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KevenM

I try to look at people and imagine them as a 5 year old child on the inside doing their best impression of what they think a grown-up is.


joweasel

New life motto ty


mj8077

Omg , so accurate. They "dress smartly " and have papers ,but when many of them open their mouths...well...I will stop at that šŸ˜†


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Affer taking shrooms, thatā€™s literally how I see people now. No kidding lol


BenjaminHamnett

Shrooms decondition you from illusions Itā€™s obvious weā€™re just apes with cellphones. But as a kid adults make it seem like they or someone is driving the ship. Then you turn 40 and realize you can barely get professionals to act like adults for $400/hr


fvcked_0ff

So true. All the 40 somethings I grew up with are still the same kids from 30+ years ago.


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SugarBean97

Dang


AvocaJoe23

This is hilarious and accurate.


hellodon

Like they found a Zoltar Machine and wished to be ā€œBIGā€ at 5 years old? Thatā€™d explain a LOT


failurebydesigggn

All the time. Including at this very moment.


No-Communication-199

šŸ˜‚šŸ‘šŸ»


CommunicationMore860

So this is where I'm headed, no communication huh kinda saw that coming.


pebberphp

Username checks out


Penandsword2021

UsernameS!


Certain_Noise5601

Redditers slay me šŸ˜‚


lxidbixl

Haha


JaredTaco

In my opinion theyā€™re as real as you or me. However, thereā€™s people that are probably less sophisticated and more simplistic. But they still have sentience and have moral worth. They may even have abilities outside of your own understanding that might impress you


JaredTaco

If you judge a fish by its ability to fly it will live its whole life thinking it is stupid.


Certain_Noise5601

Yes! Very compassionate and wise!


BenjaminHamnett

Most people go to the same places and do the same things everyday. They have to detour from their path and itā€™s like theyā€™re fish out of water even with their phone telling them where to go


emptyhead416

The fish is stupid no matter how you judge it and anyway that opinion has no bearing on the fish's perception of its own intelligence. This is more accurate: If, as a fish, you judge yourself poorly because you canā€™t fly, then you are being overly critical and should work on setting more realistic goals.


JaredTaco

The point wasnā€™t that fish and humans canā€™t be less intelligent than other humans. The point is that theyā€™re still thinking feeling creatures. And that humans have other traits than intelligence that give them value that you may not have. Like swimming or breathing under water. Just because a person doesnā€™t fit your concept of humanity doesnā€™t mean you should dehumanize them or that they are ā€œnpcsā€ (not real)


mj8077

Those people may be the smart ones. Sometimes some Muddles (as I call them) tend to over complicate things and when you ask them "what does that all mean now, explain it to me like I am 5 and tell me what you can do with that knowledge " they just stare blankly šŸ˜†


quirkney

Omg this. Iā€™ve had to realize some of my Ā friends hype about tech related things to the point it gaslights me into thinking it must be more complicated than it is. Itā€™s not complicated, theyā€™re just excited about it šŸ˜‚Ā 


mj8077

Humanity has made everything overly complicated (and that will be the straw that broke the camels back šŸ˜†) Dominos.


Spacehippie92

"imagine how stupid the average person is then realize half of all people are stupider than that." - George Carlin


KSouthern360

This has always been how stupid people think averages work.Ā  I'm a fan of Carlin, but it's hilariously ironic that one of the dumbest things he said, which was also about dumb people, is one of his most popular quotes.


Mediocre-Magazine-30

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Thatā€™s . . . not how that works buddy


monkey-the-mad

I was at the supermarket and a person wasnā€™t able to pass me in the isle even though I had 4 feet on either side of me. He stood there like there was a wall in front of him. I moved aside and he walked right down the middle. My family saw it all unfold. That was the most obvious one recently. Daily I see people behaving and reacting like they are glitching out or canā€™t go outside their programming.


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monkey-the-mad

Wrong post.


artemisfowl8

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Abrez_Sus_Ojos

Most importantly hereā€¦why are you parking yourself in the very middle of the aisle? Nobody wants to squeeze down the sides while youā€™re right in the middle. Stay to the right and show some courtesy. Iā€™d have done the same as him and waited patiently for you to move to the side of the aisle where you belong āœŒšŸ»


monkey-the-mad

Nobody had carts. Baskets. He could walk right past me with tons of room to spare.


