Stage 1.) state an observable but unpopular fact.
Stage 2.) endure verbal abuse.
Stage 3.) endure psychological abuse.
Stage 4.) endure social abuse.
Stage 5.) wait five to ten years when the observable fact is confirmed but by then it’s pointless and everyone can act like it’s obvious.
After decades of doing this I have finally come to my senses and now only engage in arguments of this form where I could add a stage 0: buy leveraged options on my unpopular but obvious observation, and a stage 6: wildly profit from betting against the stubbornness and dismissiveness of such people as I had previously tried to persuade and bring into an equally advantaged perspective with my own.
I increasingly prefer to simply sit out stages 1 through 5 altogether.
I had an errand at the DMV recently and realized that I read text in my own voice because that building was packed and everyone sounded like a Facebook comment section. It was like Idiocracy cosplay.
