They understand that, they just don't want to pick up the Sisyphean task of trying to convince idiots. So instead they give up. Giving up doesn't mean that people stop complaining though, they know how to solve the problem but they don't want to do the work, it is called venting and most humans do it.
In that case I would question the smarts of someone who spends too much time focused on things they do not intend to change.
There comes a point where "raw" intelligence (if a real thing) must be tempered with the wisdom necessary to marry rubber and road, as it were. If you don't apply your staggeringly large intellect (/s?) to the problem of interfacing with other people, yet you persist putting yourself in situations where you must deal with that problem, what benefit has that intellect conferred?
You know, you sound like you are one of those people you describe yourself? Is that how you came to this realization?
Ask yourself, what is the goal with your current comment? And how does being snide achieve that goal? If the goal is to make fun of people and feel good about yourself, then you are doing a good job! And then you should understand how those people you describe feel, because they feel exactly as you feel now, wasting time making fun of things you have no intention or care to change or spread.
But if you want people to listen then you really need to get better at tempering what you say.
>They understand that, they just don't want to pick up the Sisyphean task of trying to convince idiots
I think that's a pretty bad attitude and it doesn't get anyone anywhere.
If I write Java code into my Python interpreter, I am not gonna say "dumb fucking Python can't understand what I mean" - I am gonna recognize that I am speaking the wrong language for the job.
Same if I am speaking to someone who "isn't as brilliant as I am" (or likely, has another set of priorities, context, focus, etc.) - I need to start with that reality, and then think about - how do I make this person care, how do I share with them what they need to understand, etc. There's a definite skill to this that is acquired with conscious practice and experience.
If you start off assuming that others aren't smart because they didn't connect to what you are so sure you explained so clearly, rather than questioning what is it about your explanation that didn't click with them, you're fucked.