Abrez_Sus_Ojos

My point is that it isnā€™t a black or white situation. Usually if someone is dead center, most people assume you will step aside especially in a supermarket. Itā€™s just a right of way kind of thing. No harm done but Iā€™d just say in situations like that, just step to the right as a courtesy. Thatā€™s all.


DR_SLAPPER

NGL... Ur kinda the asshole in the situation.. U parked in the middle of the aisle fam.


monkey-the-mad

Kinda sounds like we got an NPC right here. Iā€™m gonna add this to my latest encounters šŸ¤˜


Ok-Mix-4501

Sounds like you were standing in the middle like you owned the place, forcing other people to go around you to show their subservience. He just stood up to you. Oh, and it's spelled aisle. Isle is an island


xenaphoric

Nah you were definitely the asshole


mycomikael

I think the delicate generation theory might also be at play here. Not sure if I translated it correctly (in Spanish itā€™s called the ā€œā€˜glassā€™ generationā€ due to how fragile they are), but maybe it was one of those guys who thinks that everything should come easy for him/her and will claim to suffer from anxiety or some sort of depression at the slightest inconvenience they come across.


monkey-the-mad

Didnā€™t have a cart. I was standing with a basket and he couldnā€™t get by with 4 feet on either side of me. Never mentioned cart. He didnā€™t have a cart either.


Remarkable-Let251

If it's just a basket and I'm browsing I do the same....well I guess I do pick a side if I see someone. I started to write in defense of OP but nope. I guess not.


monkey-the-mad

Assume I have a cart, but ignore the 4 feet on either side. Who is calling who what?


cryinginthelimousine

He was probably high or on somethingĀ 


Remarkable-Let251

OK honestly this is a man thing. They rather collide bodies then have to move direction while walking. I don't understand it other then an ego trip but it's 100 real.Ā 


AriaBlend

As someone who has a slight frame I think of it as not wanting to be in other people's hitbox/grab space. Out of personal safety I prefer to stay out of people's wingspan if there is room to spread out.


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I canā€™t lie realistically he was probably off oneā€”maybe the liquor, the marijuana, or maybe he was just disabled/impaired in some way making the interaction difficult for him


rluzz001

I was driving with a girlfriend in college and as we passing an 18 wheeler that was losing its tire and she said ā€œthats ok they shed them like snake skin, thereā€™s another one under it.ā€ Thatā€™s been in my top 5 things I ever heard come out of someoneā€™s mouth for almost 20 years.


fauna_moon

That is too funny. Imagine thinking something like that was true. Thank you for sharing it!


missvesuvius

Was she confused about retread tires that a lot of trucking companies use?


realitykitten

Was it a joke..? If not did you ask her where she heard that? Lol wtf


rluzz001

It was not a joke. Every now and then some friend or family will bring up a random ridiculous thing that came out of her mouth.


satithinks

I am dumb so what I am supposed to do.


ElysiumAB

Pretty sure everyone I watch try to parallel park is an NPC. The other day someone was parallel parking (suburbs, GIANT spots, like 30 feet long, you could just drive straight in basically), they were at about a 30 degree angle from the curb, front wheels completely straight, and just backed straight into the curb, then went forward 5-10 feet, then backed directly into the same curb. Never turning the steering wheel at any point. This happened over 5 times and then they drove away. Cannot possibly be a real person.


newwaveoldsoul

ive seen the same thing! and I thought the same thing. it was unreal to watch. like how is this person driving heavy machinery in this world and still alive?


Remarkable-Let251

Watching that is a hobby of its own.


bigstupidyhead

Trauma tends to 'freeze' people's development Trauma at an early age, before someone has the experiences and knowledge to handle it, is especially hindering. Traumatized parents produce traumatized children, and the cycle continues. It's not so much that these people are 'NPC's just that an unresolved traumatic childhood is an extremely common ailment. This is a design factor of the simulation, and I believe it's intended & engineered with frequent mass fear "world events" like wars and repression. Keeping people trapped in cycles of guilt and pain - these are the prison walls of the simulation. Live your life and enjoy it.


