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[Cunth]

looking forward to his welcome back party thread

 

[Grinchy]

There's something refreshing about seeing permanently banned members come right back. Instead of every reactionary moment being turned into some permanent decision, people have a chance to make stupid moves and come back from them.

It just goes to show that you have to really be one hell of a giant douchebag to be permanently banned here and have it stick, and it's nice to see it that way.

 

[Papa]

There's something refreshing about seeing permanently banned members come right back. Instead of every reactionary moment being turned into some permanent decision, people have a chance to make stupid moves and come back from them.

It just goes to show that you have to really be one hell of a giant douchebag to be permanently banned here and have it stick, and it's nice to see it that way.

JareBear's was self-imposed. I don't think I've ever seen a permanent ban reversed otherwise.

 

[Grinchy]

JareBear's was self-imposed. I don't think I've ever seen a permanent ban reversed otherwise.

Mine was lol

But I was saying something sarcastic and the sarcasm didn't shine through so it was more of a misunderstanding than anything. I know Jare was doing it on his own, but it's still nice to see that it's actually possible for a perma to not be so permanent.

 

[Papa]

Mine was lol

But I was saying something sarcastic and the sarcasm didn't shine through so it was more of a misunderstanding than anything. I know Jare was doing it on his own, but it's still nice to see that it's actually possible for a perma to not be so permanent.

Oh I meant other than the justice thread for obvious reasons. Yours came out of that didn't it?

 

[Grinchy]

Oh I meant other than the justice thread for obvious reasons. Yours came out of that didn't it?

This was a while back. I don't honestly remember what thread it was or what I even said. Something about white people lol

But yeah, the Ban Justice thread brought me back. Which is also kind of what I mean about this site now where it's nice to know it's possible to reverse these things instead of everything being so concrete over such silly reasons.

 

[Ellis]

Didn't Dennis come back from a perma ban once? Only to disappear again shortly after.

 

[JordanN]

Resetter wants to start charging more for Suburbs

https://www.resetera.com/threads/do-you-think-the-bay-area-is-sustainable.93697/page-3#post-16913307

In a thread about San Francisco of all places, the future goal of the left is to drown everyone in debt with unaffordable housing. But this time, they're using "climate change" as an excuse to target the rural populations.

 

[Dr. Claus]

I doubt he is going anywhere. He has repeated the same monologue ad nauseum and he’s still here. Just seems like some weird attention seeking mixed with the resetera defence force.

He gets one thing right though, there is better ways to spend your time.

Well, he is certainly gone from here. He requested a perm. Though I am sure we will continue to see him on Era.

 

[captainraincoat]

Well, he is certainly gone from here. He requested a perm. Though I am sure we will continue to see him on Era.

But he’s probably been added to excelsorifs spreadsheet/hitlist as he’d be the prime target for an off site drama ban...suppose he just needs to send his minions around to bait him..speaking of hitsquads “nomoretrolls” the dude who made that pretty good post here
https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-is-era-so-particularly-angry-this-2019.93449/#post-16869170

Has not been banned yet...pretty surprised ..I wasn’t on the discord at the time and I can’t see any posts scanning back through it where the hitsquad has gone to Work....

 

[prag16]

Resetter wants to start charging more for Suburbs

https://www.resetera.com/threads/do-you-think-the-bay-area-is-sustainable.93697/page-3#post-16913307

In a thread about San Francisco of all places, the future goal of the left is to drown everyone in debt with unaffordable housing. But this time, they're using "climate change" as an excuse to target the rural populations.

I don't follow. Who is 'subsidizing' the suburbs, and how?

 

[Grinchy]

I don't follow. Who is 'subsidizing' the suburbs, and how?

And how are those suburbs supposedly hurting the planet more than the smog-covered cities?

 

[Trojita]

I wouldn't trust any nation but maybe Japan with trying to have a functioning non-trashy Mega City 1. Every other country would turn into a Dredd peachtree locale.

 

[DeepEnigma]

And how are those suburbs supposedly hurting the planet more than the smog-covered cities?

Just wreaks of more shadow Agenda 21 talks.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

Resetter wants to start charging more for Suburbs

If the environmental apocalypse is nigh, suburbs will be the place to be.

