I had a running argument for years with a friend who kept insisting the woke shit in games was just cynical corporations trying to pander to millennials. When the Sweet Baby shit broke I sent that to him and now he refuses to even talk about it anymore. Some people just won't accept reality. They're so married to their 'enlightened centrist' position they'll ride it down to the bottom.
I've had the same experiences, repeated in nearly every interaction I've had with people, from random internet anons to close family members. If you disagree with them, it doesn't matter how many well reasoned and logical arguments you present, no matter how much evidence you show them, they'll deny reality until the heat death of the universe. They'll cling to their false reality like an anchor, and let it drown them. Upon disagreement, people react in predictable ways. They'll lash out at you, as if you're an evil asshole just for disagreeing with them, to the point that they're inches away from wanting to physically assault you, they'll call you names, they'll make arguments tantamount to "nu uh", they'll quote an endless list of disreputable studies and known liar authorities, they'll appeal to emotion and popularity, they'll stop talking about the subject (for fear of having to admit being wrong), or stop talking to you altogether. And, they'll often double down on their foolishness, just to spite you for trying to convince them that they're wrong.
Some people are capable of changing their minds, but the method of doing so requires an internal change in the person, and it often takes the form as personally accredited enlightenment, as if they were the one's to suddenly discover this new truth, completely ignoring all the people who tried to convince them of it previously, sometimes over several decades. I'm not a black piller, but seeing the results of this, personally over many years, is quite disheartening, especially when one of the ways I've repeatedly said is a path toward solving disagreements is good debate, requiring civility, honesty, logic, and prioritizing of truth above all other considerations (even over oneself). It seems very few people are capable of having good debate, precisely because they prioritize themselves over truth.
Even with the SBI nonsense there are still ostriches who refuse to acknowledge it, just like your friend, which is the most infuriating thing because it means they do not want to acknowledge it. They want to live in a fantasy world where they do not have to believe that those in power are purposely trying to destroy modern Westernised civilisation.
Every time I see someone say "Corporations are just doing it for money" I point out how much they have been losing with the SBI corposlop and continue to pursue it. The people still defending the money angle are either willfully ignorant or willfully malicious.
I had a running argument for years with a friend who kept insisting the woke shit in games was just cynical corporations trying to pander to millennials. When the Sweet Baby shit broke I sent that to him and now he refuses to even talk about it anymore. Some people just won't accept reality. They're so married to their 'enlightened centrist' position they'll ride it down to the bottom.
I've had the same experiences, repeated in nearly every interaction I've had with people, from random internet anons to close family members. If you disagree with them, it doesn't matter how many well reasoned and logical arguments you present, no matter how much evidence you show them, they'll deny reality until the heat death of the universe. They'll cling to their false reality like an anchor, and let it drown them. Upon disagreement, people react in predictable ways. They'll lash out at you, as if you're an evil asshole just for disagreeing with them, to the point that they're inches away from wanting to physically assault you, they'll call you names, they'll make arguments tantamount to "nu uh", they'll quote an endless list of disreputable studies and known liar authorities, they'll appeal to emotion and popularity, they'll stop talking about the subject (for fear of having to admit being wrong), or stop talking to you altogether. And, they'll often double down on their foolishness, just to spite you for trying to convince them that they're wrong.
Some people are capable of changing their minds, but the method of doing so requires an internal change in the person, and it often takes the form as personally accredited enlightenment, as if they were the one's to suddenly discover this new truth, completely ignoring all the people who tried to convince them of it previously, sometimes over several decades. I'm not a black piller, but seeing the results of this, personally over many years, is quite disheartening, especially when one of the ways I've repeatedly said is a path toward solving disagreements is good debate, requiring civility, honesty, logic, and prioritizing of truth above all other considerations (even over oneself). It seems very few people are capable of having good debate, precisely because they prioritize themselves over truth.
Even with the SBI nonsense there are still ostriches who refuse to acknowledge it, just like your friend, which is the most infuriating thing because it means they do not want to acknowledge it. They want to live in a fantasy world where they do not have to believe that those in power are purposely trying to destroy modern Westernised civilisation.
Every time I see someone say "Corporations are just doing it for money" I point out how much they have been losing with the SBI corposlop and continue to pursue it. The people still defending the money angle are either willfully ignorant or willfully malicious.