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Forking this, out, to better explain, or try.
So something help explain:
Have you tried explaining mental illness to someone without it? Like, how do I explain persistent depression to someone who only experiences it within the framework of "I am depress because of X?" https://twitter.com/della_morte_/status/1352008747317649409
So something help explain:
Have you tried explaining mental illness to someone without it? Like, how do I explain persistent depression to someone who only experiences it within the framework of "I am depress because of X?" https://twitter.com/della_morte_/status/1352008747317649409
This is what happens.
They were upset because of Trump. He was the eidolon of the issues, because that's the role the president sort of serves more than any policy function.
They are the short hand to help use engage in mental heuristics and shortcuts, rather than confronting
They were upset because of Trump. He was the eidolon of the issues, because that's the role the president sort of serves more than any policy function.
They are the short hand to help use engage in mental heuristics and shortcuts, rather than confronting
all the other stuff.
Replace Y solves for X. Representation bias, as it were.
It's why they blamed the "poor white trash" or his "strong middle class support."
Because to do otherwise requires active engagement. And most people don't want that, because we aren't always wired
Replace Y solves for X. Representation bias, as it were.
It's why they blamed the "poor white trash" or his "strong middle class support."
Because to do otherwise requires active engagement. And most people don't want that, because we aren't always wired
for it.
To engage, consistently, with the truth about the bastardry of EVERYONE is not something most people are comfortable, want, or are willing to engage in.
So, the dragon is defeated, and as the stories say, that the evil shall leave the land.
To engage, consistently, with the truth about the bastardry of EVERYONE is not something most people are comfortable, want, or are willing to engage in.
So, the dragon is defeated, and as the stories say, that the evil shall leave the land.
Because they have their own lives, or whatever else.
It's easier when it isn't directly impacting you, and the problem with this dragon was that numerical he wasn't DIRECTLY impacting.
So he was easier to ignore, he'd steal your neighbors sheep, after all.
It's easier when it isn't directly impacting you, and the problem with this dragon was that numerical he wasn't DIRECTLY impacting.
So he was easier to ignore, he'd steal your neighbors sheep, after all.
The fight is against nostalgia, and asking people to leave the framework they built their understanding of the world.
or, as I joke a lot:
Fuck, why did Baudrillard have to be so fucking right?
or, as I joke a lot:
Fuck, why did Baudrillard have to be so fucking right?