Enough land to scrape together a family farm.
Yet, access to marketplaces, community centers, paved roads, etc.

 

[Yoshi]

And how are those suburbs supposedly hurting the planet more than the smog-covered cities?

People in suburbs rely less on public transport and use their own cars more. Moreover, the more rural it gets, the more cars with a higher energy consumption are sought after. Living in the suburbs on average is more intense on the environment. It still is better for your health than being in a city.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

People in suburbs rely less on public transport and use their own cars more. Moreover, the more rural it gets, the more cars with a higher energy consumption are sought after. Living in the suburbs on average is more intense on the environment. It still is better for your health than being in a city.

I submit that you are thinking in very narrow terms.

Yes, suburbs rely less on public transport, but you have fewer people (and therefore fewer cars) per square mile. I'm curious if it can be shown through empirical data that suburbs add more pollution overall compared to dense population centers.

The typical "few meters by a few meters" grass lawn of a suburban home contribute as much CO2 scrubbing every year as a full-grown tree, not to mention the trees, shrubs, and other plants that can grow in a suburban environment and not in a densely urban environment. Suburban dwellers can use their land to plant food for themselves. Since they own the home and the land (instead of renting a room out of some high-rise) suburban/rural homes are in a better position to install solar panels, geothermal, and so forth.

The effect on wildlife must be considered, as well. In a dense urban center, there isn't a lot of animal life (other than strays and birds) so that leads to obvious imbalances in the ecosystem. Insects, rodents, birds, and other wildlife are either absent entirely or too overpopulated int he absence of natural predators. In suburbia, all sorts of animals can peacefully coexist in the various hedges, empty plots, wooded areas, creeks, and other natural features of a suburban neighborhood.

 

[Trojita]

You could always just ask entremet if he wants to converse with you about his opinion on urban and suburban development. He's on here too.

 

[Scopa]

Are they seriously trying to start a city vs country fight now? Like really?

These people and their ilk are the Black Death of our time.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Are they seriously trying to start a city vs country fight now? Like really?

These people and their ilk are the Black Death of our time.

Sounds like something Russian or Chinese psyops would do.

 

[entremet]

Hello guys

I still lurk here, but I stay away from the offsite threads. Just not my thing. Every community has its issues, so I'd rather not naval gaze. I also try not to talk about posters in other sites. Not judging. Just not my thing.

Regarding suburbs, I'm not anti suburbs. I said as much in the post. But many studies show that suburban living is not as ecologically friendly as city living. That's not a controversial thing.

I'm not saying to end suburbs or rural areas. The US government subsidizes suburban and rural residential structures heavily. Again, this is not a controversial statement. It's a fact.

I'm fine with different modes of living. Not everyone can deal with cities. But, much like Asia has, we need to focus on denser urban planning. Japan also still has suburbs and rural areas as well.

Also, I'm rather critical of Blue Cities, who have aided in making themselves prohibitively expensive to the lower and middle classes. NYC, LA, SF, Seattle, and so on are heavily Democratic havens that have incredibly regressive real estate and housing policies.

But too many like suburban life. They're not going away anything soon.

I'm realistic. I may end up there as well! But they clearly need to be rethought. Something in the vein of Celebration, Florida, without the cult based elements lol.

Just PM or do an @ reply in the future. I'm still here.

 

[Tesseract]

if rural areas are ended, i'm getting out of this country

i want nothing to do with the piece of shit cities of america

they're dens of cunts, overwrought with douchebaggery on every level

 

[Yoshi]

I submit that you are thinking in very narrow terms.

Yes, suburbs rely less on public transport, but you have fewer people (and therefore fewer cars) per square mile. I'm curious if it can be shown through empirical data that suburbs add more pollution overall compared to dense population centers.

The typical "few meters by a few meters" grass lawn of a suburban home contribute as much CO2 scrubbing every year as a full-grown tree, not to mention the trees, shrubs, and other plants that can grow in a suburban environment and not in a densely urban environment. Suburban dwellers can use their land to plant food for themselves. Since they own the home and the land (instead of renting a room out of some high-rise) suburban/rural homes are in a better position to install solar panels, geothermal, and so forth.

