Why society doesn't work

The reason society doesn't work is because our brains cannot view much more than 150 people as being people. The rest are relegated to the status of objects by the nature of our brains. Cracked.com calls it the monkeysphere: http://is.gd/1oviC

More monkeysphere stuff

"So what exactly are we supposed to do about all this?"

"First, train yourself to get suspicious every time you see simplicity. Any claim that the root of a problem is simple should be treated the same as a claim that the root of a problem is Bigfoot. Simplicity and Bigfoot are found in the real world with about the same frequency."
---Cracked.com

That article has a very Satanic viewpoint: Don't try to love or even like everyone. You can't, it isn't possible. But you can still treat them decently when they come into your monkeysphere, unless your decent treatment of them keeps getting thrown in your face like so much monkey shit. I say, be civil to people unless they refuse to be civil back, and then crush the little bastards.

There are no words

There are no words to encompass the sheer awesome of Cracked.com's article about the monkeysphere. It is sheer gold, and perfectly matches the ideas behind The First Church of Hypocrisy, Blasphemy, and Self-Righteousness. We're all a bunch of moronic apes who objectify anyone who's not on our brain's rolodex of 150 people who are considered people. We're all bigoted, moronic, conceited, selfish bastards out to help ourselves and our own personal monkey-tribe. We can't love everyone, like everyone, know everyone, or think of everyone as people. It just ain't gonna happen. It's as likely to happen as is achieving faster-than-light travel in a rocket-powered toilet exposed to the air is likely to get us to Alpha Centauri alive and well. The most we can hope for is treating those outside our monkeysphere as well as possible unless they completely kick us in the nuts for it. Then we give the bastards hell.

You can do that by following these simple steps. We like to call this plan the T.R.Y. plan:



First, TOTAL MORON. That is, accept the fact THAT YOU ARE ONE. We all are.



That really annoying person you know, the one who's always spouting bullshit, the person who always thinks they're right? Well, the odds are that for somebody else, you're that person. So take the amount you think you know, reduce it by 99.999%, and then you'll have an idea of how much you actually know regarding things outside your Monkeysphere.



Second, UNDERSTAND that there are no Supermonkeys. Just monkeys. Those guys on TV you see, giving the inspirational seminars, teaching you how to reach your potential and become rich and successful like them? You know how they made their money? By giving seminars. For the most part, the only thing they do well is convince others they do everything well.



No, the universal moron principal established in No. 1 above applies here, too. Don't pretend politicians are somehow supposed to be immune to all the backhanded fuckery we all do in our daily lives and don't laugh and point when the preacher gets caught on video snorting cocaine off a prostitute's ass. A good exercise is to picture your hero--whoever it is--passed out on his lawn, naked from the waist down. The odds are it's happened at some point. Even Gandhi may have had hotel rooms and dead hookers in his past.



And don't even think about ignoring advice from a moral teacher just because the source enjoys the ol' Colombian Nose Candy from time to time. We're all members of varying species of hypocrite (or did you tell them at the job interview that you once called in sick to spend a day leveling up on World of Warcraft?) Don't use your heroes' vices as an excuse to let yours run wild.



And finally, DON'T LET ANYBODY simplify it for you. The world cannot be made simple. Anyone who tries to paint a picture of the world in basic comic book colors is most likely trying to use you as a pawn.



So just remember: T-R-Y. Go forth and do likewise, gents. Copies of our book are available in the lobby.
---Cracked.com