I Sold My Life for 10,000 Yen per Year.

[Nolonar]

Y'know, this short series should probably be considered a test.
The higher you rated it, the stupider you are.

Dunning-Kruger strikes again.

You know, it's fine that you disliked this series and that you think it's not all that great. Different people, different tastes, different opinions, different points of views. But antagonizing everyone here is pretty telling of your own intelligence. In short: the test wasn't quite what you thought it was, and you failed it spectacularly.

 

[The5thSeraph]

Dunning-Kruger strikes again.

You know, it's fine that you disliked this series and that you think it's not all that great. But antagonizing everyone here is pretty telling of your own intelligence. In short: the test wasn't quite what you thought it was, and you failed it spectacularly.

It doesn't work like that. It doesn't even correlate.
You getting your jimmies rustled because I criticised your golden calf doesn't make me unintelligent. I'm right. It isn't stupid to be right, no matter how unpopular my assertions. In fact it is a far more damning tell of your own inadequacies, which is just further evidence in my favour.

And your misunderstanding of the Dunning-Krüger Effect is another point or two against you. There should be a special little category set up for people who try to reference it in terms of general intelligence rather than competence in specific fields. E for Effort. You Tried. What was that you were saying about failing spectacularly?

 

[Nolonar]

It doesn't work like that. It doesn't even correlate.

Sure it does. Two people did scientific research where they objectively measured people's skill in some domain, then asked those very same people to self-evaluate their own skills. The Dunning-Kruger effect is what came out of it.

That's precisely how science works, and that's precisely how "correlation" is defined.

I'm right.

Prove it.

All I see is a lot of "my opinion is more right than yours because I say it's crap, so it's crap". What are you, a kindergartener?

That neither makes you right, nor does it make everyone else stupid. Not to mention people's opinions do not correlate to their intelligence, contrary to what you've just claimed with your previous post. I know at least one Mensa member who thinks very highly of this manga. Are you a Mensa member, or why do you think you can judge other people's intelligence based on what they enjoy?

So your initial claim, that "The higher you rated it, the stupider you are" is already proven false. Unless you want to argue that "The entire concept of "IQ" is a farce [...]" as you did with EQ on another thread, that is.

It isn't stupid to be right, no matter how unpopular my assertions.

And the sky is blue, but that's irrelevant.

What is relevant, is that insulting everyone because you disagree with them, is incredibly stupid, regardless of whether you are right or not. Especially when there's absolutely zero meaning to being right or wrong in this instance.

It's one thing to claim everyone's an idiot, when they're making a wrong decision that could potentially ruin people's lives. This is just a manga. A story. Fiction. Fantasy, no less. Whether people like it or not, who even gives a shit? Apparently, you do. And that's pretty stupid, regardless of popularity.

In fact it is a far more damning tell of your own inadequacies, which is just further evidence in my favour.

Like I said: Dunning-Kruger. You think I'm stupid because I disagree with you, but what if you're the one who's actually stupid and you simply can't see it? Have you ever considered that?

What exactly makes you think you're intelligent? Are you a Mensa member? Have you ever done an IQ test? How high did you score, 95?

And your misunderstanding of the Dunning-Krüger Effect is another point or two against you. There should be a special little category set up for people who try to reference it in terms of general intelligence rather than competence in specific fields. E for Effort. You Tried. What was that you were saying about failing spectacularly?

Wow, that backfired. On you.

Yes, the Dunning-Krüger effect isn't specific to intelligence. I never claimed it was. However, intelligence is a competence in a specific field, where the Dunning-Krüger effect does apply.

From the linked Wikipedia article:

The initial study was published by David Dunning and Justin Kruger in 1999. It focused on logical reasoning, grammar, and social skills.

Emphasis mine. I don't know about you, but I think "logical reasoning" is one of these things that IQ tests normally test for.

E for Effort indeed.