The effect on wildlife must be considered, as well. In a dense urban center, there isn't a lot of animal life (other than strays and birds) so that leads to obvious imbalances in the ecosystem. Insects, rodents, birds, and other wildlife are either absent entirely or too overpopulated int he absence of natural predators. In suburbia, all sorts of animals can peacefully coexist in the various hedges, empty plots, wooded areas, creeks, and other natural features of a suburban neighborhood.

I never said the suburbs hurt the environment more, but given one human, if you had the choice of putting him into a suburb or into a big city, from an environmental perspective, it would be preferrable to put him into a city. The fewer cars per square kilometer that you are citing is relevant only to the health of the people living in the suburbs, because the individual footprint of each person living there is not reduced by the fact that fewer people live there.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

I never said the suburbs hurt the environment more, but given one human, if you had the choice of putting him into a suburb or into a big city, from an environmental perspective, it would be preferrable to put him into a city. The fewer cars per square kilometer that you are citing is relevant only to the health of the people living in the suburbs, because the individual footprint of each person living there is not reduced by the fact that fewer people live there.

Do you have something I could read to follow up on this?

To me, this seems highly counter-intuitive as cities use more power, require more concrete, metal, tar, etc. for construction, have very little localized CO2 scrubbing due to lack of plants (in some cities cases, not all, of course), and so forth. Cities require food to be shipped from further and further outside the borders of the city, adding to the fuel emissions and wear on the roads and need for infrastructure.

I'm not saying you're wrong, I just doubt your assertion that suburbs are a higher "carbon footprint" compared to cities, based on the same square mileage.

 

[Yoshi]

Do you have something I could read to follow up on this?

To me, this seems highly counter-intuitive as cities use more power, require more concrete, metal, tar, etc. for construction, have very little localized CO2 scrubbing due to lack of plants (in some cities cases, not all, of course), and so forth. Cities require food to be shipped from further and further outside the borders of the city, adding to the fuel emissions and wear on the roads and need for infrastructure.

I'm not saying you're wrong, I just doubt your assertion that suburbs are a higher "carbon footprint" compared to cities, based on the same square mileage.

I did not state it is true per square kilometer, but per individual. When talking whether it is better for an individual to live in the city or the suburbs it is irrelevant how it looks per square kilometer (mostly, unless talking localised poisoning). Of course a square kilometer of suburbs is less straining for the environment than a square kilometer of city, but a square kilometer of suburbs houses much less humans than a square kilometer of city. And if you move more people to the suburbs, you need to either increase the density or the space of the suburbs, the former lowering the "per square kilometer" advantage (naturally), the latter creating more square kilometers of suburbs from (mostly) unsettled land (which is, again, much better per square kilometer for the environment than suburbs).

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

I did not state it is true per square kilometer, but per individual. When talking whether it is better for an individual to live in the city or the suburbs it is irrelevant how it looks per square kilometer (mostly, unless talking localised poisoning). Of course a square kilometer of suburbs is less straining for the environment than a square kilometer of city, but a square kilometer of suburbs houses much less humans than a square kilometer of city. And if you move more people to the suburbs, you need to either increase the density or the space of the suburbs, the former lowering the "per square kilometer" advantage (naturally), the latter creating more square kilometers of suburbs from (mostly) unsettled land (which is, again, much better per square kilometer for the environment than suburbs).

The USA has a lot of land, so I don't see what is so incredulous about the idea of having more people live in rural and suburbian areas.

Superdense megacities are clearly a mistake, environmentally. And to hear lecturing from exactly such an overpopulated megacity (this refers to the original post on ERA by entrement in a thread about San Francisco) that it is the suburbs which are too costly for the environment and only exist because they are "subsidized" is something that I need to see receipts for, because that sounds all kinds of ridiculous. Dense cities are less of an environmental footprint than the suburbs?

Again, I'd love to see this explained. I'm open to the idea of this being the case, but it defies my understanding of what adds to a "carbon footprint". By square mileage or by person, I still think cities have a bigger carbon footprint. Yes, the percentage of city dwellers who use a car is lower, but cities are packed with cars and multi-floor parking garages in addition to public transport, not to mention all the carbon from the power draw of all the buildings.

 

[Yoshi]

The USA has a lot of land, so I don't see what is so incredulous about the idea of having more people live in rural and suburbian areas.

