How To Spot An Idiot

“Whenever I’m about to do something, I think ‘Would an idiot do that?’ and if they would, I do not do that thing.” - Dwight Schrute
And what is the best way to spot an idiot? Look for the person who is cruel.

[@meditationmanifestation7712]

This is the speech anybody in the world should hear, right now and always. I have heard it multiple times, 100 times, and it never gets old. This is world peace in 3 minutes and 20 seconds.

[@henryjohnfacey8213]

Absolutely right. I've written down this speech. In the foot steps of Thomas Paine. Greetings from Yorkshire England.

[@henryjohnfacey8213]

What a speech. I've written it down. In the foot steps of Thomas Paine. Greetings from Yorkshire England.

[@stretchclogg]

I was told by a former boss that I was too "nice" for management and that I needed to come down hard on my lads to earn their respect. I've long left that job but funnily enough I'm still good friends with the lads I worked with as most of them followed me out the door! If getting to the top means I have to be a ruthless t*** I'd rather stay at the bottom. Great speech.

[@TheOmegaXicor]

"You get more flies with honey than with vinegar" has been around for a thousands of years for a reason...

[@geofreyr]

If you consider that he insults someone first and then a moment later babbles on about being kind, you will realize that actually it's just hypocritical BS.

[@johncarsun]

@@geofreyr If you consider kindness and consideration not as a moral absolute but rather as a social contract that the cruel selfish and stupid have violated. In being cruel they violated the terms of said contract, you realize, no he isn't.

[@Gph0367]

We need a world and society built on empathy and compassion. Not division and cruelty!!

[@vivalaleta]

Then we need to be able to recognize sociopaths. They have no ability to empathize and love power. They've always ruled over us.

[@Gph0367]

@@vivalaleta Very true. The Tories are sociopaths. They have no compassion!!

[@kindasusyt7946]

anarchism.

[@chaseevans3529]

​@@vivalaletapeople just suck over all. But maybe we could stop stigmatizing people with disabilities as evil. Not every "sociopath" aka someone with anti social personality disorder, is some evil cruel person hell bent on ruling over everyone else. Stigmatizing people will only make them hate you, themselves, and/or will stop them from getting the help they need

[@vivalaleta]

@@chaseevans3529 I'm stigmatizing power jobs that attract people without a conscience. Sociopaths seem just like everyone else until the chips are down. Sociopaths don't choose their mental condition but it makes them monsters and it's a fact that such are attracted to jobs that can give them excitement. They see life as a game.

[@gravityclarity]

"Empathy and compassion are evolved states of being. They require the mental capacity to step past our most primal urges." 💯👏🏽

[@geordiedog1749]

Totally spot on! Well said. The animals that do the best are the ones who cooperate the most.

[@geofreyr]

What is spot on exactly, that by insulting a person one moment and then denouncing cruelty towards others in the next somehow makes him the nice guy and not the asshole he's describing? I don't think I have ever seen a clearer example of hypocrisy ever! lol

[@eb6501]

​@@geofreyr What are you talking about?

[@geofreyr]

​@@eb6501 Because his description of an idiot includes smart people who dazzle others with words and can even be elected president, a categorically cruel statement by any measure, and then pontificates how he is not cruel. This guy is either incredibly stupid, or tricking stupid people into believing that he is not. Also, his whole description of how traits evolve is dubious.

[@PercivalBlakeney]

"Do as much good as you can, as often as you can, for as many as you can." - Adlai Stevenson. 😌

[@wicked8576]

what a great speech! all commencement speakers should use this speech as a pattern or good example.. :D

[@JoseLuisTV1]

I hear frequently that there is intellectual intelligence or emotional intelligence; frankly for me, if you lack the ladder, you lack both and this speech is a great example.

[@johncarsun]

Absolutely love this sentiment, but I wanted to let you know because some nitpicky asshole will try to dismiss what you are saying because of one wrong word, it's latter, not ladder. :D

[@fintamaria2429]

Thank you, crystal clear !!!

[@Nouglas]

Incredible find. Love this.

[@geofreyr]

really? You don't see how much of a glaring hypocrite this guy is?

[@victoriavelvet3689]

Brilliant!

[@dr.abhijeetsafai7333]

So much true!

[@hedyelizabeth715]

I have had leaders throughout my career that lack empathy and compassion but hide that well.

[@maxh5685]

Spitting truth

[@ThePolaris87]

What is this man's name?! This is wise and wonderful on SO many levels! 😄🤗❤️👏👏👏

[@robmugs]

JB Pritzger and he is an idiot himself. Likely paid someone to write this.

[@MysticT5]

JB Pritzker, Governor of Illinois

[@terricochran6407]

Thank you, for the information! This is brilliant!

[@user-ew3it6qd4d]

Excellent oration,bravo!!

[@peterlohnes1]

Unfortunately those driven into politics (mostly lawyers and business men) are interested in power, not altruism.

[@davidviney2002]

I would add a thought to this... one of the biggest problems in modern society is that psychologists have (relatively recently) largely decoded the human brain and what makes us tick. In parallel, technology has developed the means of mass manipulation (through social media). Sadly, stirring up fear (particularly of loss) and anger works particularly well in manipulating people to vote for you or buy your stuff. And social media is extremely effective in targeting those messages at different groups in different ways. Now that we have AI, the production side of this hate factory will ALSO be speeded up. I have come to the conclusion that the ONLY way to counter all this is for people of good conscious to rise up in a determined fashion to be kind, build trust, speak the truth, collaborate, celebrate human progress, and more. We have to start feeding positive energy into the world in a determined fashion. It is literally a war for the future of civilisation.

