Let’s say you have had enough of that board certified idiot and finally you master some resolve to keep the distance. Inevitably with time, both intensely positive and negative reactions to a person recede. And what remains is the feeling of familiarity that is often confused with friendship. The idiotic experience fading into the remote background, you decide to renew your relationship or interaction with the said idiot. And practically without fail, the idiocy re-emerges from the experiential crevices, unescapably the idiocy is much stronger and much more noticeable (the idiot had more time to practice the art). Not engaging the proven idiots, is one of the rules I need to keep reminding myself about.
Further Reading:
Skyhooks Theories and Rules
People who Pontificate about the Divine Origin are Idiots