rainrain@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 days agoWho is the more idiotic? The idiot, or the one who spends precious time yelling at the idiot for behaving idiotically?message-squaremessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down16
arrow-up144arrow-down1message-squareWho is the more idiotic? The idiot, or the one who spends precious time yelling at the idiot for behaving idiotically?rainrain@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square29linkfedilink
minus-square0x01@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·5 days agoYelling at a rock won’t change it into a rocking chair, neither does yelling at a rock change you a rock. Behavior and nature are separate, it’s dumb to argue with idiots, but acting like an idiot once doesn’t make you one (necessarily) I wonder if Confucius was really just a shit poster before the internet
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days ago Confucius was really just a shit poster before the internet I heard he was pretty big in /c/showerthoughts.
Yelling at a rock won’t change it into a rocking chair, neither does yelling at a rock change you a rock.
Behavior and nature are separate, it’s dumb to argue with idiots, but acting like an idiot once doesn’t make you one (necessarily)
I wonder if Confucius was really just a shit poster before the internet
I heard he was pretty big in /c/showerthoughts.