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You sure told that stranger there, tiger! Too bad the comic went past your head. Your distraction is in your head, not in other people's behaviour. Relax, medi

• dclowd9901 10y ago
  Yeah I went off a bit there. It's more about Munroe's smugness and seemingly playing to controversy for the sake of it that's so annoying. Aside from that, it's pretty obtuse to say that something can only be distracting because I let it, and you're being fairly condescending yourself, saying I somehow don't get the comic. But I get it, you think you're cute in some sort of enlightened stoner way, so peace braj and good vibes or whatevs.
• lomnakkus 10y ago
  > Your distraction is in your head, not in other people's behaviour. This is absolute nonsense in many/most(?) cases. Firstly, not everybody (well, almost nobody, really) is some kind of Zen Buddhist master who can ignore everything around them at will. Secondly, we humans have hardwired unavoidable responses to certain stimuli that just cannot simply "be ignored". (I'll happily grant that PP's example might be a tad on the "overly sensitive" scale, but the general argument in that XKCD comic doesn't stand up to scrutiny. See my other comment for details.) I also sense a lot of condescension in your post, btw. Might want to check on that.