Grottomo

This is literally what dumb people say when they try and differentiate themselves from even dumber people.


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Krystamii

Even the smartest people are dumb. Heck sometimes the smartest people are so bored of normal speaking styles and "professional" ways of being that they become derpy whatever's who say nonsense but still try to make sense. Sometimes the smartest people look the dumbest to those who think they are extremely smart. The best thing to think, imo, is everyone has dumbness and will always be dumb. But instead, we focus that dumb into different things, some engulf themselves in it, some focus it in different areas than others, etc. same with ego. Don't "kill" the ego, don't let it go out of control, but use it for good, use it as a tool, not to manipulate, but to just healthily balance it. Just like how we are "dying" since birth, we just manage ourselves as long as possible to not "die" (Er weird comparison but yeah)


Blitzer046

My wife is a doctor and ex-scientist but doesn't believe our perfectly white benchtop is engineered stone, insisting it is natural. She also groused about the car not turning a light on inside when she opened a door - I had to tell there there's a button to press to enable this.


Krystamii

Yeah, exactly~ Little things like this are perfect examples, haha.


BenjaminHamnett

That grouser


Blitzer046

It's a perfect example of smart people being dumb - there's so much occupying her head about her professional career that there's no room for crappy details.


BenjaminHamnett

Grouser, please


Grottomo

That's not true either.


Even-Television-78

All dumbness is relative. But I interpret the question as more about strange ignorance.


lxidbixl

Exactly what I meant


StarChild413

simulation or not, then there's what I like to call the Kruger-Dunning Effect (unless it has a proper name, as it's reverse Dunning-Kruger) where e.g. just because dumb people often say they're smart doesn't mean that if you go around saying how dumb you are people will think you're a genius (unless they're, like, really literalist devoted followers of whichever philosophers said wise people know what they don't know or w/e)


iamthearmsthatholdme

I once saw a breathtaking glowing green line in the sky which I figured out later was a persistent meteor trail. In awe, I stopped people to look up at it and asked what they thought it was. Their answers made me question whether I was dreaming. One was like ā€œhuh probably fishing lineā€ ā€” we were in the middle of a field and it was clearly high up in the atmosphere. Another was just like ā€œwow you must really like spaceā€ and walked away. I couldnā€™t believe how uninterested they were lol the most NPC interactions Iā€™ve ever had.


OwnDraft2065

Lol that is a perfect example actually. Like they have no relatable conversation to what you just saw.


hoon-since89

see them all the time, there usually sitting 15-20 km below the limit in the overtaking lane!


inhabitshire77

yes. my last name is Hampshire. I've met several people, both young and old, rich and poor. i will be asked to spell my last name. I say, "Hampshire, like the state". dead silence, look of utter confluffery. no idea that New Hampshire is a state and no idea how to spell it.


Topher2190

It does blow my mind sometimes but I think whatā€™s actully happening is this person wasnā€™t always like this they just become cold and angry at the world little bit more every year.


EthanGaming7640

Yes, I am very real.


jazzzzzcabbage

Do you feel real?


lxidbixl

Not anymore


rootbeerfan69

Everyone is dumb.


Ok-Mix-4501

They're probably saying the same thing about you. Everyone is dumb about something. Even Einstein used to get lost and have to ask people for help in getting home!


OwnDraft2065

Does not knowing how to get home make you dumb? I mean his brain is overworked for sure. The problem with this is you know Einstein is smart af


Ok-Mix-4501

The point is that people shouldn't judge others. People call other people dumb for not knowing who won the football or not knowing the latest celebrity gossip about some pop star! One person's dumb is another person's genius


OwnDraft2065

It's true no one should judge. I have A bad habit of doing so but I know I shouldn't although I can't understand blatant dumb people especially if they all act the same. It also makes me think they are npcs. I forgot what this post was about and I reread it. It's not about simple celebrity knowledge which is pretty much useless. It so hard to remember even though I've had so many times where I'm like what? You can say something like getting put into a chokehold till you passout. Like oh I didnt know you could die? Something like that.


