Og’s law #12
If you attend a rally, group, organization, or get together of any kind, and you find yourself surrounded by the batshit crazy, you’re batshit crazy too.
Far too many people think they’re the one eyed man in the kingdom of the blind. The truth is far more mundane.
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In general, I think bat-shit crazy people are drawn to activisim, even mainstream activism (band uniform fundraising).
Sounds like similar thinking to some advice I got about playing poker. If you sit down at a table and can’t spot the sucker, it’s you.
Where were you when this occurred to you? :)
A corollary to this one would be the fact that every group has an asshole, and if you can’t spot the asshole in the group, then look in the mirror.
I went to Cap’n D’s for fish and chips, and noticed that the place was full of old people. Then the kid behind the counter offered me the senior discount. Then it hit me–I’m old!!! :'(
Let’s face it: any rally, group, organization, or get-together involves the batshit crazy. Like Prof. Hale said, bsc people are drawn to activism by definition. Even condo associations and parish councils are populated by the most bsc people you’ve ever met.
But if the normal people are the ones who stay home, grouse, and do nothing while getting dumped on like Dilbert, or Milton in Office Space, then not only am I bsc, I’ll carry the guide-on for the group in the parade. Any time I stood up, I knew I was going from lemming to whack job on my first syllable, and truth be told it does keep me from bring too self-important and full of myself, even if what I support I have passion for with the heat of 1000 suns. But don’t the bsc always carry the day, while the normals are coerced to go along with the program?
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Actually, Prof, it’s that EVERYBODY is batshit crazy. There is no such thing as “normal.”
M
And. by the bye, I am NOT excepting me and thee.
M
“Far too many people think they’re the one eyed man in the kingdom of the blind. The truth is far more mundane.”
This is why I enjoyed going to SF conventions. Because in the land of the completely socially inept, the person with half-arsed social skills is queen. ;)
What’s wrong with batshit crazy?
If you’re in a group of say, a hundred, and eighty five are certifiably crazier than shithouse rats, but you’re not, who’s normal?
RX: batshit crazy “speaks Klingon and prays to the flying spaghetti monster” not much; batshit crazy “flies planes into buildings” quite a lot actually.
Mark Alger – “There is no such thing as “normal.—
My first niece – “Normal is just a setting on the dryer”