The first time I encountered this kind of patient in my life was when I was a student.
The art teacher selected a few of us to submit our works to participate in the city-wide competition.
I drew stroke by stroke, but Lao Ying smiled nonchalantly on the side: Don’t bother, you are just accompanying the exam, and the list of winners has already been decided.
I was shocked: How do you know?
The corners of his mouth curled up: Do I need to say this? There are so many children of leaders waiting in line, is it your turn?
But I still handed in the drawing, and "accidentally" won the second prize. Lao Ying's lips curled up even more: You are just lucky. There happened to be a quota that could not be balanced, so you picked up a wallet.
He spoke with certainty, as if he had just come back from the awards ceremony.
I also imitated him and sneered, why don’t you pick one up?
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Many years later, I found that there are many such patients:
When I see others succeeding and doing things, I always analyze: Whether it is Bill Gates, Buffett, Jack Ma, , they all have a good father and a background that you don’t know;
After a game, as long as the team he supports loses, it must be because the referee took the money and the league has the inside story;
When he sees a beautiful woman who is alluring the country, then "she must have gone to South Korea to have plastic surgery, and she can't see it up close" - as if she slept under the searchlight; if this beauty becomes a star, it must be the result of "unspoken rules";
There are people around him who are being promoted. In his eyes, they must be: connections, connections, good at making connections, and good at flattering;
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When it comes to international events, as long as there is a problem in China, it must be the United States that is behind it - whether it is the stock market crash or the new coronavirus; the world is in turmoil, that one It must be for oil , and nine times out of ten it is because of the control of a family called Rothschild; a plane crashed, and the most talked about is the "behind-the-scenes reasoning" of the brain-burning spy blockbuster-style game between great powers...
In short, conspiracy theory patients are the kind of people who think they have a bigger brain than you, and think that the world can be understood by them. He believes: 1. There are black boxes everywhere; 2. Everything is for profit; 3. There is an invisible hand behind everything; 4. You are ordinary people, so you can't understand it.
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This kind of patient cannot be cured, so it is best to stay away from him.
With him, the world is complex and dark. Simply one plus one equals two, and he will decompose countless calculation schemes. In fact, apart from wasting time, eggs have no meaning. One plus one equals two. If someone like
cooperates, you don't know what he is planning. Even if you have the most sincerity and the most transparent agreement, he will have a set of logic that will stun you. He wants to ensure his interests, and it seems natural that you will suffer losses. People like
do not believe in honesty and practicality. In his eyes, hard work is not about bending down to endure hardships and suffering, but about how to hold on to thighs, climb high branches, and borrow resources. In his values, everything is a transaction.
A person like this is unlikely to tell his true feelings. You don’t know which of his words are true and which are false. Occasionally, you have a drink, and a few days later there are inexplicable rumors behind your back, and you find that he is using you for reasoning, performance and deduction.
If you chat with him, you will feel that you are so naive that you are almost naive, but he is as sophisticated as everyone knows about the world's major events. If you dare to question, he can argue with you for three days and three nights...
Being with such a person is not only tiring but also a waste.
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Many years later, I met Lao Ying again at a class reunion.
He was "rationally" analyzing his recent job application experience: "If you don't get a job for 3,000 yuan a month, you might as well deliver food; but you can't do it with a monthly salary of 5,000 yuan. Why? It must be that the boss is suddenly short of people and is anxious to find someone to fill the gap. In a few days, he will try his best to find you a scumbag and deduct your salary."
Everyone laughed and said that your analysis was very reasonable.
I laughed too. I thought to myself, the same street, the same school and teachers, what is it that shapes Lao Ying’s unique brain groove?
I don't have the answer.
