{"id":969,"date":"2003-03-02T04:16:49","date_gmt":"2003-03-02T20:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/03\/02\/who-gave-them-the-loudspeakers\/"},"modified":"2019-12-04T14:44:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T22:44:35","slug":"who-gave-them-the-loudspeakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/03\/02\/who-gave-them-the-loudspeakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Who gave them the loudspeakers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:15186,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/hipstersareannoying.blogspot.com\\\/2003_02_09_hipstersareannoying_archive.html#89046809&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20060329064032\\\/http:\\\/\\\/hipstersareannoying.blogspot.com\\\/2003_02_09_hipstersareannoying_archive.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 14:59:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 14:59:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Her: &#8220;So what? The majority of people don&#8217;t even leave comments, they just read. Those are the normal, intelligent people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  Me: &#8220;Wait a minute. This is interesting: You&#8217;re saying that the majority of people who visit my site don&#8217;t leave any comments at all, which is true. And by not leaving any comments at all, that signals that they are normal?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  Her: &#8220;Exactly. Wouldn&#8217;t you agree?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  Me: &#8220;Yeah, that makes sense. I don&#8217;t usually leave comments on people&#8217;s sites. And I&#8217;m relatively normal. Do you leave comments?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  Her: &#8220;Rarely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  Me: &#8220;Wow. Let&#8217;s take this a step further. If we apply this model to the greater world, it seems to me that the ramifications are staggering.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  Her: &#8220;Go on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  Me: &#8220;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&#8230;people, people in the world, are&#8230;normal?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  Her: &#8220;Wow. I guess we could. My God, I never thought of it that way before. But it actually makes sense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  Me: &#8220;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?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  Her: &#8220;I dunno. Maybe because the crazy people are the ones with the loudspeakers and they won&#8217;t shut up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  Me: &#8220;I guess. But how did the crazy people get the loudspeakers?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  Her: &#8220;Hmm. That doesn&#8217;t make sense. How could the normal, intelligent people allow the nutcases to dominate the power of communication that way?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  Me: &#8220;I dunno. That&#8217;s pretty sad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  Her: &#8220;Yeah, pretty fucking sad.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8212; Found on <a href=\"http:\/\/hipstersareannoying.blogspot.com\/2003_02_09_hipstersareannoying_archive.html#89046809\" title=\"As you'll no doubt notice...\">Hipsters are Annoying<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2043],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","tag-quotes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}