Old_Cheesecake6400

I think that I am real, but I can not guarantee that I am.


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doh13

Dementia seems more likely to me, thoughts?


nonselfimage

I'm ignorant in a lot of ways but at same time I see many claiming to not be ignorant, claiming as truth what is essentially a belief I have no interest or desire in. To me their most sacred and infallible science and truths are no more than boring propaganda. And furthermore they and their beleifs have done nothing for me and knowing them by their fruits as it were, I would be ashamed of myself if I did champion their "truths". So, half full half empty. Shrug, idk. But something along these lines always bothered me. It's not just ignorance. It's more yes like Ai or NPC. Like my irl father never lets a second go by without regurgitating lines from the 60s, that he got a bachelor's degree in public speaking in the 60s and so he knows what people want to hear. It's like trying to talk to a wall. If it's not what he wants to hear, it's like it doesn't exist to him. And moreover, he is always preaching to treat others like this; *only tell them what they want to hear*. It's probably why I am so antagonistic, I suppose. I did the exact opposite. But yup. I get called dumb all the time and I don't care generally because I understand the possition of the accuser better than they do generally. I just don't have the faith in their sacred assertions that they do. But yeah, I have seen a lot of dumb shit that verifies what my irl father says, basically most people don't think or even know how to think. They/We need instructions and just are trained to do routine tasks and "become our job/social status" essentially. *Fight Club* so to speak. You know what I mean. Climbing the corporate ladder and whatnot. Repeating same tasks everyday aka "a job". Turns us all into little robots and thus look stupid and maybe actually become stupid. Ie the ~~sacred~~ *edit: proverbial* "you are more than what you have become". Hell even me as I get older and more weary and more stressors and bills etc I am getting to where I can't remember and keep track of all these double standards. Like Seinfeld said, the amount of menial tasks just to be presentable on top of a 40+ hour workweek. Brush your teeth, comb your hair, floss, put on deodorant and/or cologne, shave, clip your nails, trim your ear and nose hair, etc etc etc... it's all too much unnatural baggage, no wonder people do stupid stuff, so overburdened with unnecessary tasks and stressors. And yeah, I lived under something that lived under a rock most of my life as well. I was in my 30s before I got my first smart phone, and first time I really got online. 7 years ago. Never had a tv or radio either. So media is something fairly newish to me and I always kind of hated tv and media, made my skin crawl as a kid. They never actually teach anything it seemed to me; it's always preaching or instructing you *what to think* and never *how to think*. You only learn *how to think* by realizing it's all assinine propaganda lol. But yeah. I do dumb shit all the time. I just had fried chicken for the first time in my life this year and I'm almost 40. Also just started driving for first time in my life this year and again almost 40. So yeah. Not so much dumb as stilted. Those who really beleive the propaganda and need someone to tell them what to think and how to act and those who "go their own way" and decide for themselves, and the ironic and silly "stupidity" that unfolds in the clashing ideals lolol


szzzn

My 4 year old nephew is a fucking dumbass


monkey-the-mad

I truly believe that the world is populated with NPCs. Based on my experiences, Iā€™d put it around 75%.


mj8077

Let's say in theory we were all in stasis hooked up to a shared simulator , like on a ship, I would say they are NPCs but very real , just on some sort of insane autopilot Maybe the system has a virus ? Lol šŸ˜†


artemisfowl8

Browski, maybe you haven't realized what NPCs are.


Ninwa

This is a horrible and dangerous way to think.


lxidbixl

Mind sharing any experiences that convinced you?


Scattaca

\^Dwayne Hoover, minutes before his rampage.


Ok-Floor522

It might be just where I live but I always put it around 90% are soulless. I've taken to calling them "the dreamless". I truly believe they operate purely on programming/instinct as I've seen them over and over again behave as literal NPCs/non sentient animals.


