Thursday, November 14, 2013

Can I interest you in a conspiracy theory, subjugation, and Amway?

I am an extrovert.  We extroverts get energy from meeting and getting to know new people.  Last night, however, made me rethink my beliefs.  I was meeting with a Nepali who is a friend of a friend.  Since I love Nepal and almost every Nepali I meet I was very happy to meet him.

Over the course of the evening we hit the trifecta of bad topics:

  1. He asked about 9-11.  I knew where this was going... I had no idea how strong the conspiracy theory runs until I came here.  I gave up trying to have the discussion years ago.  I have no energy to argue with these people because there is literally no point.  
  2. Caste.  He informed me that within the Hindu system he is in the highest caste.  (And for that reason he can't marry the woman he loves... or something like that... but I didn't really care because I find the caste system abhorrent.  Telling me you are in the highest caste is like telling me how many slaves you own; I just can't be happy for you.)  
  3. And it ended with a request that I check into a pyramid scheme very similar to Amway (in that, yes, it is a pyramid but at least they do sell real products.)

FML.  I am still an extrovert and happy to meet new people and long ago I had accept that I'll have nights like this one.

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