Her: “So what? The majority of people don’t even leave comments, they just read. Those are the normal, intelligent people.”
Me: “Wait a minute. This is interesting: You’re saying that the majority of people who visit my site don’t leave any comments at all, which is true. And by not leaving any comments at all, that signals that they are normal?”
Her: “Exactly. Wouldn’t you agree?”
Me: “Yeah, that makes sense. I don’t usually leave comments on people’s sites. And I’m relatively normal. Do you leave comments?”
Her: “Rarely.”
Me: “Wow. Let’s take this a step further. If we apply this model to the greater world, it seems to me that the ramifications are staggering.”
Her: “Go on.”
Me: “Okay, this might sound a little crazy, but, can we conclude, based on this, that maybe, and hear me out on this, but just maybe, most…people, people in the world, are…normal?”
Her: “Wow. I guess we could. My God, I never thought of it that way before. But it actually makes sense.”
Me: “Yeah, wow. But if most people in the world are in fact normal, how have I been left with the distinctly opposite impression for most of my life?”
Her: “I dunno. Maybe because the crazy people are the ones with the loudspeakers and they won’t shut up.”
Me: “I guess. But how did the crazy people get the loudspeakers?”
Her: “Hmm. That doesn’t make sense. How could the normal, intelligent people allow the nutcases to dominate the power of communication that way?”
Me: “I dunno. That’s pretty sad.”
Her: “Yeah, pretty fucking sad.”
— Found on Hipsters are Annoying