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Some things that people take so seriously, and believe, really crack me up.

1. Justice: I was just watching the news. Some guy was released after being found not guilty of rape charges. In his brief interview, he mentioned how now the public knows that he is innocent. If I had any ounce of faith in our justice system, I might find comfort in his conviction (or lack thereof). But I don't. I'm not saying he is, in fact, guilty. Rather, I just don't believe the guilt or innocence of someone simply based on a courtroom finding.

2. Politics: I'm not a very political person, but I do have opinions. The difference between me and most other people with opinions, though, is that I am pretty aware of the fact that what I think is simply that: what I think. It's not fact or true, necessarily. And no one has to agree with me. Where I work, I find it quite amusing the determination with which these people work. They are perfectly, 100% convinced that their political views are right (quite literally). That everyone else is wrong. And I just find that ridiculous. I don't agree with half the stuff they say--but who's to say that I'm wrong? We're both looking at the facts, right? Well, then why do we both see something so different?

2b. Conviction and faith: Again, as if anyone is really more right (or wrong) than anyone else. What makes people think that they know something more than someone else, anyway? Maybe they know something different, but who's to say what they know applies to anyone but themselves?

3. Patriotism: Where the heck do I even begin on this one...

4. Rich People: As if they're any different than anyone else.

5. People in power: See #4.