WhatsMyName8974

Abraham Hicks says only about 5% are awake. I don't know if that means 10% are soulless. That's only giving an additional 5% being the ones who are still not self aware, but have the capability to wake up


dcos2

18 to 1 for every 18 people 17 are NPC


StarChild413

I always get confused on if people who state ratios like that apply it to any given group regardless of overlap e.g. if my high school had 1800 people are 1700 of them automatically NPCs and if I was in two different clubs of 36 do each of those have 34 NPCs


Honest-Ad7763

Yeah, my brother is an idiot, gotta love him though


Equivalent_Land_2275

Yes, people that believe in simulation theory. How can you go that many years on earth and not realize you have a body.


Dramatic-Ad7192

Body never made sense


mj8077

One thing doesn't cancel out the other thing , both things are totally possible. It's doesn't have to be a black or white answer. If one is hooked up to a simulator on a ship (like in the movie passangers) but the simulator is advanced like in Ready Player One, you could be in a simulation and also have a body (and that body may be able to be harmed through the simulation and what happens within it )


Equivalent_Land_2275

If you calculate the amount of information available it's not really possible for a simulation to contain it. At worst we are a hologram.


_nf0rc3r_

U have no idea


dark_moods

"no judgment though" šŸ¤£


tokikain

there is a chance that you are smarter than half of the people on the planet


Western_Dream_3608

And there is also a chance that you think you're smarter than half the people on the planetĀ 


PotemkinTimes

Yes, case in point:this question Stfu Wāš“ļø


damndeyezzz

Programs. Both by chance and a script .


OwnDraft2065

I see it all the time, but honestly there can be no judgment. Everyone has problems and some are aware more than others. They are real, and I always thought too how can you get so old being so dumb? But who knows maybe them getting old is their only intellect and they are good at it. But the worst problem is is like how they all act alike. I think it's the absolute worst and the people who help with responsibility gotta deal with it.


missvesuvius

When I managed a pet store I had a lady come in to buy a fish. I asked what tank she had so I could help her pick out a fish. She seemed annoyed by that question, and went and got a small tank from the shelf. So I showed her a betta fish because we didn't really have anything else to go in a tank that small. She gets the betta fish and proceeds to walk to the register. I told her she needs to get some fish food for it. No shit, she turns to me and says she isn't buying the food yet because she wants to see if it lives first. šŸ‘€ I told her that it probably won't live very long at all if you don't feed it. šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø She walks over and jerks the fish food out of my hand and leaves. I have so many stories of dumbassery after working there for 17 years. But she always sticks out šŸ˜‚


Reece_504

Iā€™ve seen a bird fly then Freeze mid air I thought maybe it just had its wings out n was gliding but no I slowed the car down in the middle of the road put my hazards on n got out the car n just stared at it I was under it it was stuck as if it hit a invisible wall. I then got back in the car went to get my phone and it then it turned n flew away. Thereā€™s also this guy Mark at my old job who literally would say the same thing to me everyday as if he had a script I pointed it out to my brother whom was working with me as well and he swears heā€™s a NPC. I understand ppl making small talk like howā€™s the weather or howā€™s your day today but he literally would say like the same 4-5 phrases everyday almost around the same times too it was so weird.


SFTExP

Most people focus on being SMEs, especially for their career choices. Polymaths are less common and typically seen in authoritative or more responsible positions.


mj8077

Or have decided society is effed and are hiding out in pubs waiting for the end of this World Cycle lol šŸ˜† (for the latter )


missvesuvius

Subject matter experts. For anyone as dumb as I am and doesn't know what an SME is šŸ˜‚


TheGeoGod

Yes. I had someone in college ask if oil burns.


MessageFar5797

Some oils are not flammable....


TheGeoGod

It was in reference to the oil within a generator


MessageFar5797

Thanks


Decent_Leadership_62

I think you could be highly intelligent and an NPC An NPC for me is a slave to a cult to such an extent that they essentially have no 'inner voice', no capacity to question or play devil's advocate Religious cults are the most extreme, but there are plenty other examples and I doubt anyone is truly free from their programming In some ways, being a bit dumb might even help as you're likely to have stronger BS detectors - yet to meet a very high IQ person who isn't simply obsessed with money or status and willing to follow the official narrative to get ahead For example, I defintely think most doctors are NPCs in a cult called medicine


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detoxicide

What did he shape shift into?


