It is my considered opinion that emotionally performative people of an insincere bent — i.e., phonies who instinctively laugh their ass off or otherwise show monkey-like obeisance before power whenever there’s an opportunity to back-pat or express any sort of emotional mood support — are among the worst people in the world.
All “performative” people are, by nature, insincere. They’re basically jacking you off.
I understand the basic pleasing impulse as I’ve expressed insincere approval thousands of times throughout my life, but I’ve always tried to avoid bending over or slapping my thighs when laughing uproariously at some shitty joke.
Posted 11 months ago: Nothing uncorks my rage more than people laughing too hard, too demonstratively, giggling like idiots, rocking back and forth, slapping their thighs, covering their mouths with their right hand, going “hoo-hoo-hoo” and “yee-hee-hee”…all of this is truly horrible.
Have you ever seen any serious, heavy-cat comedians laugh like this? Woody Allen will crack an occasional grin or smirk, but never, ever has he yee-hawed in some over-the-top way. People who know what goes never laugh like this. Only shallow gladhanders do. Only the worst people.
12.30.22: “I wear my gracious alpha face all the time in social situations. It’s the only way to be. 99% of people who work in social congregation situations turn on the placid vibes. So much so that it’s fairly freaky, in fact, when certain people (submentals, addicts, sociopaths) don’t turn it on. There’s no earthly reason not to be warm and kind and gracious with people, and I mean especially in Hollywood realms.
“I’m saying this because I wish below-the-liners and set visitors and others who work with above-the-liners would stop saying ‘wow…he/she is so nice!’? How else are they gonna behave? They’re probably nice people anyway, yes, but first and foremost they’re top-level professionals and talented smoothies, and this is how the movie business operates.
“Do you ever hear polar bears saying, “Wow, the snow is so white and powdery, and the seals bark so vigorously when I catch and eat them!” I’m just sick of hearing how nice this and that famous person turned out to be. Turn that shit down a bit.”
By the way: Of all the millions upon millions of faces out there, there’s one that immediately makes me flinch and recoil:
