Leaving folks to their nonsense

I was considering the other day how much less I care now when someone shares ridiculous nonsense of some kind with me.

I don’t mean things that are arguable by reasonable and grounded people, like legitimate political positions. I’m talking about when someone believes an urban legend and shares it, or offers absurdly make-believe health advice, or something similar. I have an acquaintance who pretty much quit talking to me when I, gently and diplomatically, tried to tell her the truth about Oscillococcinum. The false quote thing is another big one.

I just don’t think that for most people, I care enough anymore to make the effort. They usually won’t turn loose of it anyway, and they walk off still believing fairy tales, only now they’re also agitated. Who needs that?

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