Boundaries, Participation Trophies, and Fainting Goats
A rant in celebration of my return to the RantBox.
You say I'm crossing your boundaries. How am I crossing your boundaries? This is typed text. It doesn't even make a sound. YOU LITERALLY HAVE TO PUT EFFORT INTO READING IT. Jesus Tits!!
People that think other people should be censored to protect their feelings are what’s wrong with the world. And everyone getting a fucking participation trophy just because they fell from a birth canal is killing the advancement of our species.
If The Things I Write Hurt Your Feelings, Then Stop Reading Them
Living a perpetual state of thin-skinned hypervigilance, the pompous entitled youth of yesteryear have become the entitled “woke” of today. They walk through life with earplugs on deck, ready to be un-holstered at quick-draw speeds and plunged into the empty depths of their hat-holders to ensure that self-hate and entitlement are protected from logic by an impervious cushion of silence.
They don't want theirs or any of the other oh-so-delicate minds of today to be invaded by anything that teaches them to live with the fact that people are different and therefore, can be smarter than them, faster than them, funnier than them, or correct more often than them. And they are armed with a glossary of terms from the DSM 5 that they use to insult others and shift blame to anyone who disagrees with them.
And since the mere whisper of specific subjects or even the muttering of a certain single word might offend them, the responsible thing to do is to censor every person on earth to prevent anything from being said that could be offensive to them.
You have to watch what you say because they might be in earshot and the things you say could make them spend the remainder of their night hugging their knees while trying to rock themselves to sleep so they don't have to think about the nightmarish things that pop into their head upon hearing a certain word.
I guess that since people are killed by drunk drivers then nobody should consume alcoholic beverages, right? Well, then we should just ban automotive transportation altogether since accidents happen when people are sober, as well.
And since people get shot we might as well ban all firearms. Then, after we ban all the guns, we should go dig up Jean Samuel Pauly and burn his bones for inventing the first integrated cartridge. If it wasn't for him, school shootings would have much fewer casualties because it would be difficult as fuck to air-condition 42 classrooms of kids with a muzzleloader.
Giving participation trophies is like putting the slowest kids out in front to set the pace for the entire crowd trying to escape the gunfire. But it prevents them from being left behind…. Right?
Fainting goats save lives
Have you seen myotonic goats? They are goats with a rare genetic defect that has also earned them the name, fainting goats. But that name is very inaccurate. These goats don’t fall over when you frighten them because they faint. They are fully awake the entire time.
They have a condition called myotonia congenita which is an inherited neuromuscular disorder characterized by the inability of muscles to quickly relax after a voluntary contraction. You scare them, they jump, and at peak tenseness, the muscles freeze. Imagine having a full-body charley horse every time you were startled. And yes, this condition affects humans as well.
Did you know that people actually bred goats that had this condition with each other to make the genetic trait show up more often, resulting in herds of goats born with this affliction? You may ask why people would want goats born with a disability like this.
Well, farmers would buy myotonic goats and place a few in herds of goats that were free from the condition so that anytime wolves descended on the herd, these goats would lock up, fall, and get attacked by the wolves, allowing the "normal" goats to escape back to the safety of the farm.
What I mean is, when you put the slow kids in the front, you are hindering the success of the others. Survival of the fittest isn't just a saying that someone made up because it sounded cool. It's a real thing that allows a species to develop and improve. There will always be someone faster or smarter…. If you allow there to be.
If you put the slow kids out front, you slow the entire group down.
You make tests easier for kids that aren't as bright, and the entire population becomes less intelligent over time because the more intelligent people are limited from facing challenges so there is no need in pushing themselves to do better.
And I'm not referring to people with special needs or disabilities. Having special education classes is necessary for them, but throwing every single person in there would actually hinder the education of the people with special needs. And just because there are wheelchair ramps, it doesn't mean people should avoid taking the stairs in fear of making those who can't walk feel bad.
I believe every person deserves an equal shot at success. But everyone's success is different just as everyone's abilities are different. I don't believe in limiting everyone so that success is changed to something the entire crowd can achieve. That comes around to a chain only being as strong as the weakest link.
Participation trophies are bringing a halt to the advancement of society. Period.
If we are being chased by wolves, I don't have to be faster than the wolves. I just have to be faster than you. I'm not saying you shouldn't help the less fortunate. If you can pick them up and run then do so. If you want to stop and help, then do it. I am saying that expecting everyone to stop because I ran out of breath is nonsense.
Survival of the fittest allows every species to develop; to evolve. Just as religion has halted intelligent thinking, participation trophies take away the desire to improve.
And as for YOUR boundaries… FUCK YOU.
You could have stopped reading this fucking article when you read the FIRST thing that I said that bothered you. You CHOSE to continue reading. So you have no right to complain and say that the things I have written CROSSED YOUR BOUNDARIES.
You can't just walk into my house and complain that I don't keep it clean enough for you. And you can't say I invited you in just because I left the front door unlocked.
You CHOSE to walk in by reading this article. Just like anything else you read online, it is your CHOICE. I didn't invite you to read this.
If you are going to complain about what I said in this article or any other, then here's a trophy🖕🏻.
Now, go to the back of the crowd and tell the wolves how much of an asshole I am.
