My well being depends upon you to engage 'it all'

[quintessentone]

You must develop the ability to be disliked in order to free yourself from the prison of other people's opinions.
-Internet

I disagree with that sentiment. If one is developing the ability to be disliked, that means he or she still gives a shit about the opinion of others, their likes and dislikes, and preferentially cultivates the dislikes as a form of personal validation.The only way I can see to get out from under the opinions of others it to simply not give a shit what they think. That's worked for me for all these years!

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I have lived seven decades now and I seem to be invisible to most younger people except those that are advanced in age as I...out there in the 'real'(?) world

I definitely don't try or want to be disliked but as they say 'you can please some of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time', so I let the chips fall where they may and say 'it is what it is' when it comes to strangers...out there.

Yes, we are mostly strangers here and will in all probability misunderstand each other or dislike certain perceived attitudes/ideologies, but I like that you are nipping the beginnings of what looks to be sniping in the bud. Don't hold back. Don't let RN devolve into a mudpit, please.

As for the 'overlords' attitude, I disagree that it has anything to do with responsibility. I believe it has everything to do with the people losing power and control to government's will. I remember from the old days when the government introduced a new tax, 'only temporary' they said and it never left us to this day. No power, no control, no say...so what does it matter which overlords take over (elitist, LLM robots, aliens) if we are numb and compliant sheeple who just let them roll their will over us?

So it's not just my well being, it's everyone's well being here that matters, so all I'm saying is let's try to be kind and for some people here please think before you post.

Over and out.