#anyway it's fine i let my guts do their awful chronic bullshit and then i returned to dinner to discuss books with my way cooler friend | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

antique-symbolism · 2 years

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The "that doesn't sound right but I don't know enough about X to dispute it" meme is so constantly relevant to my life in situations such as: trying to explain to a Tesla fanboy why I think Capitalism Bad

#it's fine because halfway through my guts exploding with chronic digestive issues in the bathroom i realized #there's only one person at this table whose opinion i give a shit about and it's not his #it stresses me out not because i don't like to lose arguments or look ignorant #like i don't LOVE that happening but in the end it can be whatever #it stresses me out because sometimes i wonder: DO I only think this because i don't understand the full situation?#am i parrotting other people's opinions without true knowledge of the facts?#for some reason he was under the impression that i was in the same mba program as our mutual friend #and he was like 'how could you have gone through an mba and still think this?'#I felt like Sailor Socialism in that Bernie Sanders rally video #'i just want people to have healthcare honey'#and he was like 'well what alternate system would you propose'#'if your goal is to change the government then it's never going to happen' etc etc #and I'm like i don't know! do i have to have the insight of God and figure the perfect plan for fixing all the world's problems just to say #'hey i think a system where people die for being poor and profits are valued over people is bad'??#anyway it's fine i let my guts do their awful chronic bullshit and then i returned to dinner to discuss books with my way cooler friend #it was a decent dinner party all things considered #Tesla Fanboy doesn't even seem like a bad dude #i just think we have some fundamental disagreements and it bothers me that i can't at least coherently defend my position

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