Dullness (Dulness)
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Dullness (Dulness)
as a personality quality – inability to think;
tendency to be in a stupefied, stupefied state, to show stupidity. Family evening. The husband, with an expression of complete stupefaction on his face, is killing some bastards on the computer, and has an earpiece in his ear so that he can listen to the gunshots for his own pleasure. I’m enjoying my next (probably hundredth) viewing of the series “Sex and the City.” In the frame, the bow-legged Sarah Jessica Parker argues (inaccurate quote, but the meaning is preserved): “Intellectual unity and mind-blowing sex are probably impossible, or maybe not impossible.”
I say: “You’re a fool, anything is possible.” I turn to my husband: “Really, honey?” After my third “Really, honey?”, my husband still turns his dull gaze from the computer monitor to me, and, trying to understand the meaning of my words, asks: “What?” I say: “You and I have intellectual unity and mind-blowing sex?” The husband again shoots at some monster, again asks, “What? " I repeat three times (intellectual unity is evident). He doesn't get it. An earphone in the ear, one eye on the computer.
Finally, the earphone is taken out and he hardly looks at the computer. I explain the situation again (what a fool got attached to): - So she says it’s impossible, but I say it’s possible. - What is impossible? I'm getting bored; I've obviously gone overboard with intellectual unity. There remains one last hope: “Is it true that we have mind-blowing sex?” Husband, shooting at another bastard: “We’re on our period now.” Yeah, this is a mind-blowing unity.
According to psychology, dullness is a state of fatigue and indifference, expressed in a decrease in cognitive function and logical thinking. Dullness manifests itself in thoughts and actions. The degree of perception and understanding is low, attention is scattered, there is no composure, emotionality is zero.
Signs of dullness: a person is in complete prostration, his consciousness is dull, he has difficulty understanding what is said to him; remembers poorly or does not remember what he hears; the gaze does not focus well, “freezes” at one point; the pose is mostly as relaxed as possible: the head is supported by the hand or lies on the hands.
There is an opinion that long passive rest, not burdened by mental stress, leads to dullness and significant difficulties when returning to work or business. For example, a person who has lain like a vegetable for three weeks on the beach has a drop in IQ. N.G. Chernyshevsky wrote: “Our happiness does not and should not consist at all in complete satisfaction, in which there would be nothing left to desire, which would only contribute to the dullness of our mind. The eternal desire for new pleasures and new perfections is happiness.”
At the same time, if a person becomes a slave to his insatiable feelings and lustful mind, he gradually becomes dull from the physiological pleasures received. Stupidity is the companion of those who lack intellectual, emotional and spiritual needs. Anyone who lives in the “drink, eat, fuck a chick and fall asleep” regime is undoubtedly under the influence of the energy of ignorance and degradation, that is, dullness becomes his essence, his main manifested quality of personality. Diagnosis: general dullness due to lack of intellectual and spiritual needs.
You can become dull from pride and selfishness. A deep-seated egoist and an inveterate, inveterate proud man does not want to listen to anyone, his mind is paralyzed. Such a person cannot perceive new knowledge and, for this reason, is gradually dulled by everyday life, zombies, the media and his empty-talking environment. To become dumb - today this means to become computerized and serialized.
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Modern society encourages general stupidity. A person should think less and consume more. Then it is profitable. The dull, contented beast chews its hay and asks nothing. Therefore, the aggravation of dullness is only welcome. Alexander Kabanov writes: “In reality, it is not evil people who pose a public danger, but the general social stupidity and immorality of the population.”
Dullness is a general tendency of a society under the influence of the energy of ignorance and degradation. It is not connected with generational problems and old people's grumbling. “Germany is becoming stupid and, in general, is not even resisting it,” the famous German journalist Michael Jurgs came to such a sad conclusion. What’s even worse: in his opinion, it is pointless to fight against general dullness: “There are plenty of fools, fools, blockheads and idiots in other countries, they always make up a certain percentage in any nation. But, to be honest, other people’s fools don’t touch me much,” he notes. — I hardly ever encounter them. But we have to deal with ours, domestic ones, every day. And every day there are more and more of them.”