[@geofreyr]

I really don't mean to come across as condescending about your post, but I think the entire thing is basically just a whole lot of innaccurate or false suppositions. For example, you said "psychologists have largely decoded the human brain and what makes us tick?" - No, there's just a whole lot of differing theories on human reasoning and how it works, etc. I am interested to hear your view on something though. What type of person would you consider to be the most susceptible to the influences you describe above, if any?

[@PercivalBlakeney]

"In this World you must be oh so smart, or oh so pleasant. Well for years I was smart, now I prefer pleasant… and you may quote me." - Elward P. Dowd. (pp. James Stewart and Frank Capra). "You gotta be one of the good guys. There's way too many of the bad." - Jesse Custer (pp. Garth Ennis). ❤

[@aussieseal9979]

I'm pretty sure I heard that in an old movie

[@PercivalBlakeney]

@@aussieseal9979 kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4ayqXiteNp4nbMsi=77a8woyvzjQ_CEJ7 ☺️ (Thanks for the reply.)

[@dasdasdatics420]

Do idiocy and crookedness go hand in hand ?

[@mr_reborn]

Ask a democrat, they're riddled. Cruelty, lack of empathy, the whole shebang - it's all for show.

[@cluddlesclaimscraniums6841]

@@mr_reborn The Republicans have built obsticals that rip people to shreds in order to stop them from coming to the US. They have denied the pain and suffering caused by school shootings and have lost law suits because of the flagrant slander they've been throwing around. Republicans get hundreds of millions from some of the most harmful industries on the planet tobaco and oil. Republicans have denied the pain and suffering caused by slavery. Republicans have denied the pain and suffering caused by bigotry. They also consistently vote against medical care for all, most voted against the bill to rebuild the crumbling infrastructure in America, and many of them use slander and verbal abuse rather than solid debate and intelligence to get into office. Along with all that, republicans use the Bible as a reason to follow them despite the bible stating that "When you pray, don't be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners" - Matthew 6:5-13. The Democrats are certainly not perfect, I'm personally not a massive fan of them. But when it comes to whoever is most cruel it is very clear who wins that medal.

[@lmtada]

Yup. Look at Biden Team. Joe didn’t even acknowledge his illegitimate grand daughter. (Hunter issues).

[@mjulie3113]

The wealthy elite Fascists posing as caring concerned Democrats and Republicans are the problem. Sociopaths don't care about anyone

[@aussieseal9979]

​@@mr_rebornthe democrats aren't trying to systemically segregate minorities :)

[@kevinfriel6466]

if everyone suddenly became kind to one another had no one stopped to think about what would happen to all those billions of dollars spent on defence contracts the world over?

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

Glad his indicator isn't just based on those who like the Star Wars Prequels because I love those films to death! Being cautious of Sequel lovers, however, is a philosophy I can 100% get behind and readily employ.

[@A_Human_Male]

Isn't this ironic...

[@geofreyr]

indeed it is.

[@Henry-kz4gn]

Sounds like a pretty judgemental and cruel way of describing someone who doesnt sound act or live llke he does.

[@geofreyr]

Exactly! It's fascinating how this glaringly obvious hypocrisy seems to go so unnoticed.

[@michaelpayne9340]

Who is the speaker?

[@robmugs]

Governor of the most corrupt state in America. JB Pritzger...Illinois. He's corrupt and well, an idiot

[@MysticT5]

JB Pritzker, Governor of Illinois

[@lmtada]

Longtime Trump hater.

[@geofreyr]

An idiot, that's who.

[@geofreyr]

@Trades Union Congress, surprise! you have been dazzled with big words etc! lol

[@angelinalatimore6922]

Mark1:15

[@victorvyim]

I am not disagreeing that we all need to be kind, but being smart doesn't automatically means you are being kind. You can be smart in math, but you don't have to be smart to be kind. To be kind is always an educated choice, a concious choice. To be smart, well is not so concious, you are either smart or not, you don't choose to be smart at something.

[@juliebliss190]

I think you missed the point here.

[@TheOmegaXicor]

"The kindest person in the room is often the smartest" yea, they are smart enough to convince you they are kind, the idiots lack the smarts to convince you, both are selfish, the smart person is just better at hiding it. 😂

[@edc8388]

How to miss the point and be considered an idiot, in one lesson 😋

[@TheOmegaXicor]

@@edc8388 I don't know, by responding to a joke comment as though it's serious maybe?

[@kyledonahue2]

​@@TheOmegaXicorThat was a sad attempt at a joke. This says loads about your trustworthiness than your lack of anything resembling humor.

[@TheOmegaXicor]

@@kyledonahue2 interesting perspective

[@deeffourjay5632]

Maybe by joking about something in a way that smells of being a closet cynic, and likely....AN IDIOT (Just for you@@TheOmegaXicor )

[@james17raider22]

And he is definitely talking about treasonous Trump and not President Biden! he’s talking about Trump and his supporters and if you don’t believe that, you are a perfect example of the Dunning Kruger effect.

[@smoothacceleration437]

The irony is he sounds like he is describing US foreign policy and zionism, both of which he supports... so the idiot he is describing is... himself. Of course the irony will be lost on most, including himself.