What if you're not that smart?

[sspadowsky]

See, Pern, this is my issue: I want to be on the cusp of some amazing, irrefutable truth that will unify us. That's my problem.

OK, I didn't mean to classify Philosohpy as "intellectual masturbation." I meant that strictly within the confines of this boaRd, because, honestly, some of it IS intellectual masturbation. Discussion of Philosophy is great; I am perpetually open to new ideas.

See, my point is, I can't think of ANY time in the past fifteen years of my life that I spent an hour watching TV and subsequently spent an hour debating ANYTHING of consequence. Because we were all probably drunk.

What I'm going for is (I think) this: Some of us don't have the patience to think about these things. OK? I want to do something good, I want to help the homeless, I want to make the world a better place for everyone, but some of these debates just irritate the shit out of me. I'M TRYING TO FIND MY PLACE, GODDAMMIT, OK? I want to do something good, I want to stimulate debate. I'm merely concerned for those of us who admittedly aren't that brilliant. We're not going to solve everything, we're probably only going to create more argument (whixch has its own inherent beauty), but these people are my target audience. What if you have feelings but don't have the patience and articulation of Spinster, Max, and sethomas? WHERE IS OUR REFUGE, I ASK YOU? To hell with it. I don't even know at this point. Bring out the ranting from all corners.