Superdense megacities are clearly a mistake, environmentally. And to hear lecturing from exactly such an overpopulated megacity (this refers to the original post on ERA by entrement in a thread about San Francisco) that it is the suburbs which are too costly for the environment and only exist because they are "subsidized" is something that I need to see receipts for, because that sounds all kinds of ridiculous. Dense cities are less of an environmental footprint than the suburbs?

Again, I'd love to see this explained. I'm open to the idea of this being the case, but it defies my understanding of what adds to a "carbon footprint". By square mileage or by person, I still think cities have a bigger carbon footprint. Yes, the percentage of city dwellers who use a car is lower, but cities are packed with cars and multi-floor parking garages in addition to public transport, not to mention all the carbon from the power draw of all the buildings.

Your argument still relies heavily on the density, which is an irrelevant measure per individual. It is true that food needs to be transported to cities, however, transportation to cities also means you can bring te goods to a point such that many indiviuals can buy it from there. Some foods may be made locally if you live in a suburb and so you can have a lower footprint on those goods specifically, but this will only be a small part of your overall food consumption and food, in turn is also only a small part of your overall consumption. Other goods need to be transported to the suburbs for a comparatively smaller audience, whic has then, again, a higher footprint per individual. I have seen some computations regarding this a while ago, but it has been a few years and it was a German source, so I'd need to search for it from scratch.

I have no idea if living in the suburbs is being subsidised in the US and I have made no such argument. A case could be made though, that, from an environmental perspective, it should be subsidised for people to live in cities, when compared to suburbs. Though I would prefer just taking heavy taxes on fuel and more heavy taxes on cars that use more fuel over those that use less fuel, rather than directly punishing a place of living. Because, of course, a life with a low ecological footprint is possible in the suburbs as well, and due to the option to grow your own food, individually, you might achieve a better footprint there than in a city (assuming you also do not drive a car around that much and if you do, do not use a big one).

 

[IAmAnAgnostic]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/my...-the-extreme-right-through-the-internet.93946

A thread in which the user laments with an essay that his brothers have such incredibly, unheard of, beyond far right views such as.... listening to Ben Shapiro. And they make fun of him for acting so, erm, non-extreme right. OP is clearly very mentally stable, asserts that his brother who is training to be a police officer is very likely to be a school shooter because he makes non-PC jokes.
Of course, Era is in complete agreement, how could such extreme views be held in this day and age??

This is why I stopped engaging in this cult.

 

[slugbahr]

The cop in training and the future school shooter are actually two different brothers.
Otherwise, yeah, the sky is falling because people have different views.

 

[captainraincoat]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/my...-the-extreme-right-through-the-internet.93946

A thread in which the user laments with an essay that his brothers have such incredibly, unheard of, beyond far right views such as.... listening to Ben Shapiro. And they make fun of him for acting so, erm, non-extreme right. OP is clearly very mentally stable, asserts that his brother who is training to be a police officer is very likely to be a school shooter because he makes non-PC jokes.
Of course, Era is in complete agreement, how could such extreme views be held in this day and age??

This is why I stopped engaging in this cult.

Why do i get the feeling that some of these people could turn a game of twister into a spot the nazi because it looks like they are heiling hitler with left foot on green right hand on blue

 

[Cunth]

All three of my brothers are younger than I am

Obviously, my brothers are all much bigger than me

Did he mess up his own fake story

 

[Typhares]

Did he mess up his own fake story

OP is the older sister apparently.

 

[Cunth]

Oh it’s a girl?

 

[Yoshi]

Oh it’s a girl?

Intriguing!

 

[Cunth]

 

[Mochilador]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/my...-the-extreme-right-through-the-internet.93946

A thread in which the user laments with an essay that his brothers have such incredibly, unheard of, beyond far right views such as.... listening to Ben Shapiro. And they make fun of him for acting so, erm, non-extreme right. OP is clearly very mentally stable, asserts that his brother who is training to be a police officer is very likely to be a school shooter because he makes non-PC jokes.
Of course, Era is in complete agreement, how could such extreme views be held in this day and age??

This is why I stopped engaging in this cult.

This is why this thread can't die. This is gold.

 

[Scopa]

This is why this thread can't die. This is gold.

It’s like staring at the sun. You know you shouldn’t, but...

When there’s this much crazy, how can I NOT look?

