to be dumb and out of control?
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Old 05-18-2015, 01:24 AM
 
Location: Purgatory
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When i had no TV for a decade, i sometimes felt left out. And at one job they were very into "celebrity culture" and called me a hippie because I cared for the earth but that didn't bother me. It only bothered me that we had little in common. They usually wanted to gossip and I actually wanted to work.

Now my problem is liking and learning about obscure topics. I might find one fact super exciting while others are like "what made you ever wanna look that up?"
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Old 05-18-2015, 09:39 AM
 
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Ignore what other people think, go ahead and learn all about whatever you want. It will save you a small fortune in repair bills over your lifetime.

As for those idiots who are opposed to learning anything... Well they will later come knocking on your door when they need something fixed! Be sure to charge them an additional fee! (If they previously gave you a hard time.)
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Old 05-18-2015, 11:00 AM
 
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The last time I was made fun of for having an interest in history, science, etc, was probably my mid-teens. Once I got out of high school, I never encountered people that would make fun of such things. Maybe you're either very young, or just associating with the wrong sort of people.
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Old 05-19-2015, 02:46 AM
 
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Like you like good stuff such as reading, technology, history, vehicle such as cars and mechanics and other good stuff to learn while other people such as society of some who make fun that of what you like, they like like crap such as porn, crap rap music, hanging out and such.

What is it these days that it's not cool to be smart and have knowledge while it's cool to be dumb and out of control?
Apparently so. Just turn on the channel, any channel, more than half the crap on TV these days are "reality Tv" shows not based on reality but just another paradoxical dumb-down-effect.

And, people buy it. Having a cable box is like having a paid for propaganda piece of trash.

Don't you love contradictions? We need a society full of informed, enlightened individuals, and here we have a society full of ignorance. We are taught so many contradictions! No wonder people have mental disorders. They don't know what to believe in anymore.
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Old 05-19-2015, 03:13 AM
 
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Like you like good stuff such as reading, technology, history, vehicle such as cars and mechanics and other good stuff to learn while other people such as society of some who make fun that of what you like, they like like crap such as porn, crap rap music, hanging out and such.

What is it these days that it's not cool to be smart and have knowledge while it's cool to be dumb and out of control?
I think you are hanging around the wrong people. In my experience as an adult, most people tend to discuss a wide array of topics including everything you stated, except porn.
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