So let’s leave it alone ’cause we can’t see eye to eye
There ain’t no good guy, there ain’t no bad guy
There’s only you and me and we just disagree–Dave Mason/We Just Disagree
There is an odd attraction to following the inspirational quotes feeds on Twitter, and it has turned into kind of an odd hobby for me. I enjoy disagreeing with them.
You’d think I’d find something more interesting to do. Or that I would stop reading them. I do actually understand that the inspirational quotes can’t read what I write. I know that arguing with them is pointless. I know that disagreeing doesn’t change what was said, but when I’m reading the inspirational quotes on my Twitter feed, I feel compelled to answer the tweets I don’t agree with.
Part of it is that I find many inspirational quotes irritating and fatuous rather than inspiring. Part of it is that I am argumentative by nature. Pleasantly so, but still.
I’ve disagreed with Nietzsche about what makes friends:
Ditto for Euripedes:
And yes, I even disagreed with Aristotle:
Some of you are probably thinking that I disagree with everyone.
You are wrong about that.
Wait, what?