OldManBOMBIN

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Nah you're good; I'm just Mandela Effecting people

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

You should repost versions of this in different communities with the I and E swapped just to fuck with people

Edit: wait a sec was it already like that? I could've sworn it was the other way around when I left this comment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Man, our musical tastes couldn't be more different. We should start a reality TV show together

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

We live in a society, am I right?

I agree with your comment.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I dunno, I mean "song" is a pretty broad term. I'm pretty sure if I'd ever figured out how to work Fruity Loops I could probably prove you wrong there. As long as you're not expecting anything you'd enjoy listening to.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

This is how my cousin talked me into letting her peg me

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

salad mixing bowl full of half rice chex half cocoa pebbles with two bananas sliced up in it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I don't wanna try to do anything; I just think it would be a cool story to tell if it happened naturally. "Dude, I was just walking to my front door after work and BAM!" That kinda thing.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I do agree with the main point of your post; however, I feel that your reasoning is backwards.

Big blockbusters give the masses a dose of placebo. You see a movie where people who hold your values win, so you feel like it happened in real life, so you're less likely to make it happen in real life.

So I'm not spoiling this movie, look at the MCU instead: They defeated Thanos and stopped half the world's population from disappearing, and then we failed to properly fight COVID and Donald Trump gained power.

Now, I know correlation doesn't equal causation, and that there were other factors at play, but I also know that when you perceive the image of something, it activates the same neurons as actually seeing that thing - when you watch The Notebook or Armageddon, you feel the emotions of the characters in the film, and you cry.

That, combined with the other psychological tactics that we are constantly being bombarded with, make it difficult for us to navigate the world with a clear head. When you feel like you're winning, why would you fight?

And also, a TON of people are straight apathetic, and a lot more are just plain-old stupid. And there are dozens or hundreds of other factors such as personality of the audience, socioeconomics, religious beliefs, etc... that come into play here as well. It's not quite as cut-and-dry as "monkey see, monkey feels as though it has done," but that does play a large factor in it.

I typed all this but didn't proofread any of it, so I hope it makes sense. I'm sleepy.

 

Think they know everything, including your mind; incapable of comprehending that people think differently than they were taught.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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My dad sighed when I mentioned it to him :-/

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