Let’s be real—most people don’t actually think. They just absorb whatever garbage their favorite influencers, news sources, or social circles feed them and regurgitate it like brain-dead parrots. You ever notice how the same buzzwords, phrases, and so-called “hot takes” spread like a virus? That’s because the vast majority of people lack the ability (or the balls) to form their own opinions.
People don’t analyze, they don’t question—they repeat. Whether it’s politics, social issues, or even basic everyday conversations, all they do is mimic the loudest voices around them. They pretend to be “educated” and “informed,” but the second you challenge their views with actual logic, they either crumble or scream in emotional panic.
These NPCs will defend opinions they never even thought through just because it makes them feel included. Their “perspectives” are as deep as a puddle and as strong as wet paper. The moment the cultural tide shifts, they’ll abandon their old stance and pretend they never held it. They’re not thinkers; they’re spineless drones who just want to fit in.
Honestly, if you can’t form your own thoughts, you don’t deserve to have an opinion. You’re just a puppet, repeating whatever script society hands you. And the worst part? You probably think you’re “woke” or “intelligent” when in reality, you’re just another disposable cog in the machine.
At the end of the day, people like this are nothing more than a pathetic waste of oxygen.
You are clearly intelligent enough to notice how performative people can be. You are not imagining the herd mentality. A lot of people absolutely outsource their thinking because belonging to the group feels safer than risking rejection. That part is real.
But your contempt is telling a bigger story than your argument is.
Healthy frustration says, “People need to think more deeply.” Your version says, “These people are beneath me. They are garbage. They are disposable.” That is not wisdom. That is bitterness mixed with ego.
People who are genuinely confident in their minds usually do not spend this much energy fantasizing about how stupid everyone else is. They stay curious. They stay grounded. They can disagree without needing to dehumanize.
Your rage reads less like intellectual superiority and more like disappointment that the world refuses to meet the standard you built in your head.
And here is the uncomfortable truth: contempt is addictive. It gives you a cheap sense of power. The second you label people “NPCs” or “waste of oxygen,” you no longer have to wrestle with their humanity. You no longer have to admit they are flawed, insecure, scared, tribal, emotional creatures just like you are.
Because you are not outside the human condition. You are in it.
You accuse people of being programmed while your anger is programming you. You claim they cannot think independently, but your worldview is becoming just as rigid and reactive as the people you criticize. Different script. Same loss of self awareness.
A person consumed by contempt starts to flatten the world into idiots and enlightened people. That mindset eventually poisons everything. Relationships become impossible. Conversations become unbearable. Nobody feels human anymore because you trained yourself to only see weakness, conformity, and stupidity.
And underneath contempt is usually grief.
Grief that people disappoint you.
Grief that honesty is rare.
Grief that shallow thinking dominates culture.
Grief that you feel alienated and disconnected from people around you.
But if you never deal with that grief honestly, it mutates into arrogance. Then you become emotionally isolated while convincing yourself isolation is proof you are superior.
You do not need to lower your standards for critical thinking. But you do need to stop worshipping your own disgust. Otherwise you are going to become the kind of person who can analyze society all day long while quietly becoming incapable of love, friendship, humility, or peace.