We’ve accepted the insanity not the opinion that we are insane

The meta meaning is that everybody’s insane now, which is classic unpopular opinion

Hmm. Maybe

That’s one of those new social engineering tricks they came up with. Co-opt all the subcultures and subvert them into obedient puppets and you won’t have to fight them later.

I guess the peace movements and protests made the aristocrats feel insecure.

And now the height of rebellion is purple hair and transgenderism.

Which says a lot about how we define sanity.

Sorry, present company excepted. Your identity is surely from the heart. And any concordance with the rest of the population is purely coincidental.

It’s unpopular opinion, not unpopular thesis. This is not a debate.

Well, because you asked me so nicely, I elaborated.

I doubt that. I think I’m being pretty clear.

But ya. Identity is a product now. Designed in a laboratory like a phone. Sold like a tshirt.

You shop for an identity then you buy it. Now you know how to think and speak. What to love and what to hate. Who is your people and who is those other people. And the people who sold it to you know where your buttons are.

Agreed. In fact 99.999% of so-called reality is just a society-generated story to which the vast majority of people conform with great enthusiasm (and woe to anybody who deviates from that story).

Those who actually interact with reality and form unique opinions are weirdos and outcasts.

I think that, rather than offered sincerely, it’s more often used as an insult. Especially online.

100 years of video advertising. Here let me rub this on your eyeballs.

It ain’t the religion, it’s the people.

You’ve never met a smug dogmatic till you’ve met a Buddhist smug dogmatic.

I personally think the key to that door is psychedelics.

Gaia, incarnated in her very sexiest avatar, walks, naked except for some dangly vines and flowers, through the cities and roads, replacing the works of man with awesome verdant foliage. Old growth oak forest and crazy creepers growing at high speed everywhere. No more plastic or concrete.

Smooshy dinner rolls, leftover tg ham, weird amish pickles, some cheese, brown mustard.

Not bad.

I care. I have good speakers (KLH 1973. $1 At a garage sale :) ). I have sane music software (libre elec). I download albums. I never use a streaming service. Commercial interruptions are unknown in my house.

If you lack sufficient Internet points you cannot discuss that here.