From the mind of critic: “If we’re stuck in the middle of a ping pong match, where each side tries their darndest to prevent us from wanting to join either side, how do we stop the match, so we rejoin the same team? Do we slap the ball off the table, making it fly as far as possible? Do we grab the ball midair and put it in our pocket, so either side can’t just grab it again, and resume the match from where it left off? Do we walk up to both sides and take their paddles away, so they could still hit the ball with their hands, but it wouldn’t go back and forth as quickly, or with near the same velocity? Do we simply flip the table like we’re little kids, therefore stooping to a level the ping pong participants might understand? Do we give up trying to end the match and just leave, pulling ourselves out of its vacuum suck zone, even though the match might still be going? Hearing people go back and forth about shit that doesn’t really matter, makes it seem like they’re arguing just to argue. At some point in the beginning, the syllables exiting their mouth holes might have made sense, they might even have been something we could get behind. At some point, out of either self-interest in hearing themselves talk, thinking their opinions are better than others, or a disbelief somebody could actually have a different opinion, they started repeating themselves incessantly, raising their volume, anger and disdain for the other side. This causes egos to rise and chests to puff, so each time one side says something, the other has to match, or be labeled a loser. Once we realize the idea of ping pong matches can be useful so people get their ideas out, but can quickly devolve due to a human predilection of always wanting to be right, we’ll see the more we talk without speaking, and the more we hear without listening, the less human we become; the alleviation of which starts simply with us not being a jerk. Being stuck in the middle is tough, until we walk our own path. Debating is healthy, being childish from not getting our way, isn’t. We feel gratitude for the real lessons in life, when we realize we’re all on the same team. Flipping the table, never works as well as turning the table.” ?
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