Controversy

I am a rather strange person, as most of you know by now. When I see a wasps' nest, for example, I am not seized by an irresistible impulse to pick a stick and poke it, just to avoid being ignored by the wasps. That, I sort of feel, is the time when being ignored is not too bad an idea.
The problem, though, is that this only means that I am not geared for success. The idea, actually, is to walk around with that stick in hand, poking at anything that even seems likely to ignore you. So what if even bumblebees develop stings merely in order to ensure that you are assured that you are not being ignored?
In other words, without attention you might as well tattoo 'Loser' on your forehead. If you do not get attention naturally, the easiest way is to be controversial - that proverbial stick with which you disturb nests and set everyone buzzing.
THAT was a lesson which seemed well worth applying. Having lolloped around Social media, saying polite and what I thought were wise things, and having been so studiously ignored by everyone to the extent that I kept checking my own page to ensure that what I had put up was really being carried, I decided that it was time for a change of strategy. (Phew! You read THAT and made sense of it? Great).
The Earth is actually flat

That was my first attempt to say 'Here I am; Notice me' using the latest gimmick that I had learnt. Either everyone actually thought the Earth WAS indeed flat or, perhaps, they thought it was too crazy to be bothered about. Maybe the latter, considering that the lone comment on it was 'Don't walk too far; you may fall off the edge' and it got some 17 Likes.
Hmmm! This creating a controversy was not easy. My next attempt was effective, though. Hitherto, if I found something wrong in a post, I'd comment, 'Maybe you need to look into the logic of this'. I know! I know! THAT sort of comment is what only a wuss would write. I considered shifting to 'Are you an idiot?' but a bold idea struck me. What is the point in a controversial comment? The best thing was a controversial post. The next time I saw some such post in a Facebook group, I put up a fresh Fb post.
This group is full of morons

WHAT a fury of comments and counter-comments erupted on that one! For once, I was not being ignored - everyone and his aunt wanted to crash the party. I was quite thrilled with my success when, at the end of the day, I found myself kicked out of the group and unfriended by every single person who was a member of that group and on my friends' list.
Uhoh! This controversy business is not as easy as it seems. You sort of needed to poke just enough to convert even the bumblebees to wasps, get them all stinging but leave enough of a back-door to gracefully exit your position on the 'Oh! I did not mean it that way' basis. THAT is going to take some learning for me. Hopefully, I will not end up getting kicked out of Facebook before I am done learning.
AND then...watch my smoke! I shall create the mother of all controversies every day and twice on Sundays!