It's Steve (now in blog form)

I find the clueless absolutely fascinating. There’s almost something magical in the phenomenon of folks living in a completely wrong reality. Here’s one of my favorites:

Now, it’s important not to confuse the clueless and the delusional. Delusional people are all fine and good, but the clueless are special. I think what distinguishes them is choice and support structures. With the delusional, you get the sense that they know, deep in their hearts, that they’re being crazy and just roll with it. The truly clueless aren’t that self-aware. I think it stems from the often elaborate support structures that help the clueless live the lie. Think of how many bad American Idol auditions you’ve seen that invariably end with family members walking the crazy out. “You can sing! They’re crazy not to pick you!” Thanks for all the enabling, Mom.

Anyway, this comes up because I came across a really clueless one on the site. She’d posted this note in a completely inappropriate forum:

Topic: female needs a little spending money.looking for guy to help

Body: Due to the rising cost of gas, I am a little short on cash this month and bills have to be paid. I have some sexy pix if anyone wants to see them, please contact me for my private gallery on my modeling website. I will send you the links to see more of me.

Ok, so I figured it was a spammer. I’m pretty confident after looking at the profile that she’s legit. Here’s our friend:

Most of her pics and profile were dedicated to the beauty pageants she’s been in and modeling. The part that makes me kind of mad is that somebody has smiled, assured her she’s making the right choice, and taken her money for every pageant and photoshoot she’s done. She’s been duped by the people around her to the point where she’d think guys are going to pay up for the hot stuff.

It just seems so wrong to fleece the clueless. I’m not sure where I was going with this, so there you go.