 

[prag16]

entremet Thanks for stopping by, but you didn't explain (or point to anything that explains) your assertion that suburbs are "subsidized". You just restated it again as fact. How and by whom?

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

Your argument still relies heavily on the density, which is an irrelevant measure per individual. It is true that food needs to be transported to cities, however, transportation to cities also means you can bring te goods to a point such that many indiviuals can buy it from there. Some foods may be made locally if you live in a suburb and so you can have a lower footprint on those goods specifically, but this will only be a small part of your overall food consumption and food, in turn is also only a small part of your overall consumption. Other goods need to be transported to the suburbs for a comparatively smaller audience, whic has then, again, a higher footprint per individual. I have seen some computations regarding this a while ago, but it has been a few years and it was a German source, so I'd need to search for it from scratch.

I have no idea if living in the suburbs is being subsidised in the US and I have made no such argument. A case could be made though, that, from an environmental perspective, it should be subsidised for people to live in cities, when compared to suburbs. Though I would prefer just taking heavy taxes on fuel and more heavy taxes on cars that use more fuel over those that use less fuel, rather than directly punishing a place of living. Because, of course, a life with a low ecological footprint is possible in the suburbs as well, and due to the option to grow your own food, individually, you might achieve a better footprint there than in a city (assuming you also do not drive a car around that much and if you do, do not use a big one).

You're not considering the many factors that go into the comparison. You seem almost entirely hung up on the comparative usage of cars. Even on a per-individual level, a city needs to lay more concrete, pave more roads, import more water, drive out more wildlife, insanely high light pollution, high energy consumption, etc

These add pollution and damages the environment.

If you are using a single 20-something who only uses an LED lightbulb and no car (but rides a bus or owns a Prius) as your example of the "average city carbon footprint", that is flawed. It fails to average in all of the construction (and environmental destruction) involved in providing that living environment. Consider the CO2-belching cranes that lifted those public-transport rails into place. Consider the millions of pounds of concrete and tar used to pave city roads.

Consider something as simple as air conditioning (which I see slated to continue pushing up the world's energy costs). Cooling those high-rises ain't cheap.

 

[Deleted member 713885]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/my...-the-extreme-right-through-the-internet.93946

A thread in which the user laments with an essay that his brothers have such incredibly, unheard of, beyond far right views such as.... listening to Ben Shapiro. And they make fun of him for acting so, erm, non-extreme right. OP is clearly very mentally stable, asserts that his brother who is training to be a police officer is very likely to be a school shooter because he makes non-PC jokes.
Of course, Era is in complete agreement, how could such extreme views be held in this day and age??

This is why I stopped engaging in this cult.

The thing that people dont point out is..

BDS IS A FUCKING MESS!

She/He or whatever is a consistent cry-baby poster.
"WAAAHHHH MY MENTAL HEALTH!!"
"WAAAAHHH THE SKY IS FALLING"
etc...etc...etc...

Tell me this..
You have a <25 year old sister, living at home still, presumably unemployed, a laundry list of mental health issues, and a knack for just being a proffesional sad sack complainer...and your gonna just be like "Yes, your views seem quite reasonable!"

No, your gonna be (as what it seems to me) strong, hard working, conservative men and not respect her. She is a clear example of what her brothers DONT want to become and what disgust them.

If only her brothers would abandon college and not become cops to stay living with mean ol' conservative daddy, sucking off his teet and whatever government funding she gets. To just stay on Reeee all day long, posting sad sack details of there battles with the outside world and mental health issues.

 

[entremet]

entremet Thanks for stopping by, but you didn't explain (or point to anything that explains) your assertion that suburbs are "subsidized". You just restated it again as fact. How and by whom?

I'll do so. Preparing it soon. Also, my ideal is not to end suburbs at all. Moreover, cities also need a reinvention as well. A city full of cars because mass transit option sucks is worse! That's America right now. We need to follow the East Asian mega city approach.

 

[Saruhashi]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/my...-the-extreme-right-through-the-internet.93946

A thread in which the user laments with an essay that his brothers have such incredibly, unheard of, beyond far right views such as.... listening to Ben Shapiro. And they make fun of him for acting so, erm, non-extreme right. OP is clearly very mentally stable, asserts that his brother who is training to be a police officer is very likely to be a school shooter because he makes non-PC jokes.
Of course, Era is in complete agreement, how could such extreme views be held in this day and age??

