{"id":18435,"date":"2019-10-23T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T16:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=18435"},"modified":"2019-10-18T14:42:23","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T21:42:23","slug":"social-survival-101-how-to-walk-away-from-an-ideological-mob-with-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2019\/10\/23\/social-survival-101-how-to-walk-away-from-an-ideological-mob-with-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Survival 101<\/em>: How to walk away from an ideological mob with grace"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a society where you can often find yourself surrounded by people who seem certain that the fate of the world hinges on their ability to propagate and adhere to trending Web 2.0 gospels, it can sometimes be difficult to affirm the value of your mundane World 1.0 existence.<\/p>\n

When catechized by these hashtag-hyped proselytizers, you may find yourself tempted to offer a scandalously honest response like \u201cI\u2019m not sure,\u201d \u201cI think it\u2019s more complicated than that,\u201d or \u201cNo, thanks\u2014I\u2019m actually taking care of my own priorities right now. Also, I didn\u2019t ask for your advice, nor have you shown a genuine interest in my life or values.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Social Survival 101<\/em> is a column exploring issues relating to social interaction (illustration provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Such frank, heretical statements of uncertainty, mild skepticism, and self-advocacy are likely to be met with wide-eyed expressions of shock or furrowed brows of disgust. \u201cDon\u2019t you realize how insignificant your life and personal responsibilities are in comparison with The Cause?\u201d their pained faces will cry out. \u201cHaven\u2019t you read The News?\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, to those gripped by the jaws of panic, desperation, and blind certainty, your trifling attendance to a different value system and heinous application of critical thinking may come across as an affront to their upvote-sanctified Supreme Narrative\u2014a cardinal sin.<\/p>\n

But being able to weave a delicate path through the roaring orgy of self-righteous solicitors vying for your participation can mean the difference between retaining a modicum of integrity and agency on any given day and of being emotionally hijacked.<\/p>\n

For your consideration, here are a few ways to gracefully escape an ideological mob before you\u2019re lured in too deep.<\/p>\n

1: Try to interject and guide the conversation to a more productive topic. If they keep preaching, tell them that you have to poop and walk away swiftly.<\/p>\n

2: Nod like you\u2019re watching someone dribble a basketball. This will ward off suspicion that you might be impure or a demon incarnate. When your neck gets tired, tell them that you have to poop and walk away swiftly.<\/p>\n

3: Ideological mobs regularly use Newspeak to stupefy listeners\u2019 brains. Play a different language game by casually dropping \u201cquantum physics\u201d into the mix and gibbering about it incessantly. When you\u2019re ready to leave, tell them that you have to poop and walk away swiftly.<\/p>\n

Above all, remember that regular bowel movements are just as important to human well-being as any narrative that domineering ideologues shove down your throat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a society where you can often find yourself surrounded by people who seem certain that the fate of the world hinges on their ability to propagate and adhere to trending Web 2.0 gospels, it can sometimes be difficult to affirm the value of your mundane World 1.0 existence. When catechized by these hashtag-hyped proselytizers, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,242],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-columns","category-october-23-2019"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18436,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18435\/revisions\/18436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}