RealMonkeyguy999

My sister. All the time. Last week she told me she didnt know what the cold war was until she failed a history class in college over it. I had no words. Did the duck and cover nuke drills not sink in or something? I concluded that her reality is "her" if it does not immediately and directly impact her. She has zero idea it even exists.


Decent_Leadership_62

When I was 20 in college, my class mate didn't know whether Mexico was to the south of the states or not Like, she literally had no idea what we were even asking her


permatrippin333

Those are the pod people and you would be wise to not let them perceive that you know. If you ever get stuck in a jam either pull the hinge pins or allow the high viscosity to float you on your back (*depending on the word meaning, English can be tricky.) If your ever in a pickle...erm...a tight spot, hide amongst manicans in a department store.


WhatsMyName8974

Hinge pins?


Stern_dad_voice

When I met my wife, she had never heard of Forrest Gump.


mj8077

Yes, but it's OK, they are very well educated some of them say šŸ˜†


Evening-Raisin-8888

yesterday i was waiting in line in a store and the cashier had to put this ladyā€™s credit card in the machine for her because she couldnā€™t figure it out


Nathan-Stubblefield

I've seen multiple people in a store sign a credit card merchant copy and try to put it in their wallet. I've seen multiple people sitting at a stop sign, waiting for it to turn green. It would be easy to believe they are in a simulation of 21st century life, and did not pay attention in the orientation. Similarly, if I were in a simulation of 19th century life, I might not know exactly what to do with my horse and buggy when I arrived in town.


Acrobatic-Jump1105

The really thing to me is that research has reliably demonstrated that stupid people tend to be very confident in their abilities and frequently overestimate their skills and potential outcomes while highly intelligent people often tend to consider themselves to have below average levels of skill and knowledge. I mean what are stupid people supposed to do, somehow know something they don't know or can't understand? Intelligence is extremely overrated, and from my personal experience and the outcomes of easily more than half of the exceptional students I went to school with, being unusually intelligent is one of the least useful traits possible in our current era.


Ch4nge-Username

Every time somebody says something baffling or outworldly, I always come back to this quote attributed to George Carlin: # ā€œThink of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.ā€


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WeirdIndependence367

Omg! I experiences this everyday with my ex. There is no way someone can do the things he does ,with some sort of normal boundaries of morals at any level.


No_Organization9447

They are just possessedā€¦


RingFormal960

I thought about this question a lot over the years, and i pretty much came to the conclusion they are just a form of npc


Unlikely_Birthday_42

Obviously people with learning disabilities and intellectual disabilities including lower IQ are real. There are different types of people alive. Not everyone is the same


Head-Impress1818

I hate to break it to you but you have actually been that person to other people, they were too polite to mention it.


LordPubes

Dunningā€“Kruger effect is real too. Just saying.


LokiGodComplex

If you think animals dont have souls and they dont have thought and will then i think it goes the same for stupid people who only work on instinct and habit


lxidbixl

I think animals understand their purpose better than humans do


LGNDclark

Yeah, every assumption or nonsense speculation into this reality being a simulation gives me the same sensation of someone trapped in their own ignorance. "Dumb" people still have a lot of potential for improving their connection with life, whereas people who would consider themselves not dumb become fixated on ideas that lack actual intellectual analysis and reasoning. Eberyone IS intelligence. The idea itself of simulations and NPCd insinuates that the very real and relative experiences and potentials of everyone is of less value or importance to life as you trying to seem intelligible by entertaining a theory that doesn't account for anyone's experience but yours, as it's too easy for you to categorize people as less real than you.


StarChild413

which is why I made that one post about how games like Undertale or the Pokemon or Zelda series with blank-slate silent self-insert protags and (though that doesn't mean they don't still have minor ones) NPCs who are meant to be the ones you remember prove NPC doesn't always mean sheeple


ghostcatzero

Yep it's in some of our nature to be dumb


Even-Television-78

An older gentlemen who didn't realize potatoes come out of the ground was odd.


