Dumb Things People Do

This is not about the words and actions of criminals and extremists. This is about everyday dumbness, dumbness you see everywhere. This is the dumbness of someone near you, maybe your own, including ...
Push shopping carts with no regard to who's around them. Ignore arrows and proceed the wrong way in parking lot aisles, or drive across aisles to park or exit parking lots. Whine about situations they can change but won't. Think like victims, which helps people remain victims. Repeat their mistakes. Many people have much experience but have gained little or no wisdom from it. So, they make the same mistakes repeatedly and wonder why nothing changes. Repeat other people's mistakes. This includes not learning from history. Think it's cool to be stupid, ignorant, negative, unambitious, decadent, sociopathic or irresponsible. Emulate people who are stupid, ignorant, negative, unambitious, decadent, sociopathic or irresponsible. Forsake spirituality for logic. Logic is limited in scope and understanding. For instance it cannot grasp why anyone would violate or murder a child and why a loving God would allow this. Only God, not logic, knows. Also, people who worship logic tend to be lousy with people because they regard other people as things. They forget that people are not theories, formulas, ideas or laboratory specimens and are often impractical. Let emotions guide all they do. An old saying is that emotions make great slaves but terrible masters. Tie their self-esteem to how others perceive them. If you constantly depend on other people for validation, then you're forever at their mercy. They define who you are. You lease your self-esteem from them, and they can end the lease whenever they choose. Blame themselves for all bad encounters or relationships with others even when they've done nothing wrong. No one wrongs just one person in the world. Someone who wrongs you also wrongs others. That's just a universal fact. Believe that thoughts not expressed or acted on are immaterial. Every thought is expressed and manifest in some way. At the least every thought creates a vibe or persona. People can sense both. For instance if you have a bizarre fetish such as necrophilia you may have the vibe or persona of someone with that fetish. You may have an odd or creepy persona or vibe. You may seem strange to others--who may be unable to discern why. Sign papers without fully reading and understanding what they're signing. Try to reason with ignorant people. Wear warm-weather clothing in cold weather, believing it to be a sign of strength. No, it's not a sign of strength. It's a sign of stupidity, drug or alcohol intoxication or an inability to buy weather-appropriate clothing. Expect long-term relationships with people they meet in bars and clubs. Mistake lust for love. So, they have physical relationships with flakes and have great sex--and great grief. Ignore their instincts, the voice within that says, "Don't." Try to please everyone and be everyone's friend. Mistake friendliness for flirting. Many people will be friendly to you because they are. And maybe those friendly service workers are just good at their jobs. The world would be a much colder place if the only people who were friendly to you were those wanting to rip your clothes off and pounce on you. Talk to movie characters. It'd be really scary if they responded, wouldn't it? Speak long after their audiences have tuned out. When encountering those who don't speak their languages speaking louder as if the people they're addressing are hearing-impaired. Make hand gestures while talking on the phone. Fart in crowded rooms. That is just not right, now is it? Many men) treat women they desire as high-priced hookers, flashing them status symbols and buying them expensive meals and gifts. Think they can advance to the NBA finals playing little or no defense. Memo to the Denver Nuggets, the Golden State Warriors and like teams: Just "running and gunning" fills arena seats and gets your games televised, but doesn't bring home trophies. Many men) blow cash they need for groceries or bills on women who, well, dance to earn cash for groceries or bills. Mock disabled people. Hey, ever heard of something called "karma"? Expect to receive what they're not willing to give whether it's effort, love, empathy, support, consideration or respect.