Don't you just fucking hate it when people are contrarian just for the sake of trying to be different and no other reason?

[EzraIsShy76028]

So what brought this to mind for me was a YouTube video I watched the other day. Don't remember exactly which video it was. But in the video this guy with a camera approached this group of 6-7 people who seemed to be goth or alt or whatever, and he started going "hey aren't you guys supposed to be all like 'fuck society' and 'fuck the police' and shit like that?"

And then the others responded with something like "well it's a bit more complicated than that. there are a lot of bad police out there, in which case fuck them, but there are a lot of good police who also deserve our support."

Then he said "but the fact that bad police exist and the fact that you're showing ANY police any sort of sympathy makes you complicit."

Then they said "we don't show sympathy towards police who abuse their power. but murderers and rapists NEED to properly be arrested."

Then he said "you all seem like a bunch of posers to me. people like you are usually the first to go up against police. and now you're supporting them!"

Then they said "okay if it makes you happy then now fuck it. fuck the police! again, fuck the police!"

Then, in the same voice the sharks in Finding Nemo said fish are friends not food, he began to go like "no no no police are our friends not our enemies! police are friends, not enemies! every day they risk their life for us, and you're ungrateful?"

Then eventually they ended up leaving and walking away, as he kept shouting "POSERS! POSERS! POOOOOSERS!" towards them.

And it's like... was that guy mentally challenged or something? You could say he was just doing it for the video, but based on his other videos and his replies to comments he seemed like an unhinged person in general.

His example was more extreme, but I've met a lot of people who do similar shit.

They argue towards a certain viewpoint, but then when people start to agree they change their viewpoint yet again just to be contrarian. Meaning they don't truyl really believe in any cause.

[Nikki1989]

Some people are not mindless sheep. I know some people can't think outside their little bubble, but it is what it is. Sucks to be them.

[EzraIsShy76028]

No, but I'm not talking about people who simply have different views than the norm.

I'm talking about like the type of person who has a certain "unpopular" view, and then when you agree with that view they change their view yet again just because they wanna have a different opinion that no one agrees with.

[7Phoenix7]

Some people just like to argue and go against whatever the other person is saying. It's very annoying

[EzraIsShy76028]

Very annoying indeed, lol. They state an unpopular viewpoint, trying to force you to agree with them, and then after a while when you finally do agree with them to shut them up, suddenly their view flip-flops again to the opposite of that unpopular viewpoint. They wanna have a viewpoint so unique, quirky, and/or hipster that no one else agrees with.

[7Phoenix7]

Reminds me of a few people I have dealt with in my life, haha.

[fonduegirl]

Conflict is engagement bait

[EzraIsShy76028]

Yeah pretty much exactly that. And funny how I didn't even notice and how this old ass "1 y" question still doesn't have a MHO! LOL! I usually forget to select the MHO and the system just kind of selects them for me but not here for some reason. I would give MHO to you since you're a friend (and literally my one and only friend on this specific site lol) but it feels wrong to change it. I find the idea of a year old question without a MHO kind of funny for some reason. Maybe it's because not enough people responded (3 people before you and now 4 with you)? I dunno.

[fonduegirl]

We are more than friends

[fonduegirl]

I am your super friend

[EzraIsShy76028]

Aww thanks! Genuinely means a lot especially since I struggle with making friends both online and in real life. So yes, we are super friends!

[fonduegirl]

You bet

[Cormac995]

No I don't and I'm offended you do. XD

[EzraIsShy76028]

Not sure if your response is supposed to be joking or serious. Kind of hard to read tone through text, so yeah...

[Cormac995]

It's a joke. That's why I added the XD

[EzraIsShy76028]

Oh, lmfao. I probably should've figured. I'm a little slow sometimes. 😅

[Cormac995]

No I actually get it. These days there are people who genuinely post that un ironically.

[EzraIsShy76028]

Ah yes, lmfao. So true. Text in general is also difficult to understand since you don't have tone, facial expressions, volume, body language, etc. They're literally just words on a page. When two people read the same book the two people might've taken away a completely different message from that same book since text is what you make of it in your head.

[Cormac995]

I know exactly what you mean.