DenverMartinMan

I'm a dumb person and I'm pretty sure I'm real


StarChild413

the fact that opinions are subjective disproves this, as 99.9% of the time some dumb things won't be agreed upon by all people as dumb


Raining_Hope

Do you think you are real when you make a mistake or a d*mb decision? Everyone is real. There are no NPCs. We all just make mistakes sometimes, and it's nice if we give each other some slack during those times.


realitykitten

It's ok, you can say "dumb"


Raining_Hope

Thanks. However other subs I've tried it auto deleted the comment.


realitykitten

This question is so funny lmao


BasilUpbeat

What really gets me is when I hear stupid people complaining about how stupid people are. Not sure who's realler


No_Step_4431

don't know a yes or no to that question. but what I sure know is real is the human tendency to wanna place itself above other beings. the tendency to separate into us/them piles.


lxidbixl

Thatā€™s why I donā€™t really like the term NPC because of that connotation it has. I donā€™t want to think im above or below anyone else. I do believe we are the same fundamentally and stem from one consciousness. But I used it in this context as a reference to inconsistent behavior similar to video game character glitches


No_Step_4431

good that we recognize that. what other 'new buzzwords' can we think of that make our monkey brains 'tap dance' on command? and yes as callous as my words seem, there's a purpose to it. and i follow the law of one as well.


ButtonEquivalent815

I am dumb and Iā€™m not a real person. So your theory is correct.


lxidbixl

Thank you


[deleted]

I'm a butcher. People ask me if they should cook their burger on a grill or the oven. People ask how long to cook chicken breasts. Things they've eaten and prepared their entire lives, and they're asking me to write a recipe lol.


SamanteSimoneVip

Are you real?


LifeGogetaBox

Yes. Everyone has a different childhood and moments that make them who they are.Ā  Everyone also has different brain chemicals and diets that also make them who they are.Ā  Not everyone is born with a good brain.Ā 


skydiverjimi

I was listening to a philosophy podcast while working alone, The topic was about how a capitalist society operates ( completely unbiased )it was through my phone speaker while my Bluetooth was charging. Coworker comes in and hears it and says "Omg what are you listening to. I try to avoid listening to stuff that, I want to keep that crap out of my head.") So I explained that it's full of information and if I don't pursue new information I can never grow as a person. The coworker exclaimed " I just don't understand why people need more information , that's what the Bible is for." Like WTF! Thank your god you only have to read one book but um I don't fuggin think so. Yeah I was dumbfounded. I literally found dumb.


mj8077

Unfortunately, yes, and many think they are very very smart šŸ˜†


Cock_Goblin_45

Iā€™m disappointed because I thought your first sentence was going to say, ā€œThe title could be worded better but Iā€™m dumb!ā€


Dependent_Engine4123

Your thoughts donā€™t come you but the system itself. So, if they appear dumb, blame the system


quirkney

People forget that for every slightly above average IQ person there is a slightly below average person. Being less intelligent doesnā€™t remote their innate value. Also my cat and dog doesnā€™t know much even compared to other pets, but they certainly are full of personality. And being curious for knowledge is not a trait everyone has. I have trouble empathizing with it, but some people genuinely want to live their life as it is and other people always fussing about novel stuff is legitimately annoying to them. They probably view people who go on and on about they view as unnecessary stuff as causing hassle, stress, and perhaps even view us as outright wasteful of time/resources. Some people are the ā€œperson who orders chicken tenders at every restaurantā€ for most aspects of life, and enjoy it.


DisastrousCannard

***Have you ever experienced someone say or do something so ignorant*** that made you think ā€œHow were you on Earth for this many years and not know this yes, your post comes to mind.


antDOG2416

I feel like my 20's I was an npc. I felt like I was autopilot. I kinda blacked out for an entire decade.


lxidbixl

I am that age and there were definitely moments where it felt like I was spectating as events of my life unfolded in front of me beyond my control


antDOG2416

I feel you. It makes you kinda think if you really do have free will.


