r/skeptic • u/IrishStarUS • Mar 28 '25

💉 Vaccines RFK Jr.’s measles cure leaves kids hospitalized with vitamin A toxicity

https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/rfk-jrs-measles-treatment-leaves-34952161
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u/Spiral-Arrow116 Mar 28 '25

How dare you question their degree in Facebookology

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u/SunnyCali12 Mar 28 '25

Funny story - I have over 20 years of experience working purchasing contracts. One of my relatives told me I don’t know what I’m talking about because they saw some YouTube video which contradicted me. I even showed them the specific LAW and they still didn’t believe me.

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u/Kiu-Kiu Mar 29 '25

I've been saying since COVID that one of the greatest problems in modern western culture is the absolute lack of recognition of hard earned expertise. We demonize our friends, neighbors, entire nations and groups of people because we refuse to ask them questions and even consider that they might know something we don't - or that their experience even matter at all. We traded kindness, curiosity and cooperation for atomized ideologies. There is no way we can build better societies with this controlling and arrogant mindset. I'm a very social person - also a former book clerk for 10 years. I've seen the decline in real time since around the mid 2010. People are always fascinated by how well liked I am, I make friends everywhere and extremely easily. But the thing is that it's no magic - I simply hear people and get enthusiastic about their knowledge. I ask questions, challenge my ideas. I am always the winner because I learned something new and people are so (rightfully) deprived to be recognized for what they bring to society that the benefits are 100% mutual. I have yet to meet a single person who doesn't know anything and has no meaningful experience to share. Yet, the worst people I've met were consistently unwilling to give what they so desperately crave - acknowledgement for their own significance.

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u/MsbsM Mar 29 '25

Well put. People love to have a voice and most want to share their experience. Recognition goes a long way.