Michael Jurgs calls “media exhibitionism” one of the indicators of the general dullness of Germany: “Previously, it was somehow not customary to talk publicly about sex, about intimate things in general, and about money. Now they don’t talk about anything else.” The title of Jurgs's book "Shallow Waters" - in German "Seichtgebiete" - clearly parodies the title of the recent acclaimed novel "Feuchtgebiete" ("Wet Regions"), the author of which, a popular TV presenter, clearly wrote in an autobiographical manner about genitals and unshaven armpits.
The life of a dull person is like living in a stable. Jean Genet states: “Most of life is spent in stupid dullness, in wretched idiocy: you open the door, light a cigarette... There are only a few glimpses in a person’s life. Everything else is a gray haze.”
Recently, while walking my dog in the morning, I walked along the embankment and observed the following picture: all the heavy benches were overturned, their boards were torn out, massive plaster urns turned into a pile of fragments. The impression is like after an enemy air raid. This is how dullness manifests itself as a result of drinking large doses of alcohol. Apparently, someone’s eyes were so flooded that they reached a state of complete stupor, insanity, and everything that was held back in a sober state came out. In the morning, there are often individuals that make even the dog feel uncomfortable. After a sleepless night spent at a disco, an alcohol-soaked individual walks down the street and “screams not out of grief, but out of stupefaction,” picks up bottles and smashes them on the asphalt, the mat is overwritten, in a word, a vivid manifestation of violence and stupefaction.
Once an alcoholic was given a holy treatise, he put it on the table, opened it and was horrified to discover that he didn’t even have the brains to read one line. He has already become so stupefied by alcohol that even a tabloid newspaper will be beyond his strength. He approached the man who gave him the holy treatise and said: “You said that this book can relieve suffering, but I cannot even read a single line.” He told him: “Keep it for yourself, I’ll give you one piece of advice.” Open a book every day, read one word in total, just one word. And what do you think? After three months, the dullness began to disappear. The man gave up alcohol and began to engage in spiritual practice. He even forgot, he doesn’t even remember at what point he stopped drinking alcohol. He doesn't remember this moment, it happened by itself. I just read one word at a time, opened it and that’s it.
There is such a state - mental dullness. It occurs when a person loses connection with the soul. There is a feeling that the soul has become dull, the heart has become dull, the connection with conscience has been lost. When a person cannot show mercy and compassion, this is a sure sign of dullness of the heart. He has become dull to the feelings of others, which means he has become dull in soul.
In a dull state, stopped line syndrome appears. It seems like I read some words, but the meaning is no longer grasped. For example, I’ve eaten too much, my mind has already become dull, that’s it, my thinking doesn’t work. As a result, the line stops. The person reads it intensely, tries to frantically understand it automatically, but nothing happens. If the lunch was so very hearty, then, as psychologist A.V. Makhov, after some time a second syndrome arises - the nod syndrome, when a person, say, holds the same book in his hands, but he can no longer read a line. And after some time he looks at this book, looks, and his head just fell by itself. Then he woke up, raised it, then after some time again, down again.
It happens that a person, having overeated a lot, sits down to read a book. In this case, the energy accumulates in the stomach so much that the brain completely switches off, the person plunges into a state of dullness. Not quite, so completely, but so much so that he practically loses his sober perception of reality and plunges into suspended animation for a while. As a result, all his muscles relax, and his salivary glands also relax, and a drop of saliva drips onto the page. As a result, you can immediately determine. If a person has a yellow spot somewhere on a newspaper or asked to read a book, and periodically there are yellow spots on it at the bottom, you can immediately tell him: “And you, sir, like to have fun, especially eat.” Eat until you pass out, until you are completely stupefied.
In other words, the fire of digestion quickly ends during a late lunch or dinner. Having no other alternative, the body begins to take energy from our mental activity. As a result, absolute dullness sets in in one minute. The gaze suddenly begins to skid on one line, and this can be repeated up to 10-15 times, until the understanding comes that there is no concentration for normal reading. If you still force yourself to read, then after another 5 minutes the “nod syndrome” sets in, and your exhausted head hangs over the book. And then, the “stain syndrome” occurs on the book. I think everyone understands where and what follows from this. This is the connection between poor nutrition and dullness.