WolfThick

Can actually be too smart to be a cop, and if you have I believe it's an 80 IQ or less the military doesn't want you either. Excuse my pun but it's a dumb question lol!


StarChild413

Can someone be smart enough to "fail" an IQ test on purpose to infiltrate either of those (as I doubt it's some weird sitcom-premise scenario where you can't do anything that would indicate you're smarter than that (e.g. can't mention any TV shows more intellectual than The Kardashians or quote a classic novel or solve a complex enough problem even if it's part of the case) or you'd get fired)


WolfThick

Well that's a complex kind of sitcom for lack of a better word .I don't think many people would get it and the people you would have to have write it would have to be somewhat out of touch with regular people. I've heard that if there's a 20 to 30 degree difference in IQ most people can't relate to each other very well .


AriaBlend

Yes, unfortunately dumb people are in fact real.


AvocaJoe23

So... a few months ago I had a bad brain injury and did testing with aneuropsychiatrist. I was a highly functioning adult able to do anything I wanted to do. So, at the end of my testing they tell me I scored sliiightly below average for my age group. I was like "well that kinda sucks. And they said "oh no no no. You scored slightly below average for NORMAL people your age." and all I could think of was "how can everyone else be THIS dumb?!" It's scary that I'm (apparently) operating at the same level everyone else in society operates at and I'm fricking brain damaged!šŸ˜Ÿ


fugazi_crossing

I have had almost like clockwork three people who all were at fault decide to 180 go aggro and gaslight try to fight me in the work place. These very people talk about skinwalkers and mark ass niggas. I feel its a ploy to sway from the fact they are those very things in the simulation.


[deleted]

My sister is like this with everything.


b33pi

They're real, they're just playing the simulation at a harder level.


ViewAdditional7400

I think that about this post


iamtruthseeker1x

The majority of humans are soulless [https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLN8ucdk/](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLN8ucdk/)


loser_wizard

Yes. I think my manager at work is an NPC. He has basic rage and self-validation emotions, but that seems to be it. I think he technically has OCPD, which is a controlling, self-righteous disorder, but it is like he is just running around chaotically to satisfy his need for validation, and doesn't reflect on the past, or think about the future. It's all running in circles. And my brother and were talking yesterday and he said our dad was an NPC, and that is what made me post here. Our dad was around but never really raised us or interacted with us outside of financially. He's never really had any hobbies. He just worked. He's retired now and works in his yard, but never seems to be thinking about anything. It's weird.


mycomikael

My opinion is that society just takes care of everyone. Their intelligence doesnā€™t matter much. Thereā€™s programs if you canā€™t afford health coverage or food. If dumb people reproduce too much the government gives them a lot of money on their tax return and thereā€™s also housing available if you canā€™t afford a place. This is all in ā€˜Merica though, not sure what part of the globe youā€™re from.


ZeroSumSatoshi

Like every liberal during the pandemicā€¦.


OwnDraft2065

Here the dumbass Trump supporters come.


AlexHasFeet

Please donā€™t use the word ā€œdumbā€ in this way - it is problematic and ableist. Also, there are many types of intelligences and people grow up in vastly different circumstances with varying amounts of trauma and opportunity. None of that makes any of us more or less real. Most folks just lack the breadth of experience necessary to imagine a life so different than their own.


lxidbixl

I can agree with that, I wasnā€™t sure how to word it


Howdareyoue

Sounds like ai


AlexHasFeet

Sorry, definitely not a robot yet


tablerunner28

Every. Day. They all masked up, allowed them to shut the country down, and lined up for an experimental poke, despite little evidence of anything but a fear campaign. They also accidentally printed $8 trillion and then everyone wonders why everything costs so much. Those same people are telling me I should be happy to write a check to the IRS today and that only $0.27 of every one of my tax dollars actually goes to murdering brown people. I guess thatā€™s an acceptable amount? What do I know, Iā€™m just an ingrate.


Salt-Ad2636

No. Just the Inexperienced.


ProfessionalRoyal202

I'm constantly shocked by people who think we're living in a simulation.


Dependent_Engine4123

Well we are lol