For the longest time whenever I try to communicate an idea, a process, a plan, a piece of information … I’m oftentimes either not taken serious or people misunderstand me.

I know for myself that I sometimes skip steps in my explanation because I feel they’re too obvious to bother explaining. But sometimes it’s ridiculous to the point where I feel like people are out to dismiss me not on the basis of the information I’m providing.

Does this resonate with anyone?

Edit: thanks for all the feedback! This has given me some material to work with.

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[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Because the vast majority of people do not argue based on information but on their personal feelings, relying heavily on fallacy in an attempt to reaffirm their own perspectives rather than come to an understanding. This is just how human minds are predisposed to function with our internal logic due to inherent flaws of human psychology. Most people never bother with the practice of introspection to correct these internal biases because they don't even know that they exist. They think their logic is sound, and it is your job to "prove them wrong".

Taking classes in college around how to design, essentially, political propaganda to influence people into supporting your legislation (I went to school for wildlife conservation and a lot of that degree is fucking with politics to get legislation passed) really opened my eyes to this.

[–] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So proof is mostly useless, because people will just say: "this random quote from the bible says this.", which is just a reworded: "fuck you, your opinion doesn't matter, because you don't get an erection when reading a bible" or something equally stupid.

[–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 2 points 3 days ago

Being an ex-brainwashy this hits particularly funny 🤣