This is why I stopped engaging in this cult.

This might be my favorite from that thread:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/my...ght-through-the-internet.93946/#post-16939133

"Yeah my cousin at 6 suddenly brought up how water is making the frogs gay last year and I was horrified wondering who told him that. His older bros around 3 and 5 years older told me he’s been watching info wars and try to get him to stop."

Freakin 6 year olds watching Alex Jones on Youtube!

I can't shake the idea of this tiny little fat kid sitting in a open collar shirt and a suit roaring "I don't like 'em putting chemicals in the water that turn the freakin frogs gay".

Also, that "Gay Frogs" thing was from 2015. So this 6 year old must be REALLY mining the Info Wars back catalog for his political talking points.

So, I was just talking politics with some preschoolers the other day... those little fuckers are hella right wing.

 

[Saruhashi]

This is why this thread can't die. This is gold.

Agreed. It's amazing.

Imagine... throwing your own family under the bus in front of internet strangers with some made up bullshit just to get one over on your political opponents. Political opponents who will never even see your post.

 

[DeepEnigma]

This might be my favorite from that thread:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/my...ght-through-the-internet.93946/#post-16939133

"Yeah my cousin at 6 suddenly brought up how water is making the frogs gay last year and I was horrified wondering who told him that. His older bros around 3 and 5 years older told me he’s been watching info wars and try to get him to stop."

Freakin 6 year olds watching Alex Jones on Youtube!

I can't shake the idea of this tiny little fat kid sitting in a open collar shirt and a suit roaring "I don't like 'em putting chemicals in the water that turn the freakin frogs gay".

Also, that "Gay Frogs" thing was from 2015. So this 6 year old must be REALLY mining the Info Wars back catalog for his political talking points.

So, I was just talking politics with some preschoolers the other day... those little fuckers are hella right wing.

These people are perpetual liars in their looney fantasy land.

One thing is for sure, too much fluoride is calcifying their pineal gland.

 

[DragoonKain]

Imagine that in literary/novel form:

“I walked into the room and was horrified at what I saw...”

A dead body? A mutilated animal? My dad having anal sex with my mom???

“....My cousin thought the frogs were gay!”

 

[Cunth]

I still think half the looney posters on era are trolls

 

[Deleted member 713885]

5 min of searching Threads started by BDS..

This is a person to respect?
Take life advice from?
Take ANY advice from?

And sadly, impressionable people will read what this person writes over there with no understanding of this person's mental health issues and obsession with victimhood and agree.
She/He will get all the little ass-pats she needs to continue being a mess

 

[Dr. Claus]

I live in a red state. The majority of people I know are republican. They don't hate the LGBT community. They don't want to kill or demean anyone because of superficial qualities and they most certainly don't think people are subhuman. The majority are kind, caring folk that want to make a better country - but have different views on how to accomplish that. Views that I don't necessarily share, but I won't demean or degrade them for having such.

BDS is a sad, angry, and pitiable person who has to try and fear monger because they lack any sort of mental help that they desperately need. Hopefully they get it, but it doesn't help when you are surrounded by other fear mongering dumbasses that primarily comprise Era's ranks.

 

[888]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/tr...o-she-can-fly-commercial.94160/#post-16969920

Look at the high quality discourse happening! Literally an echo of the same stuff.

 

[Musky_Cheese]

5 min of searching Threads started by BDS..

This is a person to respect?
Take life advice from?
Take ANY advice from?

And sadly, impressionable people will read what this person writes over there with no understanding of this person's mental health issues and obsession with victimhood and agree.
She/He will get all the little ass-pats she needs to continue being a mess

Thanks for the capture so no one has to go look at it.

I noticed this stuff here before Oct 2017

Yeah no... half the world doesn't hate you. 99.99999999999999999999% of the world doesn't know who you are, know you even exist, care what you are doing, will ever know about you.

It's just a way for insignificant people to try and feel self important.

The sad truth is that that person, as well as many others are no more important or "known" to the world as any of my dogs or cats I have in my house.

No one is fucking with you or gives a fuck about you because you don't even exist to them.

How self centered can you be?