To Varying Degrees

I find that, to varying degrees, people, generally speaking, (and this is to say that perhaps more often than not), seem to have the tendency oftentimes -- no, I should clarify and do away with certain vague notions and say 'are', forever waxing and waning towards, (and I say the following with a scientific certainty unparalleled in any pedagogical or professional institution and hope to eschew any previous linguistic transparencies, euphemisms, or abstract syntax) being utter, unmitigated, pure douchebags.