I was out at a friend's 25th birthday party over the weekend. She'd invited a bunch of people along. Those people brought along some other people too. One of those guys was a effeminate K-pop wannabee stereotype looking person. He and his best friend (lesbian) swear he's not gay. I say we re-visit in 5 years because he's gay. Or if he isn't gay, he's not getting laid. Not really important, but I just wanted to give a rough generalization of the person.

There was a lot of drinking, so unfortunately I don't remember this conversation. But I was told I seriously pissed him off. And it wasn't anything I did, it was just the fact that I laughed at him and didn't take him seriously. I've done this to a couple of people - and it usually revolves around politics and social justice type crap. Somehow people who are emotionally invested in other agreeing to their worldview are some of the easiest people to troll.

So what happened? Well, at some point he probably started talking, and I probably started trolling. He was emotionally invested in his worldview and I probably didn't give a fuck. He probably wanted to convince me he was right. He poured his soul into his worldview and so he had "stake" in the conversation. In his world, my worldview conflicted and was wrong, and he needed to convince me to see his point of view. (This is what I figure, because this is usually how these types of people are.) I didn't give two shits about his worldview and my worldview is flexible enough to have fun in life. I'll tell you Red Pill faggots that women are way more awesome and way better than you. And I'll tell you I believe that to death. Even if I don't. But really, I do.

At some point, he yelled out "You are buying into the media's bullshit!", which caught some people's attention, which is the only reason I know about this conversation. Some people tried to calm him down "Calm down. You know he's trolling you right?" "No I will not calm down! He's wrong!". And they tell me I was just laughing my ass off. So he went home in a puff - and I don't even register the conversation.

And by all means, he was probably right. In his worldview. So far as he was concerned. And it was so important to him that despite knowing that he was getting trolled, he was still getting riled up. Fark - no wonder the guy can't get laid. It just so happened that I didn't give a shit if he was right or not, I was getting my jollies fucking with the guy.

The takeaway, guys, is this - Whatever you're thinking, whatever worldview you've built, you probably are right. And you could probably logically and emotionally defend it to the high heavens. The problem is when you start dealing with people who don't give a shit about your worldview and how right you are. They'll just laugh their assess off while you're getting annoyed that they can't see how right you are.

So do you want to be right? Wouldn't you rather be effective?