Darwinschild wrote:Jadeite wrote:I have been lurking in schizoid forums for a while. I have also recently browsed thirty-four pages on this forum. The topics and the level of discussion in the threads demonstrate a profound lack of intelligence. I understand why this is. As was established in my earlier thread, there is little-to-no correlation between the schizoid and intelligence. There was also a poll on these forums which concluded that over fifty percent of the users are under twenty-three years of age.
The discussion in the threads also mimics the structure of ordinary conversation. The language is largely colloquial or modern technical terms. Contractions are used to mimic speech. There is a great effort towards achieving pathos. Many threads are conducted as surveys, or end at the level of mere superficial, informational exchanges. Many responses are terse and constrained, suggesting a sort of posturing of the American cowboy or construction worker for his peers. It will be noted the level of ludicrousness there is in social posturing on a forum for loners existing anonymously and at great distances from each other. The suggestion is that the tendency comes from something primal and genetic, as in the unintelligent.
Well, we have already established that because there is little-to-no correlation between schizoids and intelligence, and because most of the world is unintelligent, most schizoids therefore are unintelligent. The one paradox is that a preference for isolation is and will be uniformly that of the modern intelligent man. It may even be said that this is the greatest gap in and signifier of intelligence between an unintelligent and an intelligent man. Why then does the schizoid, despite having made this great leap, continue to be unintelligent?
Of course, with over fifty percent of the forum being under twenty-three years of age, there is little telling who is who on these forums. The lower percentage of adults may be a result of the high turnover rate of our young schizoids into marriage, etc.
Nevertheless I have been struck several times to see a thoughtfully-worded, deep, intelligent post, just begging for response, and thus a mutual gain of minute shades of understanding of life, attacked as if by posse with flaming brands. Of course, those of you who recall my last thread, will remember that the situation was somewhat similar, but I actually have in mind one by another user, where, while the post in question was dense and somewhat verbose, the poster was called out of appalled illiteracy a lunatic, to which a few others resounded something such 'a shame, he might have had something to say if he were more concise', as if meaningful discussion can ever be had through concision.
Well, anyway, for instance, 'What is your spirit animal?'. I chose to work in a competitive environment, and it sucks. Shall I go to school to become an engineer? [Thread filled with Psychiatric nonsense]. 'Do you avoid relationships and sex?' and 'what would you do if someone told you they liked you?' [combined view counts exceed all other threads combined]. 'I think my husband has SPD'. [Political thread]. [Quote thread]. 'Epically Schizoid Moments'. I would be hard-pressed to distinguish this forum from any other on the Internet. As a schizoid, why exactly is it that you have a dislike for other people? Is it not because of their crude, predictable behavior? And yet it is the crudest, most predictable threads, and the invitations to the basest, most self-indulgent discussion that accrue the most responses and views.
It is sad that you see these threads only as unintelligent, purposeless, whining or musings.
After all, one could say your thread is an intentionally provoking, overly judgmental post that does not belong in a forum that tries to talk about mental health issues and well-being in a productive and thoughtful way.
I think instead of complaining about other people's posts, you might benefit from learning how to connect and communicate with others so that you have better things to think about than how worthless other people's expressions are.
You do not understand what I have said, or, just as likely, did not read it with the minuteness owed to something that you wish to call into question.
You might have a point in your last paragraph; a few of your assumptions are mistaken, for instance, that I do not know how to connect and communicate in a way that the
de facto society of these forums finds sufficiently modest, given that I have yet to prove my prowess through, say, the discus throw, but accepting reality for what it is and adapting to or giving it up is a good action to encourage, I am sure. The problem is not that I find the threads on here to be purposeless; I have extracted plenty of information and shared experiences in my reading; but forums are a two-way street, for reading and posting. The problem is that there is seldom the compulsion for me to
post anything. I have no interest in dropping superficial information into a hat for what appears to be a professional surveyor, consoling a wife about her husband's personality, guessing what my 'spirit animal' may be for an unknown reason, entertaining others in the 'epic schizoid moments' thread, etc. All these threads are very passive experiences; that is, there are many posters willing to offer the 'what', or the information for the survey, but few who ask the 'why'. It is chiefly the responsibility of the original poster to furnish this discussion and explanation, but, by virtue of the typical brevity of his post, whether through or lack of time or, as it as has been alleged, social posturing, this is seldom done.
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