Petr Kovalev Other articles by the author: https://podskazki.info/karta-statej/
The cult of human stupidity: 5 steps to the stupidity of the population
It would seem that a lot depends on the level of intelligence of fellow citizens - the economic development of the country, scientific, technical, industrial and cultural progress. The entire future of the planet is turned by the gears of intellectually developed people. But it's not that simple, and now we'll look at why.
Human stupidity is the key to a strong economy
People don’t like intellectual work; it requires too much energy and causes too much discomfort. It’s much easier to throw away a smart book and go have fun at the nearest pub, or maybe order pizza and sit in a funny chat. A stupid person is easier to manage: such a person will not express his dissatisfaction if something does not suit him. It’s easier to fool someone like that with false promises and stuff them with the “authoritative” opinions of fake informants.
But an educated person is the worst buyer and a direct threat to the economy. A conscientious citizen does not need cool cars or expensive smartphones to maintain a sense of self; his thinking is too self-sufficient to strive to get into any trends. This kind of person will engage in self-development instead of going to a nightclub, will buy vegetables and fruits instead of countless chips and Coca-Cola, will invest in his health, and not on pumping up his butt, tits and eyelashes. It turns out that the higher a person’s level, the less dependent he is on fashion, social stereotypes and consumer thinking, he no longer brings benefits to the economy, and it is more difficult to make money from this. What's the result? To get a submissive herd, you need to wean people from the habit of thinking and creating. And the easiest way to do this is in the following way.
5 steps to stupidity of the population
Inculcation of stereotypes and stereotyped thinking
Under no circumstances should a person be allowed to think with his own head, this is harmful! It is better to constantly scroll through the mass media with “authoritative” and “uncriticizable” opinions of politicians, TV presenters, outstanding artists and musicians with whom the common man should identify himself. He is a nobody, no one is interested in his opinion. Famous professors and certified scientists have already decided everything for him.
Providing a vast entertainment industry
So that people do not have time for self-development, it is necessary to provide them with a huge range of entertainment during their holidays: clubs, cinemas, cafes, shopping and park complexes, Internet platforms and, of course, alcohol. A person should not have time for himself, he needs to be kept as busy as possible! Hundreds of entertaining TV shows, series, and computer toys will help you “relax” after a busy day at work. Outrageousness, eroticism, stupid humor and inadequacy will flow from all screens. This will disorient a person’s attention, dull his sense of self-preservation, and make him a puppet in the hands of large corporations.
Poor humor, play on sexual instincts
How to relieve daytime stress? Fill your desktop with funny pictures, memes, cat videos and porn. Let our “pawn” receive good emotions, get hooked on obscene humor and vulgar comedies, the understanding of which does not require mental effort. And imperceptibly it degrades, becoming overgrown with lazy fat.
Fueling a sense of importance and uniqueness of everyone
There is no better consumer than a person who wants to assert himself and highlight his difference from the majority. Such people are driven by the desire to fuel their personal feelings - to become the owner of the most status car, the most exclusive clothes, the most fashionable gadget and other junk. He is unique and meaningful, he takes the best from life and shows off to society. Shopping helps relieve stress and embodies the meaning of one's existence and life's achievements. At least it's nice to think about it.
Propaganda of black and white thinking
There is only white and black, good and bad, truth and lies - there is no other option, no halftones or shades. Such categoricalness gives rise to intolerance of dissent, reluctance to expand the scope of one’s thinking, narrowness of perception, and lack of variability in important issues. There is no longer any need to evaluate the event from different angles, everything has been decided in advance by someone above!
What does the cultivation of stupidity lead to?
With the help of the mass media, the development of such qualities among fellow citizens is encouraged, which help to grow ideal consumers. People are provoked to be guided by base desires, their instincts are manipulated, and their emotions are played on. Egocentrism is encouraged, the desire to correspond to the imposed ideals of beauty and attractiveness, subconscious aggressiveness, greed, narcissism and confidence in one’s own exclusivity are introduced.
The ideal consumer should be guided by personal egoism, follow stereotypes and global trends instead of listening to himself and relying on his real needs. Buy more, think less, meet our expectations of you! The ideal mass is led by beautiful pictures, puts “I want” at the forefront, rather than should, and ceases to care about nature and the welfare of their neighbor. She is too blinded by her “I”, she has no time to think about the future.
