@StephenTallentyre It is rather clear from her 8:00 pm point that Le Guin is being humorous in this response.

Regarding your point, I'm not a fan of mass labeling humans with phrases like "most people who are alive right now don't typically do that", especially in a self-serving manner to highlight your own perceived intellectual superiority to them.

Honestly, it feels more like you grabbed the opportunity to self-praise in a very masturbatory, humble-bragging manner, by saying that you are not like most people, insinuating that they are incapable of thought processes that come naturally to you. If this makes you feel special, power to you, but this is not a viewpoint of the world I share.

As for the thinking part, in a world where anxiety, depression, and overthinking are so prevalent, I don't think that what you are saying is even true. Above all, I would never scrutinise or condemn people who do need distractions, of any form, from their own thoughts, for whatever reason, especially to faint some supposed devastation about the state of the world in order to feed one's ego about how special and different and not like everyone else they are.

Some people face their own darkness and sometimes even resort to self-destructive methods in order to escape it. You are not superior in any way if these are not your circumstances.

Muting you and moving on as I didn't appreciate your tone, both times you responded, and I'm not comfortable continuing this conversation.