I just thought that I'd discuss one of my biggest pet peeves. I hate when people think they are better than other people and say or do things that drive home that point.
For example, you don't watch television? That doesn't make you superior. You're not a more awesome, enlightened, intelligent person because you don't watch TV. You're just a person who doesn't watch television. And if you aren't watching because it makes you feel like you're better than the rest of us, you should just turn it on. TV is awesome.
You love the environment and saving it and you do all that you can do make it a better place? Hey, congratulations, but you know what? That doesn't give you the right to walk around telling other people how crappy they are for not "doing their part" and telling everyone how wonderful you are. Doing the right thing is its own reward...and if it's not...well, then you're not doing it for the right reasons, are you, champ?
You don't drink, do drugs, smoke, eat red meat, eat meat at all, beat puppies or any combination thereof? Well, congratulations. That doesn't actually make you any better than anyone who does any of those things...well, except the beating puppies issue. If you don't beat puppies than you are definitely much better than someone who does beat puppies. And if you are out there beating puppies. Stop it, stop it now. At any rate, let's all just agree that we all have vices and things that we know perhaps we should or should not be doing, but let's just let that be up to the individual, yes?
You write a blog that's awesome? Well, that's an accomplishment. Good for you, but still not better than other people. You do get to comment on other people though and tell them what is and isn't ok, but that's just par for the course.
You get irony? Good for you. Still not better.
Y'all come back now, ya hear?
2 comments:
I have to say, I can see the point about not eating meat and not beating puppies being sort of the same... although beating puppies really doesn't seem to have any purpose, I believe that eating meat is not something people need to be doing either... It doesn't bother me if I think of it just as food, but when I think of the animal who died it makes me feel just as bad as I would to see someone beating a dog...
I'm not "better than you" - whatever that means. I certainly have my weak points.
I think I'm just better at that one particular thing - seeing the meat for what it is, dead animals... I think it's a strong point, but it does make life harder -- socially.
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