That said, most manipulators still look like borderline retarded from my perspective. And there are people way smarter than myself :)

[…] the smart enough people on the top end of the curve basically fight each other for the right to manipulate the idiots for their own selfishness. […] The actually smart people have better things to do and have no interest in all this stupid shit.

I was going to object to your first bit, but then you objected yourself. Did you notice the contradiction? :p

I would argue that the people trying to manipulate others are not “the smart ones” but a certain level of intellect is the tool you need to act out your psychopathic/sociopathic tendencies, which are actually what triggers the desire to manipulate others.

Holy fuck I was not prepared for the sheer amount of similar events described in the comments. It’s is almost as if racist people are inferior human beings, unable to understand empathy. Hen and egg problem, I guess. But yeah, w.r.t. structural racism, a Zager & Evans verse comes to mind: “[…] or tear it down - and start again.”

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The only people who would take you being “more correct” from any of this are those who don’t know much about SW development. In internet lingo, what you wrote in your OC is called ragebait.

Okay I will concede your point. :) You do have bad hair g

That is the beauty of it: no one forces you to do so.

I have never seen or known a serious professional

I think your message ended there, you accidentally copypasted some garbage after that statement.