“Is it simply because they want to be liked? Is it that banal?”– Roger

No. It’s banal but not for that reason.They simply don’t get out enough.Surrounded by like minded people who rarely if ever talk to anyone NORMAL,they simply find it easier to regurgitate the things EVERYONE is saying.

It is sad in a way.Here they have so much and so many opportunities to live a full and learned life and they settle for mass stupidity instead.Shallow — shallow —shallow.

Nothing wrong with being shallow as long as you recognise that it is shallow.It’s when you confuse your self-imposed ignorance with objective truth that problems arise.I hope she takes stock of her life after this but NO CHANCE.In her mind she is a VICTIM not a SIMPLETON. No capacity for introspection whatsoever and therefore no capacity for any growth.That is what separates Ronstadt from Roger.