Really scared. 😳

@BrianJopek and the Spanish inquisition, nobody expects the Spanish inquisition. Their chief weapons are fear, stupidity, and - wait that's not right ...

https://youtu.be/D5Df191WJ3o?si=R5Q18NtDzTiTP0xK

Monty Python - Spanish Inquisition

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@BrianJopek I heard there are giant fucking worms out there. should look out, break the rhythm of your moves

@BrianJopek

Don't be scared of stupid, outsmart them. If we're not smart enough to outwit stupid, what's that make us?

@BrianJopek i'll need to learn embroidery just for that.
@BrianJopek And stop idolising the people being proud of being stupid.

@BrianJopek
"I must not stupid. Stupid is the mind killer. Stupid is the little-death that brings total obliteration. [...] Where the stupid has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

https://dune.fandom.com/wiki/Litany_Against_Fear

Litany Against Fear

The Litany Against Fear was a litany spoken by many highly educated people who faced danger or fear during their everyday lives. The litany helped focus their minds in times of peril. The phrase derives from William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar:[citation needed 1]​ An ancient form of the litany existed already during the Butlerian Jihad. A mantra of the City of Introspection went like this: "I have no fear, for fear is the little death that kills me over and over. Without fear, I die but...

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@BrianJopek

Definitely way to much #stupid in high power all over or world!

@BrianJopek and the stupidly scared in particular.

@BrianJopek its a long read, but find his essay on stupidity. (If you havent already)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_M._Cipolla#Essays

Carlo M. Cipolla - Wikipedia

@BrianJopek There are only two certainties in life, death and stupidity.