aporia

aporia

\uh-PAWR-ee-uh\ , noun;

1.Difficulty determining the truth of an idea due to equally valid arguments for and against it.

2.In rhetoric, the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say.

 

There are occasions where I am not confident in the direction I should take. On these exceedingly rare occasions I seek the advice of a person whom I believe to be well educated on the subject of my quandary. I am giving you this advice in hopes that you might avoid the same pain I have. For if you truly want advice, or a sage answer about life or love, just ask a stupid person. Truly stupid people are the only happy people I know. 

They never read the newspaper, so the state of the world never weighs upon their merry. They are as easily amused by getting dressed up and watching a live performance of Hamlet as they are by a re-run of Jerry Springer. To them, it is one and the same. Every experience is like chocolate ice cream to them, and they live life at a steady pace of durr that is only interrupted on occasion to wipe the spit from the corners of their mouth. 

If you ask someone who is engaged with life, and has thoughts and opinions, you're going to have to get into a deep philosophical discussion about everything. Whether it be marriage - the appropriate age, time, who, where and whether or not it is even socially relevant to get married or just what kind of appetizer you should get - they'll wax existential about Jalapeno Poppers and use the Socratic Method to argue for the onion rings. 

By the time the person is done giving you advice you'll be completely bewildered and in such aporia you'll be more confused than when you started, and you'll forget what the question was in the first place.