Sometimes all the negativity just gets me down. Being smart is so depressing sometimes. It feels so lonely to view the world how it truly is without having the benefit of a too small mind to comprehend it all and getting that build-in happy-go-lucky filter for your brain. Having the world run by idiots in all layers of society and having them all around you and even in your own gene pool is just so…. It just feels like a curse to be an actual thinking being, capable of thoughtful feelings. Sometimes I wish I was just a sheep (metaphorically obviously) like all the others so that I too could be dumb and happy. People always tell me it’s a gift, I should be thankful for who and what I am, they all wish to be as smart as I am, but they don’t even understand what they are saying. Sure, a dog would tell you it’d like to provide its own snacks but it simply couldn’t grasp the implementations of having to earn money and provide for itself, all it sees is the ability to buy its own snacks. All the negativity I receive on here I can dismiss as people having a laugh at what they can’t grasp out of sheer ignorance and blissful stupidity. But it does get to me that this is the normal state of mind of normal, average humans. It saddens and frightens me. Someone actually acknowledging and recognising me as a thinker actually gives me a little bit of joy. Not hope, not confirmation, but a little bit of joy it does provide for me. [Thank you, fellow thinker.](https://dr.reddit.com/r/custommagic/comments/11fb9a4/the_golden_orrery/jb4bz4l/)