Once Again…
Truly, Professor Cipolla got it right.
See this essay and the ABSURD lengths he goes in order to justify human stupidity.
Here is the twitter post that started it all:
What that poll says, clearly, unambiguously, is that one of two possibilities is true, and most likely both simultaneously:
1. People are idiots, and
2. People lie in order to virtue signal
Now we know that approximately 2/3 of humanity falls into one or both of those categories; which forever brand them as NPCs you should try to avoid having anything to do with.
They are the zombie horde. The background track to your attempt at composing a masterpiece.
They will hopefully not reproduce.
I read the linked article and here's the TLDR:
Red-choosing "villains" are merely rational, while blue-choosing "superheroes" are "superrational."
Assuming that the author is American, he presumably gets to vote. I'm not sure a better indictment of democracy with universal suffrage exists.
Most people are retarded... I'm a patient man, but when I heard a homeschooling mom yesterday proclaim that "the government just wants what's best for our children, and it's their duty to ensure every child gets what they deserve" I had to step out for a bit
For context, homeschooling is borderline illegal where I live, and everyone who files for a school exemption comes under heavy scrutiny