 

[CyanHide]

@The5thSeraph cease your autism, lmao

Throwing "downvotes" left and right like you're on Reddit

Edit: Damn am I late to a lolcow party, lmao

 

[Zethio0121]

@The5thSeraph cease your autism, lmao

Throwing "downvotes" left and right like you're on Reddit

Edit: Damn am I late to a lolcow party, lmao

you'll get your turn xD

 

[The5thSeraph]

Sure it does. Two people did scientific research where they objectively measured people's skill in some domain, then asked those very same people to self-evaluate their own skills. The Dunning-Kruger effect is what came out of it.

That's precisely how science works, and that's precisely how "correlation" is defined.

Context, idiot. I'm talking about your deranged belief that criticising yourself or those with the same opinion as you correlates with stupidity.

Prove it.

Take a few steps back. I already did.

All I see is a lot of "my opinion is more right than yours because I say it's crap, so it's crap". What are you, a kindergartener?

So you're saying you missed the why and how. Which is as much as saying either you can't read, or just didn't want to because it would be inconvenient to you.

That neither makes you right, nor does it make everyone else stupid. Not to mention people's opinions do not correlate to their intelligence, contrary to what you've just claimed with your previous post. I know at least one Mensa member who thinks very highly of this manga. Are you a Mensa member, or why do you think you can judge other people's intelligence based on what they enjoy?

You keep piling on the wrong. The predictably wrong, in fact, as it follows the usual pattern of someone who is all ego and no reason. Simplest and most likely explanation is because you ARE stupid. You want to try and disprove that notion? I'd say it is probably too late for that as you've done far too much to reinforce it, and I'm beyond bored of you.

What is relevant, is that insulting everyone because you disagree with them, is incredibly stupid, regardless of whether you are right or not. Especially when there's absolutely zero meaning to being right or wrong in this instance.

Even if that were what I was doing, you'd still be wrong about that. That is exactly what I was referring to when I said it doesn't even correlate. Funny thing is I'm not doing that. It isn't "insulting" to call an idiot what they are: an idiot. Treating it like some mere social value judgement that lacks actual definition is stupid. Not everyone cares for your animalistic hierarchal pissing match.

It's one thing to claim everyone's an idiot, when they're making a wrong decision that could potentially ruin people's lives. This is just a manga. A story. Fiction. Fantasy, no less. Whether people like it or not, who even gives a shit? Apparently, you do. And that's pretty stupid, regardless of popularity.

Ruining lives doesn't have a damned thing to do with anything. More irrelevant drivel. Meanwhile you claim giving a shit about something is stupid... and yet here you are. I'd advise you try to avoid choking on your own words.

Like I said: Dunning-Kruger. You think I'm stupid because I disagree with you, but what if you're the one who's actually stupid and you simply can't see it? Have you ever considered that?

No, I don't. You've got cause and effect backwards. I disagree with you because you keep spouting idiocy.
And I already explained to you what you got wrong about the Dunning-Kruger Effect, yet you're still getting it wrong. Go back and click your own link if you need to double-check.

What exactly makes you think you're intelligent? Are you a Mensa member? Have you ever done an IQ test? How high did you score, 95?

A lifetime's worth of things that I couldn't type out here even if I wanted to. Things I've managed to do over the years. Things I notice and account for on a daily basis. Etc. I wouldn't even be able to hold down my job if I wasn't, as it relies primarily on my capacity for reason, analysis and problem-solving. And last I did an IQ test, the result was 141, years ago as it was. And Mensa are a club of elitist, collectivist pricks, and I wouldn't have anything to do with them even if they wanted me.
If you have any other questions, best keep them to yourself, as I'm probably not going to answer any more.

Yes, the Dunning-Krüger effect isn't specific to intelligence. I never claimed it was. However, intelligence is a competence in a specific field, where the Dunning-Krüger effect does apply.

No it isn't, any more than eyesight is. One cannot be taught to have better eyesight, and neither can intelligence be learnt... though it can certainly be damaged.
Just another in a stream of completely false statements you've made. Anyhow, you really don't need to prove any more to me that you're an idiot. You've already made that completely clear. Anything more is just a waste of everyone's time.

 

[Nolonar]

Context, idiot. I'm talking about your deranged belief that criticising yourself or those with the same opinion as you correlates with stupidity.

and also

No, I don't. You've got cause and effect backwards. I disagree with you because you keep spouting idiocy.

From your very first post:

Y'know, this short series should probably be considered a test.
The higher you rated it, the stupider you are.
[...]
This is just a failure in every possible respect. 1/10 is too generous for it. It has absolutely nothing going for it. 0/10.

1. You disagree with people who liked this manga.
2. You claim that the more someone likes this (and therefore the more they disagree with you) the more stupid they are.

Exactly what do I have backwards? Are you suggesting you've written a profile on every single person who commented here, saw a correlation between their intelligence and how highly they praised this series, thereby concluding this manga is bad?

Doubt.

So much for "Context, idiot."

Take a few steps back. I already did.

No, you didn't.

All you did was throw claims, such as that the manga is tedious, clichéd, not fleshed out, or not doing a good job at making us care about the characters within. Clearly, a lot of people care about the characters enough to like this story, so how did it not do a good job at it?

You have done nothing to show us why you think that way, given us no common ground to discuss the issue, and provided no proof as to how any of your criticism results in a bad story. For example, why would "raising a myriad of questions for which it has no answers" be bad? Is a story bad if it expects readers to think for themselves? Are readers stupid for enjoying a story that doesn't spoon-feed them answers?

Can I expect a constructive discussion from you, or is your "animalistic hierarchical pissing contest" the only thing you came here to do?

Funny thing is I'm not doing that. It isn't "insulting" to call an idiot what they are: an idiot.

You most definitely are doing that, because it is, actually:

The terms idiot, imbecile, moron, and their derivatives were formerly used as technical descriptors in medical, educational, and regulatory contexts. These uses were broadly rejected by the close of the 20th century and are now considered offensive.

Even if you were correct, it'd have to be proven true in the first place. Contrary to your belief, intelligence (and stupidity) cannot be proven so simply on the internet with just text. There's a reason why IQ tests typically avoid language, as its ambiguity and lack of precision can lead to all sorts of misunderstandings.

Meanwhile you claim giving a shit about something is stupid... and yet here you are. I'd advise you try to avoid choking on your own words.

There's a pretty big difference between giving a shit about whether people like something or not, and giving a shit about someone acting like a condescending elitist prick insulting random strangers unprovoked, all for the sake of inflating their own ego for no reason.

 

[akenoisbae]

Y'know, this short series should probably be considered a test.
The higher you rated it, the stupider you are.
It is a tedious and clichéd story concept without any sort of fleshing out, and raising a myriad of questions for which it has no answers.
The only good thing to be said about it is that it is short enough not to waste too much of one's life to get through.

It isn't even depressing because we're not even given the time to invest in any of it. And even the time that is given is wasted. I've read short poems that could make me do a better job of caring about someone dying. I was more invested in Renge's sea-monkeys in Non Non Biyori than I was the protagonist of this mess.
This is just a failure in every possible respect. 1/10 is too generous for it. It has absolutely nothing going for it. 0/10.


YOU I will respond to, because I have a specific answer to your question.
And no, I'm not just going to say that half the series on this site are sadder (even if they are).
I contend that Oyasumi Punpun is the undisputed most depressing series on this site. And unlike this gnat's fart of a series, that one is actually good.... and by good I mean in terms of being an utterly soul-ravaging experience that will drain all will to live from your body and mind. I mean it nearly drove me to suicide and I never ever want to read it again, but it was actually very well-made.
This? This is nothing. The most overrated nothing on the site.

[Edit]: Also, if you do suicide from reading Oyasumi Punpun, I deny all responsibility.

lol. It's true that this series isn't all that sad though. If anything it's optimistic. And yea it's not exactly original but then again there are probably less than 10 manga on this entire site that are actually entirely original.

 

[The5thSeraph]

lol. It's true that this series isn't all that sad though. If anything it's optimistic. And yea it's not exactly original but then again there are probably less than 10 manga on this entire site that are actually entirely original.

Roughly speaking, the longer a manga goes on for and the more things that happen, the greater the odds that the specific combination of events that take place are completely new.
Unfortunately though, much of Japan seems to believe "life is fleeting" constitutes a plot in its entirety... which is why there are so many utterly braindead manga, anime and visual novels whose entirety from start to finish is just watching someone die. Usually girls dying of some unspecified wasting condition, but in this case a guy dying of.... mysterious stupid magical effect (which just makes it worse).
Some degree of unoriginality has to be expected as nothing is new under the sun... but if they're not even trying, that shows.

 

[DebuKaleng]

Bro just went and straight up called everyone stupid for liking this manga. It's so over bros.

 

[gstew]

@Nolonar, don't be so harsh on the guy. He's mentally unstable enough to consider suicide from reading a manga. Deny him his superiority complex and he might actually follow through. That ain't cool.

I mean, his rant against mensa is likely a defensive mechanism to cope with mensa rejecting his shady iq test. If he needs to crap on this manga to feel like his life is worth anything, let him.

@The5thSeraph, it's ok bro. You're a very smart person, you're right, no matter what others say, and everyone who like this manga is an idiot. Stay strong, be safe. Suicide is not an answer.

 

[The5thSeraph]

{random sarcastic idiocy}

Do keep your libel to yourself.

 

[gstew]

Sorry, you're right. I forgot "hypocrite", because this:

Y'know, this short series should probably be considered a test.
The higher you rated it, the stupider you are.

is clearly not libel at all.

Jokes aside, bruh if you think much of Japan's belief is braindead, why are you even here? You know you're allowed to not read manga even if it's popular, right? If you don't enjoy manga, anime and visual novels, just move on. Plenty of fish in this vast sea. It's not like picking a fight with this community will magically improve the quality of Japanese fiction.

 

[The5thSeraph]

Sorry, you're right. I forgot "hypocrite", because this:

is clearly not libel at all.

And it wasn't, so "hypocrite" obviously doesn't apply either. Where do you even get this nonsense from?

Jokes aside, bruh if you think much of Japan's belief is braindead, why are you even here? You know you're allowed to not read manga even if it's popular, right? If you don't enjoy manga, anime and visual novels, just move on. Plenty of fish in this vast sea. It's not like picking a fight with this community will magically improve the quality of Japanese fiction.

So you regard one thing as "much"? Even if it is common as muck, it is still one factor. There are other factors. There is your answer... though just about anyone should have been able to figure that out for themselves. If I hated Japanese content in its entirety then I wouldn't even be on this site in the first place, obviously. My mere presence is proof that what you just said is idiotic.
As to why this manga specifically... once again stating the obvious seems to be necessary: I had to read it to know it was bad. If I didn't read it first, I wouldn't be qualified to hold an opinion of it.
Idiots and their rhetorical nonsense. If you read something and don't like it then they're all like "Why did you read it?" and if you don't read it because you suspect it is gonna be shit, they're all "Didn't read it. Opinion invalid"... Sometimes it is even the same people saying these things. Well I did read it, and now my remarks are meant to serve as a warning for all the people who are misled by the high rating into believing this might be good. It isn't. It is shit. Best stay away.

 

[gstew]

And it wasn't, so "hypocrite" obviously doesn't apply either. Where do you even get this nonsense from?

Here's the definition of "libel".
And here's what you said, and I quote:

Y'know, this short series should probably be considered a test.
The higher you rated it, the stupider you are.

"The stupider you are" qualifies as defamatory, malicious and damaging. Inb4 "it's not defamation if it's true": it's only true once proven true. Do you have any research papers suggesting a correlation between a person's opinion on a book and their IQ?

Until then, my "nonsense" is sound.

So you regard one thing as "much"?

I don't, do you?

much of Japan seems to believe "life is fleeting" constitutes a plot in its entirety... which is why there are so many utterly braindead manga, anime and visual novels

Because last time I checked, "The5thSeraph" was you, not me.

Even if it is common as muck, it is still one factor. There are other factors. There is your answer...

"There are other factors" he says, yet when it comes to everyone else, there can only be one factor:

The higher you rated it, the stupider you are.

Did I mention "hypocrite"?

As to why this manga specifically... once again stating the obvious seems to be necessary: I had to read it to know it was bad. If I didn't read it first, I wouldn't be qualified to hold an opinion of it.

True, but you didn't have to hold an opinion of it, did you? It's a Japanese manga whose title and tags suggest "life is fleeting" as a plot in its entirety, and is short enough to probably not be anything new. You could see all the red flags from a mile away, so why read it? Did Mr. Garrison force you to write your opinion on this book? Or was it Mrs. Krabappel?

Idiots and their rhetorical nonsense. If you read something and don't like it then they're all like "Why did you read it?" and if you don't read it because you suspect it is gonna be shit, they're all "Didn't read it. Opinion invalid"...

If I read something and don't like it, I drop it and move on to the next story. I don't act like a condescending snob announcing: "It's bad, you're stupid, and I'm not, because I'm right".

"Opinion invalid"? So what? What are they going to do about you disliking one puny little manga? Every time someone asks me if I read One Piece, I say "no, because I didn't enjoy it". The worst anyone has done to me was reply with: "but it's interesting", and that was the last we ever talked about One Piece.

You claim your job relies primarily on your capacity for reason, analysis and problem-solving. If that's not a clever euphemism for "I'm a grade school kid", then don't act like one.

Sometimes it is even the same people saying these things. Well I did read it, and now my remarks are meant to serve as a warning for all the people who are misled by the high rating into believing this might be good. It isn't. It is shit. Best stay away.

I mean, that's perfectly fine. Different people value different things. Some people can't enjoy a story unless it's novel, others can even if it's not. Some people dislike stories with open questions, others enjoy them. You're entitled to your opinion, and people who share your opinion will definitely value your insight.

But to insult everyone else? That's neither constructive nor particularly intelligent.

 

[The5thSeraph]

Losing any sort of will to put effort into this now...

#1. What is real does not rely on being believed by people in order to be real. Likewise "proof" is not for the purposes of setting reality, but simply giving oneself reason to believe it. Reality continues to be the same way whether anyone has it proved to them or not, and idiots will still be idiots even if nobody ever bothered to point it out. BUT there is another reason why what I said wasn't libel, and that is because I wasn't singling anyone out. I was speaking in general terms. So no, your nonsense isn't sound. Do better.

#2. Much of Japan =/= many factors. You completely fucked up the context... again. It wasn't even ambiguous. Again, not a hypocrite. You're just an idiot doing as idiots do: getting things wrong and trying (poorly) to pass the blame. Do better.

#3. I didn't have to hold an opinion of it, but it was there. It was always there. It still is. Curiosity got the better of me. Unfortunately so many people have mis-ranked it that I will likely never be rid of it, as this site doesn't have the basic decency to allow filtering by number of chapters, so the closest options I have are "Most Follows" (woefully off the mark) and highest rating (even worse).
In case you hadn't guessed, I do things I don't have to do. This isn't uncommon. Not everything is obligatory. Nothing you do is necessary, but here you are, to my detriment.

#4. If you don't comment on things you don't like, that is your choice. Not mine. I rarely comment on things I do like, as I maintain the opinion that if it doesn't need changing, it doesn't need my input. That is not what I exist for. Likewise if someone else has pointed out all the issues and they are accepted, that doesn't require my input either. If I comment, it is because someone fucked up and I'm pointing it out, as apparently nobody else noticed... or if they did notice, they didn't have the sense to point it out.
And no, what I said wasn't a euphemism for anything. I work with client data. I try to enforce data entry standards and the retention of practical data on a large scale in a system where idiots are effectively mashing their faces against their keyboards day in and day out.... and unfortunately at work I can't simply tell the secretaries to stop screwing up the formatting or writing things in short-hand that need to be written in full both for legal purposes and so search functionality can actually find what they're looking for.
p.s. If you start making anything about maturity, you're wasting your time. I'm older than most of the internet, and I never gave a damn whether people believed I acted mature or not in the first place.

#5.

But to insult everyone else? That's neither constructive nor particularly intelligent.

Most people are idiots. Calling idiots what they are is not wrong, and is not unintelligent. It is informative. But alas, actually convincing someone who is mentally lacking that they have a problem in that regard is near futile. I do it anyway... because I'd like it if humanity could hold itself to better standards... or something like that.
On the flipside, holding to nonsensical beliefs is unintelligent. Even if I gave enough of a shit about anyone's feelings to want to hurt them, that has nothing to do with intelligence either way. It is one thing to see patterns where there are none, as humans are conditioned for that kind of pattern recognition, but generally one ought to scrutinise it and determine for oneself whether the pattern is real or imaginary... and if you keep screwing that up, it speaks very poorly of your abilities in that regard.
If you feel insulted, that is a you problem. I don't have any motivation to deliberately insult you, and couldn't possibly begin to paperwalk around your feelings either. There are billions of people out there, and it is impossible to get anywhere in life without stepping on their feelings... not least because people keep leaving them lying all over the place.

Now... if you don't mind, this has consumed too much of my time already.

You should try to do better. So should I. And everyone else for that matter.

 

[Zethio0121]

Losing any sort of will to put effort into this now...

#1. What is real does not rely on being believed by people in order to be real. Likewise "proof" is not for the purposes of setting reality, but simply giving oneself reason to believe it. Reality continues to be the same way whether anyone has it proved to them or not, and idiots will still be idiots even if nobody ever bothered to point it out. BUT there is another reason why what I said wasn't libel, and that is because I wasn't singling anyone out. I was speaking in general terms. So no, your nonsense isn't sound. Do better.

#2. Much of Japan =/= many factors. You completely fucked up the context... again. It wasn't even ambiguous. Again, not a hypocrite. You're just an idiot doing as idiots do: getting things wrong and trying (poorly) to pass the blame. Do better.

#3. I didn't have to hold an opinion of it, but it was there. It was always there. It still is. Curiosity got the better of me. Unfortunately so many people have mis-ranked it that I will likely never be rid of it, as this site doesn't have the basic decency to allow filtering by number of chapters, so the closest options I have are "Most Follows" (woefully off the mark) and highest rating (even worse).
In case you hadn't guessed, I do things I don't have to do. This isn't uncommon. Not everything is obligatory. Nothing you do is necessary, but here you are, to my detriment.

#4. If you don't comment on things you don't like, that is your choice. Not mine. I rarely comment on things I do like, as I maintain the opinion that if it doesn't need changing, it doesn't need my input. That is not what I exist for. Likewise if someone else has pointed out all the issues and they are accepted, that doesn't require my input either. If I comment, it is because someone fucked up and I'm pointing it out, as apparently nobody else noticed... or if they did notice, they didn't have the sense to point it out.
And no, what I said wasn't a euphemism for anything. I work with client data. I try to enforce data entry standards and the retention of practical data on a large scale in a system where idiots are effectively mashing their faces against their keyboards day in and day out.... and unfortunately at work I can't simply tell the secretaries to stop screwing up the formatting or writing things in short-hand that need to be written in full both for legal purposes and so search functionality can actually find what they're looking for.
p.s. If you start making anything about maturity, you're wasting your time. I'm older than most of the internet, and I never gave a damn whether people believed I acted mature or not in the first place.

#5.

Most people are idiots. Calling idiots what they are is not wrong, and is not unintelligent. It is informative. But alas, actually convincing someone who is mentally lacking that they have a problem in that regard is near futile. I do it anyway... because I'd like it if humanity could hold itself to better standards... or something like that.
On the flipside, holding to nonsensical beliefs is unintelligent. Even if I gave enough of a shit about anyone's feelings to want to hurt them, that has nothing to do with intelligence either way. It is one thing to see patterns where there are none, as humans are conditioned for that kind of pattern recognition, but generally one ought to scrutinise it and determine for oneself whether the pattern is real or imaginary... and if you keep screwing that up, it speaks very poorly of your abilities in that regard.
If you feel insulted, that is a you problem. I don't have any motivation to deliberately insult you, and couldn't possibly begin to paperwalk around your feelings either. There are billions of people out there, and it is impossible to get anywhere in life without stepping on their feelings... not least because people keep leaving them lying all over the place.

Now... if you don't mind, this has consumed too much of my time already.

You should try to do better. So should I. And everyone else for that matter.

ain't reading allat

 

[DogeMLG420]

I'm having tears. This manga is fire frfr 🔥🔥🔥✍️

 

[redwhitemiko]

Losing any sort of will to put effort into this now...

#1. What is real does not rely on being believed by people in order to be real. Likewise "proof" is not for the purposes of setting reality, but simply giving oneself reason to believe it. Reality continues to be the same way whether anyone has it proved to them or not, and idiots will still be idiots even if nobody ever bothered to point it out. BUT there is another reason why what I said wasn't libel, and that is because I wasn't singling anyone out. I was speaking in general terms. So no, your nonsense isn't sound. Do better.

#2. Much of Japan =/= many factors. You completely fucked up the context... again. It wasn't even ambiguous. Again, not a hypocrite. You're just an idiot doing as idiots do: getting things wrong and trying (poorly) to pass the blame. Do better.

#3. I didn't have to hold an opinion of it, but it was there. It was always there. It still is. Curiosity got the better of me. Unfortunately so many people have mis-ranked it that I will likely never be rid of it, as this site doesn't have the basic decency to allow filtering by number of chapters, so the closest options I have are "Most Follows" (woefully off the mark) and highest rating (even worse).
In case you hadn't guessed, I do things I don't have to do. This isn't uncommon. Not everything is obligatory. Nothing you do is necessary, but here you are, to my detriment.

#4. If you don't comment on things you don't like, that is your choice. Not mine. I rarely comment on things I do like, as I maintain the opinion that if it doesn't need changing, it doesn't need my input. That is not what I exist for. Likewise if someone else has pointed out all the issues and they are accepted, that doesn't require my input either. If I comment, it is because someone fucked up and I'm pointing it out, as apparently nobody else noticed... or if they did notice, they didn't have the sense to point it out.
And no, what I said wasn't a euphemism for anything. I work with client data. I try to enforce data entry standards and the retention of practical data on a large scale in a system where idiots are effectively mashing their faces against their keyboards day in and day out.... and unfortunately at work I can't simply tell the secretaries to stop screwing up the formatting or writing things in short-hand that need to be written in full both for legal purposes and so search functionality can actually find what they're looking for.
p.s. If you start making anything about maturity, you're wasting your time. I'm older than most of the internet, and I never gave a damn whether people believed I acted mature or not in the first place.

#5.

Most people are idiots. Calling idiots what they are is not wrong, and is not unintelligent. It is informative. But alas, actually convincing someone who is mentally lacking that they have a problem in that regard is near futile. I do it anyway... because I'd like it if humanity could hold itself to better standards... or something like that.
On the flipside, holding to nonsensical beliefs is unintelligent. Even if I gave enough of a shit about anyone's feelings to want to hurt them, that has nothing to do with intelligence either way. It is one thing to see patterns where there are none, as humans are conditioned for that kind of pattern recognition, but generally one ought to scrutinise it and determine for oneself whether the pattern is real or imaginary... and if you keep screwing that up, it speaks very poorly of your abilities in that regard.
If you feel insulted, that is a you problem. I don't have any motivation to deliberately insult you, and couldn't possibly begin to paperwalk around your feelings either. There are billions of people out there, and it is impossible to get anywhere in life without stepping on their feelings... not least because people keep leaving them lying all over the place.

Now... if you don't mind, this has consumed too much of my time already.

You should try to do better. So should I. And everyone else for that matter.

Life must be hard when your smartest person in earth;

 

[Dropbear187]

Short but absolutely